Jack,

Allow us to introduce you to Baldy, Laney, and Rain Storm. These three beautiful mares represent three generations of wild horses. Baldy is Laney’s mom and Laney is Rain Storm’s mom! Thanks to American Wild Horse Conservation’s fertility control program, all three live and free on Nevada’s Virginia Range.

The VR fertility control program uses the PZP vaccine, delivered remotely by darting to wild mares. For the past five years, this innovative approach to herd management has allowed these majestic horses to roam uninhibited by roundups, or the threat of slaughter.

As you may have heard, the success of this program was affirmed by a peer-reviewed study, which examined the viability of humane fertility control in herds like the one. Even with a herd the size of this one — more than 3,000 horses — the PZP vaccine has proven safe, humane, and effective.

We are laser-focused on our mission to end the Bureau of Land Management’s inhumane roundup and stockpile cycle and instead focus on humane, in-the-wild conservation initiatives. This study, published in March of this year, shows Congress, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the American public that there is a better way to protect mares like Baldy, Laney, and Rain Storm. 

“Our hope is that this study provides impetus to the growing calls for reform of the federal wild horse management program, which relies on costly helicopter roundups, the unsustainable removal of wild horses, and confinement of these animals in tax-funded holding facilities.”  
- Nicole Hayes, AWHC conservation scientist 

Jack, it costs just $30 to fund a single dose of the fertility control vaccine. This is a small price to preserve a life of freedom and dignity for horses like Baldy, Laney, and Rainstorm. On this 30th of May, can you chip in $30 to help us continue this vital program?

We are proud to lead the way in wild horse conservation through hands-on, humane programs like this. But we cannot do it without you. Your donation today can make an immediate difference for our wild herds. 

Thank you for your dedication to keeping wild horses wild.

Onward,

American Wild Horse Conservation