Advocacy

Celebrity Ambassadors Take On The Fight to Save America’s Wild Horses

Kaitlynn Carter, Brandi Cyrus, Chloe Gosselin, Jessica Springsteen, Alicia Hannah-Kim, Jenni Kayne and Brian Bowen Smith Announced as American Wild Horse Campaign Ambassadors 

LOS ANGELES (November 15, 2022) — Today, the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) announced the launch of its celebrity ambassador program to rally public support for America’s iconic wild horses and burros at a time where their future is in jeopardy.  


Leading Wild Horse Advocate Group Calls For Reform of the BLM Adoption Incentive Program

Grand Junction, Colo (Nov. 4, 2022) – Today, in advance of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) wild horse adoption event in Grand Junction, Colo. on Nov. 4 - 5, the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) is advocating for changes to the BLM’s Adoption Incentive Program (AIP) – a central component of the weekend’s event. 


Death Toll in AZ Wild Horse Massacre Rises as $25,000 Reward Offered for Arrest of Killers

ALPINE, ARIZONA (October 9, 2022)– Today, the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group  (SRWHMG) and the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) joined forces to offer a $20,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators of a brutal horse killing in the Apache National Forest near Alpine, Arizona.


AWHC Welcomes Fernando Guerra as Legal Affairs Director

Fernando Guerra(September 20, 2022) American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) welcomes Fernando Guerra as our new Legal Affairs Director. Guerra joins the ranks of AWHC’s East Coast team from Charles County, MD.


National Ad Campaign to US Taxpayers: “There’s a Better Way” to Manage Wild Horses

WASHINGTON, DC (September 15, 2022) — The nation’s leading wild horse conservation organization, the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) is unveiling a multi-state TV and social media advertising campaign — There’s a Better Way — aimed at raising awareness of the crisis facing American wild horses funded by the U.S. taxpayer.


Documents show BLM wild horses sold to slaughter, advocates say

By Scott Streater | 07/26/2022 1:30 PM EDT

There’s more trouble on the horizon for the Bureau of Land Management’s embattled wild horse and burro adoption incentive program.


Federally-Protected Wild Horses Adopted Under Government Program Are Going to Slaughter, Investigation Finds 

New American Wild Horse Campaign report documents at least 840 American wild horses and burros sold at slaughter auctions since program began 


BLM Sales and Adoption Event - Annville, PA

By Michele Patterson, Grassroots Advocacy and Outreach Manager

(June 10, 2022)


Int'l Conference on Wildlife Fertility Control Comes to Colorado Springs

Gov. Polis Addresses Opening Session After Calling for A Halt to Wild Horse Roundups Last Week