Wild Horses, one of America's irreplaceable and precious resources are in crisis.
On June 30, 2008, during the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced its potential inability to support, financially, approximately 31,500 wild horses, currently in the agency’s short- and long-term holding facilities. This situation could result in the euthanasia of thousands of wild horses, if a viable solution is not soon found. Although we wish to make the 2008 Summit an experience in learning, our main goal is to address solutions for the present wild horse emergency.
SUMMIT PURPOSE
This year’s Wild Horse and Burro Summit will bring together the diverse skills, knowledge, and resources of America's wild horse groups with leading experts in the fields of equine behavior, equine genetics, range management, reproductive physiology, wild horse ecology, and the uniqueness of wild equid stamina and morphology. We aim to address and co-create immediate solutions to the current conditions that America's wild horses are facing. We also intend to co-vision future conservation, management, and preservation strategies. |
Summit Program: Click Here
When: Saturday, October 11 and Sunday, October 12, 2008
Where: South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas, NV 89183
Hotel Website: www.southpointcasino.com
Hotel Contact: http://www.southpointcasino.com/contact-us.php
Reach the hotel by telephone: (702) 796-7111; Toll Free: (866) 796-7111
Room Reservations, Toll Free: (866) 791-7626
[PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to mention "Wild Horses 4Ever" for the discounted weekend rate of $115 (two nights). Please make reservations by September 24th, 2008. As discounted rates are limited, first come, first served.]
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
From California: Head north on Interstate 15 to Exit 31 (Silverado Ranch Boulevard). As you exit, stay right and make your first right into the parking area for South Point. The South Point Hotel is located at 9777 Las Vegas Boulevard South.
From the Rental Car Terminal at McCarran Airport: Head South on Gilespie St. toward E. Warm Springs Rd. Turn right on E. Warm Springs Rd. Then turn left on Las Vegas Blvd. South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa is on the right-hand side of the road at 9777 Las Vegas Boulevard South.
SUMMIT HOSTS
Karen Sussman, President, International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros
Jerry Reynoldson, President, Wild Horses 4 Ever
Marisa Morin
CONFERENCE FEE
There will be a $25.00 conference fee (covers entire conference) to help defray conference expenses. Thank you!
SPONSORSHIP FORM Click to view pdf
SUMMIT REGISTRATION Click to view pdf
CONTACT
wildhorsesummit@gmail.com
International Society
for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros
(605) 964-6866 (office phone)
P.O. Box 55
Lantry, SD 57636
"Look back at our struggle for freedom,
Trace our present day's strength to its source,
And you'll find that man's pathway to glory,
Is strewn with the bones of the horse." Anonymous
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