Anna will be posting all sorts of great information here about natural horsemanship, animal communication, energy healing, and, as Anna wants to hear from you, you’ll be able to comment on all the topics.
We are even going to have the Podcast category in which you can comment on our guests on the popular podcast show Reaching Out with Anna Twinney.
We look forward to blogging with ya, so check back often!
Hi Anna and Vin!
My husband and I were having lunch and I saw an ad for a $10,000 dream vacation contest in the New York Times. It is sponsored by Liberty Travel and I immediately thought of Promise. The contest states that requests for the dream vacation must be 300 words or less, so I “edited” Promise’s story and went ahead and entered the contest on her behalf. I told Liberty Travel that I would request that Anna accompany Promise on her journey to France to be reunited with Helen. I also told them I would cc you my letter on behalf of Promise. Below is the entry. I figured, why not make this a REAL dream vacation!!!
This is the website for Liberty Travel: http://www.libertytravel.com
You never know–it COULD happen!
Best love from your fan and future student,
Sally Lukasik
For Immediate Release
New Film Reveals Ruthless Destruction of Wild Horse and Burro Herds on Public Lands
Santa Barbara CA (February 8, 2009)—Ginger Kathrens, Executive Director of The Cloud Foundation appears in James Kleinert’s newest film, Disappointment Valley…A Modern Day Western screening now at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. This feature-length documentary examines the politics behind the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) controversial policies on public lands and questions the fate of America’s wild horses and burros, whose very existence is in jeopardy. Screenings are Monday, February 8th 4:45pm Metro 4, Theatre IV and Thursday, February 11th 6:30pm at Victoria Hall. For more information call 805-963-0023 or visit the festival web site at www.sbiff.org.
The film includes interviews with Jim Baca, (former Director of the Bureau of Land Management under the Clinton Administration), Michael Blake, (Writer, Dances With Wolves and Wild Horse Advocate), Ginger Kathrens (Emmy-Award filmmaker of the Cloud Series), Sheryl Crow, Viggo Mortensen, Daryl Hannah, scientific experts, animal rights activists and environmentalists as well as examines the effects of the 2004 legislation that cleared the way for the removal and slaughter of America’s wild horses.
“We are losing wild horses in the west as a rogue government agency is left unchecked. Our government needs to start listening to the public outcry out or our American mustangs will go the way of the buffalo,” states Ginger Kathrens, Emmy-award winning filmmaker and Executive Director, The Cloud Foundation. “The Bureau of Land Management is not just trying to destroy wild horses, they’re really challenging the system of democracy in the US and this is a very, very dangerous path they’ve gone down.
Disappointment Valley is an inspiring reminder to take action to protect America’s wild horses and burros and to preserve our public lands in the West. A 20 minute Q & A after the screenings with Director James Kleinert and Dr. Elliot Katz (Founder, In Defense of Animals to participate in Q & A on Thursday, February 11th).
Disappointment Valley documents the struggle of an animal that has long symbolized freedom, individualism and unbridled passion in America. Kleinert examines the origins and effects of the recent “Burns Bill” which gutted the Free Roaming Wild Horse and Burro Act of 1971 and cleared the way for the removal and slaughter of wild horses in America. Greed and corruption take center stage, exposing deceit within the Department of the Interior. The film also explores the current impacts on western public lands by oil, gas, mining and corporate cattle grazing. The once free-roaming horses now face euthanasia, or worse, being shipped to Mexico for brutal slaughter.
With over ten years of filmmaking and six documentaries, James Kleinert continues to release film projects dealing with American Indian stories as well as environmental and action sports themes from his company, Moving Cloud Productions. His short film, Wild Horse Spirit, was part of the Emmy award winning show Natural Heroes that aired on PBS. Kleinert’s driving force is to empower the human spirit, mind and body in a harmonious nature.
“I hope this film will not only educate viewers about the disturbing, massive removals of our horses but inspire change for the future of these precious animals,” explains James Kleinert.
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For press inquiries please contact Weil Public Relations, 818-341-3646 / 818-378-8995, rachel@weilpr.com
Disappointment Valley film trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FWefEkv85Q
Hi Anna,
Thank you so much for meeting with us yesterday. I was not sure what to expect but I quickly realized it was something I never thought was possible. Always dreamed I could communicate with them directly.
Being able to talk with Behr meant so much. I found peace yesterday in knowing that he was ok and I had made the best decision for him. We were so close and hearing it from him was really comforting. His illness came on so quickly, I felt so bad I could not do more. It’s been incredibly hard to accept and get over. Its almost been a year to the day.
It’s funny the real reason I was coming was to see how Tag was feeling. I have spent the last 8 months with vets all around Colorado. Treating with him chemo and trying to find other treatments. I had wanted to know for a long time how he was feeling. How his hind legs were holding up. Its definitely changed how I look at them for the better. It’s comforting to know they felt the same way as me. I kind of knew that before but hearing it from them was really special I had no idea how thoughtful & insightful they both were.
It was truly something I was not prepared for but what I experienced yesterday was something I will never forget. It was amazing and I can’t stop thinking about it.
I would love to set-up another appointment in a month or so depending on how Tag is feeling.
Thanks again,
Shanti, Tag, & forever Behr
For Immediate Release
Wild Horse Roundup Humane Observer Calls for Help–Meets with Feinstein’s Office and Speaks to Public
Novato resident will show slides, describe cruelty and inhumane treatment at tax payer expense
San Francisco, CA (February 4, 2010)—Elyse Gardner, the ‘humane observer’ for the horses comes home to give a first hand account of the controversial Calico roundup. Gardner has been observing and documenting the roundup of 2500 wild horses in the Calico Mountain area of northwestern Nevada since late December. Her blog (www.humaneobserver.blogspot.com) helps people worldwide stay informed due to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) lack of transparency. At least 34 mustangs have died to date and 25-30 mares have had late term, spontaneous abortions in the corrals likely due to the stress of the roundup. Two foals have had their feet run off and more deaths are being reported every day in a roundup that the BLM is conducting seven days a week with limited public access. Back in California for one day only, the passionate and well-spoken Gardner will be meeting with Senator Feinstein’s aide, Mr. Molinari, in the morning and will speak to the interested public and media on the cruelty seen at the roundup tonight. The free talk will be held in Petaluma at Roundtable Pizza (the Excalibur room), 1520 E Washington from 7:00-9:00pm, today, February 4.
“BLM is creating a fabrication a scenario in which horses are starving and need to be rescued” explains Gardner. “Doing something wrong for many years does not make it right. These horses were gorgeous and healthy. Again and again, I see how they know how to live in their habitat. They are now being subjected to cruelty that the BLM is doing their best to hide. We want and need an immediate moratorium on all roundups if we are to save our wild herds.”
20-30 mares have aborted their late term foals according to BLM. The Agency claims this is because of poor forage on the range. “This is a smoke screen on the part of BLM,” states Ginger Kathrens, Executive Director of the Cloud Foundation who has spent 15 years documenting mustangs in the wild for her Cloud programs on PBS as well as other films on horses. “A much more likely reason is that BLM has chosen to chase wild horses with helicopters in the dead of winter when all wildlife survival hangs by a thread. Stress on these animals is intense. On at least one occasion the wild horses were not even given water as they stood overnight in a crowded capture corral. Then, they are separated from their families and trucked four hours to a feedlot style facility and fed hay. Even BLM admits that deaths are occurring because the horses cannot adjust to this new diet.”
Rather than responding to the public demands that the “government sponsored and taxpayer funded cruelty” halt immediately, BLM digs their heels in deeper—continuing to remove every horse they can find in the remote half million acre Calico Mountain complex—home to mustangs for over 500 years, far longer than the privately-owned cattle that outnumber wild horses at least 100 to one on public lands. “By appointment only” public access has been limited to ten people for 3 half-days per week. Gardner is among many who have been setting aside their own daily responsibilities to watch out for America’s wild horses as best she can. Access has been limited compared with the round up of Cloud’s Herd in the Pryor Mountains which Gardner observed in September 2009. The BLM now restricts access to viewing from 75 yards away as well as insisting they sign a “ground rules” waiver.
“Just yesterday they shot a mare after she was kicked in the head. Another stallion broke his neck; foals are loosing their hooves after being chased by these helicopters for miles over rough rocky, snowy ground. And trying to even get the facts from BLM, let alone get close enough to monitor these horses is next to impossible,” says Gardner.
BLM Wild Horse and Burro program Chief Don Glenn broke his promise to allow the public to ‘watch any roundup, anytime’, (video: http://bit.ly/aXK1Au). The public has not been allowed to observe a roundup in full since his statement to the public at the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory meeting on December 7th in Reno, Nevada.
Despite receiving well over 100,000 phone calls and written demands, public protests in over 18 US cities, worldwide media coverage and pressure from over 150 organizations and celebrities such as Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, Ed Harris, Lily Tomlin and Bill Maher, the BLM continues the roundups which are costing the wild horses their lives and the taxpayer millions of dollars at a time of national financial insecurity.
“This is an enormous, unsupported expenditure of taxpayer money benefiting special interests and destroying America’s wild horse and burro herds. Stopping the round ups now would be a win-win. The wild horses win and the taxpayers win.” explains Kathrens, adding “The only losers would be the roundup contractors, who make multi-millions and the corporate ranchers who run cattle in outrageous numbers on public lands costing the public a minimum of $123 million a year.”
The American public is calling for Congressional hearings and an immediate investigation of the BLM Wild Horse and Burro program that even Secretary Salazar, describes as unsustainable. BLM appears to be afraid of the potential passage of the ROAM (Restore Our American Mustangs Act, §1579) that passed the House and is now in the Senate. Secretary Salazar has proposed an expensive and absurd plan to move and warehouse 26,000 wild horses to pastures in the Midwest and East thus removing even more wild horses from the pitiful 4% of public lands they are currently allowed to roam. Meanwhile, more than 4 million head of corporate and privately owned cattle graze on the wild horses’ limited acres of public lands.
The BLM currently spends half its $69 million budget removing wild horses from their designated public lands and the other half feeding and warehousing the over 34,000 mustangs already removed from the wild. Their program is currently non-sustainable with over 12,000 wild horses and burros being removed in fiscal year 2010 while fewer than15,000 likely remain in the wild. Fewer than 3000 mustangs are projected to be adopted in 2010. More herds are reduced to non-viable levels, which are then often zeroed out completely despite excellent rangeland and horse health. Advocates are concerned the Obama administration’s “New Energy Frontier” is forcing the wild horses off their land in the West. The BLM plans to roundup 595 more Nevada mustangs off the Eagle Herd Management Area next, leaving only 100 horses on an area the size of Rhode Island yet allowing over 2700 head of cattle to remain.
“I’m asking President Obama and Senator Reid to stop the Calico roundup of the American wild mustangs in Nevada NOW until Congress decides how to manage our living legends of the West”—Sheryl Crow, GRAMMY® award-winning singer/songwriter.
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Links of interest:
Humane Observer blog http://humaneobserver.blogspot.com/
Good Morning America at Calico http://bit.ly/bXtwd5
New York Times “Horses Die in Roundup” http://nyti.ms/atZqF5
Feds Deny Gas Pipeline Related to Wild Horse Roundup http://bit.ly/buLfh5
Ruby Pipeline press release http://bit.ly/c4pfOA
Don Glenn “welcome to the roundups” video clip http://bit.ly/aXK1Au
Wild Horse Emergency PSA with Sheryl Crow, Viggo Mortenson http://vimeo.com/8441353
After campaigning for Obama, Sheryl Crow at odds over his administration’s wild-horse plan (Associated Press)
http://bit.ly/6UQleO
Mestengo. Mustang. Misfit.
America’s Disappearing Wild Horses
- A History
http://www.wildhorsepreservation.com/resources/wild.html
Frequently Asked Questions on Wild Horses
(http://www.wildmustangcoalition.org/id44.html)
Stampede to Oblivion: An Investigate Report from Las Vegas Now (http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11285225)
Unified Moratorium letter and signatories
http://bit.ly/6ck87L
Roundup Schedule- updated January 11, 2010
http://bit.ly/5AmMLm
Photos, video and interviews available from:
The Cloud Foundation
news@thecloudfoundation.org
719-633-3842
www.thecloudfoundation.org
For Immediate Release
Calico Roundup ends with 1922 Mustangs in captivity, 39 dead and the Eagle Roundup just around the corner
Reno NV (February 5, 2010) — The Bureau of Land Management has pulled the plug on the massive roundup of wild horses in the Calico Complex, 600 short of their 2,500 goal, and leaving only a reported 600 in the wild. This remote and starkly beautiful area in northwestern Nevada was home to one of the largest wild, free-roaming herds of wild horses in the United States. In light of the shocking number of roundup-related deaths and injuries the Cloud Foundation continues the call for an immediate moratorium on all roundups. 39 horses are reported dead as a result of the Calico ‘gather’. This does not include the 25-30 mares that have aborted their late term foals in the feedlot style facility outside Fallon, Nevada. The death toll is expected to rise as BLM begins processing the horses in a few days (freeze-branding, gelding of stallions, etc.). However, the public may not know what happens from here on out, as BLM has decided not to provide veterinary reports on the cause of death in the new Fallon facility, according to BLM manager, John Neill.
“Thousands of Americans protested this the dead of winter assault on the last wild horse stronghold remaining in the United States,” stated Ginger Kathrens, Emmy winning producer and director of the Cloud Foundation. “I hope this is an eye-opener for Congress and that the huge outcry against these cruel and unnecessary roundups will be a wake-up call for the President. BLM continues to make a fiscal train wreck of the Wild Horse and Burro Program. While millions of privately-owned welfare cattle occupy public lands, a few thousand horses are targeted for removal, using the tired and ridiculous reason that the native horses do the damage, not the exotic cattle.’’
Despite a public statement by Don Glenn (December 7 at the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Meeting in Reno) in which he said that the public is welcome to view the roundups all the time (hence no need for a humane observer), the public was allowed only limited access to watch the Calico roundup. Viewing was limited to Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays by appointment only. Only a total of 10 observers were allowed per day. Even on the days the public was allowed to attend, viewers were required to leave between 1 and 2 in the afternoon, even though the Cattoor contract crew and helicopters continued to round up wild horses seven days a week as winter storms allowed. Close access was denied for the last two weeks of the operation. Injuries could not be detected or documented. BLM has referred to the visitors as “anti-gather advocates”. The contractors admitted that 30 wild horses captured on January 31 were left overnight in a crowded capture corral without water due to muddy conditions which prevented trucks from accessing the capture sight.
Now BLM sights are set on the wild horses of the Eagle Complex in the mountains of eastern Nevada. The area is larger than the state of Rhode Island, yet the number of mustangs allowable according to BLM is 100. At the same time, the number of privately-owned welfare cattle allowed is over 2,700.
The Cloud Foundation, noted celebrities, over 160 organizations and Americans from coast-to-coast continue to protest and demand a moratorium on the roundups before the wild horse is just an image in one of Kathrens’ Cloud documentaries.
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Links of interest:
Humane Observer blog http://humaneobserver.blogspot.com/
Good Morning America at Calico http://bit.ly/bXtwd5
New York Times “Horses Die in Roundup” http://nyti.ms/atZqF5
Feds Deny Gas Pipeline Related to Wild Horse Roundup http://bit.ly/buLfh5
Ruby Pipeline: The Smoking Gun? http://bit.ly/c4pfOA
Wild Horse Emergency PSA with Sheryl Crow, Viggo Mortenson http://vimeo.com/8441353
After campaigning for Obama, Sheryl Crow at odds over his administration’s wild-horse plan (Associated Press)
http://bit.ly/6UQleO
Mestengo. Mustang. Misfit.
America’s Disappearing Wild Horses
- A History
http://www.wildhorsepreservation.com/resources/wild.html
Frequently Asked Questions on Wild Horses
(http://www.wildmustangcoalition.org/id44.html)
Stampede to Oblivion: An Investigate Report from Las Vegas Now (http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11285225)
Unified Moratorium letter and signatories
http://bit.ly/6ck87L
Roundup Schedule- updated January 11, 2010
http://bit.ly/5AmMLm
Photos, video and interviews available from:
The Cloud Foundation
news@thecloudfoundation.org
719-633-3842
www.thecloudfoundation.org
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/antihf/
all petitions will make it to the metting on Feb 9
and here is a list of attendees so you can write letters.
http://projecthorse.blogspot.com/2010/01/round-table-conference-re-rollkur-at.htm
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Dear Friends,
On Feb.9th, the FEI will hold a closed door, no press allowed meeting to discuss Rollkur for the fifth time.
The list of invitees is long but only one man has spoken up loudly agaisnt rollkur again and again and refused to be silenced. That one man, Dr. Heuschmann will stand quite alone in a room dominated by interests that have nothing to do with the good of the horse. Please show him and the FEI that his fight, our fight has not been in vain and that there are thousands upon thousands of horse lovers who stand with him.
On Sunday a petition went live after 9:00am CA time on his publisher’s website. We need 20,000 signatures!
I do not know what your policy is for these things, but I am asking you if you could personalize one of the following messages, or create one from scratch if you prefer and distribute it tomorrow. If you reach out to all your equine friends, colleagues, professionals, I know you can make a difference.
“YOU can HELP Dr. Heuschmann put an end to rollkur on Feb. 9th at the next FEI meeting by signing your name to to a list he will take with him. Every voice is needed, it is time to step up and be counted for the good of our horses. Go to www.wu-wei-verlag.com and click “Officials! Stop Hyperflexion!”. If you want to help Dr. Heuschmann prevail, end rollkur and horse suffering please share this message with everyone you know, use your Facebook page, twitter, blogs, phone. Together lets make a difference.
or:
Take a stand with Dr. Heuschmann to put an end to Rollkur on Feb.9th at the next FEI meeting. Sign your name to a list he will take with him by going to www.wu-wei-verlag.com and clicking on “Officials! Stop Hyperflexion!”. It is time to stand up and be counted for the good of horses. If you want to help Dr.Heuschmann prevail, end rollkur and horse suffering please share this message with everyone you know. Use your Facebook, twitter, blog, phone. Together lets make a difference.
Please email this message to your customers, subscribers, friends, post it on your facebook page, etc…. Here is a Facebook friendly version under 420 characters:
“YOU can HELP Dr. Heuschmann put an end to rollkur on Feb. 9th at the next FEI meeting by signing your name to to a list he will take with him. Every voice is needed, it is time to step up and be counted for the good of our horses. Go to www.wu-wei-verlag.com. On the side click “Officials! Stop Hyperflexion!”. If you want to help Dr. Heuschmann prevail post this message on your wall. Together lets make a difference.
or:
Take a stand with Dr. Heuschmann to put an end to Rollkur on Feb.9th at the next FEI meeting. Sign your name to a list he will take with him by going to www.wu-wei-verlag.com and clicking on “Officials! Stop Hyperflexion!”. It is time to stand up and be counted for the good of horses. If you want to help Dr.Heuschmann prevail, post this message on your wall. Together lets make a difference.
Dont let Dr. Heuschmann stand alone, let your voice be heard with his and fill that room with compassion and a plea to end a practice that robs our beloved horses of their dignity, strength and beauty.
You are very welcome to share this email with everyone you know.
Thank you.
Compassion is not a four letter word.
Hello all, I’m writing to all of you today because after 15 years of being part of my family, I have to find a home for Snoopy, my 17 year old beagle mix sweet heart of a dog. I have not had the heart to put him down and cannot really keep him at the house I am renting. I know there is someone out there that is a match for him so I’m asking that you all help forward this mail to everyone you know. Snoopy is really calm and great with kids. He is also good with cats and female dogs and has never once even snapped at my kids. He cannot see or hear all that well any longer and he has allergies like most beagle’s do but is in otherwise good health. I cannot stress enough how calm and laid back this dog really is and sorry the pictures are not great but they are the most recent.
Thank you,
Stephanie
stephfcoastal@aim.com
For Immediate Release January 28, 2010
International Equine Video News Magazine Announced:
Equifava, Inc. to Serve as Fiscal Agent
Houston, TX – SportsQuest International has announced plans for the production of its globally-focused video news magazine, “With Equestrian Tact…”
Equifava: The Equine Film & Video Archive for the Preservation of the Horse in Media, will serve as fiscal agent for the series and provide initial distribution through its non-profit video portal, PegasusTV.org. PegasusTV provides online access to the Equifava archives, a growing digital depository of video and film focusing on the history of the horse and equestrian cultures throughout the world, in addition to offering no-cost proprietary video channels to organizations and individuals within the equestrian community.
In development for several years, With Equestrian Tact … will present feature stories rooted in each of the internationally contested equestrian disciplines: jumping, dressage, eventing, vaulting, endurance, carriage driving, para dressage and reining and will introduce audiences to a variety of other equestrian activities, lifestyles and rituals.
The initial ten-part series will give special focus to preparations for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. A follow-up series will focus on preparations for equestrian competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Both series will be available to viewers via traditional television distribution platforms as well through select Internet websites.
Already ‘in-the-can’ is an exclusive interview with Dr. Pearse Lyons, the founder and president of Alltech – title sponsor of this year’s world equestrian championships in Lexington, Kentucky. The far-reaching interview was recorded on the grounds of Windsor Castle (UK), during the 2009 Alltech FEI European Showjumping and Dressage Championships.
“We are strongly committed to the video news magazine format,” says SportsQuest’s Managing Director and Senior Producer, Melvin Cox. “We believe that good story telling, integrity and a healthy respect for the sport, the participants and the audience are paramount.”
Cox added, “I am part of the generation that grew up under the influence of ABC’s Wide World of Sports – the hugely successful, long running series that established high standards for sports and journalism. While numerous technological advances have been made since its debut, the model created by the legendary Roone Arledge and his team at ABC continues to challenge and inspire the way we approach our work today. Contemporary storytellers whose work I greatly admire include PBS’ Rick Steeves and the Travel Channel’s Anthony Bourdain.
With Equestrian Tact… will seek to convey a global perspective and to build bridges for understanding and cooperation. Our raison d’être is to introduce equestrian and non-equestrian audiences to horse-related traditions, legacies and anecdotes from throughout the world – while providing a high level of supplemental coverage to many of the year’s most important competitions. The focus is not on a given competition, but rather on the often extraordinary efforts and the compelling stories of those involved – horses, riders, trainers, drivers, owners, sponsors, etc.. We look forward to working with an international team of talented contributors, and to developing long term relationships with forward thinking sponsors and underwriters.”
To showcase the expanding global appeal of the equestrian sports, and to celebrate the diversity of the world equestrian community, the preliminary production schedule anticipates coverage of at least one high performance event in each of the nine organized regional groups designated by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (the International Equestrian Federation). The producers believe this is the first time that such a global representation of the equestrian sports has been attempted in any broadcast format.
Specific stories in development for the 2010 series include:
** Special coverage from the Dubai International Horse Fair and the Dubai International Arabian Horse Championship
** Behind the Scenes at the FEI – a visit to the International Equestrian Federation’s headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.
** The Making of a Great Saddle – a visit to the workshop/headquarters of a famous European saddle maker
** A Culinary Guide to Badminton – an epicurean’s search for the best food and drink at the world’s most prestigious Three Day Event
** Flying 1st Class – transportation of horses to the World Equestrian Games
** Britain’s Black Princess of Reining – a profile of Tammy Greaves (2009 European Team Bronze Medalist)
** ‘The Road to Lindale . . ‘ – top teams prepare for Super Ride VIII: The 2010 Equestrian Drill Championships at the Texas Rose Horse Park, near Lindale, Texas.
Complete details regarding With Equestrian Tact…, including non-profit sponsorship funding opportunities and a listing of the projected production venues are now available on the With Equestrian Tact… preview page on Equifava.org.
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SportsQuest International is a privately held multimedia production company specializing in the development and promotion of sports related programming that presents positive, informational rich themes. The company is based in Oakland, California (USA), and is widely known for its coverage of national and international level equestrian events.
Equifava, Inc., is a Texas-based non-profit organization dedicated to researching and documenting film and video from the past century through today focusing on the history, knowledge and heritage of the horse and horse cultures throughout the world. The organization is funded through individual and corporate sponsorships, donations, grants, subscriber access fees and product sales through affiliated enterprise retail websites.
PegasusTV provides online access to the Equifava archives, as well as providing private and proprietary channels for organizations and individuals.
Phone 805-630-2242 Fax 409-267-4221
Equifava, Inc. PDF Media Kit (1.5 mg).
Content Providers: email submissions@equifava.org for a CP Handbook.
For other direct contact: email: info@equifava.org
Shirley and I went to CTU meeting and came back to Cedar Close together. While sitting in car, parked at start of driveway, a young fox trotted up our driveway. He was very pretty with white end of tail and kept looking back to us to see if we would follow. Perhaps he was anxious.
This was the first time either of us had seen a fox in our vicinity so I immediately got out my medicine cards/book.
Interesting reading, at first didn’t understand the message from fox, but on reflection realised that this message was for Saturday – 2 ladies I have trained with over past couple of years for Local Preachers exams will be accreditated. I had already decided that this was THEIR day and I should keep a low profile. At the same time I am/was interested to know how the service comes together and what part every one would play and whether they would be involved in speaking in some way. (In preparation for my own later in the year – delaying until June when Ian will be here to preach for me – thereby keeping it in the family!) So a good message – will be happy to be there and will stay in the background.
Then at the end of message, Fox says to look at Armadillo – v e r y interesting.
Firstly to right contrary Fox in this situation, call on Armadillo and name your boundaries.
Then call on the family’s protector to show you the art of camouflage……………………….
Armadillo Contrary – roll up and hide or pretend to be armour-coated and invincible………….
The key is in allowing Armadillo to help you to stop hiding and to use Armadillo’s armour to deflect negative energies. In this way you are able to accept or reject any feeling, action, or energy flow without having to hide from it. WOW
Thanks.
Moyra
What: Demo to protest BLM assault on wild horses
When: Saturday, January 30, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Where: Corner of Broadway and Canyon, Boulder, Colorado
Contact for this demo: Cathy Bryarly, robcathyderek@peoplepc.com 303-746-4729
Contact for IDA’s wild horse campaign: Suzanne Roy, sroy@idausa.org
Why? Read information below!
Another BLM Wild Horse Roundup: Submit Comments Today!
Comments Must Be Received By Jan. 27
Removal of 550 horses in eastern Nevada set to begin next month
Just When We Thought It Couldn’t Get Worse – Government Claims More Than 670,000 Acres Can Only Support 100 to 200 Horses
We told you this was going to be a long, hard fight – thank you for sticking with us to take action on each and every unacceptable assault by the Obama Administration on our wild horses. We are up against the deeply entrenched special interests who want wild horses removed from public lands so they can conduct business as usual. That means cheap usage of our public land for their private profits at the horses’ and taxpayers’ expense.
It’s time to get public comments in on another large removal of wild horses which is planned by the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This time the BLM intends to remove over 500 of the estimated 645 horses living in or near the “Eagle Herd Management Area” in eastern Nevada outside of Ely. While 500 individuals is fewer than the 2,500 horses currently being rounded up and removed from the Calico Complex in northwest Nevada (click here for Calico update), the Eagle roundup is even more ludicrous because it is 125,000 acres larger than Calico, but the government will only allow 100 horses to remain! In Calico, by contrast, 500-900 horses will be left behind in the approximately 500,000-acre public land complex.
The proposed Eagle HMA plan puts these wild horses at great risk because the BLM is reducing the number of horses to dangerously low numbers, which could threaten the viability of the herd. Many horse advocates believe this is the BLM’s method of systematically dwindling horse population numbers down to untenable levels in order to ultimately eradicate these American living legends from public lands.
The Obama Administration is continuing the Bush Administration policy of targeting wild horses in order to serve special cattle and other industry interests. Under President Obama’s oversight, the BLM is actually accelerating the pace of wild horse removals, with 12,000 horses targeted for capture from our public lands in Fiscal Year 2010 alone. The majority of these horses will be sent to government holding facilities, where they will join the 35,000 wild horses already stockpiled at taxpayer expense.
For more information on the government’s plans, the Preliminary Environmental Assessment for this roundup is available here.
