Foaling season has begun

The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:

Right now, across the American West, new life is taking its first steps.

Foals are being born on the range—staying close to their mothers, learning how to move with the herd, experiencing their first days of freedom.

This should be a season of hope. But this year, it isn’t.

Because even before foaling season began, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) quietly carried out multiple “emergency” roundups—removing wild horses with little notice and limited oversight from the public lands they call home.

And now, a much larger wave is coming. The federal government’s 2026 plan calls for 14,830 wild horses and burros to be removed from the range this year.

Foals will be born into active roundup zones, pregnant mares are at risk of being chased and captured, and families could be separated during the most vulnerable moment of their lives

We’ve already seen how this plays out. That’s why AWHC is already in the fight—right now:

• Documenting roundups the public is meant to miss
• Challenging unlawful removals in court
• Pressuring the government for transparency and accountability
• Expanding humane fertility control to stop this cycle at its source

But this work only continues with support from people like you, Meredith.

Because every foal born this season deserves the chance to grow up wild—not be swept into a broken system before their life has even begun.

With gratitude,

American Wild Horse Conservation