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		<title>Victory for Wild Horses in North Carolina</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 8, 2012 (Washington, D.C.) &#8211; The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the House of Representatives for unanimously passing H.R. 306, the Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act, introduced by Representative Walter B. Jones (R-NC).  This bill will provide for a new management plan for the free-roaming Corolla wild horses in and around the Currituck National [...]]]></description>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-36646" title="AWI-Logo363" src="http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/AWI-Logo363.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" />February 8, 2012 (Washington, D.C.) &#8211; The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends the House of Representatives for unanimously passing H.R. 306, the Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act, introduced by Representative Walter B. Jones (R-NC).  This bill will provide for a new management plan for the free-roaming Corolla wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.</p>
<p>The Corolla horses&#8217; presence on the island is thought to coincide with the arrival of the Spanish explorers on the American coast in the early 16th century.  Today, these beautiful horses roam over 7,500 acres of public and private land in coastal Currituck County, North Carolina.</p>
<p>&#8220;This critical piece of legislation will enable the protection and responsible management of a prized herd of Colonial Spanish Mustangs,” noted Chris Heyde, deputy director of government and legal affairs for AWI. &#8220;Wild horses have held a significant role in North Carolina and our nation&#8217;s history and this bill will ensure their preservation.&#8221;</p>
<p><span id="more-36643"></span>The current Currituck Outer Banks Wild Horse Management Plan of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides for a maximum of 60 horses, with the population controlled through adoption, relocation, or contraceptive fertility methods.  According to Gus Cothran &#8211; a leading equine geneticist at Texas A&amp;M University who has conducted extensive research on American wild horses &#8211; the genetic variability of the Corolla horses is among the lowest seen in any wild horse population in the country.</p>
<p>H.R. 306 will incorporate Dr. Cothran&#8217;s recommendation to increase the herd to a minimum of 110 animals, with a target population of between 120 and 130.  In addition, the legislation will provide for cost-effective management of the horses while ensuring that natural resources within the refuge are not adversely impacted.  The Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act will mandate a viable population control plan for the horses – including auctions, adoptions, contraceptive fertility methods, and other viable options.</p>
<p>AWI supports the bill&#8217;s goal of increasing the population in and around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge while addressing concerns over conflicts with endangered species on refuge lands, and commends Representative Jones for his commitment to the protection of both wild and domestic horses.  We hope the Senate will likewise move swiftly to approve the measure when it comes up for consideration in that chamber.</p>
<p>For More Information Contact:<br />
Chris Heyde &#8211; (202) 446-2142</p>
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		<title>Mustang Monument Will Be Featured on CBS &#8220;This Morning&#8221; January 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends and Supporters, Tomorrow, January 10th, at the top of the 8am hour (all time zones), Mustang Monument will be featured on &#8220;CBS This Morning,&#8221; a morning show, hosted by Charlie Rose, Gayle King, Erica Hill, with a brand new format and look, in state-of-the-art studio. Please be sure to tune in or set [...]]]></description>
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<p>Dear Friends and Supporters,<br />
Tomorrow, January 10th, at the top of the 8am hour (all time zones), Mustang Monument will be featured on &#8220;CBS This Morning,&#8221; a morning show, hosted by Charlie Rose, Gayle King, Erica Hill, with a brand new format and look, in state-of-the-art studio. Please be sure to tune in or set your DVRs. Also, let CBS know you appreciate them bringing light to this very important issue.</p>
<p>Read more about the show <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/cbsthismorning/?tag=hdr;snav" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>Your Friend,<br />
<em>Madeleine Pickens &amp; all the Mustangs</em></p>
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		<title>Comment Period for Pryors Extended</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BLM Allows Comments through January 20th Dear Pryor Wild Horse Defenders; We’ve just learned that the BLM Field Office in Billings has extended the comment period for the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA) until January 20th. Emailed comments will be accepted (BLM_MT_Billings_FO@blm.gov), but physically mailed comments are encouraged (Jim Sparks: BLM Billings [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong><em>BLM Allows Comments through January 20th</em></strong></p>
<div id="attachment_34999" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Lynx.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-34999 " title="Lynx" src="http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Lynx-200x200.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Little Lynx in Cloud&#39;s band could be removed if bait-trapping proceeds.</p></div>
<p>Dear Pryor Wild Horse Defenders;<br />
We’ve just learned that the BLM Field Office in Billings has extended the comment period for the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse <a href="http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/mt/field_offices/billings/wild_horses/2012pryorgather.Par.30061.File.dat/2012%20preliminary%20PMWHR%20non-helicoptergather%20EA%20-reduced.pdf" target="_blank">Preliminary Environmental Assessment</a> (PEA) until January 20th. Emailed comments will be accepted (<a href="mailto:BLM_MT_Billings_FO@blm.gov" target="_blank">BLM_MT_Billings_FO@blm.gov</a>), but physically mailed comments are encouraged (Jim Sparks: BLM Billings Field Manager, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, MT 59101).</p>
<p>In light of this extension, we are doing more research on alternatives to an unnecessary removal of 30 young Pryor mustangs. We will be sending this new information soon.</p>
<p>Stay tuned!</p>
<p>Happy Trails!<br />
<em>Ginger</em></p>
<p>The Cloud Foundation<br />
107 South 7th St<br />
Colorado Springs, CO 80905<br />
719-633-3842</p>
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		<title>Help Protect the Pryor Wild Horses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BLM Now Accepting Email Comments Dear Cloud Friends; The Billings BLM has decided to accept emails (BLM_MT_Billings_FO@blm.gov) and faxes (406-896-5281) for comments on their Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA) which calls for the permanent removal of 30 young horses (ages 1-3 years) from the Pryor Wild Horse Range during 2012. Comments are due by close of [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong><em>BLM Now Accepting Email Comments</em></strong></p>
<div id="attachment_34857" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Adelina_MS.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-34857 " title="Adelina_MS" src="http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Adelina_MS-200x200.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">2-year-old Adelina, granddaughter of Blue Sioux &amp; Red Raven</p></div>
<p>Dear Cloud Friends;<br />
The Billings BLM has decided to accept emails (<a href="mailto:BLM_MT_Billings_FO@blm.gov" target="_blank">BLM_MT_Billings_FO@blm.gov</a>) and faxes (406-896-5281) for comments on their <a href="http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/mt/field_offices/billings/wild_horses/2012pryorgather.Par.30061.File.dat/2012%20preliminary%20PMWHR%20non-helicoptergather%20EA%20-reduced.pdf" target="_blank">Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA)</a> which calls for the permanent removal of 30 young horses (ages 1-3 years) from the Pryor Wild Horse Range during 2012. Comments are due by close of business (4:30 pm MST) January 6th.</p>
<p>The removal will bring the herd to the “Appropriate” Management Level of 120. This drastic plan is completely unacceptable and dangerous for the future survival of the Pryor Wild Horse Herd.</p>
<p>The herd currently numbers only 150 adults (one year and older), the bare minimum to maintain genetic viability.</p>
<p>In 2011, mortality equaled births which is exactly what BLM states as their goal for the herd.</p>
<p><span id="more-34854"></span>The PEA includes an alternative (which was considered but not analyzed – why?): “This alternative consists of initially removing ten wild horses and re-assessing every year until the recruitment rate is equal to the natural mortality.” This is already the case! In 2011 mortality equaled recruitment (surviving foals).</p>
<p>Bottom line, it is dead wrong to remove any horses of any age before knowing how many foals are born in 2012, how many horses survive the winter,  how many foals survive going into the fall, and the level of predation.</p>
<div id="attachment_34861" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/HandoRainbutt.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-34861 " title="HandoRainbutt" src="http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/HandoRainbutt-200x200.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cloud&#39;s only son, Bolder, with his son, Echo</p></div>
<p>We urge you to write, email or fax (currently broken according to Billings BLM). Please encourage BLM to select the No Action Alternative.</p>
<p>Stand up for Cloud and the young horses of the Pryors, including Cloud’s look-alike grandson, Echo (Killian) and so many other youngsters who are the future of the herd. They deserve to live their lives in precious freedom!</p>
<p>Happy Trails!<br />
<em>Ginger</em></p>
<p>Regular post letters can still be mailed to:<br />
Jim Sparks<br />
BLM Field Manager<br />
Billings Field Office<br />
5001 Southgate Drive<br />
Billings, MT 59101</p>
<p>Further confirmation:<br />
<em>I confirm that the Billings Field Office will accept electronically transmitted public comments, but definitely do encourage comments being mailed or hand delivered since malfunction of the electronic means when receiving a high volume of comments can lead to comments not being successfully received in their entirety.  Thank you.<br />
- Richard Hanes, Ph.D.<br />
BLM Acting Assistant Director, Washington D.C.</em></p>
<p>The Cloud Foundation<br />
107 South 7th St<br />
Colorado Springs, CO 80905<br />
719-633-3842</p>
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		<title>Park Service Puts Up Pryor Signage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Supporters of the Pryor Wild Horse Herd; I want to share the following letter (link below) we received this week from the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (BCNRA) regarding signage which they have erected along the paved Park Highway. It alerts motorists that there are animals on the road. We appreciate your emails and [...]]]></description>
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<p>Dear Supporters of the Pryor Wild Horse Herd;<br />
I want to share the following letter (link below) we received this week from the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (BCNRA) regarding signage which they have erected along the paved Park Highway. It alerts motorists that there are animals on the road. We appreciate your emails and letters encouraging this action by the BCNRA in response to the hit and run <a href="http://www.thecloudfoundation.org/index.php/news-events-a-media/news/newsletters/657-tragedy-admiralclimbs-newsletter" target="_blank">deaths of the band stallion, Admiral, and his yearling son, Climbs High</a> (Kapitan is his BLM name) along the park highway last summer.</p>
<p>As you may recall, the driver of a truck, Adam Finn of Germantown TN, was intoxicated when he ran them down at 2 am on July 24th. His case is being heard in the Lander, WY U.S. District Court and, as yet, no decision has been reached. Mr. Finn drove away from the accident, but his truck broke down about a mile from the crime scene. Authorities found him still drunk in his truck the next morning.</p>
<p><span id="more-33955"></span>We appreciate the signage which the BCNRA put up this fall to alert drivers that animals may be on the road. It is common to see not only wild horses, but bighorn sheep and deer as well as smaller animals along the highway, hence the generic nature of the signs.</p>
<div id="attachment_33960" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Letter_NPSsignagephoto.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-33960 " title="Letter_NPSsignagephoto" src="http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Letter_NPSsignagephoto-200x200.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo courtesy: Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area</p></div>
<p>Thanks for speaking up. Your voices made a difference!</p>
<p>Happy Trails!<br />
<em>Ginger</em></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.thecloudfoundation.org/images/stories/NPS_letter_signage-BCNRA.pdf" target="_blank">Click here to read the letter.</a></strong></p>
<p>The Cloud Foundation<br />
107 South 7th St<br />
Colorado Springs, CO 80905</p>
<p><em>Copyright (C) 2011 The Cloud Foundation</em></p>
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		<title>A Field Account of a Colorado Roundup</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends of the Wild; I moved to Colorado nearly 40 years ago, captivated by the wild beauty of this inspiring place. Here I could immerse myself in true wilderness where opportunities existed to glimpse animals I had only seen in pictures &#8212; mountain lions, bighorn sheep, mule deer, elk, black bears, golden eagles, mountain [...]]]></description>
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<div id="attachment_31889" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/GingerP1011726.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-31889 " title="GingerP1011726" src="http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/GingerP1011726-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Ginger &amp; Trace in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, Colorado. Photo by Ann Evans</p></div>
<p>Dear Friends of the Wild;<br />
I moved to Colorado nearly 40 years ago, captivated by the wild beauty of this inspiring place. Here I could immerse myself in true wilderness where opportunities existed to glimpse animals I had only seen in pictures &#8212; mountain lions, bighorn sheep, mule deer, elk, black bears, golden eagles, mountain goats, and even wild horses.</p>
<p>Much has changed in these last four decades. Colorado has been highly developed on the front range of our magnificent Rockies, but there are still those hauntingly beautiful, undisturbed landscapes I once dreamed about. Linda Hanick, an extraordinary Colorado wild horse advocate, writes about one of them in her report below.</p>
<p>Our state has only a few hundred wild horses remaining and often they live tucked away in secluded country like that visited by Linda last week. She was present on the last day of the largest roundup of the year in Colorado. Over two hundred robust, glowing mustangs were stampeded by a helicopter, losing in an instant what they value most &#8212; their freedom and their families. I encourage you to read the account of her journey to Colorado&#8217;s western slope.</p>
<p><span id="more-31886"></span>We have a lot of hard work ahead of us to preserve the few thousand remaining wild horses and burros on our public lands. The Cloud Foundation needs <a href="http://www.thecloudfoundation.org/index.php/about-us/donate" target="_blank">your support</a> to carry on our work to protect Cloud and his family, and all the remaining wild horse families in the West. With your help I know we&#8217;ll win a victory for them!</p>
<p>Happy Trails!<br />
<em>Ginger</em></p>
<p>P.S. Thanks for all your notes and kind wishes, and for your enthusiastic response to <a href="http://thecloudfoundation.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/furthering-the-movement/" target="_blank">my speech</a> at the recent International Equine Conference in DC.  Many thanks to those who put on this impressive event.</p>
<p><strong>E. Douglas/Piceance, CO Roundup<br />
Sept. 21-30, 2011<br />
</strong><em>A Field Report by Linda Hanick</em></p>
<p>September 30, 2011: Predawn, 6:00 am. I met Dave Boyd (Silt, CO BLM Public Affairs Officer) and Kent Walter (White River Manager &#8211; Meeker BLM) in Meeker, CO and followed them to the roundup, about an hour away. We arrived at the observation site at 7:00 am, and the helicopter was at work, flying the high ridges, looking for horses. It was a beautiful fall Colorado day, this last day of the roundup, and Cattoor (the contractor hired for this roundup) was looking for 10 horses that had been hanging out on County Road 5, on the east side of the HMA. This first photo is taken from the observation site. Vegetation and grass were still abundant, as 2011 brought great moisture to this area, and these horses have had an abundance of good eating.</p>
<p>We stood on a high ridge, so we could see the helicopter as it flew over the valleys and along all the side slopes of the ridges.</p>
<p>The trap site was not close &#8212; about 1/4 -1/2 mile away &#8212; and with binoculars, I could see it, but not well. So, I knew I would not get good photos of any horses in the trap with my camera. That morning, I briefly met Melissa Kindall, BLM Range Tech. The holding corrals for the previously captured horses were on private land, but I would go there after the helicopter was finished, where Sue Cattoor would give me the tour. I was handed 2 pages of whitewashed descriptions of what a great job Cattoor does in handling the horses both during the roundup and in the corrals.</p>
<p>It was a congenial morning, and since I was the only observer, I had a great opportunity to talk with all the BLM people there, including Jason the ranger from Moab, as well as Jimmie, Tyrrell, and James from Meeker &#8212; while we waited for the helicopter to begin driving in horses. There were probably others, but those are the names I remember in addition to Kent and Dave. We discussed the disastrous roundup here last October, when Sun J Livestock completed their 1st contract, and three horses died as a direct result of the roundup.  A handful more were euthanized because of “pre-existing conditions” &#8212; all this out of a total of 73 horses rounded up. They overestimated the number of horses in that roundup as well &#8212; they planned on removing 140 horses and only found 73.</p>
<p>While we were discussing the 2010 roundup, I interpreted the BLM comments about “mistakes made” to mean that hiring an inexperienced contractor was a mistake and that, in hindsight, they should not have selected them. We had some good discussions, agreeing to disagree on some things.</p>
<p>All in all, it was a congenial and respectful atmosphere. A comment was made regarding the reproduction rate which one of the BLM people said is closer to 15-16% instead of the 20%. (USGS field research showed it to be more like 15%, without mortalities.) With mortality numbers rolled in, it would take a herd of 135 horses seven years to double in size &#8212; not the 4 years stated in BLM PR releases.</p>
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<p>Prior to that morning, Cattoor had rounded up 277 horses &#8212; 104 on the first day. I asked if that high number in 1 day was unprecedented, and they explained that Cattoor had 2 helicopters in the air for the first few days, before one had to go in for scheduled maintenance. A couple of days before I arrived, they captured a mare and her foal. The mare had leg injuries. They determined that the she had previously injured her leg which had healed, and that probably contributed to this injury. After watching her for a couple of days, it was determined that she would be euthanized, and the foal was shipped to Canon City. This is consistent with what I have seen — if a horse is less than perfect, it is often killed. I also learned about a horse that had come into the trap with a lot of cuts, probably from some old barbed wire. This week I checked with Canon City, and they said they had treated a couple of horses with cuts, but, to my relief, there was nothing that needed a vet’s attention and they were doing fine.</p>
<p>For a little background on this roundup, last spring’s aerial census indicated that there were 382 horses in this area. The plan was to remove 382 horses, return 135 to the HMA, and ship the remaining 247 to Canon City. It looked good on paper, but 135 is the low end of the AML, and the high end is 235. The plan also included PZPing mares to help control population.</p>
<p>As of that morning, they had removed 277 horses, with one euthanized. And they were looking for 10 that morning, so they were still 100 short of their population census. Cattoor complained that he couldn’t find the horses in the trees, and I prayed that the horses would stay hidden.</p>
<p>The APHIS vet, Richanne, was the same vet that was there last year. She isn’t very talkative, but I was told that she was on site with the horses at all times &#8212; in the trap or in the holding corrals.</p>
<p>As the morning progressed, the helicopter flew fruitlessly. By 9 am, they called the roundup, saying they couldn’t find the horses anywhere. With a smile, I uttered a little thank you to myself, saying those 10 got a new lease on life that day. At this point, Kent said I could go to the corrals or I could watch them release the horses they were returning to the range. I decided that I would do that &#8212; the rest in the corrals were being loaded into trucks headed for Canon City.</p>
<p>When we left the observation site to head to the release site, I stopped at the trap site as they were beginning to dismantle it. Dave Cattoor was leading this job.</p>
<p>As I was driving to the release site, I did the math: They found 277 horses, not the 382 that they anticipated. They shot one, they shipped 261 to Canon City, and they were releasing only 15 wild horses &#8212; 9 stallions and 6 mares. I sure hope I’m wrong, and they’re right about horses hiding in the dense tree cover. Otherwise, the E. Douglas/Piceance herd has been stripped far below levels for genetic viability, even with those 10 that they couldn’t find that morning.</p>
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<p>The mares and stallions to be released (none of the mares were treated with PZP) were in 2 separate trailers, and here is the very quick chronology of their release. Once the doors were opened, they leaped out of the trailers as if shot from a cannon. They never looked back as they disappeared over the edge of the mesa. The grey stallion is the one that Pam Nickoles has photographed numerous times – “Handsome” is his name, and he certainly is. He was one of the first ones to shoot out of the trailer, but he lagged back, and he and the buckskin brought up the rear &#8212; ever a band stallion.</p>
<p>I then headed for home &#8212; driving slowly and looking for horses. There were none to be seen. As I drove, my bittersweet thoughts ranged from elation for those 15 whom I saw disappear in the dust, and sadness, both for the many horses now on their way to Canon City short-term holding, and for the future of this herd. The BLM is slowly chipping away at the numbers of our wild horses, one herd at a time. The beautiful golden aspen groves were the only bright spots on the rest of my drive that afternoon as I headed home across the mountains.</p>
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		<title>Willie &amp; The Nelson Family Release &#8220;Wild Horses&#8221; Video to Help Raise Awareness for America&#8217;s Wild Horses</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, October 3, 2011 &#8212; Washington, D.C. &#8212; Earlier this year, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) was honored to announce the exclusive release of the Rolling Stones&#8217; classic &#8220;Wild Horses&#8221; &#8211; performed and produced by the legendary Willie Nelson and his family members. Now, Willie &#38; The Nelson Family have followed up with the release [...]]]></description>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-31688" title="HitS-placeholder" src="http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/HitS-placeholder7.gif" alt="" width="150" height="148" />Monday, October 3, 2011 &#8212; Washington, D.C. &#8212; Earlier this year, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) was honored to announce the exclusive release of the Rolling Stones&#8217; classic <a href="http://www.awionline.org/willienelson" target="_blank">&#8220;Wild Horses&#8221;</a> &#8211; performed and produced by the legendary Willie Nelson and his family members. Now, Willie &amp; The Nelson Family have followed up with the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikr2xt6Ory8" target="_blank">release of a video</a> for the song featuring Willie, his daughter Paula, son Lukas and many others from the Nelson family. The video, filmed and produced by Luck Films, was shot at Willie&#8217;s ranch in Luck, Texas and features some of the over 40 horses, both wild and domestic, that Willie has helped rescue from slaughter. Willie &amp; The Nelson Family are donating the proceeds from the sale of the song to AWI&#8217;s campaigns on behalf of wild and domestic horses. Willie and the entire Nelson family are long-time supporters of AWI and its efforts to end horse slaughter and preserve the right of wild horses to roam free.</p>
<p>&#8220;The BLM has been rounding them up at an alarming rate, supposedly for their own good. Sadly, there are more wild horses in holding pens than in the wild. Something is wrong with that, so we must act now before the BLM has managed these magnificent animals into extinction,&#8221; said Willie Nelson. &#8220;It&#8217;s time for the cowboys to stand up for the horses.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act was enacted in 1971 to halt the disappearance of these iconic animals from public lands in the American West. Since then, however, over 21 million acres of land set aside by Congress for wild horses have been removed from their range, even as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) &#8211; the very agency charged with their protection &#8211; claims there is not enough land to support existing herds. The BLM is unnecessarily removing horses based on spurious claims of damage to range and other adverse impacts. The BLM&#8217;s mismanagement of America&#8217;s wild horses is largely designed to benefit a livestock industry that has, for decades, exploited western public lands while profiting from massive subsidies funded by taxpayer dollars. Willie &amp; The Nelson Family and AWI are calling on the BLM and the Obama administration to immediately halt all wild horse round-ups, restore the land provided by law to wild horses and stop warehousing horses on private lands at even greater expense to the taxpayer.</p>
<p><span id="more-31686"></span>&#8220;There is no greater voice than Willie Nelson when it comes to speaking for the underdog. For decades, Willie has fought to protect family farmers in America, while also advocating for the humane treatment of horses and other animals,&#8221; said Chris Heyde, deputy director of government and legal affairs for AWI. &#8220;We are so grateful for the support of Willie and the entire Nelson family and we hope this song will raise awareness of the deteriorating situation facing wild horses and help turn things around before they disappear from their lands forever.&#8221;</p>
<p>For more information about the problems facing wild horses and what can be done to improve BLM’s wild horse program, please visit <a href="http://www.awionline.org/wildhorses" target="_blank">www.awionline.org/wildhorses</a>.</p>
<p>To download your very own copy of Willie &amp; The Nelson Family singing &#8220;Wild Horses,&#8221; please visit <a href="http://www.awionline.org/willienelson" target="_blank">www.awionline.org/willienelson</a> today! You can download a copy from your favorite service such as iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby. Join us in our effort to save America&#8217;s wild and domestic horses before it is too late! Be sure to share this release with your local radio station and encourage them to play the song for America&#8217;s wild horses.</p>
<p>Media Contact:<br />
Chris Heyde, AWI, (202) 446-2142, <a href="mailto:chris@awionline.org">chris@awionline.org</a></p>
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		<title>Comments Needed Immediately for NAS Study Review</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tentative Panel Stacked against Wild Horses Dear Friends of our Wild Horses and Burros, The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is accepting comments on their provisional committee members. The study will be reviewing the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program. However, the current provisional committee makeup is vastly unbalanced. An NAS committee is supposed to [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong><em>Tentative Panel Stacked against Wild Horses</em></strong></p>
<div id="attachment_31255" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wildhorsesDSC_0665.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-31255 " title="wildhorsesDSC_0665" src="http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wildhorsesDSC_0665-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Two wild horses from the White Mountain herd in southern Wyoming</p></div>
<p>Dear Friends of our Wild Horses and Burros,<br />
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is accepting comments on their provisional committee members. The study will be reviewing the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program. However, the current provisional committee makeup is vastly unbalanced.</p>
<p>An NAS committee is supposed to be balanced and free of conflicts of interest, as mandated by federal law. But the current committee members chosen for this study do not represent this impartiality. Some of the committee members have strong ties with largely anti-wild horse organizations, such as the Nevada Cattleman’s Association and the Wildlife Society.</p>
<p>The future of America’s wild horses and burros may rest in the hands of this NAS study. The scope of the study itself is expected to take two years to complete and is to include information on total populations, genetic diversity, annual growth rates, population control, immunocontraception, appropriate management level (AML) establishments or adjustments, and managing a portion of a population as non-reproducing.</p>
<p>I encourage everyone to make their own comments (which are only being accepted <a href="http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/FeedBack.aspx?key=49392&amp;type=committee" target="_blank">electronically here</a>) on these tentatively selected committee members. Below are some talking points you can make in your comments.</p>
<p>You can submit your comments <a href="http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/FeedBack.aspx?key=49392&amp;type=committee" target="_blank">here</a> no later than September 26th.</p>
<p><span id="more-31252"></span>Here are some talking points you can include when you write your own comments (please use your own words):</p>
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<li>There is no one on the provisional committee who is well versed in the behavior and social structure of wild horses, which is a must for understanding the consequences of BLM management techniques.</li>
<li>One member of the committee, Dr. David Thain, has clear ties with Nevada Cattleman’s Association – a clear conflict of interest.</li>
<li>Two provisional committee members are tied to the Wildlife Society, an organization that has staunchly opposed wild horses.</li>
<li>Some members of the committee are supportive of the drug GonaCon, a contraceptive drug that has raised serious health/side-effect concerns if used on wild horses.</li>
<li>There is no one on the provisional committee who recognizes the scientific evidence that supports wild horses as a returned native species.</li>
<li>The distinct lack of balance of the provisional committee needs to be rectified before the NAS conducts this review, otherwise millions of tax dollars will be wasted and the wild horse and burro populations will suffer.</li>
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<p>Wild horses and burros again need your help. It is my sincere hope that you will take a few minutes to comment on the lack of fairness currently awarded to these national icons.</p>
<p>Happy Trails!<br />
<em>Ginger</em></p>
<p>The Cloud Foundation<br />
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		<title>Madeleine Pickens Scheduled as Keynote Speaker at Equine Welfare Conference in Alexandria, VA</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Madeleine Pickens, the Founder of Saving America&#8217;s Mustangs, will be a keynote speaker at this year&#8217;s Equine Welfare Conference in Alexandria, VA on September 28th, 2011. Other distinguished speakers include: Congressman Jim Moran, Senator Landrieu&#8217;s Aide, State Senator Dave Wanzenried, Congressman Burton&#8217;s Aide, Paula Bacon the former mayor of Kaufman, TX, Ann Marini, Ph.D., M.D., [...]]]></description>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-31233" title="HitS-placeholder" src="http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/HitS-placeholder32.gif" alt="" width="150" height="148" />Madeleine Pickens, the Founder of Saving America&#8217;s Mustangs, will be a keynote speaker at this year&#8217;s Equine Welfare Conference in Alexandria, VA on September 28th, 2011.</p>
<p>Other distinguished speakers include: Congressman Jim Moran, Senator Landrieu&#8217;s Aide, State Senator Dave Wanzenried, Congressman Burton&#8217;s Aide, Paula Bacon the former mayor of Kaufman, TX, Ann Marini, Ph.D., M.D., Ginger Kathrens of The Cloud Foundation, Michael Blowen of Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Facility, Keith Dane with The Humane Society of the U.S., Lonita Stewart with Canadian Horse Defence Coalition, Katie Fite with Western Watersheds Project, and authors Deanne Stillman and Alex Brown.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.equinewelfarealliance.org/Int_l_Equine_Conference.html" target="_blank">A complete list of the presenters can be viewed here.</a></p>
<p><strong>Event Location:<br />
</strong>Marriott Residence Inn<br />
1456 Duke Street<br />
Alexandria, VA 22314</p>
<p><strong>CONFERENCE AGENDA<br />
</strong>Registration Fees:<br />
All 3 days, includes Tuesday night banquet $150<br />
Individual Day $75<br />
Student: All 3 days, includes Tuesday night banquet $75<br />
Student: Individual<br />
Day $40</p>
<p><em>note: banquet is only included with 3 day registration</em></p>
<p>Registration is now closed, but you can receive more information by contacting: <a href="mailto:iec@equinewelfarealliance.org" target="_blank">iec@equinewelfarealliance.org</a>.</p>
<p>website: <a href="http://www.equinewelfarealliance.org/" target="_blank">www.equinewelfarealliance.org</a></p>
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		<title>WHINNY Awards to Honor Animal Rights Advocate Madeleine Pickens</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Women&#8217;s Horse Industry Network has announced that Madeleine Pickens has been selected to receive a WHINNY award. The awards dinner will be held on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at the Radisson Hotel Opryland. It will be videotaped as part of a one hour special on HRTV. &#8220;We are very happy to present this award [...]]]></description>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-29926" title="HitS-placeholder" src="http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/HitS-placeholder7.gif" alt="" width="150" height="148" />The Women&#8217;s Horse Industry Network has announced that Madeleine Pickens has been selected to receive a WHINNY award. The awards dinner will be held on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at the Radisson Hotel Opryland. It will be videotaped as part of a one hour special on HRTV.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are very happy to present this award to Madeleine. This woman not only works hard to help animals and horses but has put her money where her boots are and where her passion lives. People like Madeleine deserve to be recognized and applauded for their efforts.  We will do everything we can to help promote her and her efforts.  It definitely will be my pleasure to hand her this award,&#8221; states WHIN&#8217;s Executive Director, Catherine Masters.</p>
<p>Animal rights advocate Madeleine Pickens started her career in horse racing in 1983, a passion she shared with her late husband and Gulfstream Aerospace founder, Allen E. Paulson. They achieved enormous success in racing and had a total of 800 horses, including breeding and racing World Champion and U.S. Hall of Fame inductee, Cigar. They achieved much esteem for their successes racing many champion Thoroughbreds, breeding many brood mares, and creating three successful farms from the ground up. Together, they owned a breaking and training farm at Ocala and a breeding farm at Brookside North in Kentucky where many of their champions were raised. They also had one more facility in California. Madeleine managed all the business aspects, farm decisions, and race decisions for the entire operation. The Paulsons owned more than 115 winners of graded stakes races. To this day, they still hold the record for the leader of the most &#8216;Breeder&#8217;s Cup&#8217; champion horses and earnings.</p>
<p>Today, she is still breeding a few racehorses, but adamantly opposes horse slaughter and the use of the drugs in these animals. Until that is cleared up, she won&#8217;t ever participate in the race world like she had once been.</p>
<p><span id="more-29923"></span>In 2005, she married Legendary Energy and Texas Oilman, T. Boone Pickens. In him she found someone as passionate and committed to animal rights, land conservation, and philanthropy as she is. It was when she met him that she decided the satisfaction of philanthropy and making a difference in the world was most important to her.</p>
<p>During the disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, T. Boone Pickens donated $7 million to the Red Cross to aid the victims of the city of New Orleans. Madeleine couldn&#8217;t bear to watch all the animals being left behind to fend for themselves, so she arranged and personally paid for a commercial aircraft to transport about 800 dogs and cats to safety in Southern California. In the blazing summer heat, they loaded up the aircraft, occupying every seat with a rescued dog or cat. They made several trips across the country, until every animal was admitted into a shelter facility in Marin, Los Angeles, or Rancho Santa Fe, CA. Her heroic efforts, along with the volunteers networking in each city, helped facilitate the return or adoption of these animals to loving homes, including returning many dogs and cats back to their original owners.</p>
<p>In the fall of 2008, it was when Madeleine embarked on her own journey to raise awareness for the American wild mustangs. She founded the Saving America&#8217;s Mustangs Organization to preserve and protect these iconic creatures. She continues to work on getting the bill HR503 passed to ban horse slaughter permanently. In 2009, she created a solution to work together with the Bureau of Land Management on the costly and inhumane federal holding practices costing taxpayers upwards of $70 million by developing an eco-sanctuary in Nevada. For the past three years and several meetings with the BLM, she is confident that they can come to an agreement for the wild horses. The eco-sanctuary, called Mustang Monument: Wild Horse Eco-Preserve, is being constructed in Northern Nevada. It will be a permanent home and living museum where visitors can stay on the land and see their horses roaming free in the wild.  It will be a tourist destination similar to National Parks where tourists from all over the world can be a part of our great American history.  Saving America&#8217;s Mustangs has spent millions of dollars generating awareness about the issues the wild mustangs are facing and continue to take steps to educate the public. Madeleine Pickens will continue to work with the BLM to finalize the best solution to this very important issue and is excited about the possibilities this will bring.</p>
<p>&#8220;Mustang Monument is the right solution. We are overjoyed to have so many supporters worldwide and cannot wait to finally open the doors to the public. This is something that will create positive changes for our wild horses and American families alike,&#8221; said Madeleine Pickens.</p>
<p>For more information on Madeleine and her efforts, please visit: <a href="http://www.savingamericasmustangs.org/" target="_blank">www.savingamericasmustangs.org</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mustangmonument" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/mustangmonument</a>.</p>
<p>Other WHINNY winners include Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Mike and Martha Borchetta, Bonnie Garner, William and Elizabeth Shatner and Templeton Thompson. A complete list of WHINNY winners is on the WHIN website.</p>
<p>The WHINNY awards are part of the Women&#8217;s Horse Industry Network&#8217;s Annual Business Networking Expo. In addition to the WHINNY awards, there will be a silent auction to raise fund for several equine related charities, exhibitors and seminars. The event runs from October 6th through October 8th.</p>
<p>The WHIN has hundreds of members in all areas of the horse industry in the U.S., Canada and the U.K.</p>
<p>To register to attend this event or to find out more about the Women&#8217;s Horse Industry Network, please visit <a href="http://www.womenshorseindustry.com/" target="_blank">www.womenshorseindustry.com</a> or call 615-730-7833. Limited sponsorships are still available.</p>
<p>Contact:</p>
<p>Catherine Masters<br />
WHIN<br />
615-730-7833</p>
<p>Stacie Daigle<br />
Saving Americas Mustangs<br />
<a href="mailto:Stacie@savingamericasmustangs.org">Stacie@savingamericasmustangs.org</a></p>
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