… David Cruise and Alison Griffiths / Scribner / 308 pages Velma Bronn … know what’s happening. Go girl, go!” Velma Johnston, or “Wild Horse Annie” as she was referred to by fans and foes alike, …
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… (BLM)—the federal agency charged with protecting and managing wild horses in the United States—officials now claim that up … taxpayer." In the last few years, the BLM’s national wild horse and burro program has changed leadership and …
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… Portland, OR —Citing violations of the US Constitution and three federal laws, an alliance of wild horse protection and animal welfare advocates filed a lawsuit …
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… For animals and those who care about their welfare, the outlook in our … the ESA to help save the red wolf from extinction in the wild and champion greater protections for critically … Wildlife Services program, and to protest wild horse and burro roundups. The current administration has …
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… Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) and National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee … (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 …
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… Lindsey Graham, (R-SC), Sheldon Whitehouse, (D-RI), and Susan Collins, (R-ME), introduced legislation today to … the Humane Society Legislative Fund, and Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation. Tens of thousands of American horses are …
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… issues have come up in Congress this session, and wild horses in particular have been the subject of … conduct these surgeries. But after AWI, the American Wild Horse Campaign, and other groups submitted comments and …
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… protections against all forms of abuse, mistreatment, and neglect of equines, both wild and domestic. We campaign to end the slaughter of … equines to remain with their family bands on the range. Horse slaughter Wild horses and burros Working and …
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… Portland, OR —A coalition of animal protection and wild horse advocacy groups filed a motion Friday for a …
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… yet for decades, American horses have been bought and slaughtered by a predatory, foreign-owned industry for … 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, …
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… sent a letter to the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce and US Senate Committee on the Judiciary … The Animal Welfare Institute, Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation, Humane Society of the United States, …
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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 October 29 in …
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… —Today, 58 lawmakers in both the House of Representatives and the Senate sent a bipartisan letter to the Department of … inhumane surgical sterilizations on federally protected wild horses in Utah. Utah’s Confusion Herd Management Area … of Sciences (NAS) . In its comprehensive report on wild horse and burro management, the NAS explicitly advised …
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… petitioners the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC), Western Watersheds Project (WWP), and others, notified the US District Court of Wyoming that …
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… Washington, DC —Philanthropist and businesswoman Madeleine Pickens was joined today by the ASPCA, the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign, the Animal Welfare Institute and …
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… a measure to restore basic protections for America's wild horses and burros. Led by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick … in holding areas as a cost-saving measure. "The BLM's wild horse program and policies are broken. The ROAM Act offers an …
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… The debate over wild horses on public lands has been raging for decades. The … management of these iconic animals on Western rangelands and, in particular, with its decisions to reduce wild horse numbers and the amount of habitat on which they can …
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… fiscal year 2026 budget omits critical protections for wild horses and burros, which could allow them to be sold off for … consistently finds that Americans overwhelmingly oppose horse slaughter, and language barring the destruction of wild …
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… 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, …
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… US Forest Service (USFS)—which manages approximately 8,000 wild horses and burros in the United States—made a shocking announcement: … wild horses from the 300,000-acre Devil’s Garden Wild Horse Territory in Modoc National Forest. Public outrage was …
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… experiments to surgically remove the ovaries of wild mares in Oregon. The experiments were set to begin this … Management Area. The decision handed a victory to wild horse advocates and plaintiffs in the case — the Animal Welfare Institute …
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… proposed surgical sterilization experiments on a herd of wild horses from the Warm Springs Herd Management Area in … a controversial project designed to quantify the risks and complications—including death—associated with an outdated … report to the agency on strategies for improving wild horse management in the United States, the National Academy …
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… learned that the US Forest Service plans to remove 400 wild Arizona horses from the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Eastern Arizona and sell them at auction in Sun Valley, near Holbrook, Ariz. … The horses currently live in the protected Heber Wild Horse Territory, a 14,000-acre habitat within the …
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… such as enforcement of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Horse Protection Act (HPA). The $460 billion spending package … of proven humane fertility control methods to keep wild horses and burros in their natural habitats with their …
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… (BLM’s) proposed surgical sterilization experiments on wild horses, according to a newly released survey. The survey … while the animal remains conscious, is to quantify risks and complications, including death. The National Academy of … minimal post-operative care. The BLM’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, charged with advising the …
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