Jack,

The Trump Administration’s recently-released Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget proposal slashes funding for the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Program by 25% and removes longstanding prohibition on wild horse slaughter putting up to 64,000 wild horses and burros at risk.

Even worse, new language allows unlimited transfers of wild horses to individuals, nonprofits, and even foreign governments, with no safeguards in place.

Make no mistake: This is a direct threat to the freedom and survival of America’s wild herds. Can you rush a donation now to help us fight back?

This isn’t just wrong, it’s deeply out of step with public values. Polling shows 80% of Americans, including 86% of Trump voters, support the slaughter ban.

The proposed budget echoes the extreme Project 2025 agenda, which calls for the BLM to “dispose” of wild horses, and completely reverses the previous Trump Administration’s rejection of lethal management options. 

This is the most serious threat wild horses have faced in years – and we need your help.

Now the fight turns to Congress as it considers the FY26 final government budget. Our team is on Capitol Hill fighting for the lives of our wild herds. Your donation today powers our work in Washington, in court, and on the range.

 Together, we are stronger and we can fight back. 

Thank you, 

Suzanne Roy, executive director of AWHC