Why this is so important.

The following is from the American Wild Horse Campaign:

it’s Suzanne Roy, Executive Director of the American Wild Horse Campaign. 

I wanted to connect with you about our $200,000 end-of-year fundraising goal and tell you a little bit more about why reaching this goal is so important. Before I do, I have to ask: As you’re thinking about your end-of-year giving, can you consider the American Wild Horse Campaign? You can click here to have your donation DOUBLED.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) just announced it has nearly tripled the number of horses and burros that it plans to round up and remove from their homes on the range. The agency added 22 additional roundups and increased the number targeted for removal from 8,000 to over 20,000.

Over the last several years, we’ve made huge strides in the effort to reform the BLM’s cruel and costly Wild Horse and Burro Program. Public awareness about the cruelty of BLM helicopter roundups has never been higher. We’ve demonstrated the feasibility of fertility control as a humane alternative. We’ve built the largest grassroots advocacy base ever for this cause. We’ve secured the support of a record numbers of Congressmembers who are speaking up to demand change.

But we’re not done yet. So here’s what we’re going to do in 2024:

• Refuse to allow this inhumane treatment of wild horses and burros to take place behind closed doors. We’ll continue to document roundups, raising public awareness to even greater levels.
  • Drive policy reform on Capitol Hill through our lobbying work.
  • Prove that there is a better way to protect wild horses and burros by continuing our humane fertility control and habitat conservation programs in the West.
  • Hold the BLM accountable through litigation and investigations programs.
  • Save wild horses from slaughter through our Rescue Fund with direct and capacity-building grants to rescue organizations.

Two things are for certain: this work MUST continue, and we cannot do it without your help. 

Generous donors have stepped up to match every donation up to $125,000 and we can’t let this opportunity go to waste. With so much on the horizon for 2024, you have an opportunity to DOUBLE your impact to protect America’s wild horses and burros. If you are able, please make a contribution to help us continue protecting these animals in 2024.

Your support is so important to our shared mission, and I am grateful that you are part of our herd. Thank you.