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Horse Politics
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Humane Society Concerned that New Policy May Send Wild Horses and Burros to Slaughter
A BLM policy revision will allow an increase in the number of wild horses and burros sold to individuals and organizations from four to 25.
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BLM Scraps Law to Protect Wild Horses - Will Resume Selling Wild Horses by the Truckload
Congress prohibits the sale of wild horses to anyone who will sell them for slaughter, but the fate of 'sale authority' horses is already difficult to track, and the new rule will make it even harder.
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Congress Spares America's Horses from Slaughter in Spending Bill
The American Wild Horse Campaign commends the U.S. Congress for maintaining protections from slaughter for America's horses in the final Omnibus spending bill for 2018.
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Wild Horse Advocates Join Forces with Conservationists in Lawsuit Challenging BLM Wild Horse Roundup in Nevada
Wild horse advocates challenge the BLM's decision to eradicate federally-protected wild horses from the Caliente Complex while continuing to authorize cattle to graze the area.
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House Interior Subcommittee Passes 2019 Interior Spending Bill Including Protection for Wild Horses
The congressional bill maintains prohibitions on the BLM's destruction of healthy horses and burros and their sale for slaughter.
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BLM Plan to Round Up of 6,000 Wild Horses from Public Lands Assailed
According to AWHC , BLM's push to reduce wild horse populations to the "appropriate management level" will leave these wild horse populations at extinction level.
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American Wild Horse Campaign Renews Call for Humane Management Cooperative Agreement
AWHC worked to address all issues related to horses on the range, including population control through a humane birth control program.
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AHCF to Hold Reception with Congressional Horse Caucus
Horse Industry Economic Impact Study results to be announced on Capitol Hill.
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80+ Organizations Oppose Government Plan to Slaughter America’s Mustangs
Americans want wild horses and burros protected, not brutally killed and slaughtered, and a humane and scientific path for wild horse management not only exists, but is broadly supported by 80+ groups.
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BLM Urged to Halt Wild Horse Roundup in Nevada
AWHC is suing the BLM over its ten-year plan to remove nearly 10,000 wild horses from 1.2 million acres in Eastern Nevada and castrate wild free-roaming stallions.