… Washington, DC —On the National Day of the Horse, the Animal Welfare Institute and the American Wild Horse Campaign, joined by more than 70,000 supporters, … Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to stop the largest wild horse roundup in US history, which is occurring in …
Date created: December 13, 2021
Last updated: January 18, 2024
… The Animal Welfare Institute, Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation , Humane Society of the United States, … Association of Equine Practitioners. "As a national wild horse organization fighting to protect both wild and …
Date created: December 15, 2022
Last updated: December 15, 2022
… , Humane Society Legislative Fund , and Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation . The SAFE Act has also received strong … majority of Americans find it abhorrent that any horse, wild or domestic, suffers the road to slaughter. Congress …
Date created: May 18, 2023
Last updated: May 22, 2023
… lawmakers reintroduced legislation to permanently ban horse slaughter in the United States and end the current … Humane Society Legislative Fund , and Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation (RTF). “The gruesome practice of … slaughter,” said Neda DeMayo, founder of Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation. “It is still too easy for America’s …
Date created: September 14, 2021
Last updated: January 18, 2024
… Since April, over 140 wild horses have died from influenza exacerbated by a … in the Bureau of Land Management’s fraught history of wild horse management. Although these horses were removed …
Date created: June 14, 2022
Last updated: April 17, 2024
… , Humane Society Legislative Fund , and Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation . The SAFE Act has also received strong … majority of Americans find it abhorrent that any horse, wild or domestic, suffers the road to slaughter. Congress …
Date created: June 16, 2023
Last updated: June 16, 2023
… Management has rescinded a controversial sales policy for wild horses and burros in the United States that could have … guidelines to increase the number of federally protected wild horses and burros that could be sold at one time, with … wild horses.” … BLM Bucks Controversial Policy for Wild Horse Sale …
Date created: March 15, 2019
Last updated: February 7, 2022
… proposed surgical sterilization experiments on a herd of wild horses from the Warm Springs Herd Management Area in … involves manually severing and removing the ovaries of wild mares while the animals remain conscious. In its … report to the agency on strategies for improving wild horse management in the United States, the National Academy …
Date created: June 24, 2019
Last updated: February 7, 2022
… begin controversial experiments to remove the ovaries of wild mares next month. The federal agency reached this … University—from the project. In response, the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) …
Date created: September 14, 2018
Last updated: February 7, 2022
… a measure to restore basic protections for America's wild horses and burros. Led by Natural Resources Committee … by a vote of 239 to 185. "At a time when nearly as many wild horses are in captivity as are on the range—a situation … in holding areas as a cost-saving measure. "The BLM's wild horse program and policies are broken. The ROAM Act offers an …
Date created: July 17, 2009
Last updated: February 2, 2022
… Humane Society Legislative Fund , and Return to Freed.om Wild Horse Conservation —members of a coalition that worked with … slaughtered.” “Nevada is home to the largest population of wild horses in the nation,” Titus said. “Today we took a …
Date created: July 1, 2021
Last updated: January 18, 2024
… millions of acres of federally designated habitat for wild horses in Wyoming. The suit was filed in the US District … Associates on behalf of AWI and co-plaintiffs the American Wild Horse Campaign and Western Watersheds Project. photo by Dana …
Date created: August 30, 2023
Last updated: April 17, 2024
… 961) , federal legislation that would permanently ban horse slaughter in the United States and end the export of … Humane Society Legislative Fund , and Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation . “I am grateful to Chairwoman Eshoo … said Neda DeMayo, president of Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation. “RTF is grateful to Chairwoman Eshoo …
Date created: January 29, 2020
Last updated: January 18, 2024
… The Humane Society Legislative Fund, and Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation. In recent years, the number of American … said Neda DeMayo, president of Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation. “RTF applauds Representatives …
Date created: January 30, 2019
Last updated: February 7, 2022
… Ben Shelly stated that—to alleviate what he claimed was a horse overpopulation problem—the government of the Navajo … would support rounding up, selling, and slaughtering wild horses from Navajo lands, as well as the planned opening … present a humane and responsible management plan for their wild horses. The Dine’ (Navajo) people reside in their …
Date created: December 6, 2013
Last updated: April 24, 2024
… (D-Ariz.), will restore the protections for America’s wild horses and burros that were stripped away in recent … measure was originally granted to these equines in the Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, which had … Burns (R-Mont.). The ROAM Act also seeks to keep more wild horses on the range by reclaiming 19 million acres …
Date created: August 11, 2009
Last updated: April 18, 2024
… week, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) voiced their opposition to the Bureau … Management’s barbaric proposal to surgically sterilize wild horses using an experimental and inhumane procedure. As …
Date created: August 3, 2018
Last updated: February 7, 2022
Since 1994, at each meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties, AWI has honored individuals, organizations, and agencies that have demonstrated excellence in combatting wildlife crime with the
Date created: December 16, 2022
Last updated: December 20, 2022
… to determine if they are captive-bred or sourced from the wild, helping to combat the illegal turtle trade. Dr. Robert … Zoo to develop a synthetic liquid attractant for studying wild carnivores that will replace scents manufactured from … conflicts. Dr. Karen Herman of Sky Mountain Wild Horse Sanctuary for evaluating refined PZP-22 fertility …
Date created: June 27, 2011
Last updated: July 8, 2024
… eliminate over 2 million acres of designated habitat for wild horses in the Wyoming Checkerboard region. The BLM’s … public outcry, come on the heels of the largest roundup of wild horses in US history, in which the agency removed over … plan that would set a dangerous precedent for wild horse management across the West. … BLM Seeks Severe …
Date created: September 1, 2022
Last updated: April 17, 2024
… known safe level for consumption of these drug residues in horse meat, and most horses have no medical record that … Food Exports (SAFE) Act would prevent the introduction of horse slaughter operations in the US, end the current export … laboratory, on the farm, in commerce, at home, and in the wild. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates and other …
Date created: May 10, 2013
Last updated: February 2, 2022
… Park Service is seeking to remove the entire herd of wild horses from Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP). … to reducing the population to zero.” An estimated 186 wild horses reside within the 70,000-acre park. These … significance to the park. … Park Service Plans Wild Horse Purge …
Date created: April 3, 2023
Last updated: April 17, 2024
… to reduce the detrimental impacts of human activities on wild terrestrial animals. We work to foster humane, … and vehicle strikes, and culling. AWI works to safeguard wild animals and their habitats, and minimize or eliminate … on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to help ensure that …
Date created: June 27, 2011
Last updated: September 6, 2024
… end of October, the Bureau of Land Management’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board met in Washington, DC, to consider a wide range of issues pertaining to wild horse management. AWI was present to deliver remarks to …
Date created: January 2, 2020
Last updated: April 17, 2024
… commends the US House of Representatives for passing the Horse Transportation Safety Act (HTSA) today as part of a … “extremely top-heavy and prone to tipping.” Although no horse slaughter plants currently operate in the United … Grossman, Ph.D., equine program manager for AWI. “No horse should be forced to endure a difficult and long journey …
Date created: July 1, 2020
Last updated: January 18, 2024