Theatre
The piece was originally composed to bring to DC for “The March for Mustangs.” Laura Leigh obtained footage from other observers and added it to her own.
The organization that donated the DVD for DC did a test group and went only with the footage from Laura Leigh demonstrating the helicopter chase of the young horse and the hospital footage that illustrated the injured foals and one of the youngsters that suffered hoof slough.
Laura felt the collective project was important and began to research distribution options. Each one was expensive. She decided to re-edit the piece again.
It is offered to you here in two parts. Part II re-caps the Part I during the first minute of play. Many of you have seen pieces of the footage used in these compilations. It is a long, hard watch. If you make it through the credits there is a shortened section of additional information. Music was generously provided by Lacy Dalton and a friend of Laura’s provided Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.
So pull up a chair, grab a box of tissues and ….
Part I
Part II Go to time code 1:12 to skip re-cap
April 7, 2010 at 7:12 am
HI LAURA:
IF YOU GO TO PART II @ 3.32 (i think that is 3min.32 sec?
(i am video illiterate !);
you can see a big white black and white with a white streak
“resting…in the foreground; in the back ground is a smaller Mustang; this is the one I was interested in; for someone;
There is a “still…of the B & W Mare with the Mustang (tan and white; white mane on your Calico Complex Photo page;
I am horrified @ what I see in those videos…thank u ! anne
April 7, 2010 at 9:41 am
I will look through my pictures and see if I have a better shot of her. I believe the one you are talking about is not a foal, but a mare.
E-mail me privately.
: )
April 9, 2010 at 8:44 am
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April 10, 2010 at 9:42 am
Hi Laura:
I just watched Part II up to the point where I was watching: (this is after the mane is “trimmed…: (
the blm guy looked like he was doing something to the Mustang’s tail…
do you know what that was ?
ps I did not know the chute work up was so “brutal !
(nothing like the way the HSUS report said…
curious in conn. Anne
April 10, 2010 at 9:46 am
ps the mane also serves as a type of balance meter for the Mustangs; such as the tail does…
and to the less Mane could produce sunblisters; because the area has not be exposed to the sun…
and there is no shade @ Fallon; which the HSUS Vet said is required…
there is no need for this type of “Mustang abuse; A.
April 14, 2010 at 5:10 pm
I hope all those ***** at BLM get whats coming to them and loads more .
How dare they murder our horses, lie cheat, steal , they are the most cowardly ignorant greedy liars – there is no punishment too great for these scum….
April 29, 2010 at 4:18 pm
wow!!! this makes me so mad. you can see the fear in those poor animals eyes.they where born free.leave them free.its all about human greed.something you would never find in a herd of horses.they only use what they need to survive.those people need to look at how the horse world is. just maybe they could learn alot from a horse.i have saved horses for most of my life.taken horses no one else wants.throw away ones,old ones.my one wish is that i could save alot more.my heart has been captured buy these great animals.
April 30, 2010 at 5:49 am
It just breaks my heart every time I see the black stallion “Freedom” breaking loose from the BLM and sadly having to leave his family behind. I hope and pray he finds some of his kind in the wild but not very sure there are many wild horses left in Calico.
May 27, 2010 at 11:14 am
It is a sad replay of our most “shamefull” history…….a repeat of the anhiliation of the Natives, then the Buffalo…..at last the horses! How long are we just going to stand by and do NOTHING??! The phrase; ….”this is the Land of the Free and Brave”…. just does not ring true any more. With the last of the Wild Horses goes our much prized FREEDOM! I will appeal to the Children of the USA, they have saved the Mustangs once before, they’ll do it again!!
July 15, 2010 at 11:54 am
This horrifies me to the point of being speechless!! We will let our borders flood with illegals & give them free education and healthcare, but for our those that were born and raised here (Mustangs) we round them up & take away their home & security!!!! What is wrong with this picture? Wake up citizens!!! We are supposed to be the ones in charge of this great free country!! We have the votes to make a change!! Let’s get back to the basics and run this country the way it should be!!
July 19, 2010 at 1:12 pm
I am horrified, just horrified. I don’t have much but I sure as heck will do what I can if you just tell me where to send it. Where can I find this video in yutube? where can I find it and send to others?
August 2, 2010 at 2:26 am
GO TO :
ART AND HORSES BY LAURA LEIGH OR
BARNDOOR STUDIOS . COM
or contact Craig Downer for info @
ccdowner@yahoo.com
Save the Mustangs; Save the Foals; Save the Elders!
August 4, 2010 at 3:19 am
http://returntofreedom.org/ “this is the Rescue which took in some of the Calico Stallions ! ! !…
Thank you Return to Freedom; thank you ever so much !
September 5, 2010 at 6:24 pm
It was torture to watch these videos! Litchfield foals 2010 should be required viewing for every horse owner/lover in the USA. All those lame babies–shameful. Then we’d have signatures and petitions and phone calls for the President and all those Washington-types. Calico I&II certainly show the harshness of the “gathers” and conditions in the corrals. Very sad. An American icon in jeopardy– it must end.
September 17, 2010 at 9:03 am
Amen…everyone should watch the Litchfield Video of the Foal trying to nurse; and upon getting no milk; eats Hay; fine; but the BLM does not put enuf Hay out
Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut writes:
I believe that animals should not be forced to experience needless pain and suffering and I have worked to advance legislation to protect animals throughout my career in public service.
Senator Dodd wrote this to me in a reply @ Sept.2100
September 20, 2010 at 10:53 pm
This whole problem was created by the government. Texas was the only state to allow the federal government to overstep its Constitutional powers by creating large tracts of federal land (article17 of powers of congress states federal government is only allowed to own “ten miles square” in any state).
Prior to the Wild Horse Act, most ranchers in Nevada did not gather and brand foals until they were a year old. The instant the act became law, ranchers were prohibited from branding any horse not nursing. I had a friend who lost nearly 300 Quarter Horses when this happened, and he was not the only one.
While what is happening is horrible, the majority of these horses are the progeny of those horses stolen by the federal government.
As far as driving horses ten miles in an hour with a helicopter it is not only possible, but likely. Traveling at a long trot, a horse averages 8 miles an hour. Loping as they were doing in the video, they will cover twelve to fifteen miles an hour.
It has also been proven that there are fewer injuries to the horses if they are roped (one loop on the head, one on the front feet, and one on the hind feet) than being worked through a chute. Nearly all of the horses worked through the chute take a lot of extra work on the left side because of the trauma of going through the chute.
September 20, 2010 at 10:54 pm
That should have read “Texas was the only state to NOT allow the federal government ….
September 22, 2010 at 3:44 am
Hi Bob:
I am glad you made that correction; otherwise your email did not make sense; funny; Texas is the only state who did not allow parceled Federal land; yet Texas is the only state that does not have “one wild living mustang or burro; living in the wild…don’t exactly see what your theory is…
as far as branding foals; why would you brand a foal? aw
November 14, 2011 at 6:28 pm
[...] The images were so poignant that I edited (and then re-edited) a piece to tell as much of the story as could be told simply through picture. I added footage from other advocates and simply listed contributors alphabetically… that piece can be viewed here as it was made available free to the public: http://calicoinretrospect.wordpress.com/laura-leigh/theatre/ [...]
November 15, 2011 at 5:17 pm
[...] The images were so poignant that I edited (and then re-edited) a piece to tell as much of the story as could be told simply through picture. I added footage from other advocates and simply listed contributors alphabetically… that piece can be viewed here as it was made available free to the public: http://calicoinretrospect.wordpress.com/laura-leigh/theatre/ [...]