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The national Adoption Incentive Program was exposed by plaintiffs & The New York Times as a pipeline to slaughter for thousands of adopted wild horses and burros (DENVER, Colo., March 3, 2025) – In a landmark victory for wild horse protection, the United States District Court for the District of … Read More
We have an opportunity—and a responsibility—to protect America’s horses from a cruel and unnecessary fate. This week, Representatives Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), along with Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), re-introduced the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act, a bipartisan bill that would permanently … Read More
Ahead of AWHC’s Day of Action for National Horse Protection Day, the reintroduction of the SAFE Act marks a critical step toward safeguarding America’s horses from slaughter. (WASHINGTON D.C., February 27th, 2025) – Today, the nation’s leading wild horse conservation organization, the American Wild Horse Conservation applauds U.S. Senators Lindsey … Read More
(Warning: Graphic Images) RENO, NEV. (May 20, 2024) – On May 16th, representatives from the leading wild horse protection organization, American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC), witnessed disturbing conditions for over 3,000 wild horses currently confined at the privately owned Winnemucca Holding Facility. Most alarming was the presence of a severely … Read More
Funding in the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) budget for wild horse roundups has been cut by $5.9 million, as part of the federal spending bill signed into law in early March 2024. Ironically, this move came directly on the heels of a Nevada Wildlife Commission meeting and endorsement of … Read More
Saving Our Mustang Heritage, One Horse at a Time In a large horse paddock behind a family home on two and-a-half acres in rural Colorado, two formerly wild mustangs can often be found gazing off into the distance. No one can guess exactly what’s going on in their minds, but … Read More
This new book is a searingly beautiful tribute to wild Mustang family groups that have been reunited at the Skydog Ranch and Sanctuary after suffering roundup and separation. Skydog Ranch founder Clare Staples recounts heartbreaking tales of liberty lost and the dramatic extents to which some Mustangs will go to … Read More
The U.S. Forest Service lawfully amended a management plan to remove nearly two-thirds of wild horses in the Ochoco National Forest. by ALANNA MAYHAM – Published on Courthouse News PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — A federal judge delivered a blow to wild horse conservationists on Monday evening by ending efforts to … Read More
Mustang Champions, a new partner with the Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Program, officially introduced two new mustang competitions: Mustang Classic and Mustang Challenge. Wanting to give competitors as much training time to compete Mustang Champions changed the starting adoption or purchase date for their competitions to … Read More
Competition Day and Beyond At the end of our last article, I’d been out of town judging shows and wishing I had more time to prepare my mustang, Journey, for the upcoming Mustang Mania Trainers Challenge (see the July/August issue). These mustang competitions demand a solid, trusting relationship between horse … Read More
