Two futures for America’s wild horses

The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:

Right now, America’s wild horses are facing two very different futures:

Future #1: The status quo.
Helicopter roundups continue to chase horses from our public lands, breaking apart families and sending animals into government holding facilities. Taxpayers spend $144 million every year on this cycle — and once captured, a single horse can cost up to $50,000 to house over their lifetime.

Or…

Future #2: A humane, science-based solution.
Fertility control using the reversible vaccine PZP prevents pregnancies while allowing horses to remain wild and free on the range with their families.

PZP is widely tested, scientifically-backed, and already proving effective. At American Wild Horse Conservation, we manage the largest wild horse fertility control program in the country, demonstrating that this approach can work at scale.

And it’s far more cost-effective:

• Lifetime government holding: up to $50,000 per horse
• Humane fertility control: about $3,500 for lifetime protection

Congress has already allocated $11 million for humane fertility control in the FY26 appropriations bill.

Now we must ensure the Bureau of Land Management prioritizes those funds for fertility control instead of more helicopter roundups.

Because the future of America’s wild horses depends on the choice we make today.

Thank you for standing with us.

— AWHC Team