Posted By: liane
Wild Mustangs of America! - 06/20/09 11:38 PM
God created this earth for us to take care of. He created animals for us to enjoy and to take care of. We must be good stewards of His earth that He has given and entrusted to us to take care of.
One of the biggest issues going on right now in the United States is between those that are trying to save our wild mustangs and the cattle ranchers who use the public lands for grazing of their cattle.
At one time we had over 2 million and that is million wild horses roaming free in most of the western states to the pacific coast. Now we have around 33,000 left with half of them being held in pens, either to spend the rest of their lives their or be sent for slaughter to either Canada or Mexico.
One of the most beautiful wild mustangs in California, called the Cloud herd. This August 30th if the Bureau of Land Management has their way they will with their helicopters and AV's cut half this herd up and send them to pens in Nevada.
They will geld the stallions and try to get them adopted out or if need be send them to slaughter.
None of this is necessary because the horses are health and have been watched by the Cloud Foundation for 15 years with not problem for the horses or the ecosystem.
What is the problem is that cattle ranchers are looking for more land to destroy with their cattle and the BLM is allowing them to do so.
They call them feral horses, not native to America, but these horses at one time once came from the America and by man's own hand had brought them back to where they belong since the 1500's.
There are beautiful Spanish blood lines that are going to be forever lost as well as this beautiful herd unless we do something to stop it. It is estimated that if we do not do something now to protect our wild horses they will be all gone by 2020 from public lands.
Please join by contacting by phone 719.633.3842 or check out their website at: http://www.thecloudfoundation.org/cloudcollection.html for more information.
One of the biggest issues going on right now in the United States is between those that are trying to save our wild mustangs and the cattle ranchers who use the public lands for grazing of their cattle.
At one time we had over 2 million and that is million wild horses roaming free in most of the western states to the pacific coast. Now we have around 33,000 left with half of them being held in pens, either to spend the rest of their lives their or be sent for slaughter to either Canada or Mexico.
One of the most beautiful wild mustangs in California, called the Cloud herd. This August 30th if the Bureau of Land Management has their way they will with their helicopters and AV's cut half this herd up and send them to pens in Nevada.
They will geld the stallions and try to get them adopted out or if need be send them to slaughter.
None of this is necessary because the horses are health and have been watched by the Cloud Foundation for 15 years with not problem for the horses or the ecosystem.
What is the problem is that cattle ranchers are looking for more land to destroy with their cattle and the BLM is allowing them to do so.
They call them feral horses, not native to America, but these horses at one time once came from the America and by man's own hand had brought them back to where they belong since the 1500's.
There are beautiful Spanish blood lines that are going to be forever lost as well as this beautiful herd unless we do something to stop it. It is estimated that if we do not do something now to protect our wild horses they will be all gone by 2020 from public lands.
Please join by contacting by phone 719.633.3842 or check out their website at: http://www.thecloudfoundation.org/cloudcollection.html for more information.