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This section is intended for journalists and media professionals. Here you will find our latest Press Releases which we distribute to the media.

Press Releases

January 27, 2026

AWHC Documents Kicking Injury, Panic Behavior as BLM Denies Access to Holding Facilities During First Roundup of 2026

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January 16, 2026

Congress Invests Up To $11 Million in Fertility Control, Expects BLM to Scale Humane Management

Appropriations Bill Preserves Ban on Slaughter, Backs Shift Toward On-Range Management

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Press Releases

January 9, 2026

House Passes FY26 Appropriations with Wild Horse Funding and Protections

AWHC welcomes the passage of the U.S. House of Representatives FY26 Interior Appropriations bill, which includes funding for humane management and protections for America's wild horses and burros following months of advocacy by conservation organizations and the public.

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In the news

Wyoming Public Radio: BLM seeks to remove all wild horses from Rock Springs area

Wyoming Public Radio covers the Bureau of Land Management's wild horse removal plan for Wyoming's Checkerboard wild horses.

KDNK Radio: Investigation shuts down Bureau of Land Management’s Adoption Incentive Program

AWHC's Amelia Perrin Spoke with Aspen Public Radio about the investigation into the Adoption Incentive Program

KDNK Radio: Investigation shuts down Bureau of Land Management’s Adoption Incentive Program

AWHC's Amelia Perrin Spoke with Aspen Public Radio about the investigation into the Adoption Incentive Program

Lander Journal: Wild horse program: A ‘pipeline to slaughter’?

The Lander Journal via Wyoming News Exchange covers claims that the BLM’s Adoption Incentive Program funnels wild horses to slaughter and the SAFE Act’s reintroduction to ban horse slaughter.

Colorado court ends wild horse adoption incentives that conservationists criticized as ‘pipeline to slaughter’

Colorado Public Radio covered the recent federal court decision vacating the Adoption Incentive Program..

GJS: Judge sets aside BLM horse adoption incentive program

Grand Junction Sentinel covers the federal court decision vacating the Adoption Incentive Program