Portland, OR, Oct. 1, 2018 – A coalition of animal protection and wild horse advocacy groups filed a motion Friday for a preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court in Oregon to stop the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from performing risky and inhumane sterilization surgeries on wild mares in Oregon. The procedure involves blindly locating and severing […]
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
Congress to Decide Fate of America’s Wild Horses and Burros
Washington, D.C. Sept. 13, 2018 — Today, the House and Senate Appropriations Committee Conferees will meet to decide the fate of America’s federally protected wild horse and burro herds. At issue is an amendment inserted by Congressman Chris Stewart (R-UT) in the House version of Interior appropriations legislation that would authorize the Bureau of Land […]
Group calls for halt to BLM Wyoming roundup after foals run to death by helicopters
Rawlins, Wyoming, August 13, 2018 – The American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) today called for a halt to a Bureau of Land Management roundup of wild horses currently underway in the Red Desert Complex on public lands in Wyoming, charging that helicopters are running foals to death. Just days after releasing photographs of a BLM […]
BLM Scraps Obama Era Rule to Protect Wild Horses from Slaughter by the Truckload
Washington, D.C. July 18, 2018 – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is changing a six-year-old rule put in place to prevent the sale of federally-protected wild horses for slaughter, and the nation’s largest wild horse advocacy organization is calling foul. “The federal government is about to resume selling America’s cherished wild horses and burros […]
BLM Releases Plan to Destroy America’s Mustangs
Washington, DC, April 26, 2018 – Today, the American Wild Horse Campaign blasted the Bureau of Land Management’s just-released plan for the management of America’s cherished wild horse and burro herds. “The BLM today released a roadmap for destruction of America’s wild free-roaming horse and burros by virtually eradicating their populations on our Western public lands,” said […]
80+ Organizations Oppose Trump Administration Plan to Slaughter America’s Mustangs
WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 13, 2018 – The American Wild Horse Campaign, The Cloud Foundation, and over 80 other groups and experts from across the country today called on Congress to maintain prohibitions on killing and slaughter of federally-protected wild horses and burros in final Fiscal Year 2018 spending legislation, which the House and Senate are currently […]
Americans Overwhelmingly Support Protecting Iconic Mustangs as Congress Considers Allowing Mass Slaughter
WASHINGTON,July 17, 2017 – New polling released today finds an overwhelming 80 percent of Americans, including 86 percent of 2016 Trump voters and 77 percent of Clinton voters, want Congress to keep anti-slaughter protections in place. The PPP survey of 556 registered voters was conducted as Congress takes up two measures that would devastate America’s […]
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign: BLM’s Actions Belie Claims that Agency Won’t Kill Wild Horses
WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 14, 2016 – In response to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) statement today that it is rejecting a national advisory board recommendation to kill up to 45,000 wild horses and burros, the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC) issued the following statement: The BLM is trying to fool the American public […]