Happening Now: Ft. McDermitt Tribal Horse Roundup

*Update, December 7, 2018 .... We spoke with the USFS, and they informed us that no traps will be placed on public land during the first roundup of McDermitt horses. The snow has prevented the agency from moving the traps as originally planned. The USFS is currently...

Silver King Roundup, November 2018

Day 12, December 8, 2018: 11 horses captured were captured today from the Silver King HMA in Nevada, before the contractors Sun J Livestock, deciding to move to another trap location. Several of the band stallions avoided the trap and made an escape.

Holiday shopping that helps wild horses & burros too!

Our good friend and hugely talented photographer Kimerlee Curyl, is offering nine of her incredible images of America's mustangs for sale with 30% of the proceeds going directly to AWHC! What's more, from...

Helicopters Gear Up for Winter Roundups

Starting on November 7, 2018 the BLM began an “emergency” roundup to remove 50 burros in the Havasu Herd Management Area, which spans the California/Nevada border. The BLM states that...

Incompetent and Dangerous Management of Corrals on Full Display at Adoption Event

(November 20, 2018) On Saturday morning, I returned to the Double Devil Corrals in the Modoc National Forest near Alturas, CA for the sale/adoption of recently captured wild horses from the Devil’s Garden Wild Horse Territory. Seeing wild horses who weeks ago were living freely on our...

Approximately 40 Horses Adopted at Day 1 of Devil's Garden Event

(November 17, 2018)...We attended the adoption/sale event yesterday for older Devils Garden wild horses captured in last month’s roundup in the Modoc National Forest. Approximately 40 of the estimated 260 horses in the Double Devil holding pens were adopted or sold.

These...

The Wild Mare Experiments Were Halted! Now What?

On November 2, 2018, the US District Court in Oregon issued an injunction to block the BLM from proceeding with the cruel sterilization experiments proposed to be conducted on wild mares recently captured from the Warm Springs Herd Management Area (HMA...

Controversial Roundup and Removal of Devil’s Garden Wild Horses Ends

After a month of  trauma and terror, the helicopter roundup of the Devil’s Garden wild horses managed by the U.S. Forest Service has ended.

In total, 932 horses have permanently lost their homes on 300,000 federally-protected acres in the Modoc National Forest near Altura, CA ,...

Devil’s Garden Wild Horse Update

(November 7, 2018) As the U.S. Forest Service enters the last days of its roundup in the Devil’s Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory, the agency is moving closer to this year’s goal of permanently removing 1,000 horses from California’s largest and most historic wild horse herds.

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What the Election Means for Wild Horses

Last night's election results changed the playing field for many issues, including the fight to protect wild horses and burros. The power shift in the House of Representatives makes it extremely unlikely that the Interior Department's agenda of mass roundups, sterilization and slaughter will...

Update: The Salt River Wild Horses

(November 6, 2018)...Pursuant to the Act, last year, the Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) and the U.S. Forest Service signed an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) for the management of the Salt River wild horses. This agreement allowed the AZDA to contract with the Salt River Wild Horse...

Spay Experiments: What Our Preliminary Injunction Means

(November 5, 2018) This past Friday, November 2, 2018, Judge Mosman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon heard oral argument on our motion for a Preliminary Injunction to stop the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from surgically spaying 100 wild mares from the Warm Springs Herd...