Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – New polling released today by the American Wild Horse Campaign finds a strong bipartisan majority of Americans oppose a new plan to round up mass numbers of federally protected wild horses and burros from America’s Western public lands. The plan, which would reduce wild herds by 70%, is currently being touted … Read more
Wild horses and burros face unprecedented mass removal from our public lands in the West, after a key Senate committee appropriated tens of millions in new monies to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to carry out a plan cooked up by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), the Humane Society of the United States … Read more
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed a Fiscal Year 2020 spending bill that includes a shocking $35 million in funding to implement a potentially catastrophic mass mustang roundup proposal promoted by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the so-called “American Mustang Foundation”and other agribusiness lobbying groups and, shockingly, … Read more
This week, the U.S. House passed a multi-agency spending bill, including the Agriculture, Interior, Justice, and Veterans Affairs departments. At Animal Wellness Action, we worked on a wide range of issues across the agencies that affect animals. We had some great outcomes, but now it’s time to pivot to the U.S. Senate where we need … Read more
Rifts in the animal protection movement are unpleasant but inevitable, given that ours is a movement grounded on ideas and populated by millions of people and thousands of organizations. Like any major social cause or political party, there are factions, sects, personality clashes, strategic differences, and other aspects of human nature that hinder perfect harmony. … Read more
Measure does not strip federal protections for wolves and bars the opening of any new horse slaughter plants in the U.S.The House gave approval to the Fiscal Year 2019 spending bill last night by a vote of 300–128, on the heels of an 83-16 vote in the Senate. It goes to President Trump posthaste, and … Read more