America’s Voice for Wild Horse & Burro Conservation
American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC) is the nation's champion for humane, in-the-wild protection of wild horses and burros on our public lands.
The Issues We Work On
LIFELONG Freedom for America's Wild Horses and Burros
America is the birthplace of the world's first horses, but today the population of free-roaming wild horses & burros is in critical decline
Why We Exist
Keeping America’s Promise
to Wild Horses
The Promise
After a huge national movement, the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 was unanimously passed by Congress, and declared wild equines as “an integral part of the natural system of the public lands.”
The Problem
Despite legal protection, the Federal Bureau of Land Management spends over $150 million each year to cruelly remove and confine tens of thousands of wild horses and burros using helicopters.
The Solution
There’s a better way. AWHC works to advance ethical and responsible conservation of wild horses and burros. In-the-wild conservation is humane, cost-effective, scalable, and based on rigorous science.
KEEP WILD HORSES WILD