[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8148]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING CLOUD, WILD STALLION OF THE ROCKIES

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                         HON. RAUL M. GRIJALVA

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 25, 2011

  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the wild horse 
stallion known as Cloud, born May 29, 1995 in the Pryor Mountain Wild 
Horse Range of Montana.
  This majestic stallion has become the most famous wild horse in the 
world, and serves as the ambassador and emblem of wild horses and 
burros living free and protected on public lands.
  No other wild horse in United States history has had his life story 
known and shared throughout the world.
  Filmed as a tottering newborn foal beside his mother, the citizens of 
our great nation watched him grow into a bachelor stallion living among 
other young males, testing his strength, honing the skills he would one 
day need to start his own family.
  Eventually, Cloud became a band stallion, winning mares and fathering 
his own foals. Cloud's history, captured on film and books by Ginger 
Kathrens, filmmaker and documentarian, has been shown throughout the 
United States on Public Broadcasting as part of the Nature Series, and 
throughout the world on numerous channels and networks.
  Cloud symbolizes the spirit of the West and links us with our 
heritage. The study of his life has brought recognition and 
appreciation of wild horses and burros on our public lands. Cloud has 
taught us that what wild horses and burros cherish most is not so 
different than for all Americans, freedom and family.

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