Dina Titus Urges BLM to Rethink Wild Horse Roundups

In a significant move, U.S. Representative Dina Titus has urged the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to reconsider its 2024 strategy for wild horseroundups. The proposed large-scale helicopterroundupshave raised concerns about the future of wild horses in the West, particularly in Nevada. The American Wild Horse Conservation (formerly American Wild Horse Campaign) supports this call for change, emphasizing the need for humane management practices.

Last month, U.S. Rep. Dina Tituspenned a letter to the director of the Bureau of Land Managementurging the agency to reconsider the scale of itsroundupsthis year. Below is a quote from our Executive Director Suzanne Roy in response to Titus’ letter.

“We applaud Nevada’s U.S. Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) for challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s 2024 large-scale, helicopter roundup strategy for the West, including in Nevada. As Rep. Titus accurately states, this plan will bring us to a somber chapter in U.S. history as the wild horse population in government confinement could equal the number remaining in the wild.

AWHC has demonstrated that fertility control can be administered across large land areas in wild horse herds. We commend Reps. Titus and Steve Cohen (D-TN) for calling on theBLMto revert its strategy, change course on harmful and often deadly helicopterroundups, and recognize the challenges with wild horse adoptions and short-term holding that lead to poor outcomes for the horses. We can better and more humanely manage the West’s wild horse herds with fertility control. It’s time.”

– Suzanne Roy, AWHC Executive Director