There’s a lot at stake. As we look ahead at a new fiscal year with a new administration and Congress directing federal agencies, our efforts are more important than ever. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wild horse and burro roundup and stockpile system is near its breaking point with over 66,000 animals currently languishing in federal holding facilities.
In fact, as we write this, two devastating federal helicopter roundups are underway in Nevada and California targeting nearly 3,000 wild horses. Chased by helicopters over rugged terrain, these horses will endure high-stress conditions, risking injury, exhaustion, and separation from their families. Ten horses have already died.
Yet these disturbing realities do not change the BLM’s plans to round up thousands more horses and burros in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.
Can you believe we’re only one month away from Giving Tuesday?
In case you didn’t know, Giving Tuesday is our most important fundraising day of the year. It’s a day where people across the world come together and give back to their communities and to the causes they care most about.
Our Giving Tuesday fundraising lays the foundation for our continued wild horse and burro advocacy next year. That’s why we’re counting on our incredible herd of advocates to rally together in support of our work to advance the cause of wild horse and burro conservation.
There’s so much at stake. The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) wild horse and burro roundup and stockpile system is near its breaking point with over 66,000 animals currently held in federal corrals. Despite this, the agency is planning on rounding up thousands more horses and burros in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.
AWHC is leading the charge for wild horse and burro conservation. This year, we’ve made great strides for our wild herds and, with your support, we know we can do the same next year. In 2023, we documented nearly all Bureau of Land Management (BLM) roundups, exposed the reality of overburdened federal holding facilities, and investigated the Adoption Incentive Program (AIP). Public awareness about the plight of these animals has never been higher, thanks to our national advertising campaigns, translating into growing support in Congress for reform. And so much more…
As Giving Tuesday — our most critical fundraising day of the year — comes to a close, we’re asking for your help to power our 2024 agenda.
I am profoundly grateful to everyone who has contributed to our cause. Your dedication is the driving force behind AWHC’s work, and we simply can’t do it without you. Thank you for making a difference for these animals we cherish, and who are so important to our nation and western public lands.
Gratefully,
Suzanne Roy
Executive Director
American Wild Horse Campaign
For nearly 15 years, we have worked together to transform the lives of hundreds of horses. Today, we can continue to give more horses a second chance at a healthy, happy, and love-filled life, and you can make it happen!
Horses like Sierra.
Sierra was one of AAE’s first horses. In 2009 she was rescued from a feedlot with two foals. One was her own, and the other was an orphaned foal whom she had taken as her own while at the feedlot. Thankfully, we were able to provide the soft landing they needed.
Sierra was emaciated and weak. Despite being little more than skin and bones, and though she was tired and depleted, Sierra never gave up on her boys. She allowed both to nurse enough to keep them alive. She had likely been a broodmare, and she had little, if any, handling. Sierra was full of parasites, and her feet were tender because of huge abscesses in her neglected hooves. Even more sadly, shortly after her arrival, she delivered a stillborn foal.
Despite her rough beginning, Sierra made progress, albeit slowly. She gained weight, her steps improved, and she eventually learned to trust more. Our volunteers loved her and wanted to keep this brave, stoic, and loving mom safe forever, so she became a sanctuary resident.
Her boys were adopted to their adoring humans, and over the years, Sierra has continued to share her maternal side with younger horses who come to AAE. She shows them proper horse behavior and loves them as her own. Now she spends her days in pasture with Barney by her side.
Sierra is here today because people cared enough to give her a second chance at a good life
On average, it costs about $8 each day for feed and health care for horses at AAE. Expenses add up quickly when caring for 50+/- horses and other animals, and even more so when diagnostics, treatments, medications, surgery, and emergency care are needed.
Our goal is to raise $10,000 today and we need your help to get there!
Any amount makes a HUGE difference for the horses! No donation is too small. In fact, if every one of our followers made a $1 donation, we could surpass our GivingTuesday goal by thousands.
Your unwavering support for the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) is the powerhouse behind our work and will help set the stage for our ambitious 2024 agenda. We are committed to upholding America’s promise of freedom for wild horses and burros. And we’re doing just that through our work in the field, in the courts, and on Capitol Hill.
Meredith, every dollar you donate to the American Wild Horse Campaign is a catalyst for change in our work:
In-the-Wild Conservation:Not only does AWHC operate the world’s largest humane fertility control vaccine program for wild horses on Nevada’s Virginia Range, but this year we’ve taken steps to expand fertility control programs to other herds throughout the West. We’ve also recently acquired 3,300+ acres of prime habitat in Nevada’s beautiful Carson Valley to serve as a pilot program for our new Land Conservancy Project – an innovative program that aims to preserve and enhance habitat for America’s wild herds.
2. Government Relations: Your contributions drive our advocacy for wild-horse-friendly legislation, such as the Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act of 2023, which would end cruel helicopter roundups, the Save America’s Forgotten Equines Act, which would finally ban the slaughter and export of equines for human consumption, and the Ejiao Act, which would help protect the global donkey population from slaughter.
3. Investigations: With your help, we bring to light the reality of wild horse and burro roundups, expose holding facility conditions, and unveil the truth behind the Adoption Incentive Program, which is funneling hundreds, if not thousands, of mustangs and burros into the slaughter pipeline.
4. Rescue: Your generosity enables us to support the direct rescue of wild horses and burros at risk of slaughter. We grant funds to our partner organizations, including for veterinary care and transport for horses and burros after they are rescued.
5. Advocacy: We are bringing the issue of wild horse and burro protection into the mainstream by launching national awareness campaigns through the placement of billboards – including one in New York City’s Times Square through the holiday season – and through television and digital media ads, our celebrity ambassador program, and traditional media.
6. And so much more.
It’s GIVING TUESDAY, and I’m asking folks for help today, and for donations made to Honor our beautiful Warrior.
He is running free in heaven, and my heart is in a billion teeny, tiny pieces.
I love this photo of Warrior and Misty, as their time together was so very precious for both of them.
Sadly, there is never enough time to grieve, and I still need to raise funds to pay for the hay deliveries in NV and WA. The total will be approximately $2500, although it could be as high as $3000. The WA number is $1500.
Our vet bill is still in the thousands, and we have 5 more kittens to get altered.
3 of the older kittens went to an amazing new home, and Mama Donk and baby were adopted. The 2 mustang mares and the baby have also been adopted.
So things are going well, (not including the loss of Warrior.) But he is pain free and flying high.
I so thank God for the time I spent with him. What a gift he was.
THANK YOU, for helping our beautiful baby boy.
THANK YOU for your love and support for these precious souls, and for continuing to support this much needed work. I can’t do it without you!!!
WIN (WILD HORSES IN NEED) is a 501c3 IRS EIN 55-0882407_
If there are ever funds left over from the cost of the rescue itself, the monies are used to feed, vet, care for and provide shelter and proper fencing for the animals once they are saved.
Right now, we have a chance to double the impact of your donation, with a 2X match for ALL Giving Tuesday gifts! This means every donation will be matched dollar-for-dollar, doubling the impact of your support!
Your support is critical to sustaining our year-round efforts to preserve the untamed spirit of America’s wild horses and burros. By generously contributing today, your donation will be matched 2X, DOUBLING your impact.
Your donations don’t just help set the stage for attaining our 2024 goals. Wild horses and burros are being rounded up right now in Nevada, and we have launched a nationwide awareness campaign to ensure that every American knows what’s happening to the West’s wild horses and burros.
Join us tomorrow for GivingTuesday, and help raise $10,000 for horses like Cody.
Cody came to AAE after his owner passed away. He was emaciated and his basic care had been neglected. Thanks to supporters like you, with dental care and a proper diet, Cody regained weight, rediscovered his youthful spirit, and found his forever home!
Tomorrow, let’s rally together to provide a better future for more horses-in-need.
Can’t wait to give horses a second chance? Give early now!
Your donations, volunteering, adopting, and social media shares & likes really do make a difference and make all of this work possible!
Thank YOU!
Volunteers are needed at the store, please help if you can. We have a lot of tack to clean and display, and we need your support, even if it’s a single day. If you’re interested, please send an email to volunteer@allaboutequine.org.
This is it. Our absolute last chance to unlock the incredible $100,000 Giving Tuesday match. We urgently need your support.
A generous donor has pledged to match Giving Tuesday contributions to help us double our impact for wild horses and burros. However, there’s a catch – we must raise $35,000 before midnight tonight to unlock this generous match.
Despite the incredible support we’ve received from wild horse advocates like you, we’re still falling short of our $35,000 goal. Time is running out and we can’t afford to miss this opportunity.
At the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC), our dedicated team is tirelessly working in the courts, in Congress, and in the field to ensure that wild horses and burros are protected in the wild where they belong. Just this month, we shared the impactful story of our work during the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) roundup in the Roberts Mountain Complex in Nevada, where we took decisive action to document and report what would otherwise go unseen.
During the Roberts Mountain roundup, our humane observers were on the ground every single day, documenting this heartbreaking operation. When the roundup was over, 858 wild horses had been captured, and 10 horses were killed.
AWHC was determined to ensure that this loss of freedom and life would not occur out of public view. We shared photos and footage online, reaching over 400,000 people. We also worked with the Las Vegas Sun on a story about the consequences of our government’s inhumane management practices. Our goal: amplify growing public opposition and generate critical public support for reform.
But our work doesn’t stop there. Our advocacy team mobilized thousands of people, generating over 24,000 messages to the BLM and to Congress, demanding transparency and accountability to effect real change.
Every step of the way, AWHC is committed to documenting, sharing, and mobilizing people to protect wild horses and burros. But we can’t do it without your help.
From all of us here at the American Wild Horse Campaign, I want to thank you for making this Giving Tuesday one of our most successful ever!
When we asked you to step up for wild horses and burros on our biggest fundraising day of the year, you responded with the generosity and passion that defines this incredible community.
Thanks to you, not only did we hit yesterday’s $100,000 goal — we exceeded it!
Your generosity helped us to raise a record-breaking amount to continue fighting to keep America’s horses and burros wild and free on the public lands they call home.
Meredith: I want you to know how deeply grateful we are for your support. I hope you will celebrate this amazing success with us and know just how important you are to our growing herd.
The hard work is unfortunately never over, but together we are a force to be reckoned with, and more powerful every day because of your commitment to our cause.
Your generosity this Giving Tuesday will go far in 2023 as we:
Rescue more victims of the Adoption Incentive Program (AIP);
Expand our public awareness campaign;
Battle the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in court over the AIP and prepare for other legal challenges;
Expand our precedent-setting humane fertility control program to other key herds across the West;
Lobby and secure legislative victories like the $11 million in BLM funding towards reversible fertility control;
Push for the passage of important wild horse protection legislation, like the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Protection Act of 2022;
And so much more!
There will be more battles ahead in 2023, but for now, Meredith — THANK YOU again for your incredible generosity and support this Giving Tuesday.
Suzanne Roy
Executive Director
American Wild Horse Campaign
Many of you have asked about the progress on regaining our non profit status. We’ve been working diligently to get it back. It’s been quite an uphill battle and is proving much more difficult than we anticipated. Here’s where we are; written by our secretary and new treasurer, Jean Cross.
This summer SYALER received a notice no nonprofit wants to hear. Our nonprofit status had been revoked due to the required 990s not being filed for three consecutive years. This came as a surprise to all of us. Our bookkeeper was sure she had filed at least the 2019 one, and we had copies of that file, which seemed to prove that. However, the IRS did not have any record of it and did not have any way of accepting it on its own at this late date. So, we were left to do the work and reconstruct the books for years. Our bookkeeper had gone silent. It may have just been too much for her to handle, we may never know. Our board being as small and tight as it is, jumped in to fill the gap. Bank accounts got new signers, QuickBooks got reconciled, and cash flow reports were run. This took a lot of time, as we had to recreate back to the beginning of 2019. The 990s were finished and mailed as of 11/21/2022. The required 1023 was filed on 11/20/2022. Now we wait. It could take as long as 18 months. Hopefully it won’t, but we have asked what do we do in the meantime?
This is what we do. We rally around the long ears. That is what we are all about. We have done what we can to make the IRS happy. When they reinstate our account, it will be reinstated back to the date they revoked it. All donations will still be tax deductible. This means, all of us will continue to work at what we do best. Hannah, Lauren and Laura will be seeing to the care of the farm and animals. Ann being our grounding support, Jean will be seeing to the books and reports, Elise will be supporting us by being our voice of reason.
We have taken in some animals this fall that have needed a lot of medical care, we are getting calls from people who need to surrender their animals to us before the worst of winter gets here. All that cost’s money. That is where you can help them, and us. Don’t be afraid of the punch to gut we received; we are more than that. You all have supported us through so much over the years. We are asking for that support again. The organizations that have graciously supported us in the past may not be able to until our paperwork comes back which means we will need the support of all you a little more this year then we have in the past. Please consider us when you plan your giving Tuesday/ year-end gift giving. The long ears thank you, and we as the board thank you.
Sincerely,
Ann Firestone
Hannah Allen
Elise Paffrath
Jean Cross
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Photos of animals currently in our care
Gandalf takes a drink of warm water dressed in his giant purple winter coat.
“Comfort in numbers.” From left to right, Athena, Apollo and Stephen all take an after breakfast nap together in the field.
Newest addition, Benjamin checks out his surroundings after coming off of the trailer and is welcomed to the rescue.
Athena walks up from the field for her breakfast mash.
Left to right, Betsy and Gandalf become friends though the fence before Betsy was let into the main herd.
Fern watching me throw hay in the field for her and her friends to eat.
Thank you all from the bottoms of our hearts, it’s for the equines that we keep on keeping on.
Thank you for supporting AAE on Giving Tuesday this year!
Because of you, we were able to raise over $13,000 for the horses and exceed our goal! We are humbled by the love you’ve shown for our horses.
The AAE community is always so supportive and wonderful, but we were blown away by everyone’s generosity yesterday. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you! We are grateful to be part of a community who is committed to helping horses-in-need.
We’ve set a goal to raise $100,000 before midnight tonight to fuel our fight for wild horses and burros as we head into 2023.
This might seem like a lofty goal, but Giving Tuesday is our MOST critical fundraising day of the entire year, and with the enormous challenges facing these cherished animals, we will need to come out of the gates in 2023 ready to fight.
Over the last two years, our Investigations Team has uncovered that the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) failed Adoption Incentive Program (AIP) has become a mechanism for nefarious people to launder wild horses and burros into the slaughter pipeline. Since we launched our investigation, our team has documented over 1,100 once-wild mustangs and burros in kill pens and slaughter auctions across the country.
That’s why we’re dedicating a portion of all the funds raised today to the countless innocent victims of the AIP.
Despite this evidence, top BLM officials went on record at the most recent Advisory Board meeting claiming that: “There is no credible information” showing horses or burros are being sent to slaughter as a result of the AIP.
This denial of truth is made all the more outrageous because our irrefutableevidence resulted in an explosive front-page New York Times exposé, ignited public outrage, and prompted Congress to take action calling for an investigation into the AIP.
In fact, our Congressional champions were so outraged that they made sure the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Protection Act of 2022 would ban the use of cash incentives for wild horse and burro adoptions! It’s time for the BLM to listen to reason and put an end to the AIP cash incentives that are sending these animals into the slaughter pipeline — and we’re not giving up until they do.
#GivingTuesday is just about halfway over and we are halfway to our $7500 goal!
Finn wants to thank everyone who has helped make this day a success so far! Thanks for your donations, social media shares & likes, and overall support!
From the bottom of our hearts, we are grateful for you!
The horses are counting on you today!
If you choose to donate to AAE for #GivingTuesday, you’ll give more horses a second chance for the life they deserve.
Ways to Give
(1) Donate by clicking here or any of the red buttons below.
(2) Text GT4AAE to 53-555.
(3) Venmo your donation to @allaboutequine
(4) Mail a check to:
All About Equine Animal Rescue
2201 Francisco Drive #140-174
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
(5) Drop off your donation at:
AAE Used Tack Store
4261 Sunset Lane, Suite B
Shingle Springs, CA 95682
(6) Give your time and become an AAE volunteer. We are always in need of volunteers and have opportunities at the barn, the AAE Used Tack Store, remote roles (such as our grants or events teams), and more!
(7) Shop at the AAE Used Tack Store in Shingle Springs where you can purchase tack, clothing, boots, and other items to benefit AAE’s rescue operations. The store also accepts donations of gently used or new tack.
Whether you give $1000, $100, or $5, any amount makes a HUGE difference for the horses! No donation is too small. In fact, if every one of our followers made a $1 donation, we could surpass our GivingTuesday goal by thousands.
Donate now or anytime through tonight at 11:59pm PT.
Granger came to AAE in July 2022 after an animal control intervention to a neglect situation. He was malnourished, having to fight for food in a herd of eight other much younger horses.
Once at AAE, he was started on a refeeding program with soaked alfalfa pellets, and he received long overdue dental and vet care, including vaccines and a microchip. He also saw the farrier for a much needed hoof trim. Over the past several months, Granger’s weight and overall health has improved.
Granger is looking for his forever home. This 30 year old sweetheart was used on a ranch for trail rides in his previous life, but is now best suited as non-riding companion horse.
He is easy going, and well mannered (as long as food isn’t involved). He does well in a herd environment (as long as he is fed separately to assure he gets what he needs). His ground manners are generally good, he’s good with the farrier, and he loads and trailers well.
If you are interested in learning more about Granger to see if he’s a good fit, please visit our website.
We are incredibly grateful to have supporters like you so we can continue improving the lives of horses like Granger, one life at a time.
Our goal is to raise $7,500 today and at least $25,000 this holiday season. We need your help to reach that goal. Any gifts would be greatly appreciated as we move into and through 2023 to assure that together we can continue to do what we do.
Ways to Give
Here are a few ways you can support AAE for #GivingTuesday and all year long.
(1) Donate by clicking here or any of the red buttons below.
(2) Text GT4AAE to 53-555.
(3) Venmo your donation to @allaboutequine
(4) Mail a check to:
All About Equine Animal Rescue
2201 Francisco Drive #140-174
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
(5) Drop off your donation at:
AAE Used Tack Store
4261 Sunset Lane, Suite B
Shingle Springs, CA 95682
(6) Give your time and become an AAE volunteer. We are always in need of volunteers and have opportunities at the barn, the AAE Used Tack Store, remote roles (such as our grants or events teams), and more!
(7) Shop at the AAE Used Tack Store in Shingle Springs where you can purchase tack, clothing, boots, and other items to benefit AAE’s rescue operations. The store also accepts donations of gently used or new tack.
Whether you give $1000, $100, or $5, any amount makes a HUGE difference for the horses! No donation is too small. In fact, if every one of our followers made a $1 donation, we could surpass our GivingTuesday goal by thousands.
Donate now or anytime through tonight at 11:59pm PT.
First, we would like to apologize. It’s been so busy that we’re behind with our news! We welcomed two donkeys to AAE last month. These ladies came from a family who offered to care for them temporarily to help a friend who was going through a divorce. The friend got the donks for free on Craigslist. The friend moved out of state, and the donks were left behind. The family didn’t have any equine experience and could not afford to provide for them. Their owner said to find them a new home.
Sadly, Loretta, the beautiful brown gal with the long amber mane, is aged, malnourished, and her hooves are in very bad shape. Needless to say, she’s quite arthritic, too. The gray donk, Lainey, is obese, and she has two large hernias from a spay-job gone bad. They are both ever so sweet, and they hold no grudges to humans.
It sounds like they’d never had any veterinary care or hoof care, either. More to come soon. Prayers for Loretta that we can improve her comfort level.
Gabby Update!
Hurdles continue for our sweet Gabby! Her hoof abscesses have been relentless. Just when we thought we were over the hump, imagine three hoof abscesses at once. She’s a fighter, and we know she’s a winner!
When we picked up Gabby earlier this year, her hooves had been trimmed the day before. They looked like pancakes. She was very flat footed, and her heels were very far forward. Lest forget starvation, chronic sinus infection, painful eye infections, bloodwork, radiographs, dental, surgery, drain tube, Cushing’s disease, medications. She’s ready for a break, and it looks like we’re slowly getting to a good place, again. Send this girl some love.
Elliott Update!
This lil’ character had to go in for urgent surgery a few weeks ago, as his sheath reconfiguration was healing so well, it wanted to close again. Fortunately, this time the surgeon was able to modify the sheath again and go on a treasure hunt. Good news, he found two healthy jewels, and they were not hidden too deep so he got ’em! Now we definitively have a young gelding. Better news, Elliott is healing well, he’s urinating well, and soon he’ll soon be leading a nearly normal life thanks to all of your support. He sends an enormous thank you to all of you!
Thanks to the support and generosity of our AAE family, you’ve helped turn a challenging year into one filled with hope.
AAE moved to our new home in Pilot Hill. It has been a difficult transition at times and it is still a work in progress. In the coming year, we need to set up more equipment, including a new barn, and cross off a few other to-dos on our list. Nevertheless, we are beyond grateful to be here and are thankful to everyone who helped us make the move. We are excited for what the future holds and all that will be able to accomplish with this larger property.
This year we received an increased number of requests from families who needed to surrender their horses. We always strive to rescue as many as equine as we can, but with the increased requests along with the soaring hay costs and California fuel prices, we unfortunately weren’t able to help everyone who needed it. Thanks to you, we did rescue some equine who had special needs and gave them a second chance for a better life. Horses like Gabby, a retired racehorse who was emaciated and battling chronic issues; Elliott who struggled with urinating freely, and instead, had urine dribbling almost continuously, scalding his skin; old Granger who arrived undernourished, having to fight for food in a herd of eight other much younger horses; and most recently, a pair of donkeys (one in dire need of care) who were abandoned by their person.
Our goal is to raise $7500 for GivingTuesday, beginning now until next week on November 29, and at least $25,000 this holiday season. We need your help to reach our goal. Tis the season for giving, and any gifts would be greatly appreciated as we move into and through 2023.
Together we can give more horses a second chance for a healthy, happy future and a life of love!
Kick off your Thanksgiving by giving to your favorite horses!
GivingTuesday might be a week away, but you don’t have to wait. You can donate now and help us reach our goal of $7500!
Whether you give $1000, $100, or $5, any amount makes a HUGE difference for the horses! No donation is too small. In fact, if every one of our followers made a $1 donation, we could surpass our GivingTuesday goal by thousands.
Ways To Give
Whether you donate now, on GivingTuesday, or any day in between, there are several ways you can give.
(1) Donate by clicking here or using a red donate button below.
We know there are many non-profits that are deserving of donations, especially at this time of year. We appreciate your support of AAE today and always.
I’m reaching out today because we have a chance to double our impact for wild horses and burros next year — but to do it, we need your help.
We set our biggest Giving Tuesday fundraising goal ever this year — and while it might seem high, our $100,000 goal will ensure we have the resources necessary to fuel our lifesaving programs in 2023.
Our Giving Tuesday fundraising is critical to our 2023 efforts, and this 2X Match will do SO much to power our fight next year — like fueling our Legal Fund as we continue to build a firewall of legal protections around wild horses and burros.
A Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decision to round up thousands of wild horses from across the Wyoming Checkerboard is imminent. The plan will likely include the total eradication of two herds and the elimination of 50% of the state’s wild horse habitat. Our legal team is anticipating an upcoming court battle over the future of Wyoming’s iconic wild horses.
Giving Tuesday is just around the corner — and I’m excited to announce that this year, we’ve set our biggest fundraising goal ever. This Giving Tuesday, we’re aiming to raise $100,000 to have the necessary resources to fuel our work in the field, in courts, and in Congress in 2023.
As one of our most loyal supporters, you know that Giving Tuesday is our most critical fundraising day of the entire year. And, this year is even more significant because a generous donor has offered to matchevery single donation that comes in towards our $100,000 Giving Tuesday goal bringing our total possible Giving Tuesday impact to $200,000!!
So much is at stake in 2023. As I write this, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) holding facilities are reaching their breaking point. More wild horses and burros are confined in these facilities than ever before. Worse, the BLM’s own reports show widespread animal welfare violations at even the newest holding corrals, leading to disease outbreaks, overcrowding, and worse. Meanwhile, the cost to taxpayers for this program continues to skyrocket as the threat of slaughter for these innocent animals increases.
While these circumstances are dire, the backlash against the BLM’s cruel and costly practices is growing. Mounting public and Congressional opposition is creating a mandate for change and the opportunity to make it happen. We know there is a better way to protect wild horses and burros and keep them in the wild where they belong. We’re proving it with our highly successful fertility control program in Nevada and by building key stakeholder partnerships for humane management of other western herds.
From each and every one of us at the American Wild Horse Campaign, I want to thank you for your dedication and support this Giving Tuesday.
When we asked if you would step up for wild horses and burros on our biggest fundraising day of the year, you responded with the generosity and passion that defines this incredible community.
Thanks to you, not only did we hit yesterday’s $75,000 goal — we far surpassed it! Your generosity helped us to exceed our highest Giving Tuesday goal ever and raise a record-breaking sum towards our fight to keep America’s horses and burros wild and free on the public lands they call home.
Photo by: Kimerlee Curyl
We know that this was no easy feat, and we are unbelievably grateful for your support. We hope you celebrate this amazing success with us and know just how important you are to our growing herd.
The hard work is unfortunately never done, but it’s made more powerful, heartfelt, and hopeful because of you and your commitment to our cause. Your generosity this Giving Tuesday will go far in 2022 as we:
Rescue more victims of the Adoption Incentive Program (AIP) like the Elkhart 8;
Fight in our ongoing lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the termination of the AIP;
Continue to lobby and secure victories like the $11 million in BLM funding towards reversible immunocontraceptive fertility control;
And so much more in our fight to preserve the freedom of America’s wild horses and burros and make roundups a thing of the past.
There will be more battles ahead in 2022, but in the meantime, from all of us here at the American Wild Horse Campaign: Thank you again for your generosity and support this Giving Tuesday.
Suzanne Roy Executive Director
American Wild Horse Campaign
