Kaeli was always surrounded by rescue animals. Her dogs, cats and even her first pony all had a story to tell. She learned from an early age that too many animals are abandoned by their owners. As she grew up, she was deeply troubled to learn that unwanted horses frequently meet a gruesome fate.

Each year more than 100,000 American horses end up being slaughtered. Their bodies are used for making glue and as food for people and other animals. These horses come from many places. Some are racehorses who become too expensive to feed after they've stopped winning races, some are the pets of children and teenagers who have lost interest or outgrown their ponies and horses, others can no longer work due to age or injury, still others have worked for many, many years as lesson and trail horses and now their owners no longer want to provide for their care. These unwanted animals are then sold at auction, frequently to "killer buyers." They will spend days on trucks, often without food or water until they arrive in Mexico or Canada where they are killed under the most inhumane and primitive conditions imaginable.

The Kaeli Kramer Foundation will support efforts to end this horrific cycle and prevent the sale of these horses to "killer buyers." Specifically, the Foundation will acquire some of these horses. Some will be rehabilitated to participate in therapeutic riding programs, some will be given the retirement they so justly deserve, while others may be humanely euthanized to prevent their further suffering.

This is work which Kaeli believed was necessary to prevent the tragic fate which befalls so many horses. The Foundation will carry on this work as Kaeli would have wanted. We know we will be unable to save every horse. We will try to save as many as possible and perhaps more importantly, we will raise awareness about this important issue so that the number of unwanted horses will be greatly reduced.

To learn more about this issue, visit HSUS.org, HSUS.org: Slaughter Cruelty Uncovered and YouTube Horse Slaughter.

 

Our Horse Rescue Program Begins

Here's a link to a recent news broadcast segment of Kaeli Kramer Foundation at Cornell University Mustang Adoption

On August 21 we went to Cornell University to attend a Mustang Rescue weekend. There were about fifty-five horse for adoption ranging in age from less than a year to five years of age-all beautiful animals in their prime looking for forever homes after running free on the open range out west.

Of course we wanted to take them all home. In the end, we chose two young horses-a young, playful colt and a sweet, shy filly. The colt and his herd came from Oregon and were "three strike horses". This means the horses failed to find homes after being shown at three adoption events. These horses do not get a fourth chance. Our youngster was born in a holding pen after his pregnant mother and her herd were captured. He has spent his entire life in a holding pen. With him were six other three strike horses. Miraculously , all were adopted. Rutgers University Equine Science students adopted four of these horses and the remainder found homes as well.

Our little black filly came from Nevada where she was born on the range. (When Kaeli was twelve, she rode in the mountains of Nevada to see the wild mustangs. She was awed by their beauty but brokenhearted to learn they were being forced to leave their natural homes.)

While at Cornell, we had the good fortune to meet Kristen King, horse whisper extraordinaire . Over the course of two days, we watched her work with many of the mustangs. She is talented, patient and possesses a special gift to calm, communicate, and gain the trust of these sensitive and intelligent horses. She offered to work with our mustangs at her New Jersey farm. There she will gentle, socialize and teach them to partner with humans. In a short time, they will become mustang ambassadors in an environmental program designed to teach school chlldren and adults about the plight of these magnificent animals who are a living part of American history. To learn more about how to help the mustangs please visit http://www.Cloudfoundation.org and continue visit our website to follow the progress of our two mustangs rescues.

America's Last Wild Horses

America's Autumn Glory

Jeanne Nations is a professional photographer living in Nevada, whose passion is saving America's Mustang horses. She has dedicated her life to rescuing mustang foals who are separated from their mothers during he B.L.M. roundups. Without her intervention, these foals would perish. Visit Jeanne's website http://nationshorseworld.ifp3.com

Kaeli's Tribute to the Mustangs

This is a picture Kaeli drew and a poem she wrote about America's magnificent mustangs.

Special report
by Peabody award winner George Knapp

A hard-hitting and eye-opening investigation into the wild horse issue and BLM's management practices. This is a must see! http://www.lasvegasnow.com/global/story.asp?s=11285225

A HORSE'S PRAYER