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Federal Court Allows Wild Horse Advocates to Intervene in Utah Rancher Lawsuit- September 11, 2014

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH... Late last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah granted a motion by the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC), The Cloud Foundation, Return to Freedom, photographer John Steele and wild horse advocate Lisa Friday to intervene in a lawsuit filed by the Western Rangeland Conservation Association and Utah ranchers against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The lawsuit seeks to compel the BLM to immediately round up hundreds of wild horses in Iron and Beaver Counties so that the ranchers can graze their livestock on public lands in the area.

September 11th, 2014|
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Appellate Court Denies Emergency Motion and Allows Unprecedented Wyoming Wild Horse Roundup That Turns Over Public Lands to Private Livestock Interest- September 10, 2014

Denver, CO… Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied an emergency motion to block the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) wild horse roundup in the Wyoming Checkerboard. The motion was filed by the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC), The Cloud Foundation, Return to Freedom and wild horse photographers, Carol Walker and Kimerlee Curyl.

September 10th, 2014|
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BLM Wyoming Wild Horse Roundup Delayed as Advocates Appeal to Tenth Circuit-September 3, 2014

Denver, CO

Yesterday evening, the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC), The Cloud Foundation, Return to Freedom and wild horse photographers, Carol Walker and Kimerlee Curyl, filed an emergency motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to block a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wild horse roundup in the Wyoming Checkerboard proposed for this month.

September 3rd, 2014|
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Leading Water to Horses-September 1, 2014

Water is Trucked into Local Horse Sanctuary After Well Runs Dry

By Sarah Bush News-Press Correspondent

A local wild horse rescue group may be the latest victim of the worst drought in California’s history.

September 1st, 2014|
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Court Grants Emergency Injunction to Delay BLM Wyoming Wild Horse Roundup-August 29, 2014

Cheyenne, WY

Late yesterday, the U.S. District Court in Wyoming granted an emergency injunction to delay until September 12 the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) planned roundup of more than 800 wild horses from public and private lands in the Adobe Town, Salt Wells Creek and Great Divide Basin Herd Management Areas (HMAs) in an area known as the Wyoming checkerboard.

August 30th, 2014|
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Water Crisis at the Sanctuary

This truck was hauling emergency water to the sanctuary!

The extended drought in the west has left our hills barren of forage
and has caused the price of hay to rise.
 On August 27th the unthinkable happened. Our well ran dry. . .

 

August 27th may have been one of the scariest days on the sanctuary. The drought has

August 28th, 2014|
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Cornell Winery and Equine Photographer Bristol Mac Donald invite you to a benefit for Return to Freedom-August 28, 2014

August 28th, 2014|
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The Mane Attraction: A Horse Sculpture Auction-August 21, 2014

By Michael Miller
By the time a lucky winner takes it home, the fiberglass horse being painted at Art-A-Fair may resemble the boldly adorned mustangs that Native American tribes rode across the plains centuries ago.

August 21st, 2014|
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Award Winning Independent Film “American Mustang” Screening in Santa Barbara to benefit Return to Freedom-August 21, 2014.

Award Winning Independent Film “American Mustang” Screening in Santa Barbara to benefit Return to Freedom.

Date & Time
Thursday, September 11, 2014
5:30pm – VIP Reception
7:30pm – Screening
at The New Vic Theatre
33 W. Victoria
Santa Barbara, CA

Rey and Kristine Castillo are hosting a screening of American Mustang, an Independent film about America’s wild horses. The event features a pre-screening

August 21st, 2014|
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Willamina was found alone just days after her birth. Rejected by her mother, this little foal needed a miracle to survive-August 21, 2014

Willamina was born on May 4th, in a herd of wild Calico mares. Just days after her birth, it was noticed that Willamina was alone and abandoned. Sadly, this sometimes happens in the herd. For various reasons, a mare may not bond with her foal- sometimes due to stress or another dominant mare steals the

August 21st, 2014|
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