Comments for America's Wild Horses - Wild Horses in Winds of Change Film

Comment on Horse Slaughter in U.S. by robin

robin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:45:27 +0000

Another thing to consider is stolen horses being taken to slaughter houses for a quick profit. There needs to me a system in place to prevent stolen horses from being taken to slaughter houses in the US, Canada and Mexico. Check out Stolen Horse International http://www.netposse.com/. They put out and amber alert-type notice for stolen horses and equipment. We must do all we can to protect these magnificent domestic and wild horses.

Comment on Wild Horses in Winds of Change Film by Mara LeGrand: Filmmaker

Mara LeGrand: Filmmaker — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:46:18 +0000

Hi Jane, I have attended a couple of Backcountry Horsemen meetings and I hope some of your members can make it to the screening. Every range is not equal in size, resources or politics so each range and herd requires different solutions. Mare fertility via darting does seem to work well in smaller herd areas, like The Little Bookcliffs. I understand T.J. Holmes is working toward making that available to the Spring Creek herd. Solutions need to be continually explored and implemented for a reproductive animal, so even if all the land designated for the horses, in 1971 was restored to the herds, and even if no special interest groups vied for the resources of the land the horses would eventually multiply to numbers too great for land and water to support. Sometimes when we don’t happen to have the solutions figured out, we think there are none. I believe we have to implement steps that change the current “un-management” of the herds that has led to a brutal and hopeless end for most of these beautiful and harmless creatures. I made this film to call upon people to join in the discovery of new ways of seeing the wild horses in relation to all of nature. We begin by examining our attitudes, getting involved, implementing new policies and practices that instead of pandering their habitat restores and expands it. As we instigate short term changes we also develop a long term plan for sustainability. The impact of 8 million privately owned cattle on the range does the most damage to all resources – but the cattle-men spin propaganda that blames the horses. They have also rid the land of natural predators furthering to imbalance a natural eco-system. Jonathan Ratner of Western Watersheds will present authenticated and current facts about what’s the real problem behind the wild horse issue. Sorry you can’t come to this screening event – there’s likely to be another opportunity. Best to you, Thanks for caring. – Mara

Comment on Wild Horses in Winds of Change Film by Name Jane Robinson

Name Jane Robinson — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:13:34 +0000

Mara, I will not be in Durango next month, and would like to know what your film supports as to a solution to the wild horse population increase problem. Dealing with the mares’ fertility is not working very well yet, and the horses keep having babies. What do you think can be done? I am the secretary of the Durango chapter of Backcountry Horsemen and we as a group are extremely interested in the Spring Creek herd.

Thank you for your input on this difficult question. I hope I hear from you.
Sincerely, Jane Robinson

Comment on Wild Horses in Winds of Change Film by Name Michael John mccann

Name Michael John mccann — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:18:44 +0000

Great work. You may save them in the end.Best always.

Michael john McCann

Comment on Are Animals Our Equals? by Craig Downer

Craig Downer — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:00:35 +0000

Greatly appreciate this eloquent plean, Mara, for the rest of life and giving of more ample perspective on our situation, our predicament today. The horse is such a noble and expressive animal. They deserve to live free in the natural world where they belong.

Comment on Are Animals Our Equals? by Mara LeGrand: Filmmaker

Mara LeGrand: Filmmaker — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:25:16 +0000

Yes. I agree. They have such pure qualities, and teach us so much. thank you for checking in.

Comment on Are Animals Our Equals? by Diane Armitage

Diane Armitage — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:17:49 +0000

Diane Armitage Personally, I feel animals are ‘more’ than humans they are always ready to teach and give love unconditionally -humans are deliberately destructive and many with intention hurt others. The question should come from their viewpoint…’Are Humans Our Equals?’

They are amazing in how they forgive ‘us’ – would a human be so forgiving to one of them.
‎…ps. and animals wouldn’t be devissing ways of desttroying the planet. the end.

Comment on Are Animals Our Equals? by Mara LeGrand: Filmmaker

Mara LeGrand: Filmmaker — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:33:24 +0000

Thank you for your quick response. It’s a thrill to know a reader is there “hot off the press.” . I appreciate your honesty about your dilemma around eating meat. You are not alone in that it is a moral issue for many and is becoming more so. I respect the farmers in my film Heart & Soil who raise and slaughter animals humanely, and I attended butchers but that only made me further my commitment to vegetarianism. The days of local farming and small scale animal husbandry are returning as consumers are willing to pay the price for safe, individually raised and ethically responsible food. As consciousness raises more people will move away from so much animal product consumption especially from the supply chains. I eat eggs for example but I am fanatical about knowing if the eggs came from happy chickens. I’m glad to hear from so many on a path of making the world better for animals.

Comment on Are Animals Our Equals? by Epona Spirit

Epona Spirit — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:05:16 +0000

Excellent article! Alas I struggle with the dilemma of growing up eating meat, trained as a child and now as an adult, fighting through that dilemma each day when I have to cook something for my family. My grandfathers family had a 500 acre farm in Georgia and it was treated with dignity and respect. The animals that they used for food were treated well and lived in a very clean environment. Those days are gone forever and I dream one day of owning such a place and continue the legacy and the commitment of living a sustained existence in harmony with life on this planet. Maybe one day it will be fashionable again to live off the land, eating meat or not. I try each week to include beans and soup twice a week, with no meat, as a conscious effort to save a few lives. I do believe that animals are our equals and deserve to be treated as such.

Comment on Purchase DVD by Are Animals Our Equals? | America's Wild Horses - Wild Horses in Winds of Change Film

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:50:22 +0000

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