A New Year and New Beginnings
The following post is from the Youths’ Equine Alliance.
“There are two great days in a person’s life – the day we are born & the day we discover why.”
A popular quote and I can see why. My birthday is Sunday and all I really want for my birthday is a chance for the horses to win their freedom.
I think I was born to do something great for the horses and I am not the only one with that purpose. There are many of us, all over the country, all over the world, who finding our voices and standing up for horses.
Last month I spoke to the local Rotary Club about my mission and how it has evolved. I am now teaching youth on how to make a difference too and through my journeys with the horses we are impacting our communities in many ways.
My current mission is to create an educational performance that can travel to schools (locally at first, then statewide and then throughout the West and America) promoting wild horses and youth involvement in protection and conservation efforts. I need to reach as many kids as possible.
But all my work, it won’t mean anything if the horses don’t survive. I think the single greatest threat to the horses’ survival is the stripping away of their rights and protections. There’s not that many left in America. The roundup schedule for this year is brutal. Just look at the roundups that are planned to begin between now and February 1st! 1,000+ will be gathered, 640+ will be removed, and 200+ will be treated with fertility control.
Please help us to keep fighting for horses and keep reaching kids and adults with the message that you too can make a difference.
On Monday we are getting Mikey gelded. He is the last of our colts to get the procedure. We are preparing to have our three colts Rocky, Mikey and Ikey (aka Moose) to perform in an educational program together. We have another important step to take before we can “take the show on the road” – we need to obtain liability insurance for the school appearances. The sooner we can complete these steps the sooner we can start reaching more kids.