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… 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 …
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… projects that seek to find more humane methods to manage wild horses, protect bats, prevent predator attacks on … Dr. Karen Herman and Dr. Allen Rutberg of Sky Mountain Wild Horse Sanctuary for developing more humane methods to assess …
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… organizations announced the “Final Stretch Alliance to End Horse Slaughter”—a collaborative effort to permanently ban … Equines (SAFE) Act (H.R.3355/S.2732) to permanently ban horse slaughter in the US and end the export of American … , the Humane Society Legislative Fund , Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation , and many other industry voices. …
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… Richard Burr (R-NC) have introduced S. 3448, the Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act. This bill provides for a new management plan for the free-roaming Corolla wild horses in and around the Currituck National Wildlife … Walter Jones (R-NC), earlier this year. … More Freedom for Wild Corolla Horses …
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… lists some of the groups that support the SAFE Act to end horse slaughter. In addition to the groups listed below, AWI … Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals American Wild Horse Conservation Animals' Angels USA Animal Legal … Fund Animal Welfare Institute Born Free USA Captive Wild Animal Protection Campaign The Equestrian Society - …
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… In response to this and countless other incidents where wild horses have been seriously injured or killed during … roundups, Representative Dina Titus (D-NV) introduced the Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act (HR 6635) in the House in …
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… forms of abuse, mistreatment, and neglect of equines, both wild and domestic. We campaign to end the slaughter of … horses and promote humane management techniques that allow wild equines to remain with their family bands on the range.   Horse slaughter Wild horses and burros Working and …
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… applauds the US House of Representatives for passing the Horse Transportation Safety Act (HTSA) today as part of a … state lines in double-deck trailers. “Passage of the Horse Transportation Safety Act is a victory for the humane … ecosystems and preventing collisions with vehicles when wild animals attempt to cross roadways. Congress is aiming to …
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… that it will drop proposed sterilization experiments on wild horses in Oregon, just days after a federal judge issued … case — the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI); the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC); The Cloud Foundation and its executive …
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… withdraw a proposal to conduct sterilization surgeries on wild horses in Utah’s Confusion Herd Management Area. ( See … to abandon this approach, led a coalition effort with wild horse advocacy groups urging Secretary Haaland to …
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The 2022 Clark R. Bavin Law Enforcement Award recipients are as follows.
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… experiments to surgically remove the ovaries of wild mares in Oregon. The experiments were set to begin this … Herd Management Area. The decision handed a victory to wild horse advocates and plaintiffs in the case — the Animal …
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… fall in love with Bernadette, Valerie and Wee Willy, three wild burros, adopted earlier this year from the Bureau of … animals whose historical significance rivals that of their wild horse cousins. Modern burros are descendants of wild African …
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… Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) . CoP16 was held in 2013 in … Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) kicked off this week with the 67 … meet the demand for such products without compromising wild populations, AWI has consistently maintained that, in …
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… The Wild Horse Symposium and 7 th International Conference on … and sometimes culled—even within National Parks—and wild horses are primarily managed by roundups and removals …
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… is again moving ahead with barbaric experiments on captive wild mares. It will be the third time that the agency has … with gruesome sterilization experiments on America’s wild horses, ignoring science and public opinion in the … Brieanah Schwartz, policy counsel for the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC). “It is irresponsible and a waste of …
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… and more humane methods of resolving conflicts between wild animals and humans. Established in 2006, the award … conflicts.  Dr. Karen Herman of Sky Mountain Wild Horse Sanctuary for evaluating refined PZP-22 fertility …
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… and more humane methods of resolving conflicts between wild animals and humans. Established in 2006, the award … College for passively tracking the locations of packs of wild gray wolves in central Wisconsin through acoustic … in southwestern Alberta. Paige Singer of Rocky Mountain Wild for collecting valuable wildlife data to inform the …
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… legislation to help horses, including the SAFE Act to end horse slaughter , the PAST Act to end horse soring , and the Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act to end helicopter … on social media. Engage in Responsible Ecotourism Watching wild horses can be an exciting and educational experience. …
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… Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Three representatives from … Tajikistan proposes to downlist the Heptner’s markhor , a wild goat species targeted by trophy hunters, from Appendix I … specimens are identified as captive bred, the majority are wild caught. (It is common for traffickers to claim …
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… a halt to Namibia’s controversial capture and export of wild elephant family groups, including a unique, … Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Vera Weber, president of … on Namibia to immediately halt the capture and export of wild elephants to captive facilities for both legal and …
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… Committee voted to maintain the long-standing ban on horse slaughterhouse inspections by the US Department of … to confuse committee members, erroneously tied it to the wild horse issue. With the Senate language in place, the … of the Interior that removes long-standing protections for wild horses and burros. Under an amendment by Representative …
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… Research Council has completed a two-year study on the Wild Horse and Burro Program of the federal Bureau of Land … published report, Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward , is severely …
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… denizens. (He is the trainer of Maximum Security, the horse who finished first in the 2019 Kentucky Derby, only to … during which the myriad and pervasive problems surrounding horse racing in this country were spelled out. The … the price for the defendants’ greed.” Visit awionline.org/horse-racing  to urge your members of Congress to support the …
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… (see 1978 amendments). 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 …
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