The "All I Wanna Do" singer planned to donate a portion of the
proceeds from her July 22 concert at the Cheyenne Frontier Days to a wild-horse
protection group that's suing the government to try to halt a big mustang
roundup in Nevada.
Crow is the opening act for Kid Rock on a summer tour that
includes the Wyoming gig. But Showing Animals Respect and Kindness claimed that
wild horses are abused at that event in a special race just for them. "How
can an organization dedicated to helping wild horses take blood money that was
based, in part, on abusing wild horses? We believe what Ms. Crow is doing is
nothing but PR spin," said Stuart Chaifetz, a spokesman for the
Illinois-based group.
The group, also known as SHARK, called on the Cloud
Foundation to reject the donation.
