Roundup Report: Swasey Wild Horse Roundup

On July 20, 2024, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will commence a wild horse roundup in the Swasey Mountain Herd Management Area (HMA), which covers over 134,000 acres of federal and public land in Utah. Using helicopters, the BLM aims to capture 166 horses, removing 154 from the area and returning 20. Of the horses that will be returned, ten will receive fertility control treatments—five with GonaCon and five with intrauterine devices (IUDs). This operation aims to adjust the horse population to the BLM's designated appropriate management level (AML) of 60-100 horses.

U.S. House Committee Advances Largely Wild Horse Friendly Language To House Floor

Language cuts BLM funding, prohibits slaughter, allocates up to $11 million for and prioritizes humane fertility control vaccines, but allows for permanent sterilization."

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NGO Alleges Fed’l Govt Planned Removal of Wild Horses from North Lander Complex Exceeds Legal Authority

Leading Wild Horse Organization Formally Objects To Agency Plans

BLM Gallops Ahead With Wild Horse Eradication Plan Amid Ongoing Litigation

(CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 25): On June 13, 2024, Eubanks & Associates–on behalf of petitioners American Wild Horse Conservation, Animal Welfare Institute, Western Watersheds Project, and other petitioners–

Leading Wild Horse Organization Asks Fed'l Gov to Reconsider Helicopter Roundup for CO Little Book Cliffs Wild Horses

(Grand Junction, Colo., June 17) – American Wild Horse Conservation submitted official comments on a preliminary environmental assessment related to the proposed roundup of Colorado’s Little Book Cliffs wild horses.

New Wild Horse Adoptions Report Overlooks Impact of Federal Cash Incentive Program

American Wild Horse Conservation Criticizes PERC's Analysis of BLM Adoption Incentive Initiative Program, Urges Vet Vouchers Over Cash 

Tour of Federal Holding Facility Raises Alarm Over Welfare of Captured Wild Horses

RENO, NEV. (May 20, 2024) – On May 16th, representatives from the leading wild horse protection organization, American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC), witnessed disturbing conditions for over 2,000 wild horses currently confined at the privately owned Winnemucca Holding Facility. Most alarming was the presence of a severely injured, dead, or dying foal (baby horse), lying amongst the other animals in the pen. 

Public-Private Partnership Renewed for Public Safety and Management of Free-Roaming Virginia Range Horses

.For the sixth year, American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC) and the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) have signed a non-exclusive agreement to implement a humane fertility control program for the Virginia Range free-roaming horse population.

 The agreement went into effect May 1, 2024.

On World Donkey Day, AWHC Calls for Support for Burros and Congressman Don Beyer’s Ejiao Act-H.R. 6021

 On World Donkey Day, AWHC Calls for Support for Burros and Congressman Don Beyer’s Ejiao Act-H.R. 6021.