The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign  

! BLM Wild Horse Roundup at Calico Ends
! Devastating Roundups Continue
! Secretary Salazar's New Plan
! 2010 Round-up Schedule

AWHPC

In 1971, an unprecedented public outcry moved Congress to unanimously pass the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act, granting federal protection to America's wild horses and burros as “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West […] that […] contribute to the diversity of life forms within the Nation and enrich the lives of the American people.”


 

The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign is dedicated to preserving the American wild horse in viable free-roaming herds for generations to come, as part of our national heritage. Its grassroots efforts are supported by a coalition of over forty organizations.

The AWHPC Coalition is calling for a Congressional inquiry into the government’s wild horse management policies, and coordinating a grassroots campaign in support of:

  • the review of scientific findings that contradict BLM's claims of wild horse overpopulation and negative impact on the range;
  • a moratorium on round-ups until actual numbers of wild horses and burros on public lands have been independently assessed;
  • Higher Appropriate Management Levels (AML) for wild horses on those rangelands designated for them; and
  • implementation of in-the-wild management, which would save millions of tax-dollars.

Please take action now.

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“I believe, as do so many of my fellow Americans, that the wild horse is an irreplaceable national treasure. It would be a tragic mistake to allow this noble creature to disappear from our western landscape."

- Robert Redford



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