Enough Is Enough

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 …

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Emergency Funding for America’s Equines

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: …

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Forest Service Proposes “New” Management for an Oregon Herd That Copycats BLM Mismanagement

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 …

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Wild Horses Need a Real Plan – Not More of the Same

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’, …

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Idaho’s Few Remaining Wild Horses Are under Attack

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 …

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Contact Your Congressperson to Support Bill to Ban Helicopter Roundups

Sick and old wild horses and burros are terrorized, injured, and killed in helicopter roundups. They are chased in extreme heat in the summer and below freezing temperatures in winter. They are driven countless miles — no one knows for sure how many, because no one monitors the helicopters. Heavily pregnant mares are sometimes pursued …

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Selloff in Livestock Industry Presents New Challenges for Remaining American Wild Horses

YREKA, CA, US, March 23, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — A growing selloff of entire herds of livestock spells big trouble for American wild horses and wild horse advocates. It’s critically important to understand that in America today, there are basically two kinds of livestock producers based upon how they fatten their livestock for the market. The first …

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Be Ready to ACT for the Pryor Horses

The Billings BLM office has posted their Environmental Assessment and proposed actions for the Pryor horses, and the public comment period is now open. You may access the 88-page EA and the other appendix and supplemental documents here: EplanningUi (blm.gov). The most current documents are in the 30-day Comment Period on Preliminary EA section. We …

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California Nonprofit Offers Nature Based Solution for Catastrophic Wildfires That Sequesters Carbon

YREKA, CA, US, March 8, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — Wild Horse Fire Brigade (WHFB) is a California based all volunteer 501c3 nonprofit public benefit corporation that has developed a novel “nature based” solution that will help prevent catastrophic wildfire, and at the same time help save and protect America’s wild horses. This innovative plan also reduces …

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American Wild Horses Are Understudied, Results in Grossly Overlooked Ecological Benefits

YREKA, CA, US, March 6, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — North American wild horses evolved on the North American continent about 1.8 million years ago. Recent scientific research shows that the populations of North American wild horses did decline significantly around the time of the last Ice Age; however, they did not go extinct. In fact, we …

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