Saving America's Horses Coast to Coast

Exciting news! Wild for Life Foundation strives to bring Saving America's Horses Coast to Coast through GlobalGiving

WFLF's Saving America's Horses Coast to Coast campaign is effecting social change with its powerful, compelling and lingering tour-de-force  documentary message that timing is pivotal, with the ongoing elimination of our wild horses from the rangelands and the escalated push by foreign investors to reopen horse slaughter plants in the U.S.; more and more horses are at risk of cruel and barbaric slaughter. 

You can help by sharing this link with your friends. Plus your kind donation of just $10 can make a big difference in helping us to reach this goal.

We are enlightening, engaging and empowering the public, changing hearts and minds with the un-whitewashed truth, that round ups and slaughter are NOT necessary, nor are they humane.   

"SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES is a sobering wake up call to the need for all horsemen and horsewomen to do more to ensure that our beloved horses are protected," — Bing Bush Jr., equine attorney.

 Timing is pivotal for our horses, with the escalated push by foreign investors to reopen horse slaughter plants in the U.S., more and more horses are at risk of cruel and barbaric slaughter.

Saving America's Horses is the nation's voice for America's horses. Please help save our nation of horses by supporting this campaign.

Reviews and Accolades

Paula Bacon, former mayor Kaufman, TX:  "SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES is a powerhouse narrative. It takes in every aspect and tells its story with intelligence and a deep-running composure."

Laura Allen, president Animal Law Coalition: "SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES is a brilliant hard hitting exposé on the economic and environmental devastation caused by the seedy cruel practice of horse slaughter."

John Holland, Equine Welfare Alliance:  "The public must see this film! The beauty of the cinematography lay in stark contrast to the dark truths that SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES so painstakingly and irrefutably lay bare."
Vickery Eckhoff, Forbes.com : "SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES sets the dangerous expulsion of America’s mustangs from public lands and the predatory exploits of the domestic “horse industry” against the underlying threat of commercialized slaughter."

BEST IN FESTIVAL: Los Angeles Women’s International Film Festival

BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM: Film North Huntsville International Film Festival, Canada

ACCOLADE MERIT AWARD: Advocacy, Visuals, and Investigative Journalism

AWARDED FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY, ADVOCACY, EDITING & CONSERVATION MESSAGE: International Wildlife Film Festival

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Thank you for your continued support on behalf of the horses.

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Saving America's Horses

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Your Voice Can help Put the Horses Front and Center

POST UPDATED 04-04-12
SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES comes to the Heart of America

Please join Wild for Life Foundation (WFLF) in bringing attention to the need for equine protection as Saving America's Horses – A Nation Betrayed premiers to viewers in the heart of America: Kansas City, MO. The film is scheduled to show at AMC Theatres KC Film Festival as part of the US/International Documentary Jubilee Showcase on Sunday, April 15th. The screening comes at a pivotal time for our horses and marks an opportunity for a large-scale exposure to the un-whitewashed truth.

You can lend your voice to help the horses by telling your friends about the screening of "Saving America's Horses" in Kansas City, MO.

SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES will be showing in MO, at the AMC Kansas City Film Festival on Sunday, April 15th at 2:45PM.

We are putting the horses front and center with a 20 second commercial which will play at the top of all the movies in the AMC KC Film Fest for every movie goer to see.

A special Filmmaker QandA following the screening with Katia Louise, Paula Bacon, former mayor or Kaufman, TX, and Dr Lester Friedlander, DVM, former Chief USDA Inspector will follow the screening. Your social networking support will help raise awareness and increase interest for the horses. Your support is equally appreciated in the form of a donation in any amount

“SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES is a powerhouse narrative. It takes in every aspect and tells its story with intelligence and a deep-running composure.” —Paula Bacon, former Mayor Kaufman TX

Help bring more attention to the horses at the Kansas City Film Festival and beyond! Donations are tax deductible and can be made in any amount on line or by mail.

“SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES is thorough in exploring the systemic corruption that has left virtually worthless those laws such as the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act, which are supposed to protect horses.” — Laura Allen, Animal Law Coalition

Your generous donation in any amount will help bring attention to the horses.

Donations can be made in any amount and on screen credits for individuals begin with a donation of $100.

Thank you for your continued support on behalf of the horses.

Saving America's Horses
Wild for Life Foundation

Contact: admin[@]savingamericashorses.org

Saving America’s Horses is an educational project under Wild for Life Foundation, a 501c3 all volunteer grassroots charity, dedicated to saving, protecting and preserving equines. Donations are tax deductible.

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15 Things to Know about Horse Slaughter

Wild for Life Foundation is pleased to announce an all new info-graphic for the Saving America's Horses Initiative. The Team at Saving America's Horses worked together with an anonymous design team to compile the 15 most important things to know about horse slaughter, and an anonymous donor contributed the resources for the visually stimulating and cohesive design.

"It's the "data viz" as the cool kids call it and we hope to see it go viral", says Katia Louise, Director, Saving America's Horses. "15 Things to know about Horse Slaughter" puts the data that people need to know in an easy to understand way with visual displays that can be seen rather than read."


The eye catching tool can be linked and posted on to Facebook straight from the SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES movie site so that social networking groups can share it far and wide.

"Special interest groups are pushing to reopen slaughter plants across the country... There is no over-population or surplus of horses that must be dealt with via slaughter... 80% of Americans polled oppose the slaughter of horses for human consumption...  Slaughter plants caused horrific environmental problems in the communities where they were located..."

Check it out now!
http://www.savingamericashorses.org/15things.html 

SAH's 15 Things to Know about Horse Slaughter also available in a PDF:)

http://www.savingamericashorses.org/SAH15-things.pdf

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Experts Calling for Horse Slaughter Ban Unite at 2012 American Equine Summit

CHATHAM, N.Y., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Horse experts from across the country will converge on Equine Advocates Rescue & Sanctuary in Chatham, NY for the 2012 American Equine Summit on Saturday, March 31st and Sunday, April 1st with one objective -- to reverse the damage done by Congress in Nov. 2011 by mobilizing an effective grassroots movement to end the slaughter of America's horses in the US and abroad. 

The attendees will be comprised of press, lawmakers and those involved with equine welfare and the horse industry. Interested parties are encouraged to "like" Equine Advocates on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @EquineAdvocates, and for live updates during the Summit, use the following hash tag: #AES2012. 

"It's just plain wrong when lobbies for the Agriculture and Quarter Horse industries can influence members of Congress to supersede the will of the more than 80% of Americans who want a federal ban on horse slaughter," said Susan Wagner, President of Equine Advocates. "The 'eighty percenters' deserve to be heard. Instead, lawmakers controlled by special interests prevailed and gave horse slaughter proponents exactly what they wanted. It's not only egregious, it's downright un-American." 

The Summit will be opened by legendary concert promoter and horse lover, Ron Delsener. Two new speakers have been added - Dr. Caroline Betts, who will discuss the discrepancies in the 2011 GAO report on the closings of horse slaughterhouses in the US, and former US Congressman John Sweeney (R-NY), who was the primary sponsor for the successful passage of H.R. 503, the House version of the 2006 American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. 

Other speakers include Cathleen Doyle, former head of the California Equine Council and Save the Horses, John Holland, President Equine Welfare Alliance, Dr. Kraig J. Kulikowski, D.V.M., Katia Louise, director of the film, "Saving America's Horses," Victoria McCullough who helped pass Florida's "Equine Protection Act of 2010," Jo Anne Normile of Saving Baby Equine Charity and founder of CANTER and Paula Bacon, former Mayor of Kaufman, Texas who led the fight to close Dallas Crown, a horse slaughterhouse operating in Kaufman.

Said Bacon, "I believe a horse slaughter plant is among the very least desirable things a community would want. It ranks with a lead smelter plant and strip clubs, the dead opposite of economic development. A horse slaughter plant creates big, expensive environmental problems for taxpayers and stigmatizes the community as 'that place where they slaughter horses' -- and good development goes elsewhere." 

States currently trying to revive and reopen horse slaughter plants include Oregon, Missouri and Tennessee.

Founded in 1996, Equine Advocates is a non-profit equine protection organization and Horse Sanctuary based in Chatham, NY. Its mission is to rescue, protect and prevent the abuse of equines, especially through banning the slaughter of American horses, through education, investigation, rescue operations and public education. 

Email info@equineadvocates.org or call 518-245-1599 for more information.

Overwhelming response to SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES, the movie, opens the door to mega attention for the horses!

Overwhelming response to SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES, the movie opens the door to mega attention for the horses!
Updated 04-04-12

SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES was just recently selected as a curated film by the AMC Kansas City Film Festival and will be showing in MO on April 15^th at 2:45PM.

“We are delighted to see the outpouring of support for the film in Kansas City, MO,” says filmmaker, Katia Louise. “A special filmmaker Q&A will follow the screening with two very special cast members; former mayor of Kaufman TX, Paula Bacon, and former Chief Inspector for the USDA, Dr Lester Friedlander.”

This development creates a mega opportunity to raise awareness for the horses.  “SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES is a powerhouse narrative. It takes in every aspect and tells its story with intelligence and a deep-running composure.” —Paula Bacon, former Mayor Kaufman TX

The AMC KC Film Fest is working with us to help us bring the message of the film to all the movie goers during the festival with increased exposure with an on-screen commercial that will run at the top of every movie during the festival! “We are very excited to be able to host SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES,” says the AMC KC Film Fest. “It's a great addition to our festival because of the subject matter and because of the quality of filmmaking in its own right.”

Help bring more attention to the horses at the Kansas City Film Festival! Donations are tax deductible and can be made in any amount on line or by mail.

ACT NOW to receive sponsor visibility through the festival and help SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES.

Sponsorship packages with YOUR BUSINESS/ ORGANIZATION LOGO begin at $500. (Packages vary and can include exposure for YOUR organization through Banners, Posters, Postcards and Website exposure)

SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES is an intelligent and hard hitting exposé that reveals how the public has been misled by government agencies and corporate interests that run over the laws that are supposed to protect the horses and the environment. “The public deserves to know the un-whitewashed truth,” says Katia Louise, president and founder Wild for Life Foundation.

ACT NOW to receive sponsor visibility through the festival and help SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES. 

On screen credits for individuals begin with a donation of $100. (Your on-screen credit to be included in time for final print and public release.)

Contact: admin[@]savingamericashorses.org

SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES  is an educational project under Wild for Life Foundation, a 501 c3 nonprofit charity dedicated to saving, protecting and preserving equines.

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ANIMAL ADVOCATE TV INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER KATIA LOUISE about SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wild for Life Foundation
March 23, 2012

ANIMAL ADVOCATE TV INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER KATIA LOUISE about SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES, the MOVIE

Now see AATV's interview with Katia Louise, an international award-winning filmmaker whose most recently produced film, SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES - A NATION BETRAYED has won many prestigious awards, including Best in Festival at the Los Angeles Women’s International Film Festival, as well as Best Environmental Film in Canada at the International Film North Film Festival.

SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES is a documentary exposé that investigates the bond between horses and humans and examines the horse slaughter issue through irrefutable documentation and evidence, as well as captivating visuals to inspire viewers to make a difference in order to protect our horses from slaughter. The current Agricultural Appropriations Bill H.2112 has effectively lifted the five-year ban on horse slaughter in the U.S., allowing the federal government to fund USDA inspections of horses for slaughter. Because this issue is important to the American people, with more than 70 percent of U.S. citizens in strong opposition to the practice, AATV interviews Katia Louise in response to the recent public outcry from American’s regarding the latest legislation, as well as to bring exposure to the critical film. During the interview, AATV asks Katia how she got involved in animal advocacy, what inspired her to create the film and what we can all do to ensure this important documentary is brought to the masses for the welfare and essential protection needed for our wild and domestic horses. Additional information is available at www.savingamericashorses.org.

  

AATV Air Dates and Times in Wisconsin
Saturday, Mar 24th at 10am on WMLW
Time Warner = Channel 7
Charter = Channel 7/8
Direct TV = Channel 41
Dish = Channel 41
AT&T = Channel 7
The segment will also be available for viewing on line at Animal Advocate TV.

SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES is a feature length film geared for the conscience consumer and suitable for all audiences. It's an educational project under Wild for Life Foundation, a 501 c3 volunteer based nonprofit charity dedicated to saving, protecting and preserving equines.  Donations are needed to help bring this landmark film to public release.

Animal Advocate Television (AATV), Wisconsin’s exclusive animal welfare show, is a public education and animal welfare awareness campaign produced by Debra Lopez and Animal Fairy Charities, Inc. (AFC). AATV is dedicated to ensuring the welfare of animals through educational and informational segments that illustrate animal care from experts as part of its mission to foster national and international prevention of cruelty to animals.

Animal Fairy Charities is an all-volunteer 501(c)3 based animal welfare non-profit organization, that distributes funds in support of the missions of other animal non-profit organizations using a federated (i.e. United Way) method.

CONTACT: Debra Lopez
AFC President and Co-Founder
info@animalfairycharities.org
(262) 989-0604

www.animalfairycharities.org

www.savingamericashorses.org

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SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES to Screen in the Heart of America; Kansas, MO

NEWS RELEASE

SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES to Screen in the Heart of America; Kansas, MO

For Immediate Release
Wild for Life Foundation
Los Angeles, CA,
March 19, 2012

Official Selection in AMC Theatres KC Film Festival:

SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES A NATION BETRAYED has been officially selected to screen in the AMC Theatres Kansas City Film Festival as part of the US/International, Documentary Jubilee Showcase. AMC Theatres Kansas City FilmFest presented by the Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee is dedicated to showing independent films and to celebrating the creativity and hard work of filmmakers from around the world.

The Kansas City screen’s premiere of SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES is scheduled to take place on Sunday, April 16th at 3PM.

Filmmaker Katia Louise masterfully examines the controversial issue of horse “processing” and “gathering” with first hand testimony from both sides of the fence in her international award winning film, SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES - A NATION BETRAYED. This landmark feature documentary film is an intelligent and hard hitting exposé that reveals how the public has been misled by government agencies and corporate interests that run over the laws that are supposed to protect the horses and the environment.

"Horse slaughter supporters are trying now to force slaughter plants onto a number of communities in the U.S. SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES is very powerful in making the point that despite the empty promises of investors which are typically foreign, horse slaughterhouses won't bring jobs and economic growth or relieve the suffering of horses,” says Laura Allen, Founder of Animal Law Coalition. “This film reveals the astonishing devastation to communities that horse slaughter leaves in its wake.”

“We are honored and thrilled for this opportunity to bring SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES to the great state of Missouri," says Katia Louise. “The public deserves to know the un-whitewashed truth."

Celebrate a week of film in Kansas City at the AMC KC Film Festival and help bring more attention to the horses! Sponsor opportunities for the Kansas City screen’s premiere of SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES are now open. Filmmaker Katia Louise has been invited to speak on the "Women Making Movies" panel discussion at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and also present SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES for the AMC Theatres KC Film Festival which runs April 11-15th, in Kansas City, MO.

Saving America’s Horses is an educational film project under Wild for Life Foundation, a nonprofit charity dedicated to saving, protecting and preserving equines. Donations are tax deductible.

SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES is the nations’ voice for America’s horses; featuring the equine community's foremost experts. Celebrity appearances include Paul Sorvino, Michael Blake, Tippi Hedren, Linda Gray, Willie Nelson, Chief Arvol Looking Horse, the Barbi Twins, Ken Wahl and more! Experts from the equine industry include Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer Nick Zito, World Renowned Wild Horse and Thoroughbred Trainer Monty Roberts, plus appearances by expert veterinarians Nicholas Dodman, Nena Winand, Elliott Katz and more.

SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES - NATION BETRAYED is geared for the conscience consumer and suitable for all audiences. The film is targeted for public release later this year.

Press Contact:
admin[@]savingamericashorse.org
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Link to PDF: http://www.savingamericashorses.org/AMC_Kansas_City_International_Film_Festival_Press_Release.pdf
Link to on line post: http://savingamericashorses.blogspot.com/2012/03/saving-americas-horses-to-launch-in.html

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2012 American Equine Summit Unites Against Horse Slaughter

2012 American Equine Summit Unites Against Horse Slaughter
CHATHAM, NY, March 13, 2012 –
The 2012 American Equine Summit will take place March 31 – April 1 at Equine Advocates
Rescue and Sanctuary in Chatham, NY.

This invitation only summit will unite the equine community’s foremost experts to speak about horse slaughter, raise awareness and encourage grassroots efforts to ban this practice, which has recently gained legislative approval to be reinstated. In attendance will be members of the press, lawmakers and those involved with animal welfare and the horse industry. Said Susan Wagner, founder/president of Equine Advocates, “Over 80 percent of Americans oppose horse slaughter, according to recent polls. Our goal is to empower these ‘eighty‐percenters’ to make their voices heard in Congress, urging their representatives to pass legislation to stop this horrendous practice.”

Horse lover and legendary concert promoter, Ron Delsener, will be the Keynote Speaker. Others will include:

Paula Bacon (Texas): Former Mayor of Kaufman, Texas, will address the impact of opening a horse slaughterhouse.

Cathleen Doyle (Oklahoma): Director, Save the Horses will discuss the historic passage of the initiative that banned horse
slaughter in California.

John Holland (Virginia): Equine Welfare Alliance President will present the misconceptions about “slaughter horses”.

Dr. Kraig J. Kulikowski, D.V.M. (Florida and New York): Licensed equine practitioner will discuss humane euthanasia as an alternative to slaughter.

Katia Louise (California): International award‐winning documentary filmmaker will screen and discuss Saving America’s Horses.

Victoria McCullough (Florida): Equine protectionist will discuss the successful passage of Florida’s 2010 Equine Protection Act.

Cindy Meehl (Connecticut): Director of the award‐winning 2011 documentary, Buck.

Jo Anne Normile (Michigan): Saving Baby Founder will discuss national "After Care" programs developed by racing organizations.

“Equine Advocates is unequivocally against equine slaughter for human consumption – and it will be a travesty if horse slaughter were to return to the US,” said Wagner. “This will happen if special interest groups twist the issue and have their way through their lobbyists in Congress. We must act now to stop them.”

Founded in 1996, Equine Advocates is a non‐profit equine protection organization and Horse Sanctuary based in Chatham, NY. Its mission is to rescue, protect and prevent the abuse of equines, especially through banning the slaughter of American horses, through education, investigation, rescue operations and public education.

Email info@equineadvocates.org or call 518‐245‐1599 for more information.
PRESS: Susan Bang/Emily Collins Bang + Collins PR Ph: 917‐991‐9714 / 518‐771‐3003
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Link to PDF:
http://www.savingamericashorses.org/American_Equine_Summit_2012.pdf

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Prominent Equine Attorney Bing Bush, Jr. Named Good Will Ambassador to SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES

Prominent Equine Attorney Bing Bush, Jr. Named Good Will Ambassador to SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES
News Release | March 6, 2012

Bing Bush, Jr., one of the Thoroughbred industry’s most prominent and well respected equine attorneys, has been named a Good Will Ambassador to WFLF’s SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES, the nation’s voice for the protection of equines from cruelty. In accepting this prestigious position, Bing Bush, Jr. will be seeking to raise awareness as a voice from within the equine community.

"I have been involved with horses and also in the thoroughbred racing industry nearly all my life. I have likewise been involved with several organizations that provide homes for thoroughbreds after the end of their racing careers. Yet the film, SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES is a sobering wake up call to the need for all horsemen and horsewomen to do more to ensure that our beloved horses are protected. I urge the leaders in the Thoroughbred industry to set an example for the rest of the industry to actively get behind SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES, and support the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act." — Bing Bush Jr., equine attorney

“We are honored to welcome and recognize Bing Bush, Jr. for his passionate and invaluable support for SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES. As a Good Will Ambassador Bing’s voice will undoubtedly speak to the heart of the Thoroughbred industry and give strength to a more united effort in the protection of America's horses from gruesome slaughter,” said Katia Louise, President of WFLF’s Saving America’s Horses Initiative.

Bing Bush, Jr. was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, and from a very young age was an active participant in 4-H, Pony Club and Hunter and Jumper Shows. He subsequently broke yearlings at local Lexington horse farms; both galloped and trained racehorses; and has worked in numerous organizations in the equine industry. With offices both in Del Mar, California and also in Lexington, Kentucky, Bush, Jr. represents players in the equine world from consortiums of owners to jockeys, trainers, investors and others, both nationally and internationally.

SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES is a landmark documentary film that examines the arguments made by both the proponents and opponents of horse slaughter; bringing forth the un-whitewashed truth.The Saving America’s Horses Initiative is a consortium of equine professionals dedicated through education and leadership, to educate the public and raise awareness for responsible equine ownership and the protection of equines from cruelty. Learn more

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