Friday, April 28, 2006

CLOUD

Dear Readers,
Most of you have seen the beautiful documentary about the wild stallion CLOUD. As you know, he's a real horse living with his herd in the real Pryor Mountains.
I just got an email from Ginger, the filmmaker and friend of Cloud and she's worried about BLM's plans for Cloud's herd.
Here's part of what she said:

"There will be the 'use of infertility drugs' on many mares, removal of horses in 2006, possibly in 2008 and 2010 to reach a genetically non-viable population of 100.
Then BLM mentions that they are studying the possibility of importing wild horses from Utah if the herd falls into genetic decline as a result of low herd numbers...

"The BLM reveals that it has no respect for nature and natural ecosystems. Nor do they respect the precious horses in Cloud’s herd and their right to live free. This is a rare Spanish population living in balance with their wilderness home. The herd was at zero population growth and the population even declined a bit during 2004 when it is believed that a mother mountain lion had her sub-adult offspring hunting with her. Then 'in 2004/2005 three adult mountain lions were successfully hunted ...'
For more information and to learn how you can help, visit thecloudfoundation.org


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