Please Ask Your Senators and Representative to Co-Sponsor the Horse Slaughter Prevention Act
March 21, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Please Ask Your Senators and Representative to Co-Sponsor the Horse Slaughter Prevention Act In November 2011, the five-year ban on domestic horse slaughter was lifted when Congress passed — and President Obama signed into law — the 2012 Agriculture Appropriations Bill that authorized federal funding for USDA inspections of horse meat. This devastating development [...]
Oppose Roundup & Removal of Wild Horses from Wyoming’s North Lander Complex
March 6, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
THE COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS ALERT IS NOW CLOSED. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lander Field Office in Wyoming is seeking public input for a proposed roundup of wild horses in and around the North Lander Complex. The 527-square-mile Complex includes four Herd Management Areas (HMAs): Muskrat Basin, Rock Creek Mountain, Conant Creek and [...]
National Wild Horse & Burro Protest Day
February 28, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
March 1: Protest Secretary Salazar appointment of yet another pro horse slaughter person to the BLM’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board? Please read the following, mark your calendars, and on March 1st act to block the appointment of this latest threat to all captive wild horses.
Take Action TODAY: Protect Wild Horses in Idaho’s Challis Mountains
February 23, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
THE COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS ALERT IS NOW CLOSED. Oppose BLM Plan for Another Challis Roundup Three Years After Summer Helicopter Stampede Killed at Least 11 Horses
Calls Urgently Needed to House to Ban on Hauling Horses in Double-Deck Trailers
February 14, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
At long last, the U.S. House of Representatives is poised to consider a ban on the use of trailers with more than one level for hauling horses. This week, the House is expected to take up consideration of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, H.R. 7. At present, language explicitly banning ALL hauling of [...]
Oppose Arizona Burro Removal & Castration Plan
February 10, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Yuma, Arizona Field Office is seeking public comments on an Environmental Assessment for a massive burro roundup and removal plan. The agency plans to use helicopters to stampede and capture 400 wild burros in the Cibola-Trigo Herd Management Area (HMA) in southwestern Arizona and permanently remove 350 of them [...]
Urge BLM to Cancel All Plans to Remove Idaho Mustangs from the Range
January 25, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
THE COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS ALERT IS NOW CLOSED. Agency Targeting Nearly 100 Wild Horses for Removal from Hardtrigger & Black Mountain Herd Management Areas
Take Action to Protect Wyoming Mustangs: Submit Comments on Landers RMP Revisions
January 10, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
THE COMMENT DEADLINE IS NOW CLOSED. Opportunity to Protect the Herds in Seven Herd Management Areas at the Same Time!
Please Consider AWHPC for an End-of-Year Donation
December 30, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
In 2011, with a shoestring budget and a small staff, the AWHPC made a big impact for wild horses and burros–Please support our work.
Oppose Removal of 30 Horses from Cloud’s Herd in the Pryor Mountains
December 30, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
THE COMMENT DEADLINE IS NOW CLOSED. The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comments on a Preliminary Environmental Assessment (EA) on its proposed removal of 30 young wild horses (ages 1-3) from the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range, which is situated on the Montana/Wyoming border. This is the herd of the [...]
