News from Nevada’s Virginia Range: Vol. 25

Highlighting groups working to protect our mustangs: American Wild Horse Campaign * Hidden Valley Wild Horse Protection Fund * Least Resistance Training Concepts * LBL Equine Rescue * Let 'em Run * Project Frontier * Virginia Range Wildlife Protection Association * Wild Horse Connection * Wild Horse Preservation League

Welcome to the August Pinto Post!This

The summer is coming to an end, but the work on Nevada’s Virginia Range continues on! Read on about adorable foals, adoptable horses, and great opportunities to support the amazing groups that work to protect and preserve the wild horses who the Virginia Range their home!

Remember, our next issue will come out September 1, so please submit articles, ideas, and feedback by August 20th to ThePintoPost@gmail.com or through this Google Form.

Fertility Control Update

Check out the most updated fertility control numbers and join AWHC in congratulating our volunteer darters, and especially our new darters, on a job incredibly well done!

Special thanks to all the incredible volunteers who make this program happen. Their dedication and love for the horses shines through their hard work. Thank YOU.

Local Happenings

If you’re looking for your next best friend, this is the section you don’t want to miss! Read all about LBL Equine Rescue’s adorable and adoptable horses. Don’t forget to mark your calendars for both LBL’s adoption day AND the Bower’s Mansion Blue Grass Festival where you will meet Virginia Range Wildlife Protection Association’s team members!

Monthly Highlights

This spring, a few foals found themselves needing the expert help of the Technical Large Animal Rescue Team and Wild Horse Connection Range Management, and the loving care that LBL Equine provides for rescued foals. Now, Hazel, Bitsy, Koa, Genesus, and Ross all have landed in a safe place for them to grow and thrive. Read their stories below!

Happy Tails Rescues

This month, LRTC’s TLAR team embarked on what turned out to be a NON-rescue! Read all the details below!

Please use the above number if you see horses or foals injured, sick, or at risk. Where does your call go? Your call goes to a 24/7 answering service that will connect with an on-call volunteer. From there volunteers, proper agencies and organizations will be dispatched. This includes, but is not limited to, local organizations, a large animal rescue team, and the sheriff's office in the corresponding area.

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The Pinto Post is a volunteer-run, electronic publication not branded to any one organization but created to shine a light on the incredible work of the many wild horse organizations in the Reno/Carson City area.

Photo credit to Denise Walker, Brenda Davis, Nancy Florence