Horse Rescues, Adoption Societies, Fostering, Equine Welfare
Maybe you can imagine the frustration of having a vaccine that is proven to cure cancer, but not having the money to produce and distribute the cure. Even as people are dying. That is the kind of frustration that we are dealing with in regard to saving wild horses! We have the cure for the …
What better way to start the 2023 Hampton Classic Horse Show than by focusing on the welfare of America’s horses in need of forever homes? The EQUUS Foundation partnered with the Hampton Classic to showcase adoptable horses on Sunday, August 27, during the Opening Day Ceremony in the Grand Prix Ring, and on Monday, August …
The image above is a “public observation” area at one of the many roundups we’ve attended. Herd areas may be vast. Helicopters may chase wild horses and burros for untold miles since there is NO SET STANDARD regulating distance (see *CAWP Gather Standards II, B2 pg. 7). The trauma suffered by wild horses and burros …
London International Horse Show announced The King’s Troop Foundation as its official charity for the 2023 edition of the event, which will be held from 13-18 December. The Foundation was selected to coincide with the return of the renowned King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery Musical Drive to the Show’s arena after 15 years. Formed in …
Earlier this year we asked you to submit comments to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) when the agency asked for public comments on its proposal to remove wild horses from the beloved McCullough Peaks herd. Given the herd’s proximity to Yellowstone National Park, these wild horses amaze and charm both locals and visitors from …
How do you spell cruelty? At the Cloud Foundation, we spell it: R-O-U-N-D-U-P. Specifically, helicopter roundup. The BLM’s Antelope Valley Complex roundup commenced on July 9th and is unfortunately making our point for us. In 16 days, 19 horses have been killed. At least 7 tiny foals have died from the stress of the BLM …
Thanks to the partnership with Brooke USA and the Brooke USA Bridge Grant Program established in January as a joint initiative of Brooke USA and the EQUUS Foundation, five EQUUS Foundation Guardian charities have received emergency funding to address unplanned and/or unexpected circumstances. The program offers grants ranging between $500 and $1,000 in three areas: …
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is proposing a new management plan for wild horses living in the Murderer’s Creek area in eastern Oregon. Unbelievably, despite the Bureau of Land Management’s long-standing failure of managing wild horses, USFS is now planning to copy BLM’s failed management practices. USFS is proposing to create a plan that: We …
Native species American wild horses have been the source of income for many so-called wild horse nonprofits who have accomplished very little over the past 30 years. The situation on the ground with wild horses is intolerable and is the indisputable evidence that supports the foregoing statement, and anyone who argues it’s an ‘unfair statement’, …
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho (Owyhee Field Office) plans to reduce wild horse numbers in the Black Mountain, Hardtrigger, and Sands Basin Herd Management Areas to low numbers of just 30 horses in the Black Mountain HMA, 33 horses in the Sands Basin HMA, and 66 horses in the Hardtrigger HMA. This disastrous …
