Exemplary wildlife law enforcement leaders from seven countries were recognized Tuesday with the Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Award at the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Panama City.
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… 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 …
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… 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 …
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… the US Constitution and three federal laws, an alliance of wild horse protection and animal welfare advocates filed a lawsuit … dangerous surgical experiments to remove the ovaries of wild mares at the BLM’s Wild Horse Corral Facility in Hines, …
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… While there are few reliable statistics on the number of wild animals killed by private companies or state agencies, … throughout history have also been intensely curious about wild animals. We want to know what makes a particular species … efforts to use immunocontraceptives to enable wild horse herds to remain on the range rather than be subjected …
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… DC —Today, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC) commend the US House Committee on … funding bill that continues to prohibit the slaughter of wild horses and burros. The organizations are now urging the …
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… a major overhaul in the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) wild horse and burro management program. The report, entitled “Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward,” is the …
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… for unanimously passing H.R. 306, the Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act, introduced by Representative … 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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service …
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… petitioners the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC), Western Watersheds Project (WWP), … rapidly moving forward with its plan to remove over 4,000 wild horses from the range, despite previously arguing to the …
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… issues have come up in Congress this session, and wild horses in particular have been the subject of … Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to surgically sterilize wild horses and burros. The Senate’s version of the bill does … conduct these surgeries. But after AWI, the American Wild Horse Campaign, and other groups submitted comments and …
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… to the organization’s ongoing efforts to protect America's wild horses. Clay is donating a percentage of proceeds from his song, Wild Horses , to AWI. "We can’t thank Clay enough for his support and commitment to protecting America's wild horses. Animal welfare organizations often talk about …
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… to reduce the detrimental impacts of human activities on wild animals and to develop and implement humane solutions to … of Land Management on Proposal to Surgically Sterilize Wild Horses in the Warm Springs HMA July 2018 Scoping … Environmental Policy Act Document for North Carolina’s Wild Red Wolf Population July 2017 Comments to the National …
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… Portland, OR —A coalition of animal protection and wild horse advocacy groups filed a motion Friday for a preliminary … performing risky and inhumane sterilization surgeries on wild mares in Oregon. The procedure involves blindly locating …
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… Pickens was joined today by the ASPCA, the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign, the Animal Welfare Institute and … Saturday in the Owyhee Complex in northeastern Nevada. The wild horses died of dehydration-related causes—including …
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… With a horse’s head, the snout of an aardvark, a chameleon’s color … Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to permit, but regulate, the … removal will not be detrimental to the species in the wild. Recognizing the difficulty in making the required …
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… Service’s impending plan to sell federally protected wild horses without restrictions on slaughter. Last fall, the … that it would round up California’s largest herd of wild horses from the Devil’s Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory in Modoc National Forest. It subsequently …
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… Asia. In 2007, courts upheld state level prohibitions on horse slaughter in Texas and Illinois—the last two states … of these noble animals, is protracted and excruciating. Wild horses are also at risk of being slaughtered, … (R–MT) gutted a number of the protections afforded by the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971. Now, the …
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… federal agency charged with protecting and managing wild horses in the United States—officials now claim that up … that would sanction the mass killing of our nation’s wild horses. "To set the record straight, euthanasia is mercy … taxpayer." In the last few years, the BLM’s national wild horse and burro program has changed leadership and …
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… With the fate of thousands of America’s wild horses and burros at risk, there was palpable optimism … issuing a report on the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Program to debut in October of last year. …
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… US Forest Service (USFS)—which manages approximately 8,000 wild horses and burros in the United States—made a shocking … November, the USFS had finished rounding up close to 1,000 wild horses from the 300,000-acre Devil’s Garden Wild Horse Territory in Modoc National Forest. Public outrage was …
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… reintroduced legislation today to permanently ban horse slaughter in the United States and end the current … Society Legislative Fund (HSLF), and Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation (RTF). “Each year, a huge number of … added Neda DeMayo, president of Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation. “RTF applauds Representatives …
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… inhumane surgical sterilizations on federally protected wild horses in Utah. Utah’s Confusion Herd Management Area … more than 235,000 acres and is home to approximately 551 wild horses. The BLM plans to start rounding up hundreds of … of Sciences (NAS) . In its comprehensive report on wild horse and burro management, the NAS explicitly advised …
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… the Humane Society Legislative Fund, and Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation. Tens of thousands of American horses are … spirit,” said Neda DeMayo, president of Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation. “RTF applauds Senators Menendez, …
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… proposed surgical sterilization experiments on wild horses from the Warm Springs Herd Management Area in … The letter was sent in advance of the BLM’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting, which starts …
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… (BLM’s) proposed surgical sterilization experiments on wild horses, according to a newly released survey. The survey … federal agency primarily responsible for overseeing wild horses on public lands—has attempted to move forward … minimal post-operative care. The BLM’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, charged with advising the …
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