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Trump FY21 Budget Proposes Increase in Wild Horse Roundups and Sterilization, Omits Slaughter
President’s Budget Proposes Huge Increase in BLM Wild Horse & Burro Program for Mass Roundups and Risky & Cruel Sterilization Methods
Washington, DC (February 10, 2020). . . . The American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) today expressed alarm at the President’s Budget for FY2021, issued today, which seeks a 15% budget increase for the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) wild horse and burro program.
BLM Moves Against Wyoming’s Iconic Wild Horses
Agency seeks to wipe out one-third of mustang population and 40% of habitat in the state
Salt River Horses Threatened by New Fencing in Tonto National Forest
- MANAGEMENT GROUP WARNS PUBLIC OF DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS;
- SALT RIVER WILD HORSES TO LOSE HABITAT
- TUBERS/KAYAKERS TO BE HINDERED BY RIVER CROSS FENCE
Mesa, AZ (January 12, 2020)....
AWHC Asks BLM to Postpone Massive Wild Horse Roundup in Nevada
PIOCHE, NEVADA (January 10, 2020)... Today, the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC), the nation’s leading wild horse protection organization, sent a legal letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) asking for the postponement of a wild horse roundup scheduled to begin on Monday, citing a violation of the public’s First Amendment rights.
Administration Plan to Weaken NEPA Will Harm Nation’s Wild Horses, Advocacy Group Warns
Washington, D.C. (January 9, 2020)...The nation's leading wild horse protection group, the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC), is calling foul over the Trump Administration's plan, announced today, to weaken the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Despite new law, Forest Service invites ill-intent with $1 wild horse sales
ALTURAS, CALIF (January 8, 2020)... The nation’s leading wild horse advocacy organization, the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC), today blasted the U.S. Forest Service for its plan to begin selling off federally-protected wild horses in California for just $1 apiece beginning January 10. The horses in question were rounded up four months ago from the Devil’s Garden Wild Horse Territory in the Modoc National Forest near Alturas, CA.
AWHC Releases "Best & Worst of 2019 for Wild Horses"
AWHC RELEASES “BEST & WORST OF 2019 FOR WILD HORSES”
Slaughter and Betrayal Top the List
Davis, CA (January 6, 2020).... The American Wild Horse Campaign today released its Best and Worst of 2019 for Wild Horses list, recapping a tumultuous year that saw wild horses scapegoated by federal officials seeking to divert attention away from the true causes of public lands degradation and sold out by large corporate animal welfare groups seeking to curry favor with Congressional appropriators.
Congress Bans Forest Service from Selling Wild Horses from Slaughter
New Law Protects Wild Horses in California’s Modoc National Forest and Across the West
WASHINGTON, DC (December 19, 2019)... Today, Congress passed the Fiscal Year 2020 “minibus” spending bill that prohibits the U.S. Forest Service from destroying healthy wild horses and burros and selling them for slaughter.
Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Asks for Limits on Funding for BLM Mass Wild Horse Roundup and Removal Plan
Read House of Natural Resources Committee Press Release
House Natural Resources Chair Raul Grijalva Leads Efforts to Protect the Nation's Iconic Mustangs
