Jack,

In less than one month, helicopters will descend on our public lands, chasing terrified wild horses and burros for miles in the blazing summer heat. Foals will be separated from their mothers. Older horses will fall behind. And once captured, these iconic animals face a future behind bars, or worse.

The stakes have never been higher. If the Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget request to Congress is included in the final spending bill, it could lift the long-standing ban on wild horse slaughter, opening the door for the mass disposal of up to 64,000 horses and burros currently in holding.  

But we’re not standing by—we’re fighting back.

At American Wild Horse Conservation, we’re mobilizing every tool we have. We’re engaged in legal challenges to stop inhumane policies. We’re showing Congress that America's wild horses protected, not slaughtered. And we’re expanding humane, science-based solutions, like fertility control, to keep wild horses where they belong: wild and free. Will you take a moment to fuel our fight? 

We’ve stopped slaughter before. But we need your help to do it again—and fast.

 Together, we are stronger and we can fight back. 

Thank you, 

Suzanne Roy, executive director of AWHC