FORD MOTOR COMPANY TEAMS WITH U.S. GOVERNMENT TO RESCUE THOUSANDS OF WILD MUSTANGS

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Hey, if they will come and put up a fence, I have about 6 acres of pasture they could turn a couple of them loose on.

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| >-- Ford to provide funding to preserve thousands of wild mustangs. | >

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| >-- Ford has created a "Save the Mustangs" fund to enlist public support to | >help ensure ongoing care for the horses in their new habitats - | >

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| >-- U.S. Bureau of Land Management is resuming sales of wild horses and | >burros. | >

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| >HOT SPRINGS, S.D., May 19, 2005 - Ford Motor Company announced today | >

| >that it will provide aid to help save about 2,000 wild mustangs that | >

| >currently face an uncertain future. In addition, the company is offering | >

| >a means for the public to help "Save the Mustangs" - working with the | >

| >United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Take Pride in America | >

| >to establish a fund to serve as a means for the public to contribute | >

| >financial support to help maintain the wild horses. | >

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| >"The wild mustang embodies the passion, spirit and heritage that are an | >

| >integral part of the American experience," said Ford Chairman and Chief | >

| >Executive Officer Bill Ford. "We felt compelled to do what we could to | >

| >help preserve these beautiful, legendary animals." | >

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| >The unique initiative brings together the government, Ford Motor Company | >

| >and the public to help save the wild horses. | >

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| >"This new partnership is an example of how the public sector and private | >

| >industry can work together to help provide for long-term care of these | >

| >animals, while sustaining the health and productivity of America's | >

| >public lands," said U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton. | >

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| >Wild Horse and Burro Sales Resumed | >

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| >The BLM is resuming its sales of wild horses and burros affected by a | >

| >new Federal law after revising its bill of sale and pre-sale negotiation | >

| >procedures to strengthen the agency's efforts in finding good homes for | >

| >the animals that must be sold, said BLM Director Kathleen Clarke. In | >

| >addition, Clarke said the Bureau is working to persuade all three U.S. | >

| >horse processing plants to refuse to buy any BLM freeze-branded horses | >

| >sold under the new law. Today's action ends the BLM's temporary | >

| >suspension of sales, which took effect April 25 in response to two | >

| >incidents involving the commercial processing of horses that had been | >

| >re-sold or traded after being bought from the BLM. | >

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| >"Our agency is committed to the well-being of wild horses and burros, | >

| >both on and off the range," Clarke said. "With this support from Ford | >

| >and Take Pride in America, the BLM will be able to carry out the will | >

| >of Congress while finding good homes for wild horses and burros, which | >

| >are a treasured symbol of the Western spirit and an icon of American | >

| >freedom." | >

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| >Save the Mustangs Fund | >

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| >To help provide a means for the public to contribute to the ongoing care | >

| >of wild mustangs in their new habitats, Ford has established the Save | >

| >the Mustangs fund. Wild horse lovers can learn more about the issue and | >

| >can help support the cause by visiting

| >Contributions to the Save the Mustangs | >

| >fund will be managed by Take Pride in America and are tax-deductible. | >

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| >Preserving a Legend | >

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| >

| >After learning that thousands of wild mustangs were in jeopardy, Ford | >

| >Motor Company approached the BLM to explore potential ways to provide | >

| >support for the animal that has served as an inspiration for the company | >

| >for decades. While working with BLM on a broader plan to provide | >

| >safeguards for the wild mustangs' continued protection, Ford interceded | >

| >at the agency's urgent request on April 25 to prevent the slaughter of | >

| >dozens of wild mustangs. The horses were no longer in the control of the | >

| >BLM as they had been re-sold and sent to a processing facility for | >

| >slaughter. Ford purchased the 52 horses and donated them to the Black | >

| >Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary outside Hot Springs, S.D. | >

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| >

| >The initiatives announced today will help ensure that larger numbers of | >

| >wild mustangs are relocated to good homes, primarily at non-profit | >

| >sanctuaries and Native American reservations. | >

| >

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| >"The Humane Society of the United States applauds Ford Motor Company for | >

| >being part of the solution, working for humane and sensible treatment of | >

| >America's majestic wild horses," said Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO | >

| >of the Humane Society of the United States. "These symbols of the | >

| >American west deserve America's ingenuity and drive, and it seems in | >

| >Ford, they're getting just that. We can do better, as a country, than to | >

| >allow their destruction and demise." | >

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| >An American Icon in Jeopardy | >

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| >Nearly 32,000 wild horses and burros roam public lands managed by the | >

| >Bureau of Land Management in 10 Western states. These wild animals have | >

| >virtually no natural predators, and their herd sizes can double about | >

| >every five years. To maintain populations in balance with their habitat, | >

| >the BLM removes excess animals from the rangelands every year. The BLM | >

| >places thousands of wild horses and burros into private ownership | >

| >through adoption each year. Approximately 22,500 Mustangs that have been | >

| >removed from the rangelands are currently in federal holding facilities. | >

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| >

| >The BLM was directed to sell more than 8,000 wild mustangs as a result | >

| >of a bill passed by Congress in December 2004. This legislation requires | >

| >the BLM to sell gathered wild horses and burros that are more than 10 | >

| >years old or have been offered unsuccessfully for adoption at least | >

| >three times. | >

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| >The wild mustang, the symbol of the legendary Ford Mustang sports car, | >

| >has had a unique place in Ford Motor Company lore. Although the original | >

| >Mustang concept car was named for the American P-51 Mustang fighter | >

| >plane, the production Ford Mustang was introduced with great fanfare in | >

| >April 1964 proudly wearing the wild horse insignia. | >

| >

| >

| >"The Ford Mustang is America's iconic sports car and takes its | >

| >inspiration from the wild mustang, a true icon of American freedom," | >

| >said Bill Ford. | >

| >

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| >The Save the Mustangs fund will feature a new but familiar symbol - the | >

| >Ford Mustang's wild horse insignia with a ribbon draped around its neck. | >

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| >Yet another $.02 worth from a proud owner of a 1970 Mach 1 351C @ | >

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| | Hey! Spikey Likes IT! | 1965 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok | Vintage Burgundy w/Black Standard Interior | Vintage 40 Wheels 16X8" | w/BF Goodrich Comp T/A Radial 225/50ZR16

I'd like to get a goat or two. I want to watch them eat cans. That's gotta be something to write home about.

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OH OH OH! Have you seen the fainting goats?

Kate

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| >| >

| >| >-- Ford to provide funding to preserve thousands of wild mustangs. | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >-- Ford has created a "Save the Mustangs" fund to enlist public support | >to | >| >help ensure ongoing care for the horses in their new habitats - | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >-- U.S. Bureau of Land Management is resuming sales of wild horses and | >| >burros. | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >HOT SPRINGS, S.D., May 19, 2005 - Ford Motor Company announced today | >| >

| >| >that it will provide aid to help save about 2,000 wild mustangs that | >| >

| >| >currently face an uncertain future. In addition, the company is offering | >| >

| >| >a means for the public to help "Save the Mustangs" - working with the | >| >

| >| >United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Take Pride in America | >| >

| >| >to establish a fund to serve as a means for the public to contribute | >| >

| >| >financial support to help maintain the wild horses. | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >"The wild mustang embodies the passion, spirit and heritage that are an | >| >

| >| >integral part of the American experience," said Ford Chairman and Chief | >| >

| >| >Executive Officer Bill Ford. "We felt compelled to do what we could to | >| >

| >| >help preserve these beautiful, legendary animals." | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >The unique initiative brings together the government, Ford Motor Company | >| >

| >| >and the public to help save the wild horses. | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >"This new partnership is an example of how the public sector and private | >| >

| >| >industry can work together to help provide for long-term care of these | >| >

| >| >animals, while sustaining the health and productivity of America's | >| >

| >| >public lands," said U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton. | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >Wild Horse and Burro Sales Resumed | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >The BLM is resuming its sales of wild horses and burros affected by a | >| >

| >| >new Federal law after revising its bill of sale and pre-sale negotiation | >| >

| >| >procedures to strengthen the agency's efforts in finding good homes for | >| >

| >| >the animals that must be sold, said BLM Director Kathleen Clarke. In | >| >

| >| >addition, Clarke said the Bureau is working to persuade all three U.S. | >| >

| >| >horse processing plants to refuse to buy any BLM freeze-branded horses | >| >

| >| >sold under the new law. Today's action ends the BLM's temporary | >| >

| >| >suspension of sales, which took effect April 25 in response to two | >| >

| >| >incidents involving the commercial processing of horses that had been | >| >

| >| >re-sold or traded after being bought from the BLM. | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >"Our agency is committed to the well-being of wild horses and burros, | >| >

| >| >both on and off the range," Clarke said. "With this support from Ford | >| >

| >| >and Take Pride in America, the BLM will be able to carry out the will | >| >

| >| >of Congress while finding good homes for wild horses and burros, which | >| >

| >| >are a treasured symbol of the Western spirit and an icon of American | >| >

| >| >freedom." | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >Save the Mustangs Fund | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >To help provide a means for the public to contribute to the ongoing care | >| >

| >| >of wild mustangs in their new habitats, Ford has established the Save | >| >

| >| >the Mustangs fund. Wild horse lovers can learn more about the issue and | >| >

| >| >can help support the cause by visiting

| >| >Contributions to the Save the Mustangs | >| >

| >| >fund will be managed by Take Pride in America and are tax-deductible. | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >Preserving a Legend | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >After learning that thousands of wild mustangs were in jeopardy, Ford | >| >

| >| >Motor Company approached the BLM to explore potential ways to provide | >| >

| >| >support for the animal that has served as an inspiration for the company | >| >

| >| >for decades. While working with BLM on a broader plan to provide | >| >

| >| >safeguards for the wild mustangs' continued protection, Ford interceded | >| >

| >| >at the agency's urgent request on April 25 to prevent the slaughter of | >| >

| >| >dozens of wild mustangs. The horses were no longer in the control of the | >| >

| >| >BLM as they had been re-sold and sent to a processing facility for | >| >

| >| >slaughter. Ford purchased the 52 horses and donated them to the Black | >| >

| >| >Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary outside Hot Springs, S.D. | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >The initiatives announced today will help ensure that larger numbers of | >| >

| >| >wild mustangs are relocated to good homes, primarily at non-profit | >| >

| >| >sanctuaries and Native American reservations. | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >"The Humane Society of the United States applauds Ford Motor Company for | >| >

| >| >being part of the solution, working for humane and sensible treatment of | >| >

| >| >America's majestic wild horses," said Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO | >| >

| >| >of the Humane Society of the United States. "These symbols of the | >| >

| >| >American west deserve America's ingenuity and drive, and it seems in | >| >

| >| >Ford, they're getting just that. We can do better, as a country, than to | >| >

| >| >allow their destruction and demise." | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >An American Icon in Jeopardy | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >Nearly 32,000 wild horses and burros roam public lands managed by the | >| >

| >| >Bureau of Land Management in 10 Western states. These wild animals have | >| >

| >| >virtually no natural predators, and their herd sizes can double about | >| >

| >| >every five years. To maintain populations in balance with their habitat, | >| >

| >| >the BLM removes excess animals from the rangelands every year. The BLM | >| >

| >| >places thousands of wild horses and burros into private ownership | >| >

| >| >through adoption each year. Approximately 22,500 Mustangs that have been | >| >

| >| >removed from the rangelands are currently in federal holding facilities. | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >The BLM was directed to sell more than 8,000 wild mustangs as a result | >| >

| >| >of a bill passed by Congress in December 2004. This legislation requires | >| >

| >| >the BLM to sell gathered wild horses and burros that are more than 10 | >| >

| >| >years old or have been offered unsuccessfully for adoption at least | >| >

| >| >three times. | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >The wild mustang, the symbol of the legendary Ford Mustang sports car, | >| >

| >| >has had a unique place in Ford Motor Company lore. Although the original | >| >

| >| >Mustang concept car was named for the American P-51 Mustang fighter | >| >

| >| >plane, the production Ford Mustang was introduced with great fanfare in | >| >

| >| >April 1964 proudly wearing the wild horse insignia. | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >"The Ford Mustang is America's iconic sports car and takes its | >| >

| >| >inspiration from the wild mustang, a true icon of American freedom," | >| >

| >| >said Bill Ford. | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >The Save the Mustangs fund will feature a new but familiar symbol - the | >| >

| >| >Ford Mustang's wild horse insignia with a ribbon draped around its neck. | >| >

| >| >

| >| >

| >| >Yet another $.02 worth from a proud owner of a 1970 Mach 1 351C @ | >| >

| >| >

| >| | >| Hey! Spikey Likes IT! | >| 1965 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok | >| Vintage Burgundy w/Black Standard Interior | >| Vintage 40 Wheels 16X8" | >| w/BF Goodrich Comp T/A Radial 225/50ZR16 | >

Goats do NOt eat cans... but they DO eat the paper labels... NOPT for the paper, but for the glue/paste. Seems they like the taste. The cemetery where my grandparents reside has a whole herd of fainting goats right next door. The owner is always complaining that the ghosts are scaring her goats because every morning she comes out of her trailer to find half the herd laid out cold. She swears they get frightened each morning when the ghosts disappear right in front of the goats with the rising of the sun. The rest of the herd thinks that they were looking the other way when the people in the pasture left.

Aren't they a hoot? Especially when they climb up >OH OH OH!

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OH MY GOD!! That's just wrong!!!

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Wow I love the fainting goats. Actually I did know that goats don't eat cans but I wish I lived in a world where they did.

About 100 years ago I read a Mr Natural comic where Flakey went to visit Mr Natural - he was allowed one question only. The best he could come up with was "Do goats really eat cans?"

So I use this from time to time. Like in Walgreens, I picked up some drugs. The clerk asked me if I had any questions... You can imagine the rest. Another good one is from Twin Peaks, "What really went on between Marilyn Monroe and the Kennedys?". You can really stop a store clerk cold with a question like that.

Ginzu knives - Are those Ginzu knives as good as they say on TV? Can you really cut a shoe in half?

Mort

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OMFG!!!!!!!!

FOFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I gotta try it, ESPECIALLY here in the land of dense looks..

Kate