Watch the drama unfold as Cloud struggles to keep his family intact in the face of challenges both natural and man made.
In 1995, while filming wild horses in the mountains of Montana, Ginger Kathrens discovered a striking, almost pure white colt just hours after his birth. Kathrens named him Cloud. She feared that his distinctive coat would make him an obvious target for mountain lions; but he survived and Kathrens continued to follow him in his adventures. In Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies this wild horse developed from a bumbling, unsteady colt into an adventurous, defiant youth.
In Cloud’s Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns, Cloud is now a band stallion with a mare and her children, a yearling and a foal. Meanwhile, Cloud’s own child, which has a telltale golden coat, lives with another herd and will never know him as his father.
As the seasons pass, foals are born, brothers fight against one another for control of mates, and Cloud’s legacy grows. Threats come not only from rivals, but from government agencies struggling to manage both human and equine interests. Yet the biggest trial Cloud’s herd faces is yet to come: surviving an out-of-control wildfire that that threatens their lives and home.
Join these legendary wild horses on their adventures on NATURE’s Cloud’s Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns.
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Online content for Cloud’s Legacy: The Wild Stallion Returns was originally posted November 2003.
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I have loved horses all my life. What little girl doesn’t. I have seen them on ranches, but most amazingly, in the wilds of Colorado. I was young, about 16, my family and I went on a 3 week vacation to visit my older sister and her family. When it came time to leave, the rest of my family went home. I was very fortunate to have been able to stay for an extra 3 years. The most fabulous time of my life. In those 3 years, I was able to watch the wild horses, in all their glory. To this day, when life gets a little more hectic that I care to deal with, I put myself back where I believe I belong. Excellent, excellent documentation on Cloud. Very well done. It brought tears to my eyes. Thank you. I look forward to your next adventure when Cloud returns.
Wonderful story of Cloud! However, a huge gap in the story is an explanation of how the photographer knew that Cloud got together peacefully with his mare rather than stealing her from another band. It seemed that the photographer was away for about a year and a half and didn’t film that part. Who was watching in the meantime?
Judy Ray
Hi. I loved how you caught everything! you did awesome! my gelding is a mystery still to me. I have to say that i think he came from the wild because his attitude can change as fast as the wind!
Im 16 yrs old. and i train minis. I want to get a foal to train my way… havent decided tho if i want to get a 2 yr old or not…
Deliah Kiester
I watched the PBS episode on TV early in the week and have NOT been able to get it out of my mind! I think the tale was beautifully written and narrated. Kudos to Ginger Kathrens. I would hope that some updates on Cloud could be posted if Ginger happens to see him and/or his family. What does it matter WHO is watching the horses – when all told, it’s a lovely story which I know, for some reason, I’ll take with me to my dying days. It’s just one of those things. Thank you for your efforts, your work and sharing your enormous talent with us…and, of course, for sharing Cloud.
I wrote yesterday, I still would like to know how to adopt or purchase a horse. I can not believe the government wishes to “shoot” these animals.
Please respond.
Jackie Burton
I love whaching cloud it’s my favorit show
Your series are remarkable.I love your cloud legacy series.Very good job at illustrating.I like it? please respond beverly?
I love so much i wish more people could do things like that!
When I read this book I was touched by this stallions strugle and determination to keep his herd I have lways loved horses so this book was very nice to learn about wild mustangs
I was given your DVD as a Xmas present. I watched it last night and thank goodness my children were not in the room! I wish there had been a warning about how graphic it was!
Everytime i watch cloud it seems like he is the most common horse out there. He has lots of determination and strength. What will happen when Cloud dies? Will you move onto his son?
I saw a band of wild horses while driving through Nevada. I was a rare and awesome experience. These documentaries wonderfully capture horses in the wild and hopefully create a respect for them and a reason to preserve them so that Cloud and other wild horses will not be treated like vermin. I would rather see wild horses still roam than cattle on our fedral lands.
Several years ago CBS Sunday Morning ran a short nature segment on Pryor Mountain. That segment changed me forever. To visit Pryor Mountain and photograph the wild horses is a great privilege.
With so much of our wild lands being consumed, I pray that the Pryors and its residents remain wild.
Listen to Ginger Kathrens interview, “Angels for Cloud”, at http://www.wflendangeredstreamlive.org/angelsforcloud.html to find out how you can help Cloud’s herd and visit http://www.thecloudfoundation.org.
Remember, Friday, AUGUST 28 is NATIONAL CALL- IN DAY for Cloud, and all America’s wild horses, who are being systematically “managed” into extinction by the BLM. Tell Obama, Biden and the BLM to leave them alone!!! Call 202-456-9000 or 202-456-111 or send email at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/CONTACT/ .
Also contact: BLM Director, Bob Abbey-Call
202-208-3801, Robert_Abbey@blm.gov and Secretary Salazar at exsec@ios.doi.gov.
SPEAK UP!!! There’s still be time to save OUR wild horses!!!!!
Stop the Massive Removal of Cloud’s Wild Horse Herd – Sign Petition
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/4/stop-the-massive-removal-of-cloud39s-wild-horse-herd
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign – Sign Petition to save all our wild horses:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/166841148
Roundups of Cloud’s herd started yesterday – But you can still help – its not too late? BLM ignored a 10,000 signature petition. BLM ignored Congress – letter from congressman Grijalvo on TheCloudFoundaiton.org web. Instead we see a BLM employee pulling up dead grass from the desert to prove the horses can’t survive. HELLO – dead grass in the desert at end of summer – BLM must think we are ignorant. You can see the bountiful “rangeland” for yourself and “fat” horses on the Foundation website and in the same news show.
I have never seen this hsow but i bought the breyer set, it is beautiful
When will we ever learn? Are we saving innocent wild creatures or destroying them?
Our government representatives totally IGNORE citizen’s pleas to save our nation’s wild horses, including OBAMA – Anyone who dares to witness the unspeakable horror of the slaughterhouses in Mexico and Canada, to which our wild horses are transported, and does not speak out….we are betraying these beautiful creatures. Write, call and demand safe haven for these horses before it is too late. Americans Against Horse Slaughter!
Too beautiful – and sad for words. Shame on our government.
There is no more wild. Good for Ginger trying to capture it for awhile. The spirit of Cloud will live.
I saw the story of cloud just two nights ago (Oct., 09)and can’t seem to get it out of my head…it filled my dreams last night – a nightmare where I was fighting to save Cloud and kept insisting that he belonged to me….Back to reality…Where is Cloud and his family now…I am distressed about this…the documentary said he and his family were captured, a couple of foals were sold, but did not mention Cloud and the rest of the horses…where are they?! This left me hanging and, now, dreaming about it. Also, I may have missed it, but a list of organizations that help to protect Cloud and other wild horses at the end of the documentary would have been helpful…I will support if I know the best way!
How very wonderful to see the ongoing saga of Cloud and his herd and others. How amazing of Ginger to continue this effort. How SAD to know he and his family, etc., are captured only to wonder their fate. PLEASE, PLEASE keep us informed. I was speechless just watching their daily existence unfold. J.