photos.Par.35155.Image.550.xThe 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.

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 here

fedupAs 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.

More photos on our blog.

Photo Update & Letter: Ginger went to the Pryors and to visit the four Freedom Fund bands we rescued after the holidays, read her travel journal and see lots of photos here! Please our mailing list to receive these updates & action alerts. Phoenix_Clouds_Mom_12_09_TCFBachelors_12_09_TCFConquistador_Blue_fight_TCF_12_09F.MedicineBow_12_10_10_TCF

A new PSA from Moving Cloud Productions featuring Sheryl Crow and Viggo Mortensen in a call to action. WATCH THE PSA HERE.Helicopter_winter_2007_thecloudfoundation

Look for an LA premiere soon of filmmaker James Kleinert's groundbreaking feature-length documentary film, Disappointment Valley, A Modern Day Western. This film examines the plight of America's wild horses and the rapidly deteriorating condition of our wild and beautiful Public Lands in the majestic haunting American West. WATCH THE TRAILER HERE

Freedom_Craig_Downer_ECUHumane Observers Report from Calico: Freedom's Ordeal..... 26 photos of Freedom's Escape... TAKE ACTION for Wild Horses & Burros here

cloudWhen 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 Cloud.

This website is dedicated to keeping you up to date on important issues regarding wild horses as well as on Cloud's herd in the Arrowhead Mountains. Cloud was rounded up for the third time in September of 2009 despite a huge public effort to try and stop this unnecessary roundup. Cloud and his band were released two days after they were captured but Cloud's grandchildren and his daughter were removed along with more than 50 others, leaving the Pryors herd at only 125 horses. Cloud is now back in the wild & we continue our work to preserve what wild horses value most- their freedom and their families. Click here for a recent update on Cloud and the wild horses of the Pryors, including the four bands we rescued, a whole sub-population removed in the last roundup. Check back often to stay abreast of current events involving Cloud and all of his compatriots. America's wild horses and burros live on public land and are currently being managed to extinction by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Check our action alerts and blog to find out more on what you can do.