Well, after 8 years of involvement with Tarpans, and 7 years as Director of the NATA, I have decided to hand the reins to a new Director for some fresh energy and direction.

It was in 2003 that I imported a herd of 28 Tarpans from the US to Canada, after a year of research and discussion with former Director Candy Vorderbrug. Some of that herd have since died, and many of the remainder are no longer reachable to help in the preservation of the breed. However, I do not regret bringing them here. In the last 5 years we have developed a strong group of Tarpan supporters, who are working hard to bring the numbers up and promote the breed. Many Tarpans are now trained to ride and drive, and are showing off in parades and shows across Canada. I am grateful to them.

Julia Bright of Alabama, USA, will be taking over as Director. Julia became a Tarpan owner/breeder in October 2003, and has lots of enthusiasm for the great task ahead of her. I know that both the breed and the NATA are in good hands with her, and I wish her all the best!

For reasons of practicality, I will be continuing in the role of Treasurer for the NATA.

Thanks everyone, for your encouragement and support, and I hope that 2009 will be a time of renewed energy in the fight to save this lovely, unique horse breed!

Kind regards,
Lynda Konrad

I'm sorry to say our meeting was cancelled, due to a lack of attendance. We will reschedule later in summer, and I'll try to keep everyone informed as much as possible through this blog.

Lynda

We are having a general meeting this weekend, May 20, 2006, at Jon & Lynda Konrad's house. For those of you who are members, expect your agenda via email by Friday evening. Please look it over, and let me know if I've missed anything or if you'd like to discuss something. Thanks,
Lynda

We have a new guestbook! Jon managed to salvage all the previous entries (thanks, Jon!), but we needed to change to a new and more secure guestbook because we were being swamped with spam! I hope you'll find it easy to use, and we invite you to leave us a note!

Hi Everyone! Please check out the "Press" page when you get a chance - we've added another article which Ellen Thrall wrote for Western Horseman magazine. This latest addition was written in 1980. More to come, so stay tuned!