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Handsome Jesse James – son of Admiral and Seneca. Photo © PryorWild. Three Pryor Mountain wild horses — Jesse James, Penn, and their young daughter Yule — are currently listed in the Bureau of Land Management’s Internet Auction. The Cloud Foundation is actively working to bring this family home to our Freedom Family Sanctuary, where …
Photo: Teton strutting his stuff – Salt Wells Creek The House Agriculture Committee has released draft language for the long-delayed Farm Bill — and it does NOT include the SAFE Act (HR 1661/S 775). The SAFE Act would permanently prohibit horse slaughter in the United States and restrict the export of American equines for slaughter …
A yearling filly stands near her dead mother – one of nine federally protected Heber Wild Horses recently shot and killed in the area. Photo courtesy: Betty Nixon, Friends of the Heber Wild Horses. During National Justice for Animals Week, we are reminded that justice includes accountability for crimes against protected wildlife — including America’s …
Echo runs free © Dennis McCollough, May 2024 As we step into a new year, we want to pause and say thank you. Thank you for standing with The Cloud Foundation in so many ways — through donations, advocacy, sharing our work, and simply caring deeply about the future of America’s wild horses and burros. …
Encore and her daughter Xacara rest with the newborn filly. Photo © TCF We’re thrilled to share joyful news from the wild Pryor Mountains — Encore, look-alike palomino daughter of the legendary Cloud, has given birth to a grulla filly! Ginger Kathrens was on the mountain when the foal was born in the early morning …
Echo spars with his buddy, Orlando. Ginger Kathrens and The Cloud Foundation received devastating news: the Billings Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Field Office has shot and killed Echo, Cloud’s lookalike grandson and the son of Bolder. WHY? BLM’s reasoning for this tragic action was that Echo appeared to be “in rough shape and lethargic” …
Yearling filly, Yara (Pilar & Stillwater), watches her watchers in the Sykes area of the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range. The RMP Decision has been released regarding the management of the Pryor herd. The adopted amendment to the Billings Resource Management Plan (RMP) is a loss for the Pryor Mountain wild horses and a disregard …
Wild burros near Beatty, Nevada are cherished by visitors from around the world traveling through the area en route to Las Vegas. However, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has failed to uphold its mandate to humanely manage the Bullfrog wild burro herd. The agency has neglected to protect and maintain adequate water sources within …
Jackson Mtn wild horse family. Photo used with permission from Laura Leigh, Wild Horse Education. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is developing the Jackson Mountains Herd Management Area Plan (HMAP), which will set long-term management policies for this herd. Their proposal includes sterilizing up to 25% of the mares, surgically implanting IUDs, and removing …
In July 2024, we called on you to speak out against the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Management Evaluation Report for the Pancake Complex in Eastern Nevada. The report outlined several troubling management proposals, including the castration of 138 stallions to create a “non-reproducing” component of the herd. Together, with your support, we strongly opposed …