Well, here we are again at another year's end. It's surreal how quickly time passes. As 2021 draws to a close, we want to share news that 42 is the total number of wild lives we've secured from the BLMs 2019 Challis roundup. This total count of wild horses needing placement includes the first group from July 2020 and wild Challis mares this winter.
That said, Wild Love is wrapping 2021 with a year-end fundraising drive in hopes of rallying your collective support and meeting our goals for 2021 in this eleventh hour. 100% of all tax-deductible donations directly support wild horse needs for our 185+ and our conservation programs on and off the range. We're sharing our story below, with which many are already familiar.
In 2010, when I founded Wild Love Preserve in central Idaho, I set about creating a new and inclusive means of wild horse management on home turf by bringing stakeholders from all sides together in a new light. I imagined that if I could turn regional wild horses into an asset for the community, region, and state, everyone would win, and our model could also help other wild horse regions in the West. Many thought I was crazy and said it would not be possible, but I believe we can always find common ground when we choose to rise above drawn lines.
Wild Love Preserve is a WE project, and as a 501(c)3 non-profit engages public and private lands to address all facets of regional wild horse populations on home turf with community engagement and benefit. From our collaborative work on the range with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to our, now, 185+ adopted Challis-Idaho wild horses and the creation of our permanently protected Idaho wildlife preserve. Kindness, mutual respect, conflict resolution, accountability, science, and education drive the Wild Love mission to protect and preserve western wild horses in their native habitats and nurture the legacy of respective indigenous ecosystems as an interconnected whole by way of bridging divides and working together.
The Idaho BLM's November 2019 helicopter roundup of the Challis wild horses was the first conducted since 2012, versus every 2-3 years, due to our collaborative work on the range following the 2012 roundup and successfully slowing population growth with the fertility vaccine Native PZP-1YR. Wild Love Preserve also ensures that Idaho wild horses removed from public lands have an opportunity to remain wild and together on their native turf. In July 2020 and winter 2021, we secured the 42 wild horses from the 2019 Challis roundup needing placement. As per our mission, Wild Love adopts and purchases those Challis-Idaho wild horses that do not find homes through BLM adoption programs, and is in keeping with the 130+ wild lives we secured following the 2012 Challis roundup. Once with us, they live a forever wild and together and on their terms at Wild Love Preserve.
The pandemic and extreme drought have severely impacted us and our vital fundraising efforts. While continuing to work tirelessly to raise the capital to acquire our permanently protected wildlife preserve and subsequent move, it was necessary to orchestrate a Plan B and C to adopt these 42 Challis wild horses at our leased location. Supplemental winter hay prices have skyrocketed because of the drought adding additional challenges. As we continue to address these multi-layered logistics, our 2021 capital campaign has been in motion to raise $500,000 for wild horse operations for our 185+ permanent residents, wild horse conservation and education programs. Your support helps us help them, and keep us moving forward at this most purposeful time.
As a legacy project, Wild Love Preserve includes our innovative wild horse conservation program, conflict resolution, education platform, youth programs and employment, comprehensive range health fixed on sustainability, and public engagement. Since 2013 Wild Love programs, on and off the range, have saved taxpayers over $8.5 million and resulted in new forms of revenue for the regional community. The creation of our permanently protected Idaho wildlife preserve is central to our work, nurturing and ensuring the lasting wildness of this indigenous ecosystem as an interconnected whole through our diverse partnerships. Our preservation of America’s iconic wild mustangs and respective wild places speaks to our greater good, now and for future generations.
As a humanity project, Wild Love Preserve was created to show through action what we can achieve by working together. The seeds we plant today, shape our tomorrow. Your support translates into lasting wildness for our iconic wild horses and respective wild places. If you would like to learn more or help with a tax-deductible donation, click below.
That said, Wild Love is wrapping 2021 with a year-end fundraising drive in hopes of rallying your collective support and meeting our goals for 2021 in this eleventh hour. 100% of all tax-deductible donations directly support wild horse needs for our 185+ and our conservation programs on and off the range. We're sharing our story below, with which many are already familiar.
In 2010, when I founded Wild Love Preserve in central Idaho, I set about creating a new and inclusive means of wild horse management on home turf by bringing stakeholders from all sides together in a new light. I imagined that if I could turn regional wild horses into an asset for the community, region, and state, everyone would win, and our model could also help other wild horse regions in the West. Many thought I was crazy and said it would not be possible, but I believe we can always find common ground when we choose to rise above drawn lines.
Wild Love Preserve is a WE project, and as a 501(c)3 non-profit engages public and private lands to address all facets of regional wild horse populations on home turf with community engagement and benefit. From our collaborative work on the range with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to our, now, 185+ adopted Challis-Idaho wild horses and the creation of our permanently protected Idaho wildlife preserve. Kindness, mutual respect, conflict resolution, accountability, science, and education drive the Wild Love mission to protect and preserve western wild horses in their native habitats and nurture the legacy of respective indigenous ecosystems as an interconnected whole by way of bridging divides and working together.
The Idaho BLM's November 2019 helicopter roundup of the Challis wild horses was the first conducted since 2012, versus every 2-3 years, due to our collaborative work on the range following the 2012 roundup and successfully slowing population growth with the fertility vaccine Native PZP-1YR. Wild Love Preserve also ensures that Idaho wild horses removed from public lands have an opportunity to remain wild and together on their native turf. In July 2020 and winter 2021, we secured the 42 wild horses from the 2019 Challis roundup needing placement. As per our mission, Wild Love adopts and purchases those Challis-Idaho wild horses that do not find homes through BLM adoption programs, and is in keeping with the 130+ wild lives we secured following the 2012 Challis roundup. Once with us, they live a forever wild and together and on their terms at Wild Love Preserve.
The pandemic and extreme drought have severely impacted us and our vital fundraising efforts. While continuing to work tirelessly to raise the capital to acquire our permanently protected wildlife preserve and subsequent move, it was necessary to orchestrate a Plan B and C to adopt these 42 Challis wild horses at our leased location. Supplemental winter hay prices have skyrocketed because of the drought adding additional challenges. As we continue to address these multi-layered logistics, our 2021 capital campaign has been in motion to raise $500,000 for wild horse operations for our 185+ permanent residents, wild horse conservation and education programs. Your support helps us help them, and keep us moving forward at this most purposeful time.
As a legacy project, Wild Love Preserve includes our innovative wild horse conservation program, conflict resolution, education platform, youth programs and employment, comprehensive range health fixed on sustainability, and public engagement. Since 2013 Wild Love programs, on and off the range, have saved taxpayers over $8.5 million and resulted in new forms of revenue for the regional community. The creation of our permanently protected Idaho wildlife preserve is central to our work, nurturing and ensuring the lasting wildness of this indigenous ecosystem as an interconnected whole through our diverse partnerships. Our preservation of America’s iconic wild mustangs and respective wild places speaks to our greater good, now and for future generations.
As a humanity project, Wild Love Preserve was created to show through action what we can achieve by working together. The seeds we plant today, shape our tomorrow. Your support translates into lasting wildness for our iconic wild horses and respective wild places. If you would like to learn more or help with a tax-deductible donation, click below.
Thank you for your instrumental support.
Andrea Maki + Wild Love Preserve