Wild Mustang/Burro Campaigns

The following is from the American Wild Horse Campaign: It’s Suzanne, the Executive Director of American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC), reaching out one more time with an urgent update on our end-of-year fundraising goal. We are SO close to the finish line on our $200,000 goal - and the clock is ticking. We’re already 95% of the way there, but we need a final surge of support before midnight to push us over the top. Your contribution right now is absolutely critical. Will you help us close the gap? Don’t forget, thanks to a generous $100K matching gift, every dollar you donate before midnight will be DOUBLED — giving you the chance to make 2x the impact in protecting wild horses and burros. We have an ambitious agenda for 2025 to protect our wild herds, but we need your help to combat the federal government’s plan to round up and remove over 10,000 horses and burros in next year alone. We can’t do this work without you. DONATE NOW → ...

The following is from the American Wild Horse Campaign: I’ll keep this quick: We're coming up on our biggest fundraising deadline of 2024 — our $200,000 End-of-Year goal with a $100,000 matching gift. We’re still just 88% of the way to our goal, and I’m worried that for the first time ever, we may not get there. Together, we can ensure that our work in 2025 gets off to the strongest start possible; with funding for our ambitious legal, legislative, and field program goals. Time is running out fast. Can you chip in whatever you can afford — one last time in 2024 before it’s too late? I can’t wait to see what we achieve together for our wild horses and burros in the year ahead. If it’s anything like the momentum we’ve experienced this year, we have a lot to be hopeful about. Thank you for all that you’ve done to power our movement in 2024. We’ve accomplished so much, so I want to share with you a video our team put together highlighting some of our 2024 victories. We’re so proud of what we’ve been able to do and are so grateful for your belief in our work. Will you take a moment to watch and then make a 2X matched donation to help us finish the year off strong? WATCH & DONATE → On behalf of our whole team, thank you for your compassion and dedication to protecting wild horses and burros. We wish you and your family a peaceful and healthy New Year. For the wild ones, Suzanne Roy Executive Director American Wild Horse Conservation ...

The following is from the American Wild Horse Campaign: Two young fillies — barely a year old — were found in a Texas kill pen this month. This is their story. The pair survived a traumatic helicopter roundup in California’s Calico Complex last fall, which resulted in 42 deaths. After that, they endured months in federal holding facilities only to be sold through the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Sale Authority Program for just $25. Weeks later, they were nearly lost to slaughter. Photo by RJF Equine This tragic story isn’t unique. Thousands of federally protected wild horses and burros are at risk of entering the slaughter pipeline every year. Thanks to our Rescue Fund and partners at RJF Equine, Inc. and the Oregon Wild Horse Coalition, these fillies got their happy ending. But so many more wild horses and foals still need our help. Our Rescue Fund is critical to stepping up when wild horses face life-or-death moments, and we urgently need your help to sustain it. Every dollar counts — now more than ever. Thanks to a generous $100,000 matching gift this holiday season, your donation will go TWICE as far to help us reach our $200,000 end-of-year goal. Will you make a donation today? $50 → becomes $100 to power rescues $100 → becomes $200 to fight for their freedom $250 → becomes $500 to keep them safe DOUBLE YOUR GIFT → Photo by RJF Equine Thank you, RJF Equine, Inc., for giving these sweethearts a freedom ride from the kill pen and a safe place to heal before going to their forever home. Thank you to the Oregon Wild Horse Coalition for helping coordinate their rescue. Thank YOU, for standing with us to keep America’s wild horses wild, safe, and free. Happy New Year, AWHC Rescue Team P.S. The clock is ticking! All gifts made through midnight on December 31 will be MATCHED, doubling your impact for wild horses in need. Donate today to power rescues like these two fillies’ life-saving freedom ride. Click here to give → ...

The following is from the American Wild Horse Campaign: While the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) inhumane treatment of wild horses is often in the spotlight, the welfare of wild burros can be overlooked. At American Wild Conservation (AWHC), we’re fighting to keep the plight of these iconic animals at the forefront, but we’re sad to report that 2024 was one of the worst years for burros in recent history. Over the course of the year, the BLM used helicopters to roundup over 2,790 wild burros from their homes, including nearly 300 from the Mairetta wild burro range in Nevada. Burros from the Marietta Wild Burro Range, Nevada Wild burros are at risk like never before, with the BLM planning to round up even more of these innocent animals next year. That’s why we need to be ready to fight back for them on all fronts, from the courtroom to Congress.  Our photos and videos of the BLM’s cruel helicopter roundups have sparked public outrage and prompted numerous members of Congress to speak out against them. Please chip in to our End-of-Year goal to help us continue standing up for wild burros in 2025! Unlike wild horses who run into the trap site in their family groups, wild burros are stoic and often stand their ground in the face of the helicopters or scatter in an attempt to avoid capture. As a result, roundups can be even more traumatic and taxing for these incredible animals. But helicopters aren’t the only cruel tactic the BLM employs — BLM contractors have gone so far as to use electric cattle prods on burros, such as during the Black Mountain roundup in 2022. The BLM’s own Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program (CAWP) assessment of the roundup detailed one contractor abusively hitting, kicking, striking, and beating a captured burro. Hitting our $200,000 End-of-Year goal will allow us to fund our fight to protect wild burros from inhumane BLM helicopter roundups and other brutal management tactics — whether it’s in the field, in the court, or on Capitol Hill. As of tonight, we’re still behind on our goal, so your support right now is more important than ever. Don’t forget — thanks to generous donors, every gift made before midnight on December 31 will be MATCHED! Can you make a donation today to double your impact for wild burros in 2025? HAVE YOUR GIFT DOUBLED → Thank ...

The following is from the American Wild Horse Campaign: $30 — That’s the cost to vaccinate a single mare with a Porcine Zona Pellucida (PZP) vaccine. PZP is a safe, reversible fertility control vaccine used to manage wild horse populations humanely. It’s given to female horses in the wild through remote darting. The vaccine works by preventing fertilization without disrupting the horse’s natural hormones or behavior. AWHC is proud to run the world’s largest humane fertility control program for wild horses on Nevada’s Virginia Range. In fact, the Virginia Range program has been so successful that it was the basis for a peer-reviewed scientific paper, published in the journal Vaccines, that affirmed the feasibility of fertility control programs in large wild horse populations who live on expansive habitats. Through humane fertility control, we’re proving that there is a better way to manage wild horse populations that doesn’t rely on cruel and costly helicopter roundups, which strips thousands of these innocent animals of their freedom — and this year we worked to build upon the success of our Virginia Range program by expanding fertility control to other herds across the West, such as the Cedar Mountain wild horses in Utah! So today, on the 30th, will you donate $30 or more to AWHC’s Science and Conservation Fund to continue the success of our PZP program in 2025 and beyond? And don’t forget → Thanks to some of our generous donors, every gift made now through tomorrow at midnight will be 2X MATCHED. That means your $30 gift today helps not 1, but TWO HORSES! $30 → HELPS 2 HORSES!! $60 → HELPS 4 HORSES!! $150 → HELPS 10 HORSES!! $300 → HELPS 20 HORSES!! Thank you for your support in the fight to protect America’s wild herds. AWHC Field Team ...