Northern Nevada Wild Horse Fertility Control Darting Team calling on the state to restart the humane fertility control program for the Virginia Range mustangs.
The BLM delivered a report to Congress outlining options for wild horse and burro management including destruction of healthy wild horses and burros and sale for slaughter.
Cruelty to equines would be made a Class D felony and the bill provides for termination of ownership interests for guilty parties.
AWHC is concerned about the fate of horses removed from the range, since no wild horse preserves exist, and homes for wild, untamed horses are limited.
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina has introduced legislation that would provide responsible management of the wild horse population
The PAST Act would end "soring" - the intentional infliction of pain on hooves and legs of horses to force them to perform an artificially high-stepping gait.
This legislation helps make sure the horse can be legitimately sold and establishes penalties based on the value of the horse.
Tribal members will decide whether to sell or keep their horses and constrain them from further unauthorized grazing on federal land.
The sale, import or export of horses for slaughter for human consumption has been a felony in the state of California for two decades.
The Bureau of Land Management recognized the MHF for their placement of more than 11,200 wild horses and burros into good homes.