Quotes and memories for Mother’s Day. Many of the memories on this road are bittersweet; some pure joy, some heartbreak.

Deer Run baby born in sanctuary after capture

For when a child is born the mother also is born again. ~ Gilbert Parker

Virginia Range

Sooner or later, we will have to recognize that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans. ~ Evo Morales

Sheldon family band, he entire herd has been removed from the range forever by Fish and Wildlife

Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. ~Erich Fromm

Julia and foal at Fish Creek. Julia was supposed to be returned to the range but never was after the county fought fertility control program

My mother always taught us that if people don’t agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you’ve listened to them carefully and you still think that you’re right, then you must have the courage of your convictions. ~ Jane Goodall

Triple B, mare and foal attempt escape. Triple B was the roundup that gained the first court orders in history against conduct during capture.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances. ~ Mark Twain

McDermitt family. Documentation stopped roundup in 2015 that would have sent these horses to slaughter

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. ~ Mother Teresa

Mare and foal at Antelope

I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. ~ Abraham Lincoln

Video from 2010, so much has changed yet so much has stayed the same. We began this road with a broken laptop and a drugstore camera. We accomplished a lot with our “slingshot and rocks.” We have learned, grown and become better with the slingshot. This organization was born with the spirit of a “mothers love.”

Happy Mother’s Day!

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