Wednesday, February 06, 2013

How to: Live with a Wild Horse

How to You Pick the Right Mustang for YOU

 

 MUSTANGS 4 US   is a website that's been described as Disneyland for Mustang-lovers and it will give you some questions to consider.  From color and conformation to where to find a "used" wild horse, you'll discover guidance for
Choosing the Right One

Plus the site has lots of cool stuff, including t-shirts with this logo  

BLM Adoption Schedule, by State

HiddenValleyWildHorseAdoptions

Want to Bond with a REALLY Wild Horse?

BLM is trying something new. If you are experienced with wild horses & a qualified adopter you might be lucky enough to adopt one of 20 yearlings available this Saturday, February 9, right where they were captured. 
For more information, check out:     Adopting a mustang on its home range

After you adopt

There's lots of help available to assure you & your mustang get off to a good start. If you want to learn to put your HEAD where your HEART is, check out  WILD HORSE MENTORS .   
 

Labels: adopt on the range, birthday party, BLM, Hidden Valley horses, LRTC, picking a mustang, wild horse mentors

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Sunday, August 08, 2010

We're Going Where?





Dear Readers,
These two mares, born in the wild Calico Mountains, have traveled a long, sometimes sad road. They've run the range, drinking the scents of sagebrush and cool water of desert springs. They've fled helicopters, watched as their families were torn apart and listened as some died. They've been shuttled from corral to corral, from a Fallon feedlot to the Palomino Valley wild horse center and their photographs have been on the Internet in hundreds of countries.
This time tomorrow, they'll no longer wear red cords and tags around their necks and be known by numbers. Sage and Ghost Dancer will move to their new home at the Wild Horse Sanctuary and meet other wild horses.
The real Phantom Stallion lives there, hidden from human eyes, but I like to imagine them meeting him. Maybe they'll snort, flicked their ears and roll their eyes as they discuss the odd two-legged who got them there.
People have asked if the horses need financial help. YES, any donations would be most appreciated.
The Wild Horse Sanctuary has a button you can click here CALICO HORSES specifically for Sage and Ghost Dancer.
Or make a donation (both are tax deductible) to Wild Horse Mentors of Stagecoach, Nevada, the organization which will be gently trailering the Calico Mountain mares to their new homeWILD HORSE MENTORS
Most of all, we'd appreciate your thoughts and prayers for the safety of our wild horse journey.
Best,
Terri

p.s. if all goes as planned, photographer CAT KINDSFATHER, who took these photos last week, will be coming along to document the Calico gals' moving day!

Labels: Calico mountain horses, ghost dancer, Sage, wild horse mentors, Wild Horse Sanctuary

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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

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