Legislation
Reps. Titus and Cohen Urge Halt to Wild Horse Roundups, Citing Deadly Disease Outbreaks at Multiple Holding Facilities
WASHINGTON (May 6, 2022) —Today, the nation’s leading wild horse protection organization, the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) applauded Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) and Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) for urging U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to investigate the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) holding facilities and put a halt to wild horse and burro roundups, following recent disease outbreaks in Colorado and Wyoming.
Congressman Calls for Oversight of BLM Wild Horse Off Range Corrals as CO Death Toll Mounts
Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Tenn) Spoke at the House Natural Resources Committee Hearing on Preventing Pandemics through US Wildlife-borne Disease Surveillance today.
Biden Allocates Additional $16M Towards Federal Wild Horse Program
American Wild Horse Campaign Urges Administration to Fund Humane Fertility Control Vaccines Instead of Cruel Roundups for Protection of America’s Wild Horse & Burro Herds
Omnibus Spending Bill Includes New Funding for Humane Wild Horse Management
Congress Releases Omnibus Spending Bill that Includes New Measure Mandating Use of Birth Control to Manage Nation’s Federally-Protected Wild Horse Herds
Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus calls for ban on deadly helicopter roundups
NEVADA - Citing cruelty and harm to wild horses and burros, Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus has introduced a bill banning helicopter roundups (H.R. 6635).
Leading Wild Horse Advocacy Group Announces National Support for Effort to Pass Ejiao Act in Congress
(Washington DC – February 7, 2022) - The American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) is pleased to join with the international equine welfare organization, Brooke USA Foundation (Brooke USA), in the effort to promote the passage of the Ejiao Act (H.R. 5203). The bill was introduced by U.S.
50 years after historic act U.S. is still failing to do right by its wild horses
Dec. 15 Marks the 50th Anniversary of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act
WASHINGTON (Dec 15, 2021) — Wildlife advocates are calling on the U.S. Department of the Interior to do better by the nation’s wild horses.
70,000+ Petition Interior Department to Halt Brutal Wyoming Horse Roundup
Largest-ever wild horse roundup in US history coincides with 50th Anniversary of wild horse protection law
Senate Committee Moves to Reform Federal Wild Horse Program
In historic move, Senate Appropriations aligns with House on directing BLM to utilize humane fertility control
