Dear Jack: This year, when wild horses needed protection, your support didn’t just help — it delivered.

Because donors like you stepped up, American Wild Horse Conservation was able to take concrete, on-the-ground action that protected wild horses when it mattered most.

Here’s exactly what your generosity made possible:

$20 gifts supplied safety vests for AWHC field observers — allowing our teams to safely document 100% of federal wild horse roundups this year. Every helicopter chase, every trap, every injury was witnessed and recorded.

$200 gifts covered professional camera lens rentals, ensuring we captured clear, indisputable footage from inside government operations — footage that exposed cruelty, informed litigation, and reached millions of Americans.

$500 gifts funded extended field deployments, covering fuel, vehicles, and lodging so our teams could remain on-site for weeks at a time in some of the most remote regions of the West.

Targeted conservation gifts funded humane fertility control, reducing foal births by up to 77% in areas where horses are losing their habitat. These proven programs are protecting horses on the range without violence or removals.

Small and large gifts alike powered legal action and investigations that shut down the slaughter-linked Adoption Incentive Program, halted a massive eradication effort in Wyoming, and defended the federal slaughter ban.

Jack, this is what impact looks like. Not just promises — real protection, paid for by generous donors like you. 

The threats facing wild horses are growing — but so is the impact of a community willing to act. And this year, you proved what’s possible when we refuse to look away.

From all of us at AWHC — and from the wild horses and burros whose lives you helped protect — thank you for making this work possible.

With gratitude,
American Wild Horse Conservation

P.S. If you’re considering a year-end gift, please know this: We take your trust seriously. Every dollar you give is used where it matters most — turning directly into action on the ground, from safety gear and field documentation to litigation and humane conservation that keeps wild horses free. Your support determines how much protection we can deliver in the year ahead.