American Wild Horse Conservation

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As an award-winning wildlife photographer and photo tour guide, wild places — where the wind moves through the sagebrush and the land still carries the sound of hooves — are where I feel most at home and most connected to our earth.

But that sense of peace disappeared the moment I arrived on the ground as a Field Journalist to observe Wyoming’s Adobe Town wild horse roundup for American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC).

Our AWHC observation team brings to light the cruel reality our wild herds face during these brutal operations. So I’m asking you to give today to expose what these helicopter roundups do to wild horses.

What I saw was brutal. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) helicopters rose early, slicing through the desert sky, driving hundreds of wild horses across dust-choked plains. There were mothers separated from their foals. Stallions panicked and powerless, calling for their families. Young colts struggling to keep up.

I witnessed a stallion escape the pen and gain his freedom, only to come back to the trap in search of his family. He was recaptured and sacrificed that chance of freedom for instinctive love.

You don’t forget scenes like that. I certainly haven’t.

This isn’t “management.” This is trauma — sanctioned, taxpayer-funded cruelty playing out in the shadows. And it’s all across the West.

That’s why observers like me show up. We watch, document, and bear witness. Because without us and the AWHC team, the government faces no accountability.

Will you help make sure we’re there the next time the helicopters rise? Your gift powers this work — and gives wild horses a fighting chance.

Thank you for your care,

Brian Clopp
Observer, American Wild Horse Conservation

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With so much unfolding around the world and in our day-to-day lives, it’s especially important to take a step back and celebrate our collective wins.

Thanks to the advocacy of our community, both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have advanced language to protect wild horses from slaughter. And in another major step forward, the House legislation allocated $11 million of the Bureau of Land Management’s budget to fertility control.

We didn’t get here by chance. We launched a powerful grassroots campaign to make sure people saw what was truly at stake — the cruelty of mass slaughter and the betrayal of one of America’s most iconic animals. 

Watch the video that inspired people to take action to help shift the conversation in Washington and across the country.

The fight to protect wild horses is long — and far — from over. If we’re going to keep slaughter off the table and ensure humane, science-backed solutions like fertility control are fully funded and implemented, we need you with us every step of the way.

The legislation still needs to pass the full House, clear the Senate, and make it through final negotiations. And we will be there every step of the way, advocating for these animals, their lives, and their dignity.

We’re pushing hard alongside our allies in Congress to turn promises into real protection. Wild horses need more than words — they need action.

These moments don’t just mark progress — they give us the strength and momentum we need to keep going, and prove just how powerful this community is when we speak out with one voice.

Thank you for standing with us.

Suzanne Roy
Executive Director
American Wild Horse Conservation

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I wanted to make sure you saw the email below — because wins like this don’t come around often in the fight to protect wild horses.

Together, we’ve made real progress: Legal victories, funding secured in Congress, and tens of thousands of petition signatures — all powerful steps against ongoing threats to America’s iconic mustangs.

This year, your legislators have critical opportunities to stand up for America’s horses. Urge them to support safe, humane, and cost-effective solutions that protect wild horses and end cruelty.

Now more than ever, your voice matters. Please take a minute to tell your member of Congress to cosponsor the Wild Horse Protection Act of 2025 >>

Amelia Perrin
American Wild Horse Conservation

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Set your legacy now and protect the future of wild horses you love and cherish. Click here to learn more about how you can start your estate planning today.

By including American Wild Horse Conservation in your will, you’re making a lasting promise: to protect our nation’s iconic mustangs and burros from cruelty, roundups, and extinction. Your legacy will help ensure these symbols of freedom remain wild and free — for your children, your grandchildren, and for all those who come after.

Feel free to reach out to us with any questions atcontact@americanwildhorse.org or by responding directly to this email.

Thank you for being a part of the future of wild horse conservation.

With gratitude,

Suzanne Roy
Executive Director
American Wild Horse Conservation

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For six years, our determined team has been rewriting what’s possible for wild horse management. Now, the data is in — and the results speak for themselves:

Spanning 300,000 acres and tracking over 3,400 individually identified horses, this is now the largest humane wild horse management program in the world. But the reality is, the Virginia Range wild horses are losing their habitat every day to rapid development encroaching on their wild lands.

So with the support of more than 90 landowners, 40+ trained volunteers, and a growing network of partners, our fertility control program is keeping them wild while being internationally recognized as a model for what’s possible — most recently in the peer-reviewed journal Vaccines.

See what leadership looks like in wild horse management: Read the full report now.

These results are more than encouraging — they are a blueprint. Humane, large-scale wild horse management is not only achievable, it’s already happening. It offers a clear path forward — effective, compassionate, and backed by science.

This kind of impact is only possible because of supporters like you. Your commitment makes humane, science-backed solutions a reality. Together, we’ll build on this proven success and protect even more wild horses.

Onward,

American Wild Horse Conservation

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ADVOCACY WIN ANNOUNCEMENT:

You helped push Congress to protect wild horses and burros.
Will you chip in today to keep the momentum going?

Thanks to your advocacy, the House Appropriations Committee has taken a powerful stand to protect America’s wild horses and burros.

We wanted to share this important update with you — so you can celebrate this hard-won victory and help us gear up for the next phase of the fight to protect America’s wild horses from slaughter.

WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE:

The President’s proposed budget for next year would have made it easier for wild horses to be sent to slaughter, taken away key protections that have kept them safe for years, and cut funding for their care by 25%.

WHAT HAPPENED TODAY:

The House Appropriations Committee pushed back hard against the budget proposal. They restored the ban on killing healthy wild horses or selling them for slaughter, stopped a dangerous plan that could have allowed horses to be funneled to slaughter through third parties, and made sure funding for their protection stayed in place. They also demanded stricter oversight from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

We are especially grateful to Representatives Juan Ciscomani and Mark Pocan for their leadership on the Appropriations Committee to ensure wild horses and burros are protected from slaughter and that humane management is prioritized in the final bill.

WHAT COMES NEXT:

The fight isn’t over yet. The bill still needs to pass the full House, clear the Senate, and undergo final negotiations. We’re working closely with allies in Congress to keep the pressure on — and to make sure wild horses are protected not just in name, but in practice.

These victories only happen when we raise our voices together — and when we have the resources to keep showing up on Capitol Hill.

Together, we can push for a future where these iconic animals roam free, not disappear into holding pens or slaughter pipelines. Will you donate now to help us keep up the fight?

Today’s win marks one of the strongest Congressional rebukes of the BLM’s mismanagement to date,  and it happened because voices like yours spoke up — thank you for being with us in this fight.

Onward,

American Wild Horse Conservation

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The President’s FY26 Congressional budget request threatens to strip critical protections for wild horses. If enacted fully, this proposal opens the gates for lethal management and a death sentence for tens of thousands of wild horses.

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Right now, Congress is considering a budget proposal that could open the door to slaughter for tens of thousands of America’s wild horses and burros.

We’ve faced this before in the last Trump Administration. And we won. 

We pulled out all the stops, including launching a hard-hitting national commercial. It showed lawmakers, and the American public exactly what was at stake: the betrayal of our iconic wild horses and the cruelty of mass slaughter. Watch this commerical below and help fuel our fight

The public pressure worked. The previous administration reversed course and removed lethal management from the table.

Now, we need your help to do it again. We’re gearing up to fight back on Capitol Hill, in the courts, and in the public arena even harder this time.

HELP US FIGHT SLAUGHTER

Every dollar helps us keep wild horses safe from the slaughter pipeline. The clock is ticking—please give what you can today.

—The AWHC Team

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America’s wild horses and burros are facing an existential threat. The President’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget request to Congress would strip away longstanding protections and could open the door to slaughtering up to 62,000 federally protected animals currently in government holding.

We can’t let that happen.

Join us on Wednesday July 2, 2025 for a critical public webinar hosted by American Wild Horse Conservation, where we’ll break down:

• What the federal budget proposal really means
• Why the risk of slaughter is higher than it’s been in years
• What’s at stake for the future of wild horses and burros
• How we’re fighting back in Congress, the courts, and on the ground
• The actions you can take right now to make a difference

Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Time: 3 pm PST/ 6 pm EST
Location: Zoom (registration required)

You’ll hear directly from our team about how we’re working to keep these iconic animals wild and free and not in federal holding facilities, at risk of slaughter.

REGISTER HERE

This is more than a webinar, it’s a call to action. Together, we can make sure America’s wild horses remain wild and free.

We hope to see you there,

Team AWHC

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In less than one month, helicopters will descend on our public lands, chasing terrified wild horses and burros for miles in the blazing summer heat. Foals will be separated from their mothers. Older horses will fall behind. And once captured, these iconic animals face a future behind bars, or worse.

The stakes have never been higher. If the Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget request to Congress is included in the final spending bill, it could lift the long-standing ban on wild horse slaughter, opening the door for the mass disposal of up to 64,000 horses and burros currently in holding.

But we’re not standing by—we’re fighting back.

DONATE NOW

At American Wild Horse Conservation, we’re mobilizing every tool we have. We’re engaged in legal challenges to stop inhumane policies. We’re showing Congress that America’s wild horses protected, not slaughtered. And we’re expanding humane, science-based solutions, like fertility control, to keep wild horses where they belong: wild and free. Will you take a moment to fuel our fight? 

RUSH A DONATION

We’ve stopped slaughter before. But we need your help to do it again—and fast.

 Together, we are stronger and we can fight back.

Thank you,

Suzanne Roy, executive director of AWHC

The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation:

The Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Proposal, released by the Trump Administration, would remove protections against wild horse slaughter and open the floodgates for up to 64,000 wild horses and burros in government holding to be shipped across our borders and slaughtered for foreign markets.

These are America’s wild horses. They are symbols of freedom, independence and the untamed spirit of the American West.

The President’s budget  proposal is now with Congress, which holds the purse strings and will pass the legislation needed to fund the government in Fiscal year 2026.

The threat that congress will enact the budget request to lift the slaughter ban has never been higher. We need to act fast.

TAKE ACTION

Now is the time to weigh in with both the White House and Congress to stop them from authorizing the mass slaughter of our federally-protected wild horses and burros.

The budget proposal doesn’t just remove the slaughter ban. It would allow unlimited transfers of wild horses to private individuals, nonprofits, and even foreign governments, without any safeguards for their wellbeing.

That’s a pipeline to slaughter, plain and simple.

80% of Americans oppose slaughter.
86% of Trump voters support protecting wild horses from slaughter.

Let’s show the White House and Congress the true will of the American public

We’ve stopped slaughter before. We will do so again but only if we raise our voices now.

Join us in demanding the administration and congress maintain the longstanding slaughter ban before it’s too late.

SIGN THE PETITION

For the wild ones,

Team AWHC