American Wild Horse Campaign
A fresh start for your plans this spring
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
Spring is a season of renewal: a time to declutter, organize, and revisit the plans that help protect what matters most.
At American Wild Horse Conservation, we think about the future every day. Protecting America’s wild horses and burros requires long-term commitment, thoughtful advocacy, and a community of people like you who believe these iconic animals deserve to live free on our public lands.
This spring, as you review important paperwork, we invite you to consider a simple step that can bring peace of mind to you and help sustain the causes you care about: creating or updating your estate plan.
Through our free partner FreeWill, you can make or update your will in about 20 minutes. It’s a secure, easy-to-use resource that helps ensure your loved ones are protected and your wishes are clearly documented.
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You can also use FreeWill’s beneficiaries tool to review and update beneficiary designations for accounts like retirement plans, life insurance policies, and donor-advised funds.
Many people don’t realize these designations can override what’s written in a will, which makes this step an important part of keeping your plans up to date.
Review your beneficiary designations.
You’ll also have the option to include American Wild Horse Conservation in your plans. These optional gifts cost nothing today but help ensure that advocacy, habitat protection, and humane conservation efforts continue for generations of wild horses.
Spring cleaning isn’t just about tidying our homes. It’s also about making sure our plans reflect what matters most.
P.S. Already included American Wild Horse Conservation in your plans? Let us know so we can thank you.
A dangerous proposal just resurfaced.
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
For the second year in a row, a dangerous provision has reappeared in the President’s budget proposal.
If enacted, the FY27 budget language could open the door to outcomes for wild horses and burros that Americans overwhelmingly oppose:
- Allow the transfer of wild horses to foreign countries, including those with active slaughter industries
- Remove the long-standing ban on the killing of healthy wild horses and burros
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This should alarm everyone who cares about the future of America’s wild herds, Meredith. Last year, advocates like you helped stop similar language from moving forward. Together, we made it clear: the American public does not support slaughter, and we do not support sending wild horses out of the country to face uncertain and inhumane outcomes.
Now, the threat is back. And once again, Congress needs to hear from you.
AWHC is already working alongside partners at Animal Welfare Institute and bipartisan champions in Congress to ensure these protections are restored. But public pressure will be critical to winning this fight again.
The solution is not mass removal or slaughter. It’s humane fertility control, paired with responsible stewardship of our public lands — an approach that is proven, cost-effective, and scalable.
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We’ve done this before — and we can do it again.
Thank you for standing with America’s wild horses and burros,
American Wild Horse Conservation
This is the moment
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
The first roundups of 2026 have already taken place.
Wild horses have been captured.
Families broken apart.
Operations carried out with little time for the public to respond.
And now, a far larger number are still ahead. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to remove 14,830 wild horses and burros this year—many immediately after foaling season, when families are most vulnerable.
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Because once large-scale roundups begin, they move fast: Helicopters push horses to exhaustion as they chase them for miles, foals struggle to keep up, and horses of all ages lose their freedom forever.
That’s why AWHC exists, Meredith. We are:
On the Ground: Deploying observers to document roundups and expose the truth
In the Courts: Challenging unlawful actions and fighting for stronger protections
On the Range: Expanding humane fertility control to prevent future roundups
In Washington: Advocating for policy reforms that end this broken system
This work is urgent. And it’s happening right now. But it depends on the support of people who refuse to look away. Because what happens next—for this generation of wild horses—is still being decided.
Will you make a donation to power our work?
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With gratitude,
American Wild Horse Conservation
Your Senators need to hear from you before April 13
The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:
The U.S. Senate has until April 13 to sign onto a letter supporting humane wild horse reforms in the FY27 Interior Appropriations bill. Your representative needs to hear from you today.
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We have a new opportunity — and a tight deadline — to push for real change for America’s wild horses and burros.
Right now, a Senate appropriations letter is circulating that calls for more humane, responsible management of wild herds on public lands. Senators only have until April 13 to sign on.
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For too long, federal management has relied on a costly and outdated approach: removing wild horses from the range and placing them into long-term holding. Today, tens of thousands of animals are confined in government facilities — a system that continues to grow more expensive and harder to sustain every year.
At the same time, proven, humane tools like fertility control — which can manage populations without removing horses from their habitat — remain dramatically underused.
This is exactly the kind of imbalance this Senate letter aims to address. By encouraging investment in humane, science-based solutions, it represents a meaningful step toward breaking the cycle of roundups and long-term confinement.
But it only works if enough Senators sign on before the deadline. And, that’s where you come in.
When advocates like you spoke out during the House effort, lawmakers paid attention — we were able to garner a record-breaking 91 signatures from members of Congress! Now, we need that same energy focused on the Senate.
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This is one of those moments where a simple action — just a few clicks — can help shape the future of how wild horses are treated on our public lands.
Thank you for standing with America’s wild horses and burros,
American Wild Horse Conservation