Equine refuge steps up to save 7 wild horses and burros adopted through controversial Bureau of Land Management Adoption Incentive Program then dumped at slaughter auctions.
Funding will expand the use of equine-assisted therapy in conjunction with mental health care treatment and services to veterans.
The U.S. House is moving toward reforming the Wild Horse Program by requiring the BLM to pursue management alternatives to removing horses to holding facilities at astronomical costs.
American Wild Horse Campaign declares victory for the third time in 5-year legal effort to block procedure.
Legal appeal cites failure to consider new research documenting key role that wild burros play in desert ecosystems.
We cannot sit idly by while the Biden Administration remains silent as untold numbers of federally-protected wild horses and burros are sent to slaughter through a program that is subsidized by tax dollars.
Livestock outnumber wild horses and burros on BLM land; of the 155 million acres grazed by private livestock, only 27 million are shared with federally-protected wild horses and burros.
The groups called on Secretary Haaland to place a moratorium on wild horse and burro roundups and re-evaluate the plan fueling efforts to dispose of captured animals resulting in illegal transfer for slaughter.
We call on the U.S. Department of Interior to immediately halt the BLM's Adoption Incentive Program, which is defrauding American taxpayers and sending wild horses and burros to slaughter.
As the national association representing all segments of the horse industry in Washington, D.C., the American Horse Council works daily to represent equine interests and opportunities.