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Apache Sitgreaves National Forest Sends 50 Arizona Wild Horses to Texas Slaughter Auction

Horses to be sold on Sunday, leaving no time for rescue groups to save them


Wild Horse Groups Pledge Reward for Justice in Nevada Wild Horse Death

American Wild Horse Campaign and Wild Horse Connection pledge funds to bring justice for illegally snared wild horse


Rep. Titus Calls for Urgent Reform in Wild Horse and Burro Management After Tragic Semi-Truck Accident Claims Lives of 7 Recently-Captured Horses

.Reno, NV (November 17, 2023) - Today, the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC), the nation's leading wild horse advocacy organization, applauds Representative Dina Titus (D-NV) for authoring a letter calling on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to investigate and disclose the circumstances surrounding a 


Nevada Model Could Reform Cruel and Costly Federal Wild Horse and Burro Program

The Humane Fertility Control Program Shapes the Future of Wild Horse Conservation

(Reno, Nev.) – Today, the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) released the results of its fourth annual report for the Virginia Range Horse Fertility Control Program, conducted just outside Reno, Nevada and in partnership with the Nevada Department of Agriculture.


U.S. House of Reps approves funding bill with protections for wild horses and burros

Vote is welcomed by nation’s leading wild horse and burro conservation organization, the American Wild Horse Campaign


More Tragedy Strikes During Roberts Mountain Wild Horse Roundup

Semi-truck overturns, leaving seven federally protected wild horses dead

Eureka, NV (October 31. 2023): Today the American Wild Horse Campaign is renewing its call for humane management of the nation’s federally-protected wild horses and burros in the wake of yesterday’s tragic vehicle incident that claimed the lives of seven of the federally-protected animals. 


Ejiao Act Reintroduced to Protect Donkeys from Dangerous Gelatin Trade

Washington, DC (October 27, 2023)—US Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) reintroduced the Ejiao Act Tuesday in the House of Representatives to ban the sale and trade of ejiao (donkey-hide gelatin) products in the United States.


Deadly Federal Wild Horse Roundups Conclude in Nevada

39 federally-protected wild horses including small foals, perished in operations

RENO, NV (August 22, 2023) — Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the conclusion of two controversial large-scale capture operations in eastern Nevada, which unfortunately resulted in the tragic deaths of 39 federally-protected wild horses.