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Welcome to the American Wild Horse Conservation Press center

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

July 9, 2026

Congress and a Coalition of Conservation Leaders Condemn Largest Planned Wild Horse Roundup in Nevada History

Coalition demands federal officials halt fiscally irresponsible removals and pursue cost-effective, humane, science-based alternatives

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July 9, 2026

American Wild Horse Conservation Condemns Inyo Wild Horse Roundup in Mono Basin

American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC), the nation’s leading nonprofit dedicated to protecting America’s wild horses and burros, today strongly condemned the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to proceed with the Inyo helicopter roundup in the Mono Basin wild horse territory, which began on July 8.

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July 7, 2026

AWHC and Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates Applaud Senate Passage of Theodore Roosevelt National Park Wild Horses Protection Act

Legislation marks a major step toward securing a permanent future for the iconic wild horses of Theodore Roosevelt National Park

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June 19, 2026

Statement from American Wild Horse Conservation Regarding New World Screwworm

The recent closure of portions of the U.S.-Mexico border due to the threat of New World screwworm has had an unintended but welcome consequence: it has temporarily disrupted the flow of American horses destined for slaughter in Mexico.

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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