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 … Read more
Press Release Documentary by Director of Disney’s Black Beauty Displays Sweeping Cinematography Alongside Government Corruption Decimating Iconic Wild Horse Populations in the West BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – The 38th Boston Film Festival has announced the awards for the live event program held last week. The Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport sponsored the 2022 film festival … Read more
Only Congress may be able to stop the carnage BLM wranglers have been documented beating and poking captured burros and keeping mares and foals separated for too long, posing a serious threat to the health of the foals. The Bureau of Land Management’s helicopter roundup of wild horses in Colorado’s Piceance Basin ended on August … Read more
Press Release Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and the Animal Wellness Foundation renewed their call for congressional oversight and reformation of the Bureau of Land Management’s wild horse and burro program in the wake of a new investigative report released by wild horse advocacy group American Wild Horse … Read more
Move Follows Animal Wellness Action’s Submission of More than 330 Pages of Written Testimony and Collateral Material on PAST and SAFE Acts Last Month WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce has announced a Subcommittee markup on the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act, H.R. 5441, and the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) … 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
Animal Wellness Leaders Submit More than 330 Pages of Testimony and Supplements in Support of Legislation to End Horse Slaughter and Stamp Out Intentional Injuring of Tennessee Walking Horses in Competition Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce dove into debates about the treatment of horses in the United States. … Read more
Press Release Legislation would enable our American heroes with post-traumatic stress better protect wild horses on federal lands 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 Roaming Horses and Burros Act to help … Read more
Press Release Today Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and the Animal Wellness Foundation called on the Bureau of Land Management to suspend its wild horse and burro gather operations in the wake of a BLM announcement of an unexplained outbreak of infectious disease that has claimed the lives of at least … Read more