July Local Happenings
Wild Horse Preservation League’s New Video
The Wild Horse Preservation League (WHPL) applied for and received a $10,000 grant from Travel Nevada to produce a wild horse tourism video. The goal of this video is to promote travel, wild horse viewing and multi-night stays in Nevada. The focus is to put “Heads in Beds,” as a way to encourage international, and intrastate travel to see Nevada’s iconic wild horses. While the video strives to highlight ALL of Nevada’s wild horses, WHPL is fortunate to be headquartered in Northern Nevada, specifically within the Virginia Range. The Virginia Range is home to approximately 3,000 wild horses who roam wild and free. WHPL is filming on the Virginia Range, since the volunteers are most familiar with the wild horses and can tell their stories. Stay tuned to WHPL’s Facebook page for timely updates.
Having fun making the tourism video!
Diversionary Feeding Project Restarts
Wild Horse Connection Range Management, in partnership with Wild Horse Preservation League (WHPL), received approval from the Nevada Department of Agriculture to provide diversionary feeding in Dayton. This project is needed to redirect the wild horses away from the Dayton community and Highway 50 and into the hills where they will be safe. WHPL is providing the funding and volunteers for the diversionary feeding. You can help fund this essential project here: https://wildhorsepl.org/donate/
Wild Horse Preservation League's Fertility control project
The Wild Horse Preservation League (WHPL) is making progress on its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a fertility control program in the Pine Nut Herd Management Area! Members of WHPL are in the field working hard to document the Pine Nut horses in preparation for the darting program. American Wild Horse Campaign will provide the PZP vaccine and certified/equipped darters for the program.
Cathy documenting horses for their database
Some of the horses documented
LBL Equine Rescue Employee highlight
by lbl equine rescue
LBL Equine Rescue’s President Brittany DeNoyer’s passion for horses started at an early age. She got her first horse at the age of 12 and started show jumping at the age of 13. She was in pony club for 3 years. When she moved to Nevada with her 2 horses, she decided a project horse was a must. Everyone she spoke to told her to go to auction to save a horse from slaughter. She had no idea what kill buyers were, but she was determined to get a young horse. She attended a local auction and found the perfect colt. She had never attended an auction before. She took her seat and waited for her colt to come through. Suddenly, he was in the ring. Numbers were being called out and she thought they were pricing and was waiting for the price to go down when she heard “SOLD”. Brittany was heartbroken but she talked to the lady who got the colt and begged her to let Brittany take him. The lady responded with “I’m going to fatten him up and send him to slaughter.” Brittany was sick to her stomach. On the way home she cried and decided she would start a non-profit rescue. After months of research and paper filing, LBL Equine Rescue was founded.
Since starting the rescue, LBL has taken in auction horses, surrenders and neglect cases. Back in 2016, LBL brought in the first injured wild horse from the range who was rehabbed and released. LBL is now also taking in injured/abandoned foals from the range. Our new foal nursery just arrived, and we are so thrilled.
Britney and Carter, a rescued VR foal.
Game On!
We’re extremely excited and humbled by the outpouring generosity supporting the purchase of the new LBL Critical Care Nursery.
Our sincere thanks to American Wild Horse Campaign for their generous $5000 match donation, Wayne from TLAR who not only provided a generous donation, but rallied others to do the same, and to High Desert Horsemen who had a trail ride fundraiser for LBL in April. There are so many of you who donated, and we want you all to know how much we appreciate each and every one of you. YOU helped us make this happen!
The Foal Nursery has arrived! Now the work begins, as we rush to get things ready for the next round of foals that will require round-the-clock critical care.
Now for Phase 2:
We need an experienced electrician, carpenter and plumber. If you or someone you know can donate time to assist us in their specialty, please let us know.
Here is a list of items needed:
Wall insulation and plywood materials
Stairs built to provide access to lofts
Powder River Gate/panels from Tractor Supply
Rubber stall mats
Small (bar size) refrigerator
Heaters
Staples and staple gun
Twin size mattress and bedding
Gift cards to Lowe’s, Home Depot or Tractor Supply (we’re trying to set up a registry with these locations)
If you can help in any way, we would greatly appreciate it
Stay tuned for an upcoming announcement .... and Save the Date August 15th!
The LBL crew and the new foal nursery!
Emergency Horse and Livestock handling class
Least Resistance Training Concept’s Horse Handling classes have resumed, following CDC Covid-19 guidelines. A fire fighter crew from the River Delta Fire District in Sacramento County, attended the Technical Large Animal Rescue (TLAR) class. The fire fighters and TLAR team went through various exercises including catching loose horses, constructing catch corrals and chutes, and best practices for trailer loading. When the team got two rescue calls, the River Delta crew was happy to lend a hand and practice their newly learned skills. Both rescues went smoothly and the fire crew went home, armed with new techniques for technical large animal rescue!
