A broken system is failing America’s wild horses

The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:

Members of Congress have until March 16 to sign onto a letter supporting humane wild horse reforms in the FY27 Interior Appropriations bill.

Your representative needs to hear from you today.

The wild horse program is stuck in a broken cycle.

Every year, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rounds up thousands of wild horses and burros from public lands — only to warehouse them in government holding facilities that are already overcrowded and too expensive to maintain.

Instead of investing in humane solutions that keep horses on the range, the agency continues to rely on removals. The numbers tell the story:

In Fiscal Year 2025, the BLM removed 7,853 wild horses and burros from the range, while administering just 921 fertility control treatments — a science-backed tool that safely manages populations where wild horses belong.

Despite direction from lawmakers and the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board to expand fertility control, the agency has failed to scale up these humane solutions.

Without change, wild horses and burros will continue to be funneled into a broken system of roundups and long-term holding that already consumes the vast majority of the program’s budget.

Now, Congress has an opportunity to step in.

A letter is currently circulating in the U.S. House of Representatives calling for humane wild horse and burro protections to be included in the Fiscal Year 2027 Interior Appropriations bill.

But the window to secure support is short. Members of Congress only have until March 16 to sign onto this letter.

That means your representative needs to hear from constituents like you, Meredith, right now.

Will you take a moment today and urge your member of Congress to support humane reforms for America’s wild horses and burros?

If enough representatives sign on before the March 16 deadline, it could help steer federal policy toward humane, common-sense management that keeps wild horses where they belong — on the range. Your voice could help make that happen.

Thank you for standing with America’s wild horses and burros,

American Wild Horse Conservation