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CAMERON ANGENY and the Salmon 4-H Model Horse Club YOUTH SAVES HORSES THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY After Protect R Wildlife found an article about these club members we chose to applaud their work by making Cameron Angeny our Kid hero of the Month.
Nearly 3,000 miles (close to the entire width of the US) separate Salmon, Idaho from Abaco Island, Bahamas. Yet when the Salmon 4-H Model Horse Club learned of the plight of endangered horses living there, they took action.
"Our 4-H leader told us about how the Abaco Barb horses in Abaco Island are close to extinction and we knew we had to help save them," said 11-year-old Cameron Angeny.
The Abaco Barb, a strain of the critically-endangered Spanish Barb breed, is believed to be descended from Spanish Conquistador horses that survived shipwrecks 500 years ago. Only nine horses remain of the original 200 due to human intervention and habitat changes.
Cameron and his fellow club members developed a plan, using the writing skills they'd learned keeping 4-H record books. They petitioned Breyer Animal Creations to create a model to raise awareness about the horses.
The company was so inspired by the leadership of these young 4-H'ers that it developed an Abaco Barb model for its 2005 line and created an animal benefit model horse program.
"These young people were an inspiration for us all," said Kathleen Fallon of Breyer "This is a powerful lesson to these children, to know that they can make a difference."
Capella, named after one of the Abaco Barb stallions, was the first horses in the animal benefit series, and one of the company's top five model horse sellers in 2005. A portion of the profits from sales of Capella models help Arkwild, a nonprofit organization that works to protect the Abaco Barbs by providing medical care and a protected forest preserve for the herd to live in.
The 4-H club continues to raise money and awareness.for the Abaco Barb horses through the Abaco Barb Youth Project, a program that provides ideas for others to help. Cameron encourages all youth to take on big projects themselves. "Once you have an idea, get your thoughts on paper, and try to accomplish it, " he said. "The biggest thing I have learned is that I can make a difference in the world!"
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