Nature

06/30/2008 :: 09:43:05 AM
k d Says:

Is it true that the BML is going to destroy Cloud & his band?

06/30/2008 :: 12:56:13 PM
Blondhorsecrazy Says:

Please do not let me them destroy Cloud and his band..this is an outrage! What can we do to stop this??

06/30/2008 :: 02:49:49 PM
CynthiaSantovena Says:

You can help cloud by signing this Care2petion and pass it around

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-cloud-and-his-wild-herd

06/30/2008 :: 04:06:12 PM
Patti Brown Says:

I watched that movie! I cannot believe BLM would want to even consider destroying Cloud and his herd. This group have horses with names and they mean something to us. I am totally opposed to the destruction of this group of horses. Now, we are always trying to preserve animals from extinction, but why are we allowing part of our heritage to be destroyed? Isn’t there some sort of government land these beautiful creatures can roam on..freely? Are humans taking over that space and destroying the horses’ space? This is truly sad! We, human beings, are selfish and ignorant; this is unbelievable!

07/01/2008 :: 01:36:43 AM
Laura Schmidt Says:

It is true…. get involved!
Cloud and his band could all be gone. Sign the petition and contact your legislators and tell them this needs to stop!

07/01/2008 :: 11:25:15 AM
Karen Grabianowski Says:

Cloud and all the wild horses are well known throughout the U.S. and other countries because of Ginger Kathren’s world renowed photography and are known and loved by children and adults because of these wonderful films shown on PBS the Nature series. The Pyor Mts., home to these beautiful horses for centuries, is such a small area compared to America and Montana. Why can’t men LEAVE THESE HOSES ALONE? Get copies of these series and watch before BLM make this diasterous, evil deed. Cancel this plan NOW !!!

07/01/2008 :: 03:57:13 PM
Linda A. Sachs Says:

Is Peta aware of this planned destruction of Cloud and other wild horses? I think the word “humanity” should more properly be called “inhumanity” with proposed plans like this! Why won’t people live in harmony with nature rather than constantly manipulating for domination and destruction - BAH! HUMBUG!

07/01/2008 :: 05:00:33 PM
connie smith Says:

being from kentucky horses are a very important part of our tourist and how can anyone look into these majestic creatures eyes and destroy them, we should be ashamed.

07/01/2008 :: 05:41:04 PM
Teresa Chin Says:

The BLM is trying to exterminate the Cloud herd. Please go to the Cloud Foundation website and sign the petition, write emails, faxes, letters and call to protect them. Deadline is July 11th, 2008!
http://www.thecloudfoundation.org/talking%20points.html

07/01/2008 :: 09:23:41 PM
Karen Holverson Says:

Please sign the Petition….Call your Congress Members…Tell them they mustn’t allow the slaughter of our wild horses including Cloud and his family !!

07/02/2008 :: 01:04:29 AM
Kristen Says:

They cannot destroy him because they will jepordize his herd. He is an important part of the dying freedom of horses. If they destroy him, there will be trouble, and I guarantee it. Destroying Cloud will not come nicely. He is wild and destryoing an animal fror doing nothing wrong is wrong. Humans can be very inhumane. If they are going to “humanely” euthanize cloud, then I will no longer support any BLM!

07/02/2008 :: 01:34:32 PM
Haley Says:

cloud, I haven’t seen colud in ages…I love cloud I love horses…I have Clouds breyer set i saw evey single episode of cloud I didn’t miss a minute. I’m so exsited!!!!! I won’t miss a minute on Nature ethire.

07/03/2008 :: 08:30:00 AM
Rose McCutcheon Says:

What do we need to do to stop the slaughter of Cloud, and his troups. Cloud is a beauty : Government is wrong on this issue.

07/03/2008 :: 09:35:08 AM
Darla Casner Says:

I am the government. This is a government “of the people, by the people and for the people”. I see not good purpose for destroying these animals, that provide much enjoyment for those who view their beauty. Go find something worthwhile to wipe out, like terrorists.

07/03/2008 :: 03:35:51 PM
SRamirez Says:

Please do not destroy the horses, they are beatiful animals. You dare destroy God’s earth and all that is in it for some of the stupidest reasons you can think of. I don’t know who voted for you all,but you are a sorry lot of people who want to destroy everything good and beatiful. Why don’t you look for the terrorist and all these other fools who wish to destroy the U.S.A.and really find ways to help our people, animals and the land. Please start and be the grovernment you should really be. Thanks

07/04/2008 :: 11:17:28 AM
Faith Says:

I am also of the government We The People So are everyone of you who see this.Sing a loud song of NO!
Sign -Write-Call- Fax- E-mail ect.- LoveThis Site and what you do-Thank-U

07/06/2008 :: 02:12:31 PM
Martin Says:

This decision must come from armchair bureaucrats who know nothing about horses, and never saw those they (willfully?) plan to “restrict”. BLM seems out of independent expertise in horse matters, and all they must hear are cattle ranchers about grazing rights (money$$$ for BLM).

Yet, Cloud makes his voice heard loud and clear through us, let’s not forget this fabulous part of our North American Heritage vanish and do all you can to get heard!

I’ll never forget this night, in October 2003, when I stumbled on Cloud’s Legacy: The wild stallion returns. I had just began helping a friend her 6 month old grey Paint filly called Heavenly Magic. I knew nothing about horses at the time, but Ms. Katrens fired what is now my passion: Horses.

Magic became my horse, and I cannot believe I almost missed knowing this incredible relationship one can have with them.

Horses are God’s gift to mankind. Act now!

07/06/2008 :: 08:59:58 PM
dedie rhodes Says:

why would any sane human want to destroy the most beautiful creature GOD made PLEASE DO NOT HURT THE HORSES what is wrong with people

07/06/2008 :: 09:01:13 PM
deandra Says:

i think that cloud is a lovely horse he is so cool. and that he and his band are going to be killed! no way let’s stop this people he as gone throu all lot!

07/06/2008 :: 09:04:14 PM
Mark Johnson Says:

Darla has it right. “We the people” need stay involved in the decisions that effect all of our lives. I urge anyone who has a heart and and a mind of compassion and common sense to protect the few wild lands we have left that can give us such gifts as Cloud and all wild horses that roam “our” public lands. Click here to get involved:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-cloud-and-his-wild-herd

Support PBS!

Cheers,

Mark J.
Bellingham,WA

07/06/2008 :: 09:06:46 PM
Kaleb Says:

I Think that horses are like humans, we want to live and so do they. Why would we kill them? I have horses and I love them, I always wanted to visit Montana and the wild horses, that is my dream and if there’s no wild horses to see what would be the point to visit there. don’t KILL! It’s Wrong.

07/06/2008 :: 09:09:24 PM
Scianna Augustine Says:

According to the BLM’s preliminary environmental assessment, the plan is to remove up to 38 horses from the Pryor Mountain range in the summer of 2008. And no, they probably won’t be slaughtered outright. They will be gathered, and some may be adopted, and some will probably be put down, and others may go to holding facilities as “unadoptable”. You can read the BLM’s plan here: http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/mt/field_offices/billings/horseeas/2008.Par.13838.File.dat/2008gatherEA.pdf
There are several ways you can help:
- First, get the information about what’s going on, not just for Cloud and his herd, but for all the wild horse herds. The BLM makes their plans available for public comment - so read the plans and then make your opinions known as an EDUCATED citizen.
- Remember that the BLM is not the enemy - we are. As human habitation takes up more land, the wild horses have less room. Right now, there are no proposals for more land to be added to the Pryor Mountain range. More land = fewer horses removed.
- The BLM has to assess the range’s ability to support ALL the wildlife over the long term. We not just talking about wild horses, but deer, elk, bear, and all the other range residents. There has to be enough forage and water for all.
The question is: what are we willing to give up in order to protect these natural treasures? Are we willing to rein in our own expansion so they can thrive as they have for centuries?
I hope you will use Cloud’s story as a way to start educating yourself about the wild horses of America. And I hope you learn as much as I have from Bansidhe, my beautiful six-year-old mustang, who also once roamed wild. Now she teaches me new lessons every day.

07/06/2008 :: 09:09:31 PM
perry mckinney Says:

who are the B M L and why do they get to brand them and noone else. what do they own the land and why are they auctioning the horses off that they do brand. Is it legal and why hasn`t anyone said anything before 7/6/08 why has it taken so long………..

07/06/2008 :: 09:20:26 PM
Colan Butler Says:

I totally enjoyed the story about ” Cloud “. I saw it 2-3 years ago and wanted to tell my granddaughter how to find it. Thanks for the rerun. The photography is wonderful and the scenery is great.

07/06/2008 :: 09:32:34 PM
Caitlin Says:

I LOVED the movie! To me, when Cloud got hurt I was kind of sad that he got hurt but when he was healed I was happy.

07/06/2008 :: 09:33:05 PM
Mikki Says:

Great program! Let’s hope Congress will pass laws to protect the wild horses.

07/06/2008 :: 09:37:13 PM
MadGirl Says:

That horse show was very violent. I wish the mamma horse didn’t have to kill it’s foal.

07/06/2008 :: 09:46:10 PM
Horse Lover Says:

Cloud would like never die or never give up. He just was so brave! He was my favorite horse in that movie! I love Cloud!

07/06/2008 :: 10:31:51 PM
dee Says:

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION….WE ONLY HAVE UNTIL JULY 11TH http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-cloud-and-his-wild-herd Call the congressmen listed on the web site! PLEASE!

07/06/2008 :: 11:26:35 PM
Michelle Says:

Up to 90% of herds in Nevada have been removed to permanent holding pens and face being sold to kill buyers. Yet no one seems to care about them because they don’t have names. In reality, the plan is to remove up to 50 animals. The BLM plan actually increases the population goal. Removals were cut off when Ginger Kathrens begam complaining about them years ago. If the BLM had continued with semo annual roundups this would not even be an issue. The plan is not to euthanize animals. They are to be slated for adoption, and breeding quality animals returned. The BLM plan is to improve habitat and watering area, and make it harder for stray cattle to reachteh horse grazing areas.

Cloud is not going to die at the hands of the government, This is an absolute untruth spewed forth by leftists protectionists. As a wild animal, he could just as easily sustain lif ethreating injuries in a fight, fall in a hole, or be attacked by amountain lion. Should we kill all the other band stallions so Cloud never gets injured? Should we remove any possible other threats and trap and kill all of the predators??

The anthropormophization of these magnificent animals is disgusting. This isn’t a backyard pet. It is a wild animal. It could care less if it’s name is Cloud or catfood.

If you want to really do something to save a mustanf adopt one or donate to a facility that adopts and rehabilitates them. This whole issue of Cloud being killed is an absolute farce until someone actuall comes up with concrete proof via governemnt documents that literally states the Pryor Mustangs are going to be rounded up and killed.

07/06/2008 :: 11:44:21 PM
Carrie Gobernatz Says:

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has recently proposed ‘EUTHANIZING” tens of thousands of our wild horses – once deemed ‘America’s National Heritage.’ BLM has created it’s own monster by rounding up 33,000 wild horses instead of properly managing them on the wild ones’ designated herd areas throughout millions and millions of acres in the Western United States. These are OUR public lands and OUR wild horses, not belonging to BLM, the overseers, but to YOU, the citizens of the United States. Now, our American Mustangs could pay for BLM’s mismanagement with their lives. We are asking concerned American citizens to CALL MONDAY !!! MORNING, July 7, 2008, to express your protests, objections & opposition to the BLM’S plans to dispose of our wild horses
PLEASE DON’T WAIT! THEIR LIVES ARE IN YOUR HANDS.
Secretary of the Interior
Dick Kempthorne (202-208-3100)
Director of the Bureau of Land Management
Jim Caswell (202-208-3801)
Thank you.
The Alliance of Wild Horse Advocates
http://WWW.AOWHA.ORG
* NOTE…PLEASE EMAIL BLITZ THE U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES @ THE LINK BELOW TO OPPOSE AND PROTEST THE BLM’S PLANS FOR OUR WILD HORSES
http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home

07/07/2008 :: 01:11:41 AM
Freda Rubin Says:

I would like to knoe I can buy the videos or DVD`s about Cloud Stallion of the Rockies, and the othe Clouds DVDs. Would like to get them for my husband. Thank you very much. Freda Rubin

07/07/2008 :: 01:17:25 AM
Ron J. Klein Says:

Please someone tell me (through this email addy - rjklein@roadrunner.com) where Ginger Kathryn is from in Ohio? We (her and I) have some interesting roots together both being from Ohio, and having horses on a farm there. Also, some in my family also went to BGSU and I (though going to OSU for a couple stints) also went to grad school at FSU, like Ginger. Thanks, Ron Klein. Long live the wild horses and to heck with human interests … haven’t we exploited and used enough of everything this beautiful natural world offers already?

07/07/2008 :: 03:22:47 AM
Lisa Fisch Says:

Does anyone know how Cloud and the other horses are doing today? I believe the film is from a few years ago…. any updates?

I feel so sorry for the future of our world. It seems like nothing gets fixed or resolved and we just keep adding more and more problems to the pile. There are so many problems from our wild horses to the loss of our Polar bears. I feel sorry for our children and what they will have to be burdened with and the sadness of the loss of wonderful animals. Gosh people wake up!

07/07/2008 :: 08:46:15 AM
Linda S Says:

Petitions are good but will not carry as much weight as getting letters,emails and phone calls to your Senators and Congressmen! Call them,write them, email them people! Tell them we DON’T want this to happen and they will not get re-elected with our votes as this is an election year! Our votes carry more weight this year than ever! Its up to us as voters and advocates….get your kids involved too! They are the ones who will never see these horses if we let it happen now!

07/07/2008 :: 04:31:50 PM
Bailley Says:

Yeah its bad that the BLM is going to take some of the horses…. but if they dont we would have a overflow of wild horses… A mare can have a foal every year for her entire life…. Thats a lot of foals… And then the fillys grow up and have tons of foals…. the Blm is only controlling the population…The wild horses arn’t going to horrible places either…. The BLM has realllllly strict regulations…. You have to have certain types of fence…. at a certain height…. Its actually really hard to get a wild horse… then the BLM comes back 12 months later and sees if the horse is doing ok… if its not… they take it away… You arn’t the actual owner till after that meeting… Maybe you guys should stop critisizing and start learning and researching

07/07/2008 :: 05:12:29 PM
Heather Says:

These is the best program I have seen.

07/07/2008 :: 05:36:28 PM
marie myers Says:

I think this is the best show thatt i have ever seen i LOVE horses i have 16 of my own it is sooooo cool because i get to ride them and train some of them i have a few colts on the way i have 4 stallons they are sooooooo beautiful

07/07/2008 :: 05:40:58 PM
marie myers Says:

One day i plan to breed two of my colts because a couple of my bff’s want horses i tell them it is really expencive but they wont listen will u give me some tips so i can give them some of the tips because they have never had a horse like me i am getting ready to diliver 6 colt and that will make 22 horses WOW!!!!!!!!!!

07/07/2008 :: 06:06:15 PM
Diane Huff Says:

Thank you for airing this program again, I had seen it in the past and enjoyed watching this icon that represents the freedom of the United States. I just hope Cloud was able to live his life free. It would be nice to see a newer episode of he and his “family” if ever possible.

07/07/2008 :: 08:03:49 PM
Nancy Says:

Will this be available for purchase?

07/07/2008 :: 09:27:53 PM
Heidi Says:

We have to stop this maddness! They cant destroy cloud and his band he and the other horses are the simbol of true FREEDOM. It is an outrage to take these horses out of there home, they were here first and deserve the right to live a long free life.

07/07/2008 :: 10:31:39 PM
George Says:

Maybe all of those who are so against any of the ideas by the BLM could put a better plan together, maybe they could adopt the 2500+ horses, or give them the $26 Million needed to care for them. Believe me I want to protect our heartland but we must use common sense for the good of ALL (humans, animals and all other forms of wildlife).

BTW, Euthanizing is not the primary solution, Please do your research before assuming!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,374268,00.html

http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/mt/field_offices/billings/horseeas/2008.Par.13838.File.dat/2008gatherEA.pdf

07/08/2008 :: 11:42:53 AM
Howard Smith Says:

I am no longer morally or psychologically opposed to political assassination, although I would not violate any laws myself.

07/08/2008 :: 05:32:03 PM
Sara Says:

Hmm, an easy solution would be for the BLM to adopt the method of another mustang sanctuary. I forget the name, but they’d give the mares and fillies a type of birth control. I don’t think it would permanently sterilize them, it just kept them from having babies every year. The best part about this solution is that you don’t wind up with a lot of mustangs you have to adopt out or kill.
Also, would anyone had said anything if it had been some bad other than Cloud’s? What if the band in question was a bunch of nondescript bay and sorrel horses?

07/09/2008 :: 11:21:02 AM
Ken Higgins Says:

Two or Three hundred horses in the wild hardly seems like they would have much of an effect on their suroundings. Why not allow more to roam free, let more schools and people know of their existents, and let them become a symbol of Americas freedom.

07/10/2008 :: 07:48:52 PM
jojo Says:

leave the horses alone
they didnt do anything to hurt anyone!!

07/10/2008 :: 08:19:29 PM
Judy Porter Says:

It is beyond my comprehension why anyone would even think of destroying these beautiful, graceful, creatures that GOD has put here on earth for us to enjoy. I am so tired of hearing about the Bison in Wyoming and other wildlife being destroyed. Nature in its natural habitat is one of the most beautiful, calming and enjoyable things we have to enjoy and what an education it is for our children and grandchildren.

I ask of you to think twice before doing such a horrible act.

07/11/2008 :: 02:20:17 PM
Dusty Says:

freedom for the horses….the BLM needs to find more compassionate people in offices that actually know how to manage the land. They go thru this every couple years…….leave the horses alone!

07/11/2008 :: 03:22:46 PM
HEidi Helene Christensen Says:

The wild horses were there FIRST! Stop allowing the cattlemen to graze their cattle on the wild horses range. Wild horses are MUCH MORE important than cattle - even IF the cattlemen pay you money!

SAVE OUR WILD HORSES!

07/11/2008 :: 07:12:55 PM
Christie Larner Says:

Please stop the abuse of our beautiful national treasure mustangs. These horses should be protected. They are the our western heritage. If the BLM can only hurt and abuse, new people are needed to manage this treasure.

07/12/2008 :: 10:01:24 PM
Lenna Says:

The BLM just doesn’t know when to stop, do they? WE WANT OUR WILD HORSES SAFE!!!!!

07/13/2008 :: 04:33:11 PM
lissa Says:

i love cloud and all the other horses…very beautiful ginger..your words are wise,,,the blm has to do capture or we would be over run by horses but i do wonder if thier are far better places the money could go…where does it go?

07/13/2008 :: 04:35:13 PM
lissa Says:

what ken said is a really good idea,,,

07/13/2008 :: 06:52:15 PM
maria Says:

i saw the episode it was sad,happy,and cool.i never imagined a horse killing a foal

07/14/2008 :: 03:12:46 AM
Ursula Says:

The BML has done a lot of mistakes in the past and will do it again. I heard that they are planning to kill the biggest wild horse herd in the US (if I am not mistaken they are in Nevada)for dog food…. Also whatch this link I am attaching here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZxL7umkbRo

07/14/2008 :: 05:06:20 PM
karen Says:

Is there any information on what happened? Are the horses safe or have they been ‘removed’….gawd I hope not, what a tradegy. Re Ursula’s link I started to watch it and got nauseous - had to turn it off - I couldn’t bear to see what happened. Lots of accidents at the Calgary Stampede with chuck wagon racing, etc., but never heard of anything bad with the bucking horses - or maybe they keep it on the hush hush, regardless - rodeo events are cruel!

07/15/2008 :: 09:16:30 PM
Emily F. Says:

I think the BLM should think about this plan over and over until their brains hurt!
I may only be 12 years old, but I am a smart female! I love Cloud and his family, (and I have the playset with Cloud, Flint, Sitka, and Bolder), and I don’t want Cloud to die!
And, Judy is right! Why would people want to kill God’s creations?!

07/19/2008 :: 07:49:18 PM
Sam Says:

I may be only 12 but i dont think that we should even have the BLM. Why do we have the right to take the horses, they were here first!

07/20/2008 :: 12:29:41 AM
Jacques Says:

What the hell?? If anyone hurts these horses I’ll go to their houses and hurt them. End of story. The horses have been here way longer than these idiots. E-mail me where they live and I’ll go take care of it. Their too scared of anything that can defend itself, so they have to go kill horses? Thats wussy !!

07/20/2008 :: 11:19:09 PM
Alicia Says:

Just goes to show us That MONEY TALKS and those G-DANM CATTLE RANCHERS AND BIG GAME TROPHY HUNTERS WILL GET THEIR WAY!!!! The BLM is so corrupt their getting paid off and you know it. They have no interest in protecting these animals. If they did why to they keep reducing the lands that were reserved for them by the federal wild horse act in the 70’s. I guess when it comes to money we show just how inhumane we really are as a people. I am native american and horses are a very sacred part of our lives what will i do when I can’t show these beautiful animals to my kids and grand kids. We should hang our heads in shame for letting it happen!!!!! Times may be tough for a lot of us but we can still have compassion for all living things. I not against hunting or the cattle peoples rite to make a honest dollar the problem is its not being done honestly. THE BLM DON’T TRUST THEM!!!!

07/21/2008 :: 11:46:47 PM
Heidi Helene Christensen Says:

go to thecloudfoundation.org and READ and it will tell you who to write to and who to call! The ranchers want the mustangs dead so there will be more grazing space for their cattle and THEY pay the BLM money! GO and SAVE CLOUD AND other wild horses everywhere!

07/29/2008 :: 03:29:56 PM
Marybeth Jarubas Says:

When I was 8 years old I wrote a letter to the President. I am 48 yrs old now and grew up when they were running these horses off cliffs by air. I wrote and begged for them to stop. I receieved a response and I believe my mother still has that letter. I was overjoyed when they started to protect them. Now we are during a circle and out to destroy them again? What the heck is my daughter’s generation going to have left? It really makes me wonder. My friend owns 2 adopted wild mustangs. They are beautiful creatures and so loyal. I myself have a adopted x-race horse. Please don’t kill them as they deserve the right to live.

07/30/2008 :: 06:26:11 PM
Courteney Says:

What happened to Cloud? I have a question, what was Cloud’s moms name?
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Courteney

08/26/2008 :: 08:22:09 PM
Diana Says:

could you pass again the story of cloud wild stallion of the rockies

08/30/2008 :: 12:28:05 PM
Alaina Says:

Well, there is a place that is prtected by the government…Its Assiteague Island. They could roam freely there. The only time they would be by people, is the Round-up. But I doubt they would sell him. That land is protected by the government so no one could hurt them.

09/02/2008 :: 03:10:08 PM
Toni Siegrist Says:

Please do not kill the horses. I love horses so much and am participating in riding them and being with them a great deal of the time. I want horses to run free without fear of suffering, pain, interference or death.

09/08/2008 :: 06:35:43 PM
A Person Says:

Yeah, I heard the BLM is killing 30,000 wild horses! That is terrible! The very though makes me sick!!

10/03/2008 :: 04:26:04 PM
camilla Says:

i love cloud i love the movie, and i got sad then i read that blm is going to kill so many wild horses, but i hope is not true.. ginger keep up the beautiful work.. camilla from norway

10/06/2008 :: 03:36:24 PM
person359 Says:

That is terrible! i am a horse lover and that makes me soooooo mad! they cant do that! there has to be something we can do to stop this! what did those beautiful creatures ever do to us!?

11/03/2008 :: 10:03:56 AM
bobette Says:

the BML are out there to save the wild horses, not destroy them! Mountain lions kill enough of them as it is without the Bml killing loads too. Yes, there isnt enough land out there for the vast numbers (because the factories all want more land or the farmers) but that is what the adotion programs are for. It is outragous!!!!!

11/04/2008 :: 03:31:16 PM
Elke Says:

The BLM is only following the law. Senator Burns added a rider to the 2005 Appropriations bill to have the wild horses rounded up and sold for slaughter (for human consumption abroad). I live in AZ and we have wild horses here that are at risk. I see them routinely in the forest…but I also see 100’s of head of cattle….eating the same grass. The gov’t. will tell you the horses are destroying the habitat…but it’s not true. It’s the cattle. The rich cattle ranchers (Senator Burns is one of them) lobby congress to make sure that their cattle graze on public lands and want the horses gone so their cattle will have more to eat. I have seen this with my own eyes and have pictures to prove it.
Please, please, please educate yourselves and write to your Senators to protest this amendment that Senator Burns introduced. Wild horses are a symbol of the great American west. It takes all of us to save these wonderful animals. Please get involved and don’t rely on “somebody else” to do it….it takes ALL OF US!!!

11/08/2008 :: 01:20:28 AM
danni beth groves Says:

Hi my name is danni i am 13 i wish that i could go with you to film Cloud. It has been a dream of mine to meet Ginger kathren. i think what she is doing will help cloud and his band. I go to todd county MIddle school and i will graguate for 8th grade.I hope to talk to Miss kathren about going with her on her next trip to see cloud.If she may see this. All that she is doing good for them i will fight with her!!!!!

11/11/2008 :: 12:05:46 PM
ALYSSA Says:

I LOVE CLOUD! I AM ONLY NINE YEARS OLD BUT I WANT A HORSE SO BAD ! WHEN WE GET LAND WE WILL GET A HORSE. LOVE YOU CLOUD! LOVE. ALYSSA

11/17/2008 :: 02:37:27 AM
donald oowney Says:

I have just become aware of this through coast to coast. I cannot believe this. Can we not leave anything alone?

11/24/2008 :: 09:00:20 PM
joe schhmo Says:

Go BLM

11/29/2008 :: 11:42:29 AM
valerie Says:

leave wild life alone .

12/05/2008 :: 02:48:08 PM
Jessica Says:

Why Would they kill the wild horses when horse pretty much ARE the US just rember when …. horses are in war back then and all they had FOR trapatashon was HORSES i am a huge horse lover and have one that has a happy and heathly life. I just don’t think this is right at all I maybe younger but I still am strongly agansed wild horse slaughter. it is just not fair for the horses what did they EVER do to them …nothing. I love cloud and I have his breyer I am 11 years old. Please Stop Slaughter of wild horses!
Thanks,
Jessica!

12/05/2008 :: 02:56:28 PM
Jessica Says:

O and people dodn’t be all like I HATE BLM they only follow the law. Plus most horses are sold to happy homes with loveing care. Slaughter os wild horses is wroung yes! but would it be better if they reused them. wild horses on the othere hand can defened them selfs. but if some one just could not take care it would be better to go to the ‘killers’ then starvie to death! just think would you rather be starving and have no water just set out with no care or anything not knowing how to take care or would you rather get it over with fast and not fill and pain.
I know what you are saying to your self But But WILD HORSES KNOW how to take care of them selfs. Yes they do but to MANY of them will cause alot of probles and it would be better if they were in good homes.
Thats just my Thinking O wel

THANKS AGAIN,
Jessica 11 years old

12/08/2008 :: 06:54:30 PM
Alexis Pearce Says:

Hi! i’m Alexis and im in miss yochums whoa club i have gotin hundereds of signatures and ive been in it for 3 years dis is my last year in it thow since i have to go to south im doin some really good art projects where sending to wyoming and all i have seen the pics of the horses that were rounded up and 1 was killed and pushed under the trailer trambled to death and several were hurt……it almost started crying ;(

12/19/2008 :: 07:52:38 PM
Jennifer Says:

Did any one know that the Australian government is planning on killing tons of wild horses? Just cuz they are causing “problems”

The Australian government completely sucks, and they are all stupid old fat politicians.

12/19/2008 :: 07:54:51 PM
N/A Says:

PLEASE VISIT THESE SITES

http://www.savethebrumbies.org/

http://www.horseproblems.com.au/horse_problems_on_animal_cruelty.htm

12/19/2008 :: 08:28:02 PM
Guess Says:

Jessica, your 11. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

12/19/2008 :: 08:34:30 PM
Jen Says:

Alaina, Assatege island is for ponies, it could never support so many wild horses.

The BLM doesn’t seem to understand that there are so many places that would be perfect to keep the wild horses, they just don’t put them there, instead they think that killing them is the best way to go, when, in truth, it is actually the worst way to go!

12/25/2008 :: 09:53:08 PM
SaveCloudNow Says:

What is the reason for making these beautyous creatures-that were here before us-into a hamburger and a jacket? We have WAAAAY more than enough to eat-pigs, cows, other things. i dont like eating animals but HORSES?! NO!!! not cloud or any horse! Why cant we leave him and his herd alone? if we do the world wont explode….let them be. They arent hurting us and why would the government want this beautiful creature to be killed? Why? i want reasons!

12/26/2008 :: 03:02:03 PM
shane Says:

cool, make another one!

12/28/2008 :: 10:13:41 PM
HelpCloudNOW Says:

This isn’t fair! What has Cloud and his herd done wrong? What? They aren’t hurting anyone! Why should we hurt them? They have feelings! We have feelings! Why are they doing this, what can we do to stop them? Cloud, Sitka, any horse deserves to live! They never get a chance! Not once! They are always killed for doing nothing wrong! What can we do to stop them? I want to stop them for good!!!!!

01/27/2009 :: 12:43:18 AM
Lizzy Says:

The wild horses aren’t doing anything wrong! Their wild, open, and free lands are getting smaller quicker. They say there isn’t enough room for the wild horses! Oh come on! The only reason there isn’t any room is because they are taking the land away from these majestic animals! I for one am very happy that that Texas governers wife (or whoever it was) is stepping up and buying land so the wild horses can roam free. I cannot believe that they want to remove over 30,000 horses (or was it more). Outrage. We need answers and fast to solve this horrible problem. This documentary on Cloud really moved me.

02/05/2009 :: 10:42:59 AM
I love quarter horses Says:

I think that,well,gosh.The horses are doing what they were bred to do,and if we had a problem with that earlier,we should have done SOMETHING.We shouldn’t be waiting until NOW to do something.The horses need our help.We all need to step up and do something.This is horrible.All I can say is,why?

02/07/2009 :: 03:49:38 PM
Alexi Says:

I just found out! Is it true? They can’t do it! Are they ok?! What happened to them?!

02/12/2009 :: 05:03:52 AM
Sasha Says:

I can’t believe the BLM would do this! Than again, maybe I can. Anyway, it’s an outrage! Too bad wild horses can’t say “Go jump in a lake. We were here first!” I’m going to do everything I can for these horses. But how?

P.S If there is another Cloud book of movie, I think it would be cool to call it Cloud, A Legacy Continues. That’s just me, though.

02/17/2009 :: 04:02:53 PM
tulipe Says:

I just saw Ginger Kathrens film about Cloud and the families..on an european TV channel. So beautiful, and what a social organization they have between them, incredible. Like an human community. By the way, are the still all over there?
Thanks so much for this great film in that great nature. Keep it alive!

02/25/2009 :: 07:03:51 AM
Jean Kern Says:

I saw today the most wonderful storie of Cloud on Arte, a German/French tv channel.I was very touched by all the aspects of the social life these horse are living.To hear that maybe this will end by human interference makes my hart cry. I myself are fighting for the survival of orangutans at Borneo. What are we people doing to our planet ? It makes me so angry.
I want to thank Ginger for the most beautiful work she is doing and hope that these wild horses will live freely for ever.

02/27/2009 :: 06:04:28 PM
megan burke Says:

im only 13 but i have watched cloud he is beautiful how could they think of doing something like this it makes me sick i don’t know how they can sleep at night they must be stoped i will do whatever it takes to keep him and his heard safe. for cloud!!

04/07/2009 :: 10:05:42 PM
david ball Says:

i like nature clould wild stillon of the Rokies and Clould wild Stillon Return and this new one

04/12/2009 :: 09:30:25 AM
bülent Says:

musste kotzen über den film

04/12/2009 :: 07:27:21 PM
Al Kitt Says:

Dear Ms. Kathrens:
Your efforts to protect feral horses are perverse and self-serving. You have also disingenuously decided to call these feral horses “wild.” There are no wild horses in the Western Hemisphere. The horse, and many other large mammals, were extinct thousands of years before the first Europeans sighted North America. All horses and asses (and their hybrids) were introduced into North, South and Central America by the Spanish and the Portuguese (they also introduced many other alien species, including the pig). All of these species, when escaped or released from domestication are feral, not “wild.” If an elephant were released from captivity in Alaska, would you call it a “wild” elephant? I hardly think so. All of these alien species are very destructive to the environment, a fact you choose not to mention in your puerile, manipulative, biased documentaries. You are also guilty of anthropomorphizing feral horses in a most nauseating way. All feral horses, and all feral pigs, cats, dogs, asses, donkeys, and birds must be extirpated as soon as possible. The BLM is not doing a very good job of this because it fears bullies like you. Feral horses compete with endangered native species such as the pronghorn antelope, a beautiful animal that you would obviously sacrifice to your film-making career. If you wish to keep horses on your private property, by all means do so. But spare us this nonsense about “wild horses.”

04/19/2009 :: 10:40:43 PM
Erika Fischer Says:

Because I think it normally representative of the lowest common denominator, I abstain from TV but rent videos, and recently viewed “Cloud.” What fabulous footage and what a privilege to see horses in the wild, over time, and through Ginger Kathren’s lens and commentary. I am a horsewoman, and so is my daughter. I am purchasing the series for her because I think it is priceless in its footage and depiction of the precariousness of life in the wild. We are poor stewards of our priceless earth… I understand the need to cull herds and keep balance, but the commentary of the gentleman above is frightening. If he had his way, the tomato would never have become a staple of Italy or the potato of Ireland. And the worst virus ruining this planet right now is Man himself…… Too bad we can’t cull a few of our own….!

04/29/2009 :: 05:35:41 PM
computerlover Says:

i really love horses and for that i have 3 horse posters but im going to get more.

04/29/2009 :: 05:38:01 PM
computerlover Says:

i loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove horses so mich i want to help the earth and get rid of gas using cars and start using electrick cars instead. that we all help the earth.

05/21/2009 :: 04:18:42 PM
John Says:

Al Kitt you are not alone in your opinion. We should strive to return the wild places to as much of their original state as possible, which includes removal of feral animals. Just because the horses are beautiful creatures does not make them good for the environment.

06/04/2009 :: 04:39:10 PM
NTF Says:

I agree with Al Kitt!

06/14/2009 :: 10:16:08 PM
Stephanie Says:

First of all, for those of you who are saying the horses were here before us: newsflash, they weren’t. They were brought to America just like all the people here. Now, I love horses more than anything in the world, but be intelligent! These horses are overpopulated and are starving to death due to not having enough resources for all of them. Would it not be better to sell them off than have them die by the masses through disease and starvation? Before making a decision, RESEARCH! THINK! Use the brains God gave you and you will realize that stopping the auctions and relocations would be harming these beautiful animals. Of course slaughter is bad, but the majority of these activities are benign.
<3 Spork

06/26/2009 :: 06:25:57 PM
Roxy Says:

Yes - please do your research. I wrote another blog similar to the one above, # 103, and I thought I understood. You would only be able to write a blog like my other one and #103 if you have NOT done your research.

Read all the blogs, then go to the Cloud Foundation and read the actual BLM minutes. Then find “Bush, Oil, and Mustanags”.

Read, reaad, read. Research, research and then research some more.

The horese are not overpopulated. They do not die of disease. If they starve, they starve in the wild where they belong, and other wild animals will eat them. Slaughter is not benign. Reducing stallion to mare balance is nothing short of a form of torture.

One of the other bloggers today has said everything just right. This is a Bush era mess.

Like everything in the previous 8 years that I believed has turned out to have all been based on greed, curelty, lies, inhumanity, etc. I believed it when they said they were on Gods side, on the side of our constitution. They made up reports (WMD), they changed factual reports (EPA), they made up wars (9-11), etc, etc. This part may likely be edited out and not posted, but please post the rest.

What about all of God’s creatures, and all of God’s earth. And what about our constitution?

Go the the Cloud Foundation website read the BLM minutes for yourself! Listen to Ginger Katherine’s recent radio spot.

Then, perhaps you will be moved as I was to send e-mails to all the politicians and groups listed. Be carefull about other sites, I may have made a terrible mistake by supporting one already, they “say” they are for humane and balanced regulation, but read the small print and see who their backers are first. I am going to stay with the Cloud Foundation.

We must save these God given national treasures, these beautiful horses that brought us across this country. We are responsible for them.

See the movie “Never Cry Wolf” - very funny, very enlightening and related to this issue.