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Monday, September 02, 2013
Ransoming wild horses: The Ft. McDermitt rescue
Ft. McDermitt rescue
Labels: Cat Kindsfather, Cloud Foundation, Ellie Phipps Price, Fort McDermitt, Laura Leigh, Liberty for Horses, Madeline Pickens, mustang, Neda de Mayo, Return to Freedom, Wild horse, Willis Lamm Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 12:12 PM 1 comments  
Friday, April 15, 2011 Silver Lining for a Golden Filly  at left, March photo, Lisa Friday below, April photo, BLM  Dear Readers, Did you see the injured buckskin filly in Lisa Ann Friday's March 15 video of the Utah BLM corrals? The Cloud Foundation made the footage public last week and journalists worldwide recognized a story which had to be shared. I was still in Texas when I posted my Saturday, April 9 blog about the mud and blood in Butterfield corrals. Watching from the clean warmth of my Dallas hotel room, I felt guilty until I flashed on the day before. For 6+ hours I'd been "chauffeured" across Texas by Sherry, a smart, funny, kind-hearted school librarian and her tolerant husband Bill. On our way to Bloomburg school (250 K-12 students), we talked about everything, including Sherry's yearning for her own DARK SUNSHINE - a buckskin mustang. And there she was, in need of rescue. Phone calls blazed and emails bounced between Nevada, Utah, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. TODAY I learned Sherry and Bill have been approved to adopt the filly. Bill is designing a ranch environment for her. Sherry is fielding student offers to visit and comfort the filly -- young hearts reaching out to a wild heart. When she arrives next month, the mustang will be called Wild Cat in honor of the Bloomburg school mascot. I believe Bloomburg students are natural storytellers. I believe Wild Cat will become part of local lore, and the story of her life will change the lives of her kind. Happy trails, Terri Labels: BLM . Bloomburg, Butterfield short term holding corrals, Cloud Foundation, Wild Cat Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 10:57 AM 4 comments
Wednesday, November 03, 2010 Nevada Writers Hall of Fame Honors Wild Horse Author  Really nice press release from THE CLOUD FOUNDATION! Thanks so much, guys. Click here to read it Author Terri Farley Writes About -- and for -- Wild Horses I'm a little nervous about the ceremony, but very honored and happy the horses are getting this attention! Best, Terri Labels: Cloud Foundation, Nevada Writers Hall of Fame, terri farley Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 10:07 PM 4 comments
Thursday, September 23, 2010 Mustangs, wild horse helpers & VOTE on your favorite cover  Dear Readers, I hope you feel the September newsletter was worth the wait! My poor website designer was very patient while I kept adding things and disappearing out on the range between edits! In this edition you'll see >photos of Ghost Dancer & Sage tasting freedom for the first time since they were captured almost a year ago  >an interview with MAKENDRA SILVERMAN of the Cloud Foundation and find out why going to college really does prepare you for a life with wild horses! >VOTE on your favorite of three PHANTOM STALLION covers >visit wild Nevada & California through new web cam links >ENCORE edition of Sam's blog! COME VISIT, HERE: SEPT newsletter Hugs to you and those you love, Terri Labels: Cloud Foundation, ghost dancer, Makendra, phantom stallion, Sage Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 8:27 AM 2 comments
Sunday, July 11, 2010 SLAUGHTER AUCTION final score ---  Fallon Livestock Exchange horse pens HORSE ADVOCATES: 174 KILLER BUYERS: 0 Dear Readers, Saturday 174 "privately owned" (ungentled, un-halter broken,looking a whole lot like mustangs) ranch horses were put up for sale at the Fallon Livestock Exchange where horses are often sold by the pound. You know what that means. HOWEVER -- wild horses advocates wasted no time stirring up the media and contacting rescuers like Jill Starr's LIFESAVERS, WILD HORSE MENTORS, LET 'EM RUN FOUNDATION, WILD HORSE SPIRITS, the CLOUD FOUNDATION, and many others. With fingers crossed, funds raised, lots of hope, prayers and backbone -- horse advocates faced off with slaughter middle men and WON! If you'd like to read a report by Willis Lamm (he organized the convoy of horse trailers to get the horses AWAY from the auction groups asap) & see photos of the horses saved, please check this out Pilot Valley Horses Rescued INVESTIGATIONS INTO WHETHER THESE ARE WILD HORSES will continue. Keep the faith, all! Terri Labels: Cloud Foundation, equine slaughter, fallon livestock exchange, Jill Starr, wild horse mentors Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 3:05 PM 2 comments
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Grass Roots Horses !  visit GrassrootsHorse.com Labels: BLM, Cloud Foundation, Grass roots horses, helicopter roundups, IDA, mustangs, wild horses Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 5:40 PM 3 comments
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Captured Calico Wild Horses Denied Shelter from Storms Captured Calico Wild Horses Denied Windbreaks BLM’s double-standards leave nearly 1000 captured mustangs in the cold Fallon, NV (January 19, 2010)— 956 wild American mustangs rounded up off public land by helicopters in the past two weeks now stand in a feedlot-style Bureau of Land Management (BLM) contracted holding facility outside of Fallon, Nevada on private land. The new Fallon facility is not equipped with shelter, windbreaks or protection of any kind for the horses. High winds, rain and snow are expected to continue through the end of the week. In Calico, herds can move to sheltered canyons for protection from the harsh winter weather. Yet, in Fallon, they are deprived of adequate protection despite recommendations from wild horse advocates. This is in direct opposition to BLM’s own standards. “I’m confused by the double standard. Before members of the public are allowed to adopt a wild horse from BLM we must prove we have adequate shelter. Why doesn’t BLM have to meet the same standards?” asks Ann Evans, adopter of three mustangs. Yesterday, members of the public reported an inhumane lack of windbreaks. No apparent effort has been made to tie canvas tarps on fences to block the howling wind and the anticipated driving snow. On Friday January 15, advocates asked local Nevada BLM staff, Directors and top-level Department of Interior (DOI) under-secretaries to intervene on behalf of the horses by creating wind blocks. "Those that care about the welfare of the wild horses or burros are asking for minimal protection for these vulnerable animals. Wild horse families are being ripped out of their natural environment where they can take care of themselves, separated from their family members and incarcerated on a windswept plain outside Fallon where they have no ability to protect themselves from the elements. BLM then tells the public their actions are for the good of the animals,” states Ginger Kathrens, Executive Director of The Cloud Foundation (named for the famous wild horse Kathrens has documented for the PBS/Nature series) The DOI and BLM responded that at the just constructed Fallon facility “weather is not that extreme to require wind breaks for healthy horses. . . they do not require protection from the elements to maintain good health. . . .there is nothing to be concerned about from an animal well-being standpoint.” Thus, no actions to protect the captured horses have taken place, not even for foals or sick horses. Advocates contend that the horses are more prone to strangles (equine distemper) due to the lack of adequate protection. “When these horses were rounded up, some where limping and wet with sweat. They are now terribly traumatized, depressed and confused. Their immune systems are compromised, making them more vulnerable to illness, like strangles (equine distemper) and death,” explains Craig Downer, wildlife ecologist, third generation Nevada native, and witness to the Calico roundup. “BLM continually tells the public and the media that the wild horses are starving and must be removed from the range. Yet, the BLM provides them with no shelter in dangerous weather conditions where the horses will burn fat reserves attempting to keep warm. No reputable rescue would place any horses in a situation like Fallon,” stated Hilary Wood, President and Founder of Front Range Equine Rescue.. When asked about the lack of windbreaks the BLM indicated that the contractor who built the facility was not asked to provide any shelters or windbreaks. BLM zeroed out a portion of the Dishpan Butte wild horse herd in Wyoming solely on the basis that the wild horses did not have cover according to BLM Program Chief Don Glenn. “We owe so much to these mustangs—it’s a dishonor that our government does not provide wind protection from the harsh elements,” said Elyse Gardner, humane observer, Calico and Pryor Mountains roundups The Cloud Foundation and the public call on Secretary of Interior, Ken Salazar, to stop the Calico roundup and take immediate action against the cruelty and mismanagement of the BLM's wild horse and burro program. Canvas tarps are affordable and readily available at various outlets in the Reno/Fallon area. ### Labels: BLM, Calico Complex, Cloud Foundation, mustangs, round-ups, wild horses Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 7:34 PM 1 comments
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