Jack, 

America’s wild herds are facing unprecedented challenges. 

Over 20,000 wild horses and burros are slated to be rounded up from their homes by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Fiscal Year 2024. Many will join the over 60,000 who are already languishing in overburdened holding facilities.

This inhumane system is at its breaking point. That’s why American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC) is taking action to address the crisis affecting our wild herds and proactively ensure that wild horses and burros are treated humanely, both in holding and in the wild. But we cannot do it alone, Jack!

Here are three actions you can take NOW to help support the safety and freedom of our cherished wild horses and burros in 2024. 

1) Sign on to Our Public Comments Calling for the Protection of the White Mountain Wild Horses

Today is the last day to submit public comments regarding the BLM’s proposed plan to remove nearly 600 wild horses from the White Mountain Herd Management Area (HMA), a move that would drastically reduce the population to the low Appropriate Management Level (AML) of just 205 horses on nearly 400,000 acres of land. This unscientific population limit was set in 1997 and has remained unchanged ever since.

2) Tell Your Representative to Cosponsor the Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act of 2023-2024 (H.R. 3656)

Right now, the BLM has paused its federal wild horse helicopter roundups for the foaling season, but as of July, they will be in full swing again. These roundups traumatize wild horses and burros. Deaths from broken necks and legs are routine, and sometimes horses are literally chased to death (called “capture myopathy”). H.R. 3656 would end this cruel practice once and for all.

3) Urge Representative to Cosponsor the Ejiao Act (H.R. 6021)

​​Each year, millions of donkeys are brutally slaughtered for the production of ejiao, a medicinal gelatin that is made from boiling the skins of these animals. The donkey skin trade is now decimating global donkey populations as well as harming the impoverished global communities that rely on them for survival. That’s why U.S. House Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) has reintroduced the ​​Ejiao Act (H.R. 6021), which would ban the knowing sale or transportation of ejiao made using donkey skin, or products containing ejiao made using donkey skin, in interstate or foreign commerce.

Thanks for taking the time to speak up for our wild herds, Jack!

– Team AWHC