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Skydog Sanctuary @skydogsanctuary.bsky.social · 3d

This was taken on the way to the screening of #BlueZeus at the @WYOFilmFest in #Sheridan yesterday with my #heroes - #wildhorse photographers and advocates Jim Brown of High Plains Reflections and Chad & Lynn Hanson of the Wyoming Mustang Institute.

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 4d

Some of the incredible #wildhorse advocates who star in #bluezeusthemovie, including Arielle Kebbel, Sarah Martin, Clare Staples, Chad & Lynn Hanson, and Jim Brown. The movie screens tonight in the @WYOFilmFest in #Sheridan, not far from the #reddesert native homeland of #BlueZeus and his family.

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Skydog Sanctuary @skydogsanctuary.bsky.social · 4d

Today we are in #Sheridan #Wyoming at the #WYOfilmfest for the screening #BlueZeus. We are not far from where this #reddesert #stallion lived wild & free most of his life. An emotional weekend, but very cathartic that is shared with incredible #wildhorse advocates, who are part of the #documentary.

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 4d

We are extremely proud, grateful, and thrilled to announce that #BlueZeus won Best Feature Documentary at the #pikespeakdocufest! It was a wonderful night. So many amazing #skydogsanctuary followers and fans turned out to support the movie and cheer it on. #wildhorses #documentary

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Skydog Sanctuary @skydogsanctuary.bsky.social · 5d

Next stop: #Wyoming. #BlueZeus will be in the #WYOFilmFestival at the WYO Theater in #Sheridan. Sunday, October 5, 2025 | 2:00 PM. A Q&A panel will follow the film. Come up and say hi, I look forward to seeing you. For Tickets: www.etix.com/ticket/p/754...

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 5d

THANK YOU #PikesPeakdocuFEST for screening the #Colorado premier of #BlueZeus. It was great to meet so many #wildhorse supporters and watch the movie with them. Thank you to all who attended.

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 5d

Some members of the #BlueZeus team at the #PikesPeakdocuFEST in #coloradosprings last night. Scott Wilson of #photoadvocacy, Chris Alstrin of #alstrincinema, Clare Staples of #skydogsanctuary, and Chris Andrews of #monumentsound. #wildhorses #documentary

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 7d

Blue Zeus screens Friday, October 3, 2025 at the Pikes Peak docuFEST in #ColoradoSprings #CO. Tickets for opening night are going fast, so get yours now: bit.ly/3IN3FAA

Pikes Peak docuFEST

Come watch the Pikes Peak docuFEST on October 3-4 with me.

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 8d

Step into the world of Blue Zeus and witness the fight of a wild #stallion for freedom. Our award-winning documentary is making its way to film festivals across the country. We’d love for you to join us to see it on the big screen. Schedule of Showings: bit.ly/472A1k9

Blue Zeus - Film Festival Showings — Blue Zeus

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 11d

The #pikespeakdocufest showcases outstanding documentaries that inspire positive change with the transformative power of storytelling through film. #BlueZeus screens Friday, October 3rd, 2025 at 9:25 PM in the Millibo Art Theater, Colorado Springs. Tickets: bit.ly/4pB5yRw

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you so much #BostonFilmFestival for the BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE #award. This is outstanding news for #wildhorses and #burros and raising awareness in their greatest moment of peril. Next weekend #BlueZeus will play
at the #PikesPeakDocuFest and #WyomingFilmFest. We hope you can join us!

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bonmotc-229.bsky.social @bonmotc-229.bsky.social · 15d

#horses
#wildhorses
Betrayed by the U.S. Government
Stop The Roundups

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 14d

The Wyoming Film Festival in #Sheridan #Wyoming will screen #BlueZeus on Sun, Oct 5, 2025 at 2:00 pm. #ClareStaples, founder of Skydog Sanctuary, will be there to meet the audience and answer questions. To Buy Passes: wyofilmfest.org/buy-passes/wyofilmfest

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 17d

For the movie #BlueZeus, #RockyRomano, #MirandaWinters, #AnalisMartin, #ChrisAlstrin combined powerful, authentic, thought-provoking, non-fiction storytelling with stunning cinematography to shine a spotlight on the plight of #wildhorses and the vital work being done at #skydogsanctuary.

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 17d

Search for articles by Eric Molvar, a wildlife biologist. He has written extensively on why livestock grazing is the single biggest threat of all commercial activities threatening public lands.

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 17d

Many ranchers with privileged commercial access to public lands for grazing livestock are millionaires or billionaire corporations with names like Koch, Hilton, Simplot. They are heavily subsidized by taxpayers for cheap grazing permits while contributing less than 2% total US beef production.

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 17d

youtu.be/M3ZuX5-2jC0

Erik Molvar on Ecological Roles of Wild Horses, Cattle and Sheep

YouTube video by Western Watersheds Project

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 17d

For more about this, Eric Molvar @westernwatersheds.bsky.social:

www.westernwatersheds.org/2024/02/scie...

BREAKING: Scientific report reveals livestock as the key factor in cheatgrass spread - Western Watersheds Project

A scientific report released today illuminates the causes of cheatgrass spread and compares the effectiveness of various methods to restore invaded plant communities. The report reviews over 500 studi...

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 17d

That creates a perfect environment for non-native, invasive cheatgrass. It’s green in the spring, but once it's dry, it has no forage or habitat value for wildlife and turns grasslands into ecological wastelands. It is also extremely flammable and burns with unusual intensity.

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 18d

Meanwhile, their hooves break up the biological soil crusts, a complex web of microscopic organisms that can take 100 years to grow back. It gets no time to recover due to constant overgrazing in massive numbers turning it into dust and wiping out the perennial bunch grasses.

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 18d

The intermountain west has native perennial bunch grasses that can live up to 60 years. Their roots go down 6 feet or more in dense networks and store a lot of carbon underground - they are our most resilient carbon sinks. They can’t survive heavy cattle grazing year after year.

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 18d

Overgrazing cattle transforms narrow, deep stream channels that are cool and clear and support trout, into wide, shallow, muddy water, murky streams that won't support the native fish anymore. They destroy the aquatic ecosystems in the West, where fresh water is more precious than gold.

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 18d

Heavy cattle grazing wipes out willows and other shrubs along the waterways, so nothing shades the stream. It breaks the stream banks down and silt erodes into the water. Cattle constantly urinate and defecate in the water, destroying water quality.

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 18d

Consequently, they concentrate along streams, around the springs. That's where all the moist vegetation is located. Those valley bottom stream sides are the richest, most biodiverse oases in the desert. Cattle denude them, destroying the most important wildlife habitat.

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Blue Zeus The Movie @bluezeusthemovie.bsky.social · 18d

Cattle are ecological misfits in the arid American west, in the desert. They were bred from an animal that originated in the boggy forests of Northern Europe. They're used to really wet climates with abundant rainfall, rich deep soils, and high productivity.

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