Wild Mustang/Burro Campaigns

The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation: Just a quick reminder: our limited-edition AWHC x Apolis bag collaboration ends tomorrow. These beautifully crafted Apolis market bags feature custom hand-painted wild horse artwork and can be personalized just for you — making them a meaningful piece for anyone who loves America’s wild horses and burros. Every bag purchased also supports the work of American Wild Horse Conservation to protect these iconic animals and keep them roaming free on our public lands. If you’ve been thinking about getting one, now is the time. After tomorrow, the collaboration closes and these bags will no longer be available. PERSONALIZE YOUR BAG → Each bag is individually crafted and painted, making every piece unique — a small, everyday reminder of the strength, freedom, and resilience wild horses represent. Thank you for standing with us and helping ensure wild horses remain wild. — AWHC Team PERSONALIZE YOUR BAG → ...

The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation: Members of Congress have until March 16 to sign onto a letter supporting humane wild horse reforms in the FY27 Interior Appropriations bill. Your representative needs to hear from you today. TAKE ACTION The wild horse program is stuck in a broken cycle. Every year, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rounds up thousands of wild horses and burros from public lands — only to warehouse them in government holding facilities that are already overcrowded and too expensive to maintain. Instead of investing in humane solutions that keep horses on the range, the agency continues to rely on removals. The numbers tell the story: In Fiscal Year 2025, the BLM removed 7,853 wild horses and burros from the range, while administering just 921 fertility control treatments — a science-backed tool that safely manages populations where wild horses belong. Despite direction from lawmakers and the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board to expand fertility control, the agency has failed to scale up these humane solutions. Without change, wild horses and burros will continue to be funneled into a broken system of roundups and long-term holding that already consumes the vast majority of the program’s budget. Now, Congress has an opportunity to step in. A letter is currently circulating in the U.S. House of Representatives calling for humane wild horse and burro protections to be included in the Fiscal Year 2027 Interior Appropriations bill. But the window to secure support is short. Members of Congress only have until March 16 to sign onto this letter. That means your representative needs to hear from constituents like you, Meredith, right now. Will you take a moment today and urge your member of Congress to support humane reforms for America’s wild horses and burros? TAKE ACTION If enough representatives sign on before the March 16 deadline, it could help steer federal policy toward humane, common-sense management that keeps wild horses where they belong — on the range. Your voice could help make that happen. Thank you for standing with America’s wild horses and burros, American Wild Horse Conservation ...

The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation: More than 70 years ago, a woman in Nevada witnessed something she could not ignore. Velma “Wild Horse Annie” Johnston was driving along a highway when she noticed blood dripping from a passing livestock truck. When she discovered it came from captured wild horses being hauled away for slaughter, she made a decision that would change history. Velma wasn’t a politician or a lobbyist — she was an administrative assistant. She believed Americans would care if they knew what was happening to wild horses on our public lands — and she was right. She organized a grassroots movement that spread across the country. Schoolchildren joined what became known as the “Pencil War,” flooding Congress with handwritten letters demanding protection for wild horses. And, Meredith, their voices worked. In 1971, Congress passed the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, recognizing wild horses as “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West” and placing them under federal protection. It remains one of the most powerful wildlife protection laws ever passed in the United States. But today, the promise of that law is being steadily weakened. Across the West, wild horses are being removed from their homes through aggressive helicopter roundups and placed into government holding facilities by the tens of thousands. At the same time, wild horse habitat continues to shrink while commercial livestock grazing on public lands continues largely unchanged. In fact, on many of the same landscapes where wild horses are blamed for land degradation, there are roughly 30 cattle authorized for every single wild horse. The result is a troubling reality: Wild horses — the very animals Congress once moved to protect — are increasingly treated as obstacles rather than icons. That’s why this March, American Wild Horse Conservation is launching a Month of Action to defend the protections Velma Johnston fought so hard to secure. Wild Horse Annie showed the world that ordinary people can shape the future of these animals. Today, we must do the same. As part of our Month of Action, will you act now to help hold the line for America’s wild horses? → TAKE ACTION Velma Johnston proved that one person speaking up can spark a movement. Together, we can ensure her legacy continues. Thank you for standing with the wild ones, AWHC Team ...

The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation: The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) “emergency” roundup outside the Antelope Herd Management Area has now concluded. Below are the final outcomes that our team of observers witnessed:

• 344 wild horses were captured: 131 stallions, 147 mares, 66 foals
• Three deaths occurred during the course of these removals — including a yearling who suffered a fatal neck fracture at the trap site.

However, and equally disturbing story has begun now that this roundup has concluded.  In the days following this removal, our Investigations Team documented a dramatic expansion of listings on the BLM’s Sale Authority website — growing from roughly 40 pages to nearly 70, many featuring horses under five years old.  Under federal law, horses can enter the Sale Authority if they are over 10 years old or have been offered unsuccessfully for adoption three times. But when emergency roundups rapidly increase the number of horses entering the system, more animals are pushed through this pipeline faster — reducing transparency and increasing the long-term risk to these federally protected horses. At the same time, federal officials continue advancing a goal of placing 20,000 horses per year into adoption or sale channels, while rapidly scaling the online corral system to move animals faster. That raises a serious question: Has the government demonstrated that humane placement capacity exists before accelerating removals? Meredith, precedent tells us the answer is no. When removals outpace real demand, the risks to these horses grow. And as more animals are funneled into Sale Authority, federal safeguards fall away. This is not sustainable management. It is a slaughter pipeline. We will not stay silent as “emergency” roundups feed a system that cannot responsibly sustain the volume being removed. This is exactly why we launched our Hold the Line campaign — to push back when “emergency” becomes a shortcut and to ensure wild horses are protected by law, not processed by quota. Stand with us, Meredith. Demand transparency, accountability, and real checks before more horses are taken. POWER OUR WORK Thank you, AWHC Team ...

The following is from the American Wild Horse Conservation: You asked—we listened. By popular demand, we’re extending our special Year of the Horse partnership with Apolis through March 15! This limited-time collection features hand-painted, customizable bags created for horse lovers—each one crafted by artists and made to carry meaning, not just your everyday essentials. With every bag purchased, $100 is donated to American Wild Horse Conservation to support the protection of wild horses and burros on public lands. PERSONALIZE YOUR BAG → Wild horses continue to face removals from their homes and confinement in government holding facilities. Your purchase helps power our on-the-ground observers, legal advocacy, and public accountability work to protect wild horses where they belong—on the range. If you’ve been waiting to customize your bag, this is your moment. The extension runs through March 15, and these hand-painted designs are only available for a limited time! With gratitude, American Wild Horse Conservation ...