Jack,

Happy Giving Tuesday! 

My name is Amelia Perrin, and I’m AWHC’s investigations manager. I know you’ve been hearing a lot from us today, but I wanted to tell you about one of our programs that is close to my heart. If you’re short on time, no worries–could you consider making a donation to help us reach our Giving Tuesday $100,000 goal? Every dollar given today will be matched!

Every single day, I come face-to-face with the deadly consequences of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Adoption Incentive Program. My team and I find and document the victims of this program in kill pens across the country and that’s why I am so grateful for your support of AWHC’s rescue fund. Thanks to your generosity, our rescue fund has been able to save mustangs and burros from the slaughter pipeline, provide lifesaving medical care to foals on Nevada’s Virginia Range, and help support the expansion and capacity of boots-on-the-ground rescues. 

Today, I want to introduce you to some of the mustangs and burros we’ve saved this year, thanks to your support. 

Most recently, our team was contacted directly by the US Forest Service (USFS) to help find homes for several recently-captured special needs horses from the Devil's Garden Wild Horse Territory in California. This came as an unexpected but welcome surprise, as horses like these are often immediately euthanized by the BLM once they’re captured.

Once we got word from the USFS about these horses in need, our partner organization, Montgomery Creek Ranch (MCR) stepped up to provide lifetime care for two mares, a 20-year-old with old scars around all four coronets, and an 11-year-old with a clubbed foot. MCR is providing these two sweet animals with the care that they need, with help from our Rescue Fund.

11 Year Old w/ Clubbed Foot

20 Year Old w/ Coronet Scars

This year AWHC also rescued two beautiful mares from a notorious kill pen in Oklahoma. These two mares, who were days away from being shipped to slaughter, found refuge at our partner sanctuary, For the Love of Aria. 

We also helped to rescue burros from the slaughter pipeline with our rescue fund, providing grants to help save a total of 32 BLM-branded burros over the course of the year, including: one sick and elderly burro, two BLM burros in a live Oregon slaughter auction, and seven burros in a California livestock auction.   

Jack, your generosity makes these rescue efforts — and all the other important work we do — possible. Today is Giving Tuesday, and we are rushing to raise $100,000 so we can fund important programs like our Rescue Fund in 2024.

Will you help us power more rescues like these in 2024 with a gift this Giving Tuesday? From now until midnight, your donation will be 2X matched. Can you make a donation to the American Wild Horse Campaign today to help us hit our $100,000 Giving Tuesday goal? Your donation will have double the impact, helping us continue our programs like the Rescue Fund in 2024 and beyond.

Thanks for your help,

Amelia Perrin
Investigations Manager
American Wild Horse Campaign