… Washington, DC —T oday, a coalition of wild horse advocates, environmentalists, and academics filed suit … in the largest-ever eradication of federally protected wild horses and elimination of 43% of designated wild horse …
Date created: May 10, 2023
Last updated: September 6, 2024
… Cheyenne, Wyo. —Today, a coalition of wild horse advocates, conservationists, and academics filed a … of Land Management (BLM) plan to remove nearly 5,000 wild horses and eliminate 2.1 million acres of wild horse …
Date created: August 16, 2024
Last updated: August 16, 2024
… Myth: There are too many wild horses and burros on public lands, and their numbers … it is estimated that there were more than 2 million wild horses and burros roaming the West. These animals, along … industry and other commercial operations. Many wild horse and burro herds are being managed at such dangerously …
Date created: June 27, 2011
Last updated: September 6, 2024
… and Patricia M. Fazio, Ph.D. (Revised January 2010) Are wild horses truly “wild,” as an indigenous species in North America, or are they … and the answer important. In North America, the wild horse is often labeled as a non-native, or even an exotic …
Date created: June 27, 2011
Last updated: August 21, 2024
… House of Representatives Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act (H.R.3656) Sponsored by … David Schweikert (R-AZ), and Steve Cohen (D-TN), the Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act (H.R. 3656) would end the …
Date created: June 22, 2023
Last updated: August 30, 2024
… (SAFE) Act, Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act and American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. Individuals and organizations … Fund Animal Welfare Institute Born Free USA Captive Wild Animal Protection Campaign Doris Day Animal League … National Equine Rescue Coalition The Scrolls of Equus Wild Horse and Burro Freedom Alliance Willie's Kids …
Date created: June 27, 2011
Last updated: September 6, 2024
… DC —The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) commend US Reps. Dina Titus (D-NV), … (R-AZ), and Steve Cohen (D-TN) for reintroducing today the Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act to prohibit costly and …
Date created: May 24, 2023
Last updated: May 24, 2023
… DC —The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) applaud today’s introduction of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Protection Act of 2022, …
Date created: October 7, 2022
Last updated: January 31, 2024
… David Philipps / W. W. Norton & Company / 368 pages Wild horses and settlers of the American west had a lot in … and open spaces. As more people migrated west, however, wild horses became victims of human progress. It’s this story … wild horses that David Philipps adroitly describes in Wild Horse Country: The History, Myth, and Future of the Mustang. …
Date created: January 4, 2018
Last updated: April 24, 2024
… Burns, OR —Wild horse advocacy groups are hailing an announcement Friday by … public comments on its plan to return a portion of the wild horses back to the range, after removing the entire …
Date created: February 19, 2019
Last updated: May 2, 2022
… WY — The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC), along with prominent wildlife … (RMPs) that would result in the largest-ever removal of wild horses from the range and elimination of their …
Date created: June 7, 2022
Last updated: January 18, 2024
… 1959 On September 8, the Wild Horse Annie Act (P.L. 86-234), having been approved by the US … is signed into law. The Act prohibits the poisoning of wild horse and burro waterholes, as well as the use of …
Date created: September 30, 2011
Last updated: August 22, 2024
… “Wild free-roaming horses and burros are living symbols of the … These are the words Congress used to describe America’s wild horses and burros in the preamble to the Wild … been largely ignored. The Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Program and related federal land management …
Date created: June 27, 2011
Last updated: August 29, 2024
… Dr. Karen Herman, Executive Director, Sky Mountain Wild Horse Sanctuary The 23,882-acre Jarita Mesa Wild Horse Territory (JMWHT) is located in rugged, forested …
Date created: July 2, 2018
Last updated: April 24, 2024
… (AWI), along with leading Members of Congress, numerous wild horse advocacy organizations and the majority of Americans, … Land Management’s (BLM) gross mismanagement of America’s wild horses and burros. In a recent ad in the Washington, DC, …
Date created: August 2, 2010
Last updated: May 2, 2022
… the exclusive release of the Rolling Stones’ classic "Wild Horses" - performed and produced by the legendary Willie … from the sale of the song to AWI’s campaigns on behalf of wild and domestic horses. Willie and the entire Nelson family … are long-time supporters of AWI and its efforts to end horse slaughter and preserve the right of wild horses to roam …
Date created: March 15, 2011
Last updated: February 2, 2022
… of picturesque mountains, past coils of razor wire, once-wild horses stand in the frozen dirt of the Cañon City … paddocks and hay fields that can hold up to 3,000 wild equines—is located within an expansive Colorado … control vaccine as a safe and effective way to manage wild horse populations. A truly concerted effort to administer …
Date created: April 8, 2024
Last updated: June 4, 2024
… surgical sterilization experiments on federally protected wild horses in Oregon. In May of 2018, the BLM announced that … as ovariectomy via colpotomy to permanently sterilize 100 wild mares from the Warm Springs Herd Management Area (HMA). … BLM from proceeding with the experiments at the BLM’s Wild Horse Corral Facility in Hines, Oregon. The lawsuit asserts …
Date created: February 20, 2019
Last updated: June 13, 2024
… DC —The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) applaud the Senate Appropriations … 2022 Interior appropriations bill to protect our nation’s wild horses. In a historic move, Senate appropriators …
Date created: October 19, 2021
Last updated: January 18, 2024
… Interior, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC), and several other leading wild horse advocacy groups sent a letter to the New Mexico …
Date created: February 22, 2021
Last updated: January 18, 2024
… of our efforts.” Those partners include: Return to Freedom Wild Horse Preservation, ASPCA, Humane Society of United States, … lands,” said Neda DeMayo President of Return to Freedom, a wild horse preservation and education organization. “Since …
Date created: May 1, 2014
Last updated: February 2, 2022
… Richard Burr (R-NC) for introducing S. 3448, the Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act. A companion to the bill … for a new management plan for the free-roaming Corolla wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife … preservation." The current Currituck Outer Banks Wild Horse Management Plan of the US Fish and Wildlife Service …
Date created: July 27, 2012
Last updated: February 2, 2022
… Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Panama City. Since 1994, the …
Date created: November 16, 2022
Last updated: November 17, 2022
… DC —The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) commend the US House Appropriations … an immunocontraceptive fertility control program to manage wild horses and burros and evaluate other on-range management …
Date created: July 1, 2021
Last updated: January 18, 2024
… The debate over wild horses on public lands has been raging for decades. The … with their management, has rounded up tens of thousands of wild horses since 1971. While many have been adopted out, … and, in particular, with its decisions to reduce wild horse numbers and the amount of habitat on which they can …
Date created: November 6, 2009
Last updated: January 17, 2020