The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a funding package that includes wild horse and burro protections and rejects proposed cuts to the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Program.
The Senate voted 82-15 to pass the appropriations package, which will fund through September the Interior, Energy, Commerce and Justice ... Read More
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Wild horses update: The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted 397-28 to approve an Interior Department appropriations package including key protections for wild horses and burros.
The funding package is expected to pass the U.S. Senate and be signed into law next week.
The bill includes $144 million for the Bureau ... Read More
House and Senate appropriators today released a final Fiscal Year 2026 funding language that includes key protections for wild horses and burros and rejects proposed cuts to the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Program.
We’re grateful for those decisions. We’re also thankful for appropriators’ continued support of proven, ... Read More
Today marks the 54th anniversary of the enactment of the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act — a reminder of the need to protect wild herds and the fragile rangelands upon which they depend.
Congress passed the Act unanimously, declaring that:
“Wild horses and burros are living symbols of the ... Read More
Tragically, the number of American horses exported for slaughter is on pace to reach the highest total in at least four years.
The export total is up more than 8% despite not including the month of December or trade figures for Canada for September-November, ... Read More
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The Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and ... Read More