Calling All Animal Lovers - Volunteer Vacations with Best Friends Animal Sanctuary

What a GREAT idea for fans of man’s best friend and other orphaned animals…

Green Earth Travel has announced “trips that make a difference” vacations that enable animal lovers to care for orphaned animals, then kick back camping at the Grand Canyon August 9-14, or at a spa in Zion National Park October 5-10.

“We are proud to once again offer these unusual trips for animal lovers around the country,” comments Donna Zeigfinger, Green Earth Travel President. “Guests will enjoy high quality time at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary caring for their residents and learning about Best Friends’ tradition of service. Following a couple of days of dedicated to the animals, they will have an opportunity to enjoy the dramatic beauty of our desert southwest.” In June and August, Grand Canyon trip guests will venture to the North Rim of the canyon itself to camp out after witnessing the spectacular view, hiking and enjoying an evening around a toasty campfire.

The October 5- 10, 2010 trip will offer a well-deserved indulgence after the caretaking at Best Friends, when travelers head to Zion National Park and Flanigan’s Inn. There they will have a chance to hike the dramatic canyon landscape, participate in a yoga refresher, or find a uniquely silent space to meditate at this desert hideaway.

“Last year’s trip to Best Friends was the best trip I’ve ever taken,” notes Kathy Poynton, a Green Earth Travel guest from Virginia who vacationed with her mom. “I’m a long time supporter of Best Friends, and have been interested in visiting for a long time. The cleanliness and well-organized operation made it clear to me that every penny I’ve donated goes to good use. In addition, Donna has the trip wired: I really appreciate good planning and organization, and from that perspective it was flawless.”

Kathy continues, “Vacations are usually “about me.” On this trip, I worked my butt off and felt really rewarded to have spent the time giving, instead of getting. Caring for the animals made the trip become one that was “all about taking care of the animals!”

Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., author of whose the best-selling book Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good, and the newly-released Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals, will accompany the October travelers. “I am looking forward to spending time with like-minded people,” notes Dr. Balcombe, whose professional assignments include his positions as Associate Director offor Education forwith The Humane Society of the US, and Senior Research Scientist with the Physicians Committee for on Responsible Medicine Senior Research Scientist. “I’ll share my enthusiasm for the flora and fauna of wild spaces, and will be available to give interpretive talks on such topics as animal behavior and animal awareness.”

Guests will travel on the Adventure Bus, a converted motor coach whose professional and accommodating team has been introducing guests to the scenic wonders of the west for nearly a decade. Owner Stephanie Emery and the Adventure Bus’ knowledgeable staff will provide a unique and memorable camping experience for the June and October trips. Stephanie notes that she has been “inspired by Green Earth Travel/Best Friends trip participants’ commitment to helping animals and supporting animal rights.” Meals will be vegetarian with options for vegans.

For more information call (888) 246-8343 or visit www.vegtravel.com

Green Earth Travel,LLC   was founded in 1991, and is one of the premier vegetarian/vegan/eco travel agencies in the country.

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[Sussman]

Karen Sussman is charming as well as educated about 400 hundred horses. She is the only women in the world with 4 wild horse herds. Karen has navigated herself to talk in front of congress and has met with the most resistant to mediate the lives of wild burro's after an the blood bath near Oatman, AZ. The battle was settled by Karen’s guidance slaughter.
She raised her children in Scottsdale, AZ. She felt a deep longing which invited by a calling to help USA’s horse herds. Nothing is impossible for Karen she has help organized the freedom for the Apache Sitegrave horses with Dr. Pat Haigh and the only free herd wild horses. She assisted to moving buffalos to Catalina Island to keep them as a symbol.

Karen feels comfortable on her rural South Dakota farm and conservation with hundreds of acres on a grazing prairie. The Lakota believe they would have a person come to them to re-unit the horses with their culture. They believe the horse woman is Ms Karen. Return of Sungnuni glugluka (mustang). The Lakota people once relied on and lived with the wild horse. The horse was used in ceremonies, games, hunting, and war and in everyday life. The horse was a symbol of freedom, strength, pride and courage. The Indian people believe that they had the horse long before the Spanish arrived. The horse was bred for specific purposes. Similar to the Arabian it was bred for endurance and speed. It was necessary to travel many miles sometimes non-stop for days. The speed was required for hunting, war and games. A fast pony was a highly cherished animal with the Indian people. Today we have the privilege of having the wild horse in our midst again. As the Indian people search for their roots and regain their ceremonies, language and culture it becomes evident that the return of the wild horse is part of becoming whole again. Returning us to nature, Karen Sussman makes the magic real again.

Princeton University is coming this summer and its founder is going to be Hollywood movie, Wild Horse Annie.

ISPMB, Volunteer, Barbara Ellen Ries
spirithorsebr@aol.com

Princeton University is coming this summer to research the behavior of wild horses in natural herds and its founding president “Wild Horse Annie” is going to be Hollywood movie, Wild Horse Annie.


Travel on an Eco- Spiritual Vacation:

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http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/31467/

Suggested guest speaker for your web radio
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http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/31467/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JDcQE0a0uw ~ You tube

Contact: Location: International Society of Mustangs and Burros, Karen Sussman, Hwy 212 near Eagle Butte, South Dakota. Address: ISPMB, PO Box 55, Lantry, SD 57636-0055 Phone: 605-964-6866, Mobile: 605-365-6991 (11-5 Mountain time) Messages will be returned in farm time

E-Mail: ispmb@lakotanetwork.com

[barbara ries]

Hello to ISPMB, President Karen Sussman, wild horse advocates and all international media outlets,


Thank you for your great support of ISMPB.

Please except my retraction statement : To Whom It May Concern: On, or in the month possible June by it was in July of 2010 ( I ), Barbara Ries sent out a press release on behalf of Karen Sussman in hopes of helping her raise funds for ISPMB , International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros.

I apologize that this was sent without her knowledge or permission and the statements made in the press release were taken completely out of context.
Specifically, Princeton University is not at this point involved with ISPMB. However, ISPMB is working with Mary Ann Simonds of the Whole Horse Institute
and Dr. Cassandra Nunez from Princeton University in designing a wild horse ecology study to define functional and dis-functional wild horse behaviors relative
to various equine cultures. This program needs funding in order to be implemented.

Please accept my apology as my eagerness to help overshadowed my journalistic professionalism. I apologize for any time or inconvenient in my behalf to ISPMB and it's President.

Sincerely ,
Barbara Ries


To ISPMB , President Karen Sussman
PO Box 55
Lantry, SD 57636-0055

Tel: 605-964-6866

Cell: 605-430-2088

Saving America's Wild Horses and Burros since 1960

http://www.ispmb.org

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:
July 12, 2010 Barbara Ries – 520-509-6268
Radio and TV Shows Karen Sussman- 605-964-6866


MEET THE WOMAN WHO WALKS WITH WILD HORSES

International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros ( ISPMB ) Lantry, SD- Creating a new paradigm for the protection of wild horses and burros through the development of the International Wild Horse and Burro Conservation Center, the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros, is the only privately funded organization managing entire herds of wild horses.

The Conservation Center began eleven years ago with the acquisition of the last of the White Sands Missile Range horses from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The capture and release onto private lands of the White Sands wild horses was documented by Life Magazine in 1999. The following year, ISPMB obtained its second wild herd known as the Gila Herd. These rare Spanish horses are the descendants of stock from Father Kino’s mission (1600’s) in southern Arizona. These horses have appeared twice in National Geographic Magazine (2004 and 2009) and most recently this year’s Smithsonian Magazine.

Both the aforementioned herds exist only on ISPMB’s ranch. ISPMB received two more herds under the premise that these herds existence were threatened with possible elimination from their home territories in the state of Nevada. They are the Catnip Herd and the Virginia Range Wild Horses.

Living amongst the wild herds, Karen Sussman, president of the ISPMB, has documented wild horse behaviors for years and can provide interesting topics of discussion and public engagement such as: The Need to Protect America’s Wild Horses and Burros Who Are Fast Disappearing from the American Landscape; The Connection of Horse and Human Culture; Wild Horse Annie’s ( ISPMB’s first president ) Outstanding Achievement’s in Wild Horse and Burro Preservation; Anything You Wanted to Know About Wild Horse Behaviors and Their Highly Evolved Communities; How You Can Help to Protect America’s Wild Horses and Burros for Future Generation to Enjoy; Ecotourism - Enjoying the Beauty of Wild Horses.


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Karen A. Sussman
President, ISPMB
PO Box 55
Lantry, SD 57636-0055

Tel: 605-964-6866

Cell: 605-430 -2088

Saving America's Wild Horses and Burros since 1960

http://www.ispmb.org

Become a member of ISPMB today!

http://www.ispmb.org/how-to-help-2/membership/



What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say - Ralph Waldo Emerson