05 February 2010
The Calico Roundup is over. 1922 mustangs captured, 610 estimated left. At least 39 horses have died and 25-30 foals have been aborted to date as a result of this massive and inhumane winter roundup that began on December 28th despite incredible public outcry and nationwide protests. The death toll is expected to rise in the Fallon feedlot-style facility where the Calico mustangs are held. Two foals have died after their hooves began falling off. Read the humane observer's blog here. Nearly 12,000 wild horses and burros are to be rounded up and removed from their homes this year (schedule) at a cost of over $32 million in taxpayer dollars. Please call for hearings on the BLM and a moratorium on ALL roundups before we lose our wild horses and burros in the west, click here to take action now -- the hoofbeats of our last wild horses need to be heard in Washington. Be sure to check the Cloud Foundation Blog for frequent updates. Wild horses are outnumbered on our public lands at least 100:1 by privately-owned livestock on our public lands and although federally-protected by the 1971 Wild Horse & Burro Act, are not being treated as such on their designated western public lands, 20 MILLION acres of which have been taken away since the Act's passage. And the public was not being permitted to watch the current roundup but three half-days per week ... report and article continued here.
05 February 2010
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BLM Pulls Plug on Calico Roundup as Death Toll Rises, Eagle Roundup to Start 2/14
08 January 2010
Please write your Senators and Congress people, ask that they call for hearings on the Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse and Burro, immediately. New Action Alert here05 February 2010
As the most controversial roundup in BLM history goes forward in NW Nevada protests in over a dozen cities have taken place with more planned. Watch a musical slideshow of the protests to date here! Protests are planned for Missoula, MT (2/12) and Carson City, NV (2/20). Check out our events calendar for details.
Fact Sheets and information on the roundups and the issue here.
2009_2010 Roundup Schedule online here.
Humane Observers 
When Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ginger Kathrens recorded a tottering newborn wild foal, she hardly anticipated how he would change her life. She named the pale colt 
