… Washington, DC —The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) applaud the Senate Appropriations …
Date created: October 19, 2021
Last updated: January 18, 2024
… 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, …
Date created: September 7, 2010
Last updated: April 24, 2024
… (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 …
Date created: March 31, 2009
Last updated: February 3, 2022
… 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 …
Date created: September 21, 2018
Last updated: February 7, 2022
… 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 …
Date created: August 11, 2009
Last updated: April 18, 2024
… 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 …
Date created: June 27, 2019
Last updated: February 7, 2022
… 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 …
Date created: August 9, 2024
Last updated: August 30, 2024
… 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 …
Date created: September 14, 2018
Last updated: April 24, 2024
… Portland, OR —A coalition of animal protection and wild horse advocacy groups filed a motion Friday for a …
Date created: October 1, 2018
Last updated: February 7, 2022
… 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, …
Date created: June 27, 2011
Last updated: August 29, 2024
… 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, …
Date created: December 15, 2022
Last updated: December 15, 2022
… 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 …
Date created: October 28, 2019
Last updated: January 18, 2024
… —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 …
Date created: November 19, 2020
Last updated: February 2, 2022
… 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 …
Date created: June 25, 2024
Last updated: June 25, 2024
… Washington, DC —Philanthropist and businesswoman Madeleine Pickens was joined today by the ASPCA, the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign, the Animal Welfare Institute and …
Date created: July 13, 2010
Last updated: February 2, 2022
… 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 …
Date created: July 17, 2009
Last updated: February 2, 2022
… 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 …
Date created: November 6, 2009
Last updated: January 17, 2020
… 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, …
Date created: December 13, 2021
Last updated: January 18, 2024
… to reduce the detrimental impacts of human activities on wild terrestrial animals. We work to foster humane, … solutions to conflicts with wildlife, protect threatened and endangered species and their habitats, and restrict … and vehicle strikes, and culling. AWI works to safeguard wild animals and their habitats, and minimize or eliminate …
Date created: June 27, 2011
Last updated: September 6, 2024
… 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 …
Date created: April 4, 2019
Last updated: April 17, 2024
… 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 …
Date created: November 2, 2018
Last updated: February 7, 2022
… 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 …
Date created: June 24, 2019
Last updated: February 7, 2022
… 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 …
Date created: January 22, 2009
Last updated: February 2, 2022
… 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 …
Date created: March 15, 2024
Last updated: September 5, 2024
… (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 …
Date created: October 15, 2019
Last updated: January 18, 2024