6 things you should know about wild burros…
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The reality of what our wild herds face in BLM holding corrals
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Our team at American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC) works day in and day out to uncover the truth about the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) wild horse and burro removal and stockpile program.
Recently, our representatives attended the Winnemucca Holding Facility in Nevada where over 2,000 wild horses are confined in holding. There, they witnessed disturbing conditions, including a notable lack of shelter and windbreaks, leaving the animals exposed to weather.
They also noted that the pens appeared too small to accommodate the number of horses they held, leading to overcrowding and competition for resources, especially water.
But most shocking of all, while touring the facility our representative saw what appeared to be a severely injured, possibly dead, or dying foal lying amongst the other animals in the pen.
This is the dark reality of what awaits America’s wild horses and burros post-roundup. But sadly, this is not an isolated incident.
BLM records obtained by our Investigations Team through a Freedom of Information Act request revealed that 23 horses were euthanized or died at this same facility within a 24-day window in 2023.All deaths were attributed to suspected botulism poisoning. Additionally, just last month our Investigations Team also exposed that 9% of the captured horse population died at another Nevada holding corral in Fallon, Nev.
With 64,000 of these iconic animals in BLM holding facilities across the country, exposing these conditions is vital to our mission to secure protections for wild horses and burros on and off the range.
We are determined to end this suffering, but we need supporters like you to help us move forward. If you can, please chip in to support our investigations work so we can continue to raise awareness about the unacceptable conditions of BLM holding facilities.
Thank you,
American Wild Horse Conservation
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SIGN ON: Tell the BLM to END the AIP cash incentive, not increase it >>
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You may have seen that, this week, the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) released a report praising the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) controversial Adoption Incentive Program (AIP), which pays individuals $1,000 per animal to adopt up to four wild horses and burros a year. Unfortunately, this report not only ignores the consequences of the AIP, but it calls for increasing the cash incentive payments that are sending thousands of wild horses and burros into the slaughter pipeline. Further, this report supports the status quo of roundups and removals and minimizes the importance of scientific, affordable, and publicly acceptable wild horse conservation solutions.
We know the AIP has been a disaster and using this report to justify the continuation of the program would mean more beloved wild horses and burros in the slaughter pipeline. Will you take a moment to protect wild horses and burros from slaughter by calling on the BLM to abandon the cash incentives, not increase them?
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Since 2020, the BLM has rounded up over 50,000 wild horses and burros and adopted out a mere 15,000 through the AIP. During the same timeframe, our Investigations Team has identified over 2,100 BLM-branded wild horses and burros in kill pens. This is just a fraction of the true total since most kill pens don’t publicly advertise these animals before shipping them to slaughter.
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Our investigation – which resulted in a 2021 groundbreaking front-page exposé in the New York Times – identified over a dozen groups of related individuals that have been defrauding taxpayers out of thousands of dollars by adopting multiple rounds of AIP animals and then sending them to kill pens once the cash incentives clear their bank accounts. In some cases, these nefarious adopters go back just days after being awarded title to adopt their next round of animals.
Unfortunately, this crisis has only gotten worse since our investigation began, as the BLM continues to round up more and more mustangs and burros every year. In fact, the influx of AIP wild horses and burros into slaughter auctions has far exceeded the capacity of rescue organizations trying to save them.
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But, it’s vital that the BLM end the AIP cash incentive, not increase it. Instead of handing out cash payments, the BLM should offer a noncash veterinary voucher to support responsible adopters and offset the initial care of adopted wild horses and burros. But to make that happen, we need to raise our collective voices and demand the change these innocent animals desperately need.
Thank you,
Team AWHC
How we’re fighting for burros
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Wild burros are faced with significant threats to their freedom and safety as a result of misguided federal policy that prioritizes cruel roundups instead of humane in-the-wild management.
We focus much of our efforts on fighting for wild horses, and we are just as staunch in our commitment to advocating for our beloved burros! And what better time to double down on our burro advocacy than during Burro Awareness Month?
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One of the most important ways we’re fighting back for burros is on Capitol Hill. We’re advocating for several important bills that would reform the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) cruel and costly Wild Horse and Burro Program, like the Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act of 2023-2024 introduced by Representative Dina Titus (D-NV)). This important piece of legislation would ban the use of helicopters in federal wild horse and burro roundups. Thanks to our advocacy efforts, over 20,000 individuals have written to their Members of Congress asking them to cosponsor the bill.
We’re also advocating for the passage of the Ejiao Act, a bill that would prohibit the transportation, sale, and purchase of donkeys or donkey hides for the purpose of producing ejiao – a gelatin made from boiling donkey skins. Experts estimate that the global demand for donkey skins is approximately 4.8 million hides per year. As a result, the donkey skin trade is decimating global donkey populations. Passing this legislation could help save untold numbers of donkeys and burros from slaughter for their skins. Our advocacy work has generated over 50,000 letters sent in support of the Ejiao Act!
AWHC is leading the charge and thanks to our herd of advocates, Congress is hearing our collective calls for the humane conservation of America’s wild horses and burros!
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Beyond our legislative efforts, we’re also defending burros in court, particularly against the BLM’s disastrous Adoption Incentive Program (AIP), which has resulted in droves of wild burros being funneled into the slaughter pipeline in recent years.
The AIP was meant to increase the number of untrained wild horses and burros adopted out by offering financial incentives to adopters. However, less than two years after the program began, AWHC began receiving reports from rescue groups about an influx of BLM-branded wild horses and burros to known kill pens. Our team has identified and aided in the rescue of several groups of AIP burros, including a group of 22 burros and another group of 11 burros that were all dumped at kill pens together.
To combat this extremely worrying trend, AWHC filed suit against the alleged illegal implementation of the AIP and is taking the BLM on court right now to put a stop to the program.
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Team AWHC
WATCH: Scientific research details the positive impacts wild burros have on their ecology
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A Victory for North Dakota Wild Horses
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Have you heard the incredible news out of North Dakota? Thanks to a strong showing of public support from wild horse advocates, the Three Affiliated Tribes, state leaders, and Congressional representatives — North Dakota’s only wild horse herd will be allowed to continue living in the only home it has known for centuries.
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The National Park Service recently announced it will abandon plans to severely reduce or completely remove the Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP) horse herd. Theodore Roosevelt National Park is one of the only parks in America where visitors can catch a glimpse of free-roaming horses.
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When we heard about the plans to eradicate the Teddy Roosevelt wild horses, we knew we had to join the elected leaders and wild horse organizations fighting back. So, AWHC submitted public comments, launched awareness-raising billboards, and mobilized over 20,000 members of the public to speak up for the preservation of this historic herd. Strong showings of support, like this one, are key to enacting lasting policy reform in both the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
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Together, we can secure a future of humane management and fair treatment for these historic animals.
Thank you,
American Wild Horse Conservation
SIGN ON: Join our demand for transparency at BLM Roundups!
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Thanks in part to AWHC’s public awareness campaigns, a growing number of Americans are speaking out against the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) cruel helicopter roundup and removal cycle. Despite this growing outrage, the agency continues to conduct these operations – oftentimes in some of the most remote corners of the West and away from the public eye.
Photo of the January 2024 roundup at Black Mountain by Darlene Smith
While we send observers to document as many of these roundups as possible, the BLM and its contractors enact restrictions on public observation, including placing our observers over a mile away from the trap. This often results in a significant lack of transparency during the roundups.
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The roundups of the Black Mountain Herd Management Area (HMA) burros in Arizona over the past few years are prime examples of why these cameras are so desperately needed.
This HMA spans an impressive 1.1 million acres and encompasses public, state, tribal, and private lands in Mohave County, AZ. The BLM estimated the current population of the Black Mountain HMA to be nearly over 800 burros, making it one of the most genetically diverse wild burros herds left in the American Southwest.
Unfortunately, this herd has been repeatedly targeted for removal by the BLM and has suffered tremendously as a result.
Photo of the January 2024 roundup at Black Mountain by Darlene Smith
The agency targeted hundreds of burros for removal from the HMA this year in an attempt to reduce the population to an arbitrary Appropriate Management Level (AML) of just 478 burros. While the BLM did not meet its target, many burros were captured and removed from their homes, and one burro was even euthanized for a pre-existing condition.
This herd was also targeted in a particularly brutal roundup in 2022. AWHC had observers on the ground to document the operation, but it wasn’t until after the roundup had concluded that it was uncovered that the BLM granted its contractors permission to use electric cattle prods on several animals while loading them onto trailers.
According to the agency’s own Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program Assessment, BLM contractor’s staff treated burros in an abusive and inhumane manner, including “aggressively hitting and jabbing the paddle into the sides and sensitive areas of burros.”
The contractor faced little to no repercussions for their actions, and without this report, the mistreatment of these burros would remain unknown. But Meredith, if there were cameras on helicopters and at trap sites, the public could hold the BLM accountable for the the cruelty inflicted upon these animals.
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Team AWHC
ICYMI: Our investigations team helped uncover hundreds of deaths at this BLM facility
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In case you missed it, last month the American Wild Horse Conservation’s investigations team unveiled Bureau of Land Management (BLM) records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. These records revealed a deeply disturbing trend at the Indian Lakes Off-Range Corral in Nevada.
In 2023 alone, 267 wild horses died in captivity at this federal holding facility. These deaths — many of them unexplained — represent a staggering 9% mortality rate for just one year.
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Here’s some of what our team uncovered through the FOIA records:
- 30 horses were euthanized by the BLM for non-life-threatening conditions such as eye abnormalities.
- 49 horses died from traumatic injuries resulting in broken bones.
- More than 100 horses were “found dead in their pens” for reasons described as “Unknown/Undiagnosed.”
Our commitment to changing the BLM’s inhumane treatment of wild horses and burros doesn’t end with just uncovering the truth. So, we took our findings to the media because if we know one thing, it’s that Americans are outraged and want to take action when they learn what’s happening to our wild horses and burros.
Based on AWHC’s findings, both the Las Vegas Sun and 8NewsNow published articles exposing the dark side of the Fallon holding facility. Thanks to our awareness-building media outreach, we are driving real policy change and governmental accountability.
In fact, Representative Dina Titus said it best in the Las Vegas Sun article:
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Meredith, our important work is powered by wild horse and burro allies like you. Your donations enable us to take action to reveal the truth about what is happening to American wild horses and burros and then drive reform through public awareness and congressional action. Can you chip in a contribution today to power this vital work?
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Thank you,
American Wild Horse Conservation
From our family to yours, Happy Mother’s Day!
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BREAKING: 77 House Reps Sign Letter Demanding Humane Treatment of Wild Horses, Burros
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When wild horse advocates allies band together, we can move mountains — or at least make them safer for America’s wild horses and burros. This month, 77 members of U.S. Congress, from both sides of the aisle, called for humane wild horse management in the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) House Appropriations legislation.
In the language submitted, they have requested the following:
- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) spends no less than 10% of its budget on humane fertility control in at least five herd management areas (HMAS).
- If the BLM fails to implement acceptable fertility control programs within 120 days of the bill’s passing, it will incur a $100K reduction in program funding per day until it does so.
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Why accountability matters: This isn’t the first time Congress has directed BLM to spend up to $11 million on humane fertility control programs. Despite this, the BLM continues to round up tens of thousands of wild horses and burros and funnel them into overburdened federal holding facilities, while historically spending less than 1% of its budget on humane fertility control.
Our advocacy in the federal government represents some of the most impactful work we do. The support by nearly 80 representatives is a clear indication that Congress shares our frustration with the BLM’s failure to reform its inhumane and unsustainable program We extend a special thank you to Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Steve Cohen (D-TN), and David Schweikert (R-AZ) for leading the bipartisan effort to end BLM’s cruel, costly helicopter roundups.
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Additional requests contained in the bipartisan letter:
- Prohibit the use of funds for ovariectomy procedures
- Direct studies considering humane alternatives to helicopters
- Stop cash incentive payments for adoptions
- Identify HMAs and Herd Areas that could be redesignated for relocating horses as an alternative to off-range holding
- Maintain the prohibition on the sale or adoption of healthy wild horses and burros that results in their destruction.
We are determined to hold the BLM accountable for continued inhumane and costly taxpayer-funded helicopter roundups. Thank you again to our legion of bipartisan support in Congress, and to YOU for following our fight to conserve our wild wild horses and burros.
Onward,
American Wild Horse Conservation
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World Donkey Day: A Personal Story
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Checking in
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My team let me know that it has been a while since we heard from you, so we wanted to check in. Recently, a lot has been going on in the fight to conserve the freedom and habitat of America’s wild horses and burros. And we want to make sure you are in the loop.
On Capitol Hill, several critical bills are being considered that will advance humane reforms to the federal management of our nation’s wild herds. One of these bills is the Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act of 2023-2024 (H.R. 3656), which seeks to prohibit costly and inhumane helicopter roundups of wild horses and burros. American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC) is working hard to pass this key legislation. We recently led a Day of Action, leading to over 20,000 letters sent to Congress urging support for the bill.
AWHC is also advocating for provisions to be added to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 appropriations bills that would require the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to enact several key reforms to its Wild Horse and Burro Program, such as:
- Allocate no less than 10% of the agency’s budget for the implementation of humane fertility control programs in at least five additional Herd Management Areas (HMAs). If the BLM fails to do this 120 days after the passage of this bill, it will incur a$100,000 fine per dayuntil it implements acceptable fertility control programs.
• Ensure no funds are used for permanent mare surgical sterilization.
• Study humane alternatives to the use of helicopters.
• End the BLM’s cash incentive component of the disastrous Adoption Incentive Program (AIP), which has funneled hundreds of wild horses and burros into the slaughter pipeline.
•And more!
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In the field, we’ve embarked on an exciting new initiative called the Land Conservancy Project. This innovative program aims to preserve and enhance key habitats for America’s wild horses and burros to support self-sustaining wild horse populations in ecological balance with the land and other wildlife. To this end, AWHC recently acquired 3,300+ acres of prime habitat in Nevada’s beautiful Carson Valley to serve as a pilot program for the project.
We’re also expanding our fieldwork, conducting humane, reversible fertility control programs on local wild horse herds. For the past four years, we’ve implemented the world’s largest humane management program for wild horses on Nevada’s Virginia Range. Now, we’ve recently been approved for a federal grant to support the implementation of a fertility control program on Utah’s Cedar Mountain herd!
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In the courtrooom, we’re taking the BLM head-on to protect wild horses and burros. We have two major ongoing federal lawsuits against the BLM. In Wyoming, we’ve been involved in critical litigation for more than a decade to prevent the eradication of wild horses from the Wyoming Checkerboard in favor of commercial livestock grazing. We are also suing the BLM over the alleged illegal implementation of the disastrous AIP.
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Thank you,
Suzanne Roy
Executive Director
American Wild Horse Conservation
This week’s eNews: an inside look at a BLM adoption event
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We have important updates to share with you in this week’s edition of eNews! Read on to learn about a new Bureau of Land Management (BLM) conservation rule, get a look inside a BLM adoption event, and take action to protect burros and their domestic donkey counterparts!
BLM’s New Conservation Rule and Wild Horses
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This month, the BLM finalized a new rule that aims to integrate conservation into its current public lands management. This final rule affirms that conservation efforts are on equal footing with other multi-uses across the 245 million acres of public lands the BLM manages. Read more to learn about what this means for wild horses.
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Inside BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Event: Poteau Oklahoma
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This month, one of American Wild Horse Conservation’s humane roundup observers attended a BLM adoption event in Poteau, Oklahoma. This was a huge adoption event with about 140 horses and burros available for adoption. Read her observations and see her photos from the day.
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Did you know May is Burro Awareness Month? AWHC started Burro Awareness Month to promote awareness and appreciation for these unique residents of the American Southwest. With May just days away, what better way to get a head start on the month than by taking action to protect both burros and domestic donkeys? Please take a moment to urge your representatives to cosign the Ejiao Act. This bill would ban the importation of products made with ejiao, a gelatin made from boiling the hides of donkeys.
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Thanks for reading. And thank you for continuing to stand up for our cherished wild horses and burros!
— Team AWHC
Jesse James and Butch Cassidy
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Celebrate National Help a Horse Day all Weekend Long!
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Yesterday was National Help a Horse Day!
It’s hard to say just how important holidays like National Help a Horse Day are to the American Wild Horse Conservation team. To celebrate a national holiday specifically dedicated to protecting the animals we hold so close to our hearts means so much to all of us who spend day in and day out fighting to protect the lives and freedom of our wild herds.
And we’re celebrating this Help a Horse Day weekend extra because we’ve got some amazing news to share! After a two-year-long battle, the National Parks Service (NPS) has abandoned its plan to eradicate the historic wild horses from the Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP)!
TRNP Wild Horses by Wild at Heart Images Sandy Sisti
This is a major victory. The Teddy Roosevelt horses have roamed the badlands for centuries, and many believe they are descendants of Sitting Bull’s horses and related to the rare Nokota breed. They are a significant part of the historical and natural heritage of the park, but the NPS’ plan could have reduced the population of this iconic wild horse herd to zero.
AWHC fought for two years alongside a coalition of wild-horse organizations, advocates, and elected officials to stop this proposal from being implemented. We launched billboards to raise awareness about the danger facing the Teddy Roosevelt wild herd and mobilized our grassroots community to send over 20,000 letters to the NPS demanding that it abandon this disastrous plan. And it worked! The NPS could not withstand the pressure of our collective voice.
This is what we are capable of when we stand together for our wild herds. But the truth is, many other wild horse and burro herds out there are still in danger. Over 20,000 animals are still going to be removed this fiscal year. They will be funneled into overburdened holding facilities and may even end up victims of the Adoption Incentive Program’s (AIP) slaughter pipeline.
Our Rescue Fund is often the difference between life and death for some of these innocent animals. That’s why it’s critical that we recharge our Rescue Fund so that we stand ready to answer the call when a horse or burro needs to be rescued.
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Team AWHC
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Thanks to AWHC’s rescue fund, our team can spring into action at a moment’s notice to help rescue wild horses and burros in danger of being shipped to slaughter. Our Rescue Fund also ensures we can support local on-the-ground rescues that save mustangs and burros from entering the slaughter pipeline.
Today,and over the next few days we’re going to share some heartwarming rescue stories with you – but first, Meredith, if you can, please chip in to support our Rescue Fund! We’ve set a goal to raise $25,000 to refuel the Fund so we can continue powering this vital initiative. We can’t do this work without your support. >>
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A few months ago, AWHC got word from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) that four wild mares from California’s Devils Garden Wild Horse Territory needed homes. These mares were considered special needs and have conditions that are not lethal but make them eligible for euthanasia under Forest Service regulations.
Our team acted swiftly and reached out to our local partners to coordinate the rescue. Our friends at Montgomery Creek Ranch (MCR) were able to take two, and we were happy to support this rescue. But to everyone’s surprise, the two mares were pregnant.
So what was originally a rescue mission for two mustangs turned out to be a rescue of four! The first of the babies arrived recently, a perfectly healthy bay filly with a white star!
Our friends at Equine Voices agreed to take the other two mares. AWHC supported this rescue with a grant to offset their initial care. One of the mares, Gigi, just had her little baby earlier this month named Eclipse!
The work AWHC and our partners do to help mustangs like these wouldn’t be possible if it weren’t for wild horse supporters like you. You help fuel our Rescue Fund and make these rescues possible. But we need your help to ensure we have the funds to support our partners and our rescues going forward. Reaching our $25,000 goal will help us bolster our Rescue Fund to save more wild horses and burros from slaughter. If you can, will you make a contribution to help us reach our $25,000 goal?
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American Wild Horse Conservation
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It’s National Volunteer Week — a time to celebrate people who give back. That’s why we want to (1) share a few words from our incredible Field Volunteers on Nevada’s Virginia Range who work tirelessly to help us prove to the world that fertility control is a sustainable, effective alternative to ensure the conservation of our wild horses and burros, and (2) ask you to sign a thank you card for their tireless service!
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Michele Einarson “I chose to live on the Virginia Range just for the horses. I love watching them and learning about their herd behavior. Volunteering with AWHC is my best way to support the preservation and protection of the wild ones.” |
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| Margaret Dziolek Through Margaret’s volunteer work with AWHC and other organizations, she has developed invaluable knowledge of the wild herds of the Virginia Range! “I have seen them birth, I have watched them grieve, I have cried many tears over them. I have watched stallions brutally battle other stallions and return to the band and gently nudge a sleeping foal. I have watched foals bound and leap with the pure joy of living. I have found my peace with them, and through them, I have found my strength, as well.” |
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We cannot thank our volunteers enough — from those who help us on Capitol Hill, to the dedicated individuals on our investigations team, to these incredible field volunteers you’ve read about today — we couldn’t do this work without them. So please, take a moment to sign our thank you card to our volunteers for their dedicated service.
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— Team AWHC
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HAPPY EARTH DAY!! Here are 3 ways to take action for wild horses and burros today >>
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Happy Earth Day, friend!
Every day is Earth Day for our team at American Wild Horse Conservation, BUT that doesn’t mean we won’t take the opportunity to celebrate a little extra on this special day
Today, we invite you to join us in focusing on the conservation of our beautiful planet and all of the amazing creatures who inhabit it — and we can think of no better way than doubling down on our commitment to our cherished wild horses and burros!
Here are 3 ways you can take action for our herds today:
1) For the last two fiscal years, Congress has allocated up to $11 million in funding to implement fertility control initiatives in wild herds managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Despite this, the BLM continually fails to implement robust fertility control programs, instead relying on its cruel and costly roundup and stockpile system. Thankfully, Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV), Steve Cohen (D-TN), and David Schweikert (R-AZ) are taking a stand. Please ask your representative to sign on to their letter calling for pro-wild horse language in the FY 2025 Interior appropriations legislation!
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2) Each year, millions of donkeys are brutally slaughtered for the production of ejiao (eh-gee-yow), medicinal gelatin that is made from boiling the skins of these animals. The donkey skin trade is now decimating global donkey populations as well as harming the global communities that rely on them for survival. That’s why U.S. House Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) has reintroduced the Ejiao Act (H.R. 6021), which would ban the knowing sale or transportation of ejiao made with donkey skin, or products containing ejiao made with donkey skin, in interstate or foreign commerce. Please take a moment to tell your U.S. Representative to cosponsor the Ejiao Act!
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3) When people hear about what’s happening to wild horses, they care. We need you to help educate your friends and family about the plight of wild horses and burros today! Take a second to download and share the below graphic on your social media pages with the hashtags #KeepWildHorsesWild and #FreeWildBurros to show your support for wild horse and burro conservation this Earth Day!
Thank you for standing with our wild herds. Happy Earth Day!
– Team AWHC