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Freedom for Wild Horses

Freedom for Wild Horses Podcast explores wild horses and their families, behavior, and iconic symbol of our western heritage.

Join Carol J. Walker, leading Advocate for wild horses and award-winning author and photographer, as she leads you to discover why wild horses deserve a place on our public lands, why we need the tonic of their wildness in our lives, the threats they are facing from the agency that manages them, and what you can do to help.

Learn more at http://WildHoofbeats.com.

This is the show for you if you find yourself asking questions like:

-Are there wild horses in the United States?
-How do I find out about wild horses?
-What are the issues facing wild horses on our public lands?
-Is livestock ranching in conflict with wild horses?
-How are domestic horses different from wild horses?
-What is the family structure and the relationships of wild horses?
-Are wild horses being sent to slaughter?
-What organizations are actively helping wild horses?

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Update frequency
every 15 days
Average duration
23 minutes
Episodes
58
Years Active
2023 - 2025
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17. Visiting Sable Island

17. Visiting Sable Island

From the moment I first heard about Sable Island over 20 years ago, I was captivated and determined to go. There are currently only two ways to visit the island, by air or by sea. Wild horses, and th…

00:14:40  |   Mon 09 Oct 2023
16. Wild Horses of the North Lander Complex: Interview with Jim Brown

16. Wild Horses of the North Lander Complex: Interview with Jim Brown

Jim Brown has lived in Wyoming all his life, exploring and photographing the landscape and wildlife since he was 11 years old. He has been visiting and following the wild horses in the North Lander C…

00:41:37  |   Mon 18 Sep 2023
15. Blue Zeus

15. Blue Zeus

I was driving on Crooks Gap Road through Arapaho Creek one fall morning looking for horses. I had been visiting this area for the past four years and had gotten to know several wild families of horse…

00:18:44  |   Mon 04 Sep 2023
14. Wild Horse Roundups: The Abuse Must End

14. Wild Horse Roundups: The Abuse Must End

The horses captured in a roundup will never see their families again. They will never again see the land on which they were born and know so well. They will be taken to holding facilities which may r…

00:21:42  |   Mon 14 Aug 2023
13. Saving the McCullough Peaks Herd: Interview with Sandy Sisti

13. Saving the McCullough Peaks Herd: Interview with Sandy Sisti

Sandy Sisti of Wild at Heart Images has been a photographer for over twenty years and a lover of wildlife and nature since childhood. Currently, most of her time is devoted to observing and documenti…

00:33:10  |   Mon 31 Jul 2023
12. Fixing the SAFE Act: Interview with Susan Wagner

12. Fixing the SAFE Act: Interview with Susan Wagner

If you've wondered what you can do to help save wild horses from slaughter, then this episode is for you. I’m interviewing Susan Wagner about the 2021 SAFE (Save America’s Forgotten Equines) Act.

 

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00:29:11  |   Mon 17 Jul 2023
11. Tales from Salt Wells Creek

11. Tales from Salt Wells Creek

Are you curious about the wild horses living in one of the largest herds in Wyoming? If so, then listen in as I take you on a tour of Salt Wells Creek. I’ll describe the horse families that live ther…

00:19:54  |   Mon 03 Jul 2023
10. A Tribute to Chiron: The Consequences of Winter’s End

10. A Tribute to Chiron: The Consequences of Winter’s End

I recount the story of Chiron, a stunning black and white Pinto in Arapahoe Creek, and his family. Hear how they had lived their entire lives wild and free as the wind on the land they called their h…

00:14:07  |   Mon 12 Jun 2023
9. AWHC WY Lawsuit: Interview with Suzanne Roy

9. AWHC WY Lawsuit: Interview with Suzanne Roy

I am absolutely delighted to have Suzanne Roy, the executive director of American Wild Horse Campaign, here to talk about the lawsuit that AWHC filed just a few days ago against the BLM. The governme…

00:43:39  |   Mon 29 May 2023
8. Wild Horse Holding Facilities

8. Wild Horse Holding Facilities

Over the course of my years spent chronicling America’s wild horses, I’ve also visited the holding facilities where the horses are taken after a roundup. I’m sad to say conditions have steadily and s…

00:21:45  |   Mon 15 May 2023
7. Wild Beauty: Interview with Ashley Avis

7. Wild Beauty: Interview with Ashley Avis

Ashley Avis is an American director, screenwriter, producer and co-founder of Winterstone Pictures. She embarked on what would become a five-year-long passion project in her award-winning documentary…

00:34:45  |   Mon 01 May 2023
6. The Pryor Mountain Herd: Interview with Ginger Kathrens

6. The Pryor Mountain Herd: Interview with Ginger Kathrens

Ginger Kathrens is an Emmy Award-winning producer, cinematographer, writer, editor, and award-winning author. She introduced Cloud, Wild Stallion of the Rockies, to the world in her famous documentar…

00:30:49  |   Mon 17 Apr 2023
5. Arapaho Creek: Interview with Angelique Rea

5. Arapaho Creek: Interview with Angelique Rea

The horses in Arapaho Creek are some of the most amazing horses you will ever meet in your life. This is because they are that perfect mix of all of the surrounding Herd Management Area horses, and a…

00:33:28  |   Mon 03 Apr 2023
4. Flying Over an Ocean of Snow

4. Flying Over an Ocean of Snow

This year has been the longest, harshest winter I can remember in Wyoming since I started going in 2000. In December, snowstorm after snowstorm swept in and buried the area. The Arctic fronts that mo…

00:18:53  |   Mon 20 Mar 2023
3. Wild Horses Live in Families

3. Wild Horses Live in Families

Wild horse families aren't static. Every time I go out, I see changes in different families. But it doesn't mean that families aren't important or that they don't give continuity to the wild horse so…

00:18:58  |   Mon 06 Mar 2023
2. Wild Horses at Risk of Extinction

2. Wild Horses at Risk of Extinction

The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act decreed that wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death. Yet, wild horses are being culled from th…

00:16:38  |   Mon 06 Mar 2023
1. Discovering Wild Horses

1. Discovering Wild Horses

I share what it was like encountering wild horses for the first time in the Red Desert in Wyoming, and how I began photographing and advocating for them. You’ll hear more about my first experience wi…

00:24:47  |   Mon 06 Mar 2023
Start Here: Introducing Freedom for Wild Horses with Carol J. Walker

Start Here: Introducing Freedom for Wild Horses with Carol J. Walker

I’m Carol, and I love everything about wild horses.

I have spent the last 19 years following, observing, documenting, and photographing them on our public lands in America, but that’s not enough. I h…

00:01:25  |   Mon 27 Feb 2023
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