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Your impact will be felt across the West
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
I’m thrilled to share incredible news: thanks to your generosity, we reached our $100,000 Giving Tuesday goal!
Because you stepped up, every dollar was doubled. And because of you, we are entering 2026 — a defining year for America’s wild horses and burros — with renewed strength, and the ability to do more of the work this moment demands.
Thanks to your Giving Tuesday gift, AWHC can begin to broaden our work on the ground, extend our reach in Washington, strengthen our legal and investigative work, and start to advocate for and implement humane conservation strategies at a scale this crisis requires.
And while Giving Tuesday has wrapped, our work in these final weeks of the year is just as essential. This momentum you’ve helped build must carry us forward — the threats facing wild horses are escalating, and meeting them requires sustained commitment.
Your support ensures AWHC is prepared to rise to the challenges ahead in 2026 — a year that will demand even greater effort and resolve from all of us:
- Federal plans in Nevada for the largest wild horse roundup in U.S. history
- Over 62,000 once-wild horses and burros confined in holding facilities with no clear path to freedom
- Increasing pressure on the slaughter ban and humane reforms
- A critical need for deeper field monitoring, investigations, and legal action
Giving Tuesday isn’t just a fundraising day for AWHC. It’s a powerful reminder of what this community believes: that wild horses deserve safety, dignity, and a future on the public lands they call home.
And this year, your actions made that belief unmistakably clear.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for standing with us, for believing in this mission, and for helping AWHC meet this critical moment with the strength it demands.
With deep gratitude,
Patricia Miller
Board Chair
American Wild Horse Conservation
P.S. Every member of our herd has a role in this mission — whether it’s financial support, volunteering, or taking action. If you didn’t yet have the chance to donate, you can still do so here. If you already donated or cannot afford to at this time, learn more about how you can advocate for our beloved wild horses and burros.
Final hours: your gift is still 2X matched >>
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
It’s Patricia. As Giving Tuesday comes to a close, I’m reaching out one last time on behalf of our team to ask for your support to help us hit our $100,000 matched Giving Tuesday goal before midnight.
As of this moment, we are 72% of the way to our critical $100,000 goal, but we need one final push to get us across the finish line. Thanks to a generous matching gift, every donation made before midnight will be DOUBLED, giving you 2X the impact to protect wild horses and burros. Will you be the one to help us cross the finish line?
This community has accomplished extraordinary things this year:
- You helped us shut down the Adoption Incentive Program (AIP), after a landmark deciding in our years-long litigation that this program was funneling wild horses to slaughter.
- You helped us document every single Bureau of Land Management (BLM) helicopter roundup, turning footage into direct policy pressure.
- You helped us fight in court for Wyoming’s historic herds, halting one of the largest wild horse roundups in U.S. history.
- And you helped us reach members of Congress to preserve the federal slaughter ban, secure $11 million in government funding for humane fertility control and launch the Wild Horse Caucus to build long-term support in Washington for our wild herds
Because of you, real progress is happening. But the challenges ahead are unlike anything we’ve faced. Over 62,000 once-wild horses and burros are already confined in holding — with more at risk in the year ahead.
It’s essential we enter 2026 at full strength to protect our wild herds. Every dollar you give before midnight will be 2X matched, giving our team the tools we need to expose cruelty, fight harmful policies, and protect the freedom of these iconic animals. Will you make a donation before Giving Tuesday is over to power the work ahead, Meredith?
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From the bottom of my heart: thank you for standing with us, for standing up for these herds, and for being part of the movement to keep wild horses and burros free.
With deep gratitude,
Patricia Miller
Board Chair
American Wild Horse Conservation
I need you to hear this
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
When the helicopters came to my home at Twin Peaks this summer, my whole world changed in an instant.
I can still remember the ground trembling beneath us, the air thick with dust. Foals stumbled to keep up. Mothers cried out to their babies. Stallions like me tried to protect our families and lead them to safety.
We ran faster than we ever had in our lives, and yet somehow, it felt like we couldn’t escape the helicopters chasing after us. Finally, I found a gap with tree cover, and I bolted.
In the chaos, I had managed to get away. But when I stopped running and looked around, I was alone. My family was gone. So, I did the only thing my heart could understand — I turned back toward the trap site, hoping I might find them.
I paced back and forth near the trap, calling out to them. I was desperate for a familiar nicker, a voice I knew. But none of them were my family. I’ll never know exactly what happened to them, Meredith.
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The humans at AWHC are trying. They fight for horses like me — and for the family I couldn’t save — but they can’t do it alone.
More than 62,000 wild horses and burros are currently confined to federal government holding. Many were taken during roundups just like the one I survived. My family might still be languishing there – lost among the thousands, separated from everything they knew.
I learned something from that fateful day: Freedom isn’t just running wild — it’s running together. And right now, tens of thousands of wild horses are waiting for someone to fight for the families they lost — and the freedom they deserve.
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With gratitude,
River
2X MATCH: Your gift decides how many roundups we can reach
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
The countdown is on.
At midnight, our $100,000 Giving Tuesday match expires — and wild horses across the West are running out of time.
Right now, our field documenters are gearing up for what could be the most brutal roundup year on record. In 2026, our team will be boots on the ground — in freezing wind, scorching heat, and dangerous terrain — to expose the brutal truth of what happens at the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) helicopter roundups.
Because when the world sees what really happens, change becomes possible.
This is what your Giving Tuesday gift makes possible:
$3,000 covers the cost of documenting a full federal roundup
This includes travel, equipment, field time, and the specialized gear required to capture video and photos from miles away. Just one documented roundup can be the difference between exposing abuses that change policy and the BLM continuing the status quo.
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$200 covers one week of zoom-lens rental for an observer
Most roundups place the public at least a half mile — sometimes even a full mile — from the trap. Without high-powered lenses, the public would never see the injuries, the brutality. Your donation literally brings the truth into focus.
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$100–$150 covers one night of lodging for an observer in remote areas
Many roundups happen in the remote corners of the West, hours from the nearest town. Your support keeps our team on the ground when it matters most.
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In 2026, the stakes are higher than ever: The largest roundup in U.S. history is set to take place, removing 5,000 wild horses from Nevada and the BLM has a dangerous $25 sale program that is renewing the demand to send once-wild horses into the slaughter pipeline.
Oftentimes, if we are not there with the cameras rolling — no one will be.
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Thank you for your support.
— AWHC Roundup Documentation Team
You fueled this progress — now help us finish strong
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
Every victory we’ve earned this year — every horse saved, every policy shift, every exposé — started with you.
Today, you have the chance to make your support of AWHC go twice as far — a generous donor is matching every gift made this Giving Tuesday up to $100,000. We want to show you what your support makes possible across all five pillars of AWHC’s mission:
ADVOCACY
We mobilized hundreds of thousands of supporters to defend wild horses in Nevada and California, delivered petitions to Congress, and elevated the voices of Tribal partners fighting for humane, culturally grounded herd management.
CONSERVATION
From humane fertility control to land preservation, we expanded innovative, science-based management that keeps horses wild, free, and on the range where they belong.
LEGISLATION
Our team helped secure bipartisan backing for bills to end helicopter roundups, strengthened humane treatment standards, and protected the federal slaughter ban — a protection that comes under attack every single year.
LITIGATION
We stood up in federal court to challenge illegal removals, fought back against devastating management plans, and defended iconic herds from the largest proposed mass eradication efforts in history.
INVESTIGATIONS & DOCUMENTATION
Our field teams documented every single helicopter roundup — every chase, every injury, every foal separated — shining a national spotlight on the cruelty that the Bureau of Land Management tries to hide.
But, the threats coming in 2026 are the most dangerous we’ve seen: The largest federal roundup in U.S. history — nearly 5,000 horses — are at risk of being ripped from their home range in Nevada. Their freedom can’t wait.
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Thank you for standing with wild horses.
AWHC Team
48 HOURS: Our biggest day of the year
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
We can hardly believe it, Meredith: In less than 48 hours it will be Giving Tuesday — our biggest fundraising day of the year.
This year, we’re aiming to raise $100,000 to fuel our critical work in saving the freedom of wild horses and burros on the public lands they call home. Their freedom can’t wait, Meredith. Can we count on your support to help us reach this goal?
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And here’s the best part: A generous donor has pledged to match every contribution towards our $100,000 goal. That means your donation will be doubled — giving us double the power to protect our cherished wild horses and burros.
Your gift will:
DOUBLE our ability to fight against the largest roundup in U.S. history — keeping 5,000 horses wild and free where they belong.
DOUBLE our legal efforts to fight back in court to protect wild horses’ rights and their natural habitats for generations to come.
DOUBLE our advocacy work to demand fair, humane, and sustainable policies like strengthening the federal slaughter ban and stopping the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) $25 sale program that is sending horses to slaughter.
Double the impact. Double the progress.
This is the moment that will define our next decade. As Giving Tuesday approaches, we’re asking you to help us make the most of this opportunity. Your gift today will go TWICE as far, helping us continue to lead the fight for wild horses and burros across the West.
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Thank you for being a vital part of this mission. Together, we can protect the wild horses and burros who need us most.
AWHC Team
This fight is only possible because of you
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
Every victory we’ve earned together started with dedicated supporters like you. And today, we want to show you just how powerful this community truly is.
Because of you, we’ve shut down slaughter-linked programs, stopped mass eradications, and documented every cruel roundup — every chase, every injury, every loss.
But now we face one of the most dangerous moments wild horses have seen in a generation, and Meredith, their freedom can’t wait.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing for the largest roundup in U.S. history — nearly 5,000 horses are being targeted in Nevada for removal.
California’s remaining herds — from Mono Lake to Devil’s Garden — are at risk of disappearing entirely.
Congress could again attempt to strip the federal slaughter ban, putting tens of thousands of horses at risk.
And the BLM’s $25 Sale Program continues to funnel once-wild horses and burros into kill pens
Meredith, this is what we are up against in 2026 as we enter AWHC’s 10th year — a decade defined by relentless advocacy, groundbreaking investigations, and victories earned because we refused to back down.
To meet the challenges of this milestone year, we must start from a place of strength. That’s why we’ve started our Giving Tuesday fundraiser early — to ensure we have the resources necessary to fight back against these threats to our wild herds in the new year.
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With gratitude,
Patricia Miller
Board Chair
American Wild Horse Conservation
Countdown to Giving Tuesday — preparing for the fight of our decade
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
The countdown to Giving Tuesday begins now. Our BIGGEST fundraising day of the year is less than four days away – and this year, we’re setting an ambitious goal to raise $100,000 to protect wild horses and burros in 2026.
Before Giving Tuesday arrives, we need to share the truth about what lies ahead in the new year for America’s wild horses and burros — and why this year, our campaign theme for the giving season, Freedom Can’t Wait, is more urgent than ever
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Despite the progress our community has made, Meredith, wild horses and burros face their darkest hour yet:
The largest roundup in U.S. history is coming.
In 2026, the BLM plans to remove nearly 5,000 horses in Nevada — the largest planned round up in history — a single operation that would shatter family bands, orphan foals, and decimate entire herds.
The federal slaughter ban is at risk — again.
Each year in Congress, opponents try to gut the very protections that keep tens of thousands of horses from being trucked to slaughter.
The BLM’s $25 Sale Program continues to funnel horses into kill pens.
While the Adoption Incentive Program has been terminated, the federal agency continues to exploit it’s Sale Authority Program. This allows individuals to buy horses and burros for just $25 each, creating a possible pipeline to slaughter.
Meredith: This is the landscape we face as we enter 2026 — AWHC’s 10th year as the nation’s leading voice for wild horse and burro freedom. But this milestone year is not just a celebration. It’s a turning point.
How we begin the new year will decide whether wild horses remain free for generations to come. That’s why this Giving Tuesday, a generous donor will MATCH every gift — up to $100,000.
Your doubled gift will fuel:
- Litigation to end catastrophic roundups
- Field investigations to expose abuse
- Legislative work to protect — and strengthen — the federal slaughter ban
- On-the-range humane fertility control
- Protection for America’s most at-risk herds
Wild horses cannot wait. And neither can we. Every dollar we raise will help us fight back for our wild herds. Can we count on you to help us get a strong start toward our $100,000 goal?
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With gratitude,
American Wild Horse Conservation
Thank you!
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
I’m so grateful to share some truly wonderful news with you today: Thanks to the generosity of donors like you, we reached — and unlocked — the full $25,000 Land Fund match.
Because of you every single dollar was doubled.
Because of you, urgent restoration work at the Fish Springs Land Preserve can now begin.
And because of you, Meredith, young horses like Neptune — and the entire Fish Springs herd — will see their home start to heal.Thank you.
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, I want you to know how deeply grateful we are for this community. Your compassion, your belief in this mission, and your love for America’s wild horses are at the heart of everything we do. You’ve given the Fish Springs herd — and all of us at AWHC — something truly meaningful to be thankful for this season.
And as we look ahead, we’re also preparing for Giving Tuesday, one of the most impactful days of the year for wild horse protection. Thanks to your support, we’re heading into the season of giving with strength, momentum, and a renewed sense of hope for the work ahead.
Over the coming weeks, our Nevada field team will begin laying the groundwork for this Fish Springs recovery effort. While this is just the beginning, we’ll keep you updated every step of the way so you can see the impact of your generosity in action. These donations will go far in beginning the reseeding process of the lands the Fish Springs herd calls home.
With gratitude,
Patricia Miller
Board Chair
American Wild Horse Conservation
Deadline TOMORROW: Help restore critical wild horse habitat
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
We’re down to the final hours to unlock our $25,000 Land Fund match, and we still have a long way to go. The deadline is tomorrow at midnight, and the wildlife that calls Fish Springs home can’t afford for us to fall short.
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When the Conner Fire tore through Nevada at the beginning of summer, it scorched critical habitat of our Fish Springs Land Preserve — including key habitat for the wild horses who depend on this land for forage, water, and safety.
This community has already stepped up in incredible ways. But to have the resources necessary for the restoration work this land requires, we need to unlock the full match — and we’re not there yet.
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Your support will directly fund critical restoration efforts like reseeding burned areas, repairing damaged habitat, and rebuilding natural water sources across the preserve.
We’re almost there — but we can’t finish this without you.
Thank you for powering this important work.
— The AWHC Team
Neptune’s home range needs our support.
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
Earlier this year, we introduced you to a newborn colt named Neptune, born during foaling season on AWHC’s Fish Springs Land Preserve. He took his first wobbly steps on the cold, March earth of the range — full of that unmistakable, too-long-for-his-body foal energy.
As AWHC’s Nevada State Director, I’ve watched many foals take those first steps across Nevada’s desert landscape. But today, I’m reaching out because the land Neptune and his family band depend on needs our help.
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When the Conner Fire swept across the 17,700 acres of Fish Springs at the beginning of summer, it burned up critical wildlife habitat — including the meadows and open spaces where Neptune spent his first days exploring the world alongside his herd.
Thankfully, Neptune is still with his family — healthy, wild, and growing fast. But the lands he calls home need rebuilding.
Your support will fund efforts like reseeding, restoring habitat, and helping to rebuild the fragile areas that young horses like Neptune rely on for forage, shelter, and safety.
That’s why this restoration effort matters so much — and it’s why a generous donor has offered to match every gift made to our Land Fund, up to $25,000, through Monday at midnight. Will you make a 2X-matched donation today to help restore Neptune’s home on the Fish Springs range?
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Thank you for caring about Neptune, his herd, and this land as much as we do.
With gratitude,
Tracy Wilson
Nevada State Director
American Wild Horse Conservation
Your gift goes 2X as far until Monday at midnight
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
We’re starting to make progress towards unlocking our $25,000 Land Fund Match — but we’re still $19,889 away from reaching our goal. The Monday night deadline is approaching fast, and we cannot afford to lose momentum now — the Fish Springs landscape can’t wait.
Over 1,000 acres of our Fish Springs Land Preserve — a critical habitat for wildlife — were scorched by the Conner Fire this past summer. Meadows where wild horses grazed, native grasses flourished, and wildlife gathered for water now sit exposed. If we don’t act soon, the damage could deepen, making restoration even harder in the spring.
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Your support today will fund critical projects on the Fish Springs range like reseeding efforts, habitat restoration, and rebuilding damaged ecosystems that the Fish Springs wild horses and other wildlife rely on for their survival.
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Thank you for your support. We couldn’t do this without you.
— American Wild Horse Conservation
$25,000 GOAL: A summer wildfire changed everything for Fish Springs
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
At the beginning of this summer, deep in Nevada’s Fish Springs range everything looked just as magnificent as ever — grasses swaying in the wind, fields of sagebrush buzzing with insects, and the Fish Springs wild horses grazing softly in the sunlight.
But just a few weeks later, everything changed. I’m about to tell you why — but first, I need you to know this: A generous donor has agreed to match up to $25,000 in gifts made to our Land Fund between now and Sunday at midnight.
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A spark ignited south of Gardnerville, and fueled by relentless 45-mph winds, the Conner Fire swept across the Nevada landscape with terrifying speed. What had been a quiet valley became a wall of flame and smoke. Ash drifted through the air like snowfall. The sky glowed red. By the time the fire was contained, 17,700 acres had burned.
Part of this fire’s devastating path included nearly 1,400 acres of AWHC’s Fish Springs Land Preserve — nearly half of the land we had secured to protect habitat for the wild horses and wildlife who call this place home.
While the cherished Fish Spring horses thankfully escaped, the scars of the wildfire are undeniable.
Winter is approaching, and without intervention, the land will struggle to recover on its own. But we have an opportunity — and a responsibility — to help the land heal.
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This land has cared for generations of wild horses. Now, it needs us.
Thank you for standing with AWHC in this important work.
With gratitude,
Patricia Miller
Board Chair
American Wild Horse Conservation
[Action Needed] Roundup funding has been restored
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
Mono Lake’s wild horses are in imminent danger.
With the federal government now reopened, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) now has the funding to move forward with helicopter roundups — and they could begin at any moment, Meredith. Join us in urging USFS to abandon these plans now. →
The Mono Lake horses are deeply tied to the cultural and spiritual heritage of the local Indigenous communities. Yet despite broad opposition, USFS is still preparing to use helicopters to chase, trap, and remove these innocent animals.
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Our team has been working in collaboration with the local communities to call for a humane, science-based, and culturally grounded alternative that includes:
- A two-year pause on any helicopter roundups in the Mono Lake region
- A Tribal Management Council to guide decision-making
- A Tribe-run training and adoption facility that creates jobs and cultural connections
- Use of humane, on-range fertility control, not removals
- A transparent review of herd-size targets with community voices involved
This is what humane, responsible, wild horse management should look like. With removal funding restored, we need strong public pressure to ensure the Forest Service changes course.
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Your action today can help ensure that these iconic horses remain free.
Thank you for speaking up at this critical moment.
— American Wild Horse Conservation
ACT NOW: 4,000 Signatures Still Needed
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
The federal government has officially reopened, and for America’s wild horses, what we do next couldn’t be more important. Call on your members of Congress to support the Horse Protection Platform as they put together the FY26 spending bill.
Late Wednesday night, federal lawmakers passed a short-term funding bill that keeps the government running through January 30, 2026. The good news: protections against horse slaughter remain in place for the 64,000 wild horses and burros currently in government holding.
The bad news, Meredith, is that this funding bill also fully funds the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) costly and inhumane roundup program at the same level as last year. This means that helicopter roundups could resume at any moment while Congress decides the fate of Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations.
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AWHC has proven that humane, in-the-wild fertility control is effective, scalable, and far more cost-efficient than funneling more horses into holding facilities every year. And lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree—their support helped secure $11 million for humane management last year. But Congress still needs a strong push to make these solutions a priority now.
January’s funding deadline gives lawmakers a rare chance to finally shift resources toward science-based, humane management. But they won’t act unless they hear from the public. Will you remind them loud and clear? Add your name and tell Congress helicopter roundups must end.
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Thank you for standing with us,
— The AWHC Team
[Signatures Needed] Add your name to protect California’s wild horses
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
Our first email about California’s at-risk wild horse populations garnered so much support, that we’ve expanded our signature goal.
More than 5,000 of you have already signed onto our petition standing with AWHC as we advocate for the protection of California’s wild herds – thank you!
To make the most impact we possibly can and ensure CA legislators really hear the power of our community, we’ve decided to extend our signature goal to 10,000 supporters. If you haven’t already, will you please add your name to our petition to protect California’s wild horses?
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Thank you for standing with us,
AWHC Team
———- Forwarded message ———
From: American Wild Horse Conservation
Date: Sun, Nov 2, 2025
Subject: Only 3,000 wild horses remain in California
TAKE ACTION: Protect California’s dwindling wild horse population →
California’s most iconic wild horse herds are under threat of mass roundups and removals. After years of being terrorized by brutal helicopter round ups, only 3,000 wild horses remain in the entire state of California.
Without intervention, the bloodlines of these iconic herds could be lost forever. Will you sign our petition to Governor Newsom and the California state legislature’s leadership calling on them to protect California’s wild herds and recognize their cultural, ecological and historical importance?
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Thank you for taking action.
– American Wild Horse Conservation
We’ve built the largest humane management program of its kind in the world
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
As the Director of AWHC’s programs here in Nevada, I’ve seen firsthand the difference between the two very different approaches to managing wild horses.
Roundups are cruel — separating foals from their mothers, injuring horses as they’re chased, terrified by the loud and low-flying helicopters. To add insult to injury, they’re also incredibly expensive. Each year, taxpayers spend tens of millions of dollars to capture wild horses and hold them in government facilities potentially for life.
But here in Nevada, we’ve proven there’s a better way. On the Virginia Range, our team manages this cherished 3,500 horse herd humanely, using the PZP fertility control vaccine — a science-backed, cost-effective method that keeps horses wild and free without the use of helicopters.
And the cost of a single dose of this vaccine? Just $30. The results of our PZP program on the Virginia Range have been so compelling, that we’ve proven to Congress that humane wild horse management is possible — and we’ve begun taking this very work to other herds across the West.
With support from people like you, Meredith, we’ve built the largest humane management program of its kind in the world,showing that this approach works — reducing population growth, keeping families together, and saving taxpayer dollars. This is what the future of wild horse management should look like.
We’re doing everything we can to continue the successful operation of this program in Nevada and other states across the West, but we need your help. This program is only made possible by the volunteers on the range and the generous donors who keep this program going.
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Thank you for all you do,
Tracy Wilson
Nevada State Director
A tale of two herds
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
Right now in Nevada, two herds of wild horses stand as symbols of what’s at stake in the fight for their freedom.
In the Callaghan Complex, nearly 5,000 wild horses will be targeted by the federal government for what would be the largest mass roundup in U.S. history.
If the helicopters come, we both know what happens. These iconic animals will be chased for miles across the Nevada landscape—foals will be separated from their mothers, family bands will be torn apart, and inevitably lives will be lost because of these brutal wild horse management practices.
But Meredith, just 200 miles away, on the Virginia Range, there’s another more hopeful story unfolding.
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There, thanks to the support of people like you, American Wild Horse Conservation manages the state-owned Virginia Range herd humanely—without brutal helicopter roundups—using proven fertility control and our on-the-ground volunteers. It’s a model of coexistence that’s keeping horses wild and free, and it’s working.
What started as a pilot project over 6 years ago has turned into the largest initiative of its kind in the world — proving that scalable, humane wild horse management is not only possible, but also effective. We’ve taken the results of this historic program to other herds across the West, to Congress and state legislatures, and it’s meant that more horses stay wild and free where they belong.
This lifesaving work has only been made possible because of the support of generous donors like you. Will you make a donation today to continue powering our work to protect America’s wild herds?
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With gratitude,
The AWHC Team
FWD: I’ve seen the majesty of California’s wild horses
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
As the Senior Communications Manager for AWHC — and as a California native — I’ve seen firsthand the beauty and the heartbreak of our wild horse country. From the rugged Mono Lake basin, to the forest in Devil’s Garden and the open ranges of Twin Peaks, these herds are more than symbols of freedom — they’re part of California’s identity.
Every time I visit these places, I’m reminded of what we’re fighting for — the thunder of hooves across the desert, the quiet strength in a mare protecting her foal, the living spirit of the West.
Only 3,000 wild horses remain in California, and without the hard work and support of people like you and I, these moments could vanish forever. Our team is doing everything we can to keep California’s herds wild and free.
But this work takes resources — and we urgently need your help. We’ve far exceeded our signature goal for this petition — thank you to each and every one of you that added your name!
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Thank you for your support,
Amelia Perrin
Sr. Communications Manager
American Wild Horse Conservation