Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for A Humane Economy are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for shooting and killing at least 15 wild horses and seriously injuring at least four others in the … Read more
Keeping Wild Horses Wild
Only Congress may be able to stop the carnage The Bureau of Land Management’s helicopter roundup of wild horses in Colorado’s Piceance Basin ended on August 1, 2022, with the agency reporting that it had removed 867 wild horses, including 163 foals, from their rangeland home. It was the largest roundup of wild horses in … Read more
Animal Wellness Groups Applaud Decisive Push by U.S. House Members WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Animal Wellness Action, the Animal Wellness Foundation, and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded U.S. Reps. Dina Titus, D-Nev., and Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., for their leadership and U.S. House Members Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., Ted Lieu, D-Calif., Albio Sires, D-N.J., Peter … Read more
Bowing to sustained pressure from American citizens and a growing number of lawmakers, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced in May that it would meaningfully reduce the number of wild horses and burros captured from our federal lands through its inhumane helicopter roundup campaign – pledging to halve its 2021 goal of removing 20,000 … Read more
Press Release For Immediate Release: Contact: Marty Irbymarty@animalwellnessaction.org McClain, Fitzpatrick, and Salazar Applauded by Veterans and Animal Groups for Introduction of Veterans for Mustangs Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Lisa McClain, R-MI, Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Maria Salazar, R-Fla. introduced the Veterans for Mustangs Act (VMA), that would amend the 1971 Wild and Free … Read more
In 2019 and 2020, wildfires ignited large swaths of the Australian countryside. The conflagrations were devastating to humans, with significant loss of life and home. But the horrors for animals were even worse: a broad range of unique and iconic animals suffered, including dingoes, emus, platypuses, wombats, possums, long-footed potoroos, silver-headed antechinus, regent honeyeaters, and … Read more
Washington, D.C. – Today, Animal Wellness Action (AWA), the Animal Wellness Foundation (AWF), the Center for a Humane Economy, and the Wild Beauty Foundation marked the 50th anniversary of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (Act) by calling for legislative reform to end high-stress and inhumane helicopter roundups, reduce livestock densities on our public lands … Read more
On December 15th, 1971, the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act was signed into law by President Nixon. But instead of commemorating the half-century mark of the Act with responsible and humane stewardship of our wild herds, the Bureau of Land Management is in the midst of the largest mass helicopter roundup in its … Read more
The animals were all placed for adoption by the Bureau of Land Management’s adoption programs, which put federally protected equines at risk of slaughter Plantersville, Texas — The Center for a Humane Economy, and Animal Wellness Action, today announced their collaboration with TMR Rescue, Inc., a donkey rescue and sanctuary in Plantersville, Texas, to save … Read more
Senate’s inaction rallies equine advocates to lobby against passage of infrastructure package if taken up by the House Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate passed a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill without any provision to ban the export of live horses to Canada and Mexico for slaughter for human consumption, putting in jeopardy the anti-slaughter provision … Read more