Wild Horses

Horses evolved in North America, crossed into Asia, and then vanished from the continent that made them for about ten thousand years, until Spanish ships brought them back. Everywhere they got loose they became something nobody had a word for: not wildlife, not livestock, not quite wild. Twelve countries have since answered that question twelve different ways. Australia calls them an invasive pest and shoots them from helicopters. Japan protects one herd as a Natural Monument. Canada invented the word "naturalized" and lets a North Atlantic sandbar population live and die untouched. Britain calls them private property with owners and ancient commons rights. The United States protected them in 1971 as "living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit", a statute that answers a cultural question and carefully avoids the biological one, and now keeps 58,000 of them in corrals and leased pastures at two thirds of the programme budget. The classification was never settled by science. It was chosen, and then the science was recruited. This archive follows the horses and the argument: the Pleistocene bones, the Plains nations who built a civilisation on them in a century, the mustangers and the pet-food trade, Wild Horse Annie and the schoolchildren, the helicopters over Kosciuszko and Nevada, and the people on every side who think they are the ones protecting them.

A chronological documentary of 1,458 moments spanning 1540–2026 on Loreline.

Curated by Olivier · last updated 2026-09-02

Eras

  1. - Social & Financial Impacts Of Brumby Culls with The Panel on The Country Telegraph.. News reporting from Australia dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the Australian brumby and the Kosciuszko cull.
  2. - The US Government Is Spending $101 Million a Year to Destroy America's Wild Horses. Nobody Knew.. Interim placeholder pending curation.
  3. - An Aussie in Cambridge: Views of the cull with Maira Kay on The Country Telegraph.. An Australian living in Britain reflects on the cull and on childhood memories of Snowy Mountains horsemen. Illustrates the cultural-landscape dimension of the dispute.
  4. - The Lahontan roundup is over, but the story isn't.. 🐴 These healthy, iconic horses were chased by helicopters, separated from their families, and taken from the landscapes they had roamed for generations. Now, many wil
  5. - Gone with the wind | Transparency in Politics | Wild Horse Protection Australia | Smart Soil.. Programme covering Wild Horse Protection Australia and transparency in the cull decision.
  6. - 101st Chincoteague pony swim a treat for viewers. News reporting from the United States dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the free-roaming herds of the world.
  7. - Over 1,000 Colorado wild horses are about to lose their freedom.. 313,000 acres of public land in northwestern Colorado. The Bureau of Land Management plans to gather approximately 1,025 wild horses. Only 10 are expected to receive fertility control and return home. More than 1,000 will be removed from the very landscapes they were born to roam. For these families, it means panic. Foals struggling to keep up with exhau
  8. - Over 1,000 Colorado wild horses are about to lose their freedom.. 313,000 acres of public land in northwestern Colorado. The Bureau of Land Management plans to gather approximately 1,025 wild horses. Only 10 are expected to receive fertility control and return home. More than 1,000 will be removed from the very landscapes they were born to roam. For these families, it means panic. Foals struggling to keep up with exhau
  9. - BLM Adoption Event!. Horse Plus Humane Society attends a BLM adoption event in Lebanon, Tennessee and takes home 14 mustangs. Shows rescues buying at agency events.
  10. - The future of Utah’s Muddy Creek wild horses is at a crossroads.. ***Public comments close August 5, 2026. Under the proposal: - Helicopter gathers could begin as early as 2027 - Horses would be removed down to the lowest population level allowed - Some returned horses would receive fertility control But the concern remains: this plan continues a
  11. - The Dartmoor Hill Ponies are safe!. Advocacy material from Britain dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the free-roaming herds of the world.
  12. - ⏳ July is ending. Roundup season is not.. 't end with one roundup, one herd, or one month. AWHC's teams continue working in the field, in courtrooms, in communities, and in Washington to advance humane, science-based conservation and defend the future of America's wild horses and burros. 🤎🐴🌾 Your support helps power field observation, advocacy, sc
  13. - Last day of July. Another month of wild horses and burros losing the freedom they were born to know.. “gather” and “removal.” These are not just numbers on a governmen
  14. - Jindabyne Brumby Rally | Interview with Sam & Madison #243. Advocacy material from Australia dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the Australian brumby and the Kosciuszko cull.
  15. - The BLM says wild horses are responsible for rangeland damage. But the agency's own records tell a different s
  16. - Save the Brumbies Protest. Circular Quay. 1 August 2026.. Footage of the Save the Brumbies protest at Circular Quay, Sydney, on 1 August 2026, part of a coordinated national day of action. The uploader notes attendance in Sydney was several dozen.
  17. - Lohatan HMA -PRE ROUNDUP. Footage of the Lahontan herd in Nevada filmed before a gather. A record of the animals before removal.
  18. - Some stories don't end the way we fear they will.
  19. - SMRC Rejected This Brumby Motion #246 Letter To Penny Sharpe Denied. Documents an Extraordinary Meeting of Snowy Monaro Regional Council on 26 June 2026 at which independent councillors' brumby motion was rejected. Local-government record.
  20. - They need you RIGHT NOW. Before the auction begins, before these babies are orphaned, before they lose their f. ’re America’s Wild Horses, stripped from their home, and the kill buyers love wild horses for one reason- people horse shopping, don’t want wild horses. But WE do. Here’s how you can help give them a future in sanctuary instead: ❤️this post. ✈️ share. 💬 leave a note. 🙏🏻
  21. - He’s the older son from the group of mares with young babies that were working on…. … Rounded up, dumped here, to end up the kill buyers. We want to keep him with his family, in sanctuary. Will you help Flynn get home?! ❤️this post. ✈️ share. 💬 leave a note. 🙏🏻say a prayer- God hears his children and powerful things happen when we pray with faith! 💰 make a donation- EVERY SINGLE dollar counts and adds up to save lives!!!!!! We have a $35,000 matching donation offer to help save lives du
  22. - These mamas were running free. Wild. On their land.. 🥺 Loaded into trailers. By the looks of them, they’ve been in holding a while and we’re not being fed. They’re being processed through a system that has never once considered what they DESERVE. They were dropped off here tonight , at an auction that will decide their fate tomorrow morning. Without us, the outcome is almost certain. The mamas ship to slaughter. The babies get separated, flipped to another auct
  23. - The auction that decides the fate of a family of 30 wild horses- THESE BABIES FAMILY- has begun.. ’ll enter that ring, and in a matter of seconds they will be orphaned when their moms are sold for slaughter, or they’ll have a secure future in freedom together on thousands of acres in our sanctuary. That’s it. These are America’s Wild Horses, and they NEED your help. Please… ❤️this post. ✈️ share. 💬 leave a note. 🙏🏻say a prayer- God hears his children and powerful things
  24. - It is THE most important moment of their life. Why?. 50 wild horses here and over 600 horses total. THIS is our opportunity to keep America’s Wild Horses out of the wrong hands! We have 30 mustangs le
  25. - August isn't just one roundup. It's an entire season of removals.. 't happening in just one place. It's happening across the West. Every helicopter that flies means more horses running in fear. Every roundup
  26. - America’s Wild Horses deserve better than THIS.. “living icons of the pioneer spirit of the west”? We’re here to FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES. Here’s how you can help us bring 40 wild souls to a lifetime in sanctuary instead of watching them fight their way to slaughter: ❤️
  27. - Aerial Survey with Shannon Byrne | Instant Polls | KNP & Brumby Rallies | Silver Brumby Project.. Discussion of the aerial survey methodology with Shannon Byrne, alongside coverage of the brumby rallies. The survey method is the central technical dispute in the Australian debate.
  28. - It is THE most important moment of their life. Why?. & free alongside her momma. The auction is going on right
  29. - A mother can only give her baby what she has left to give…. … This wild mare named Delaney is doing everything she can. She stays close. She watches over her daughter. She keeps moving forward. But she can’t feed her enough. She can’t lead her to nutritious grass. She can’t protect her from the slaughter pipeline they’ve been dumped into. Her little filly still follows every step she takes because that’s what babies do. They trust their mothers completely. And that’s what makes this so heartb
  30. - Do you hear them calling out to eachother?!. ! Baby Josie was separated from her mom, while they were being processed in the chute. She nearly lost her mind as they let her momma out to return to the holding pen while she was still getting photos taken for her paperwork!! Frantically she neighed and called and ran up to the fences and tried to get to her mom. This is what happened after the gate was finally opened. Will you help us bring Josie and her momma to sanctuary, so this little girl nev
  31. - If any wild horse deserves to be restored… it’s Ringo.. & free with his family at his side, raising his babies (who we are also working to save), his mares surrounding him. We have 18 out of 40 wild horses on our list SAFE so far. That means there are 22 lives still hanging in the balance, still stuck in the slaughter pipeline. Still waiting on their hero. Will you help save them today? Here’s what to do: ❤️this post. ✈️ share. 💬 leave a note. 🙏🏻sa
  32. - The future of America's wild horses won't be built through more roundups. It will be built through humane solu. 're working to change the system itself by advancing science-based, humane
  33. - More than 2,000 wild horses have already lost their freedom this roundup season. Families have been torn apart. ’t have a population problem, we have a management problem. Decades of relying on costly helicopter roundups aren’t solving the problem, they’re creating it. There is a better way. At American Wild Horse Conse
  34. - Because of this incredible community, we were able to purchase their freedom before they could disappear into. !! But their journey isn’t over… Right now, they’re still standing in the very place that stole so much from them, waiting for the day we can load them onto our trailers and bring them home to sanctuary. That’s the part we’re raising funds for now. The trailer ride home. The care they’ll need. The quarantine they’ll begin their ne
  35. - Here’s the situation-. & baby pairs family sold to the kill buyer on Sunday. We secured who we had funds for during the auction…with plans to work on reuniting more of the family post auction. Well, the kill buyer sold them all to another kill buyer who is holding them along the border, already sorted by weight for slaughter in Mexico as soon as the border opens at the end of this month. This is a heartbreaking update I did not want to m
  36. - You saw Adonis choose us at the beginning of this rescue mission, and now? He’s made another choice.. ’s insisting that we bring Esperanza, a huge white mare, to sanctuary with him. She was bought by the kill buyer, so it’s life with Adonis in sanctuary or… slaughter as soon as the Mexico border opens to slaughter exports at the end of this month. What do you say? If you think Adonis deserves to save his friend, here’s how you can help us get her home: ❤️this post. ✈️ share. 💬 leave a n
  37. - KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK WILD HORSE MANAGEMENT. Steve Whan, Labor member for Monaro, speaks in the 6 August 2026 petition debate on Kosciuszko wild horse management. The local member's position, from the government side.
  38. - Petition Debate - Suspend brumby culling in Kosciuszko National Park. NSW Legislative Assembly debate of Thursday 6 August 2026 on an ePetition to suspend brumby culling in Kosciuszko. NSW ePetitions reaching 20,000 signatures trigger a debate. Primary parliamentary record.
  39. - To them, it’s just another trailer.. ’t know that this time is different!! This time, they’re leaving the fear behind… No more auctions. No more kill pens. No more wondering what tomorrow holds. This trailer is carrying mothers, babies, Nala and her family… to safety 🎉 Watching them load out of this place, safe and TOGETHER, was one of those moments that reminds us exactly why we fight so hard for America’s wild
  40. - Across the West, wild horses are enduring another devastating roundup season.. 💔 At the Bible Springs Complex roundup, one moment was especially heartbreaking. A tiny foal, estimated to be just one month old, became separated from its family and kept running up the wings into the trap when the rest of the band jumped the jute wings to escape. At temporary holding, the foal was laying in a pen alone, occasionally calling out for the family he had lost. The foal was transferred to foster care wit
  41. - From Oregon's wild to the world stage. 🇺🇸. 🇺🇸 In 2015, Zapata was a wild-born Kiger Mustang standing in a Bureau of Land Management holding corral in Oregon after being gathered from the wild. When Navy veteran, lifelong horsewoman, and Working Equitation Masters rider Robin Bond saw the two-year-old Mustang, she recognized something special. Over the next 11 years, they built an extraordinary partnership founded on trust, patience, and respect. Today, that partnership has earned them a place on
  42. - It is THE most important moment of their life. Why?. # to come to sanctuary or end up with the kill buyer to be meat in the canal horse meat market.
  43. - They thought they’d escaped once. They never imagined they’d end up back in the slaughter pipeline.. 7 mustangs stepped off the trailer and into sanctuary. Bonnie & Clyde made it home together. And the other five… They had already survived the kill pen once before. Someone bought them, but instead of finding safety, they were starved, neglected, and discarded right back into the slaughter pipeline as if their lives never mattered. Can you imagine surviving the unthinkable… only
  44. - Inside this trailer are wild mothers who never gave up on their babies.. ’re on the road to sanctuary, green grass, and safety. Watching them
  45. - This is what freedom looks like.. 🤎 Just days before these wild horses were removed, they were living exactly as they were meant to: roaming wide-open landscapes, staying with their families, and moving across the lands they’ve called home for generations. Then, everything changed. Their lives were disrupted. Their freedom was taken. The places they knew as home became a memory. This is why we fight. 🐴 Not for horses behind fences. Not for helicopter roundups. But for moments like this, wh
  46. - These horses almost ended up heading to slaughter across the border in Mexico.. ’s Wild Horses- discarded and facing the worst fate imaginable. Now, all 27 are HOME and on the first leg of their journey back to health, and then they will receive their freedom once again! If you’re part of our email newsletter, you’re about to greet each of them by name ☺️ Thousands of incredible people came together to pull this off!! They are safe now, thanks to each of you 🙏🏻 But, we are not done
  47. - Listen to those cries.. ’t just sounds. They’re mothers calling for their foals. Family bands searching for one another. Wild horses and burros experiencing fear and confusion as helicopters chase them across the very landscapes they’ve called home for generations. Every roundup tears families apart, strips away their freedom, and pushes them one step closer to a lifetime in government holding facilities. This is the reality wild horses and burros continue to face. But we refuse to
  48. - Garrano: El Caballo Feral Arquitecto de la Naturaleza (Expedición Portugal 🇵🇹 3º). Scientific or veterinary material from Portugal dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the free-roaming herds of the world.
  49. - Pay close attention to the looks in their eyes!. ! The fear and stress of the auction & kill pen is still written all over them. Soon… that will fade. They will realize they are SAFE now, thank to you 🙏🏻 These are their first days in quarantine, and once they’re healthy and healed, they’ll get to run free once again within our sanctuary! 🎉 We have just $9,669 left to raise to complete this rescue mission. Are you up for helping these 27 sweet souls into their futures?! ❤️this post. ✈️ sha
  50. - Aftermath of the cull | Working with Brumbies | Oz's Human Rights | Permaculture | Smart Soil.. Regional programme on the aftermath of the 2026 cull, including working with rehomed brumbies. Opposed to the operation.
  51. - More than 700 Lahontan wild horses lost their freedom last month.. 💔 Our Conservation Director, Tracy Wilson writes in her opinion piece for the Reno Gazette Journal, the Lahontan roundup is another painful example of a broken system. Instead of preventing overpopulation through humane, science-based management, federal agencies continue to rely on costly helicopter roundups that remove wild horses from the lands they call home. At Lahontan, the Appropriate Management Level is just 7-10 hors
  52. - Rescue isn’t one dramatic day at an auction…. … We have to care for these animals every single day afterward ❤️ And when “these animals” means over 600 rescued mustangs… feeding time gets a little interesting 😂🐎 You definitely aren’t walking around with 600 feed buckets!! So THIS is how we do it. Our feed wagon dispenses a continuous line of feed hundreds of feet long while an entire herd of very enthusiastic mustangs comes RUNNING for breakfast. They get fed daily in addition to the abundan
  53. - Brumby conversations and fund raising plus the Media landscape on The Country Telegraph.. Discussion of the campaign's fundraising and of media coverage of the cull. Useful on how the movement organised itself.
  54. - R1 Southern - Camera 2 - Kosciuszko wild horse retention area, 27 July 2026 (4K aerial). Documentary footage from Australia dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the Australian brumby and the Kosciuszko cull.
  55. - R1 Southern - Camera 1 - Kosciuszko wild horse retention area, 27 July 2026 (4K aerial). Documentary footage from Australia dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the Australian brumby and the Kosciuszko cull.
  56. - R1 Southern - Camera 2 - Kosciuszko wild horse retention area, 27 July 2026 (4K aerial). Documentary footage from Australia dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the Australian brumby and the Kosciuszko cull.
  57. - SMRC Rejects Writing A Letter To Save The Brumbies #246. Advocacy material from Australia dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the Australian brumby and the Kosciuszko cull.
  58. - R3 Snowy Plains - Camera 1 - Kosciuszko wild horse retention area, 27 July 2026 (4K aerial). Documentary footage from Australia dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the Australian brumby and the Kosciuszko cull.
  59. - R3 Snowy Plains - Camera 1 - Kosciuszko wild horse retention area, 27 July 2026 (4K aerial). Documentary footage from Australia dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the Australian brumby and the Kosciuszko cull.
  60. - Sometimes, one moment can say everything.. 🌈🐴 After a full roundup swept through Mono Lake, taking the wild horses who once roamed these shores, one horse somehow remained. When Cheryl and Jazmyn (pictured) came to the shoreline to honor the horses who were lost, they never expected to encounter him. One horse. Still wild. Still free. 🤎 His survival feels like a miracle, but it’s also a reminder of everything these animals have lost and everything we still have to protect. Wild horses dese
  61. - Her eyes at the end. 🥹 It amazes me constantly how much this community does for wild horses like Sonny who have found themselves at the end of the line, headed for slaughter. Sonny was rescued in February from the auction and just look at how happy she is grazing alongside her daughter June now ❤️ She made it though her darkest moments… all thanks to YOU 🙏🏻 If this made you smile… share her story 🥰🐴
  62. - RTF "Math of Mustangs" webinar. Advocacy material from the United States dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of roundups, culling and the holding system.
  63. - Roundup Updates | August 7-12. 💔 Bible Springs Complex, Utah: A third foal has been orphaned during this roundup. Another young horse has been separated from its mother, a heartbreaking reminder that these operations can tear families apart. Piceance/East Douglas, Colorado: Dust abatement was conducted between runs during the roundup. But horses are still being chased, captured, and removed from the range t
  64. - What do you say Nirvana Family?! Do these two lovely mares belong at Nirvana?…. … We need to raise $8,000 to cover the rest of their costs. Their bail has been paid! Transport, quarantine, alfalfa and good feed plus wormer & meds for the next 3-6 months is what we need to cover, and then we can say YES so these ladies can have a future with us ❤️🐴 HERE’S HOW TO HELP: ❤️this post. ✈️ share. 💬 leave a note. 🙏🏻say a prayer- God hears his children and powerful things happen when we pray with
  65. - Animals who were born to roam across open landscapes are instead confined behind fences, separated from the fr. 60,000 wild horses and burros are in government holding. And the cycle continues... Round up. Remove. Hold. Repeat. Families and bands are disrupted. Horses and burros are taken from their homes. Taxpayer dollars are spent keeping them in confinement. Then, more animals are removed from the range. This is not a solution. It is a system in crisis. And c
  66. - Hundreds of wild horses are currently confined at the Palomino Valley Wild Horse and Burro Center in Nevada, i. 💔 Many of you have been asking if they are safe as the Bug Fire and Stallion Fire burn nearby. We understand why. These horses have already endured the trauma of being chased, captured, separated from their families, and taken from the freedom they knew on the range. Now, they are being held in corrals as wil
  67. - Why Is the Bureau of Land Management Killing Cremello Horses?. Scott Beckstead of Animal Wellness Action is asked why BLM euthanised cremello horses and what the veterinary records show. The question of post-capture mortality is genuinely unresolved: BLM does not publish a national annual figure.
  68. - This year’s roundup season is among the largest wild horse and burro removal efforts in recent U.S. history, c
  69. - Rescue isn’t just paying the price on their heads.. ’s paying the price of putting them back together. ❤️ These two BLM mustang mares have already been given an incredible gift: A donor paid their bail. Their lives have been secured. But getting them out of the lot is only the very beginning of their rescue!!! Horses coming from this lot are routinely thin and depleted, and when these two girls arrive at Nirvana, we expect the next 3-6 months to be about one thing: Putting them back toge
  70. - I wish they could see what’s waiting on the other side ️. ❤️ In the first clip, these wild horses are heading toward processing at the auction. In a few moments they’ll enter the chute. People will touch them. Poke them with a needle and take their blood. Glue numbers in their hair. Then send them through a maze of pens and chutes and ultimately through the sale ring where kill buyers wait to buy the unwanted wild horses America has cast away. They don’t understand any of that. They only know t
  71. - Is Trump really ‘selling’ wild horses to slaughterhouses? Report raises concerns with 'unvetted'. Interim placeholder pending curation.
  72. - Salt River wild horses will remain in East Valley for two years under new state plan. News reporting from the United States dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the free-roaming herds of the world.

…1,338 further moments continue the chronology here. Full text archive: /loreline-text/wild-horses.md

  1. - Salt River wild horses just won an important victory.. 🐴 Governor Katie Hobbs has paused planned removals of the Salt River herd in 2026 and 2027, creating time for a genetic study to help inform future management decisions. This matters because decisions about the herd’s future should be guided by science and its genetic needs, not arbitrary population targets. This victory follows months of sustained advocacy. AWHC supporters took action, signed petitions, shared the campaign, and raised th
  2. - Rotate your phone for a perfect sunset run with wild horses!. !🐴 All of these mustangs were rounded up from their homes across the wild land of the west, and most of them were headed for slaughter when we rescued them. They spent time in quarantine, getting healthy. Then they were released onto thousands of acres and with time the trauma they endured has faded and their wild spirits have fully HEALED! ✨ This is their life now ❤️ Each and every one of YOU make this possible for them! If this
  3. - TODAY IS THE DAY.. ’t even know how to explain how exciting it is to finally say that. I’ve spent so much of my life trying to get people to understand what is happening to our wild horses and, more importantly, to understand who these horses actually are. They have families. They have relationships. They grieve. They remember. And they fight like hell to stay together. That is what makes Blue Zeus so special to me. Narrated by @gerardb
  4. - America's Wild Horse Problem Is More Complicated Than You Think. Government agency material from the United States dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of roundups, culling and the holding system.
  5. - A win for the Salt River wild horses. 🤎 Planned removals of the herd are officially on hold for 2026 and 2027, giving researchers time to study the herd’s genetics before decisions are made about its future. That means the horses are protected from the removals that were previously moving forward while science takes center stage. For months, AWHC supporters showed up. You signed petitions, responded to Action Alerts, shared the campaign, and spoke out for the Salt River herd. AWHC also call
  6. - TRUMP ADMIN ILLEGALLY SLAUGHTERS WILD HORSES!. News reporting from the United States dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the law and the political fight over wild horses.
  7. - МОРЬТОЙ ӨДӨР III Адууны тухай: Чулуут багийн малчин А.Энхбаатар ахтай ярилцлаа.. Indigenous perspective from Mongolia dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of Indigenous horse cultures.
  8. - America Protected Its Wild Horses Into Cages. An analytical piece on the August 2026 Colorado operation, reporting 122 horses cleared by helicopter with about a thousand more penned nearby, and arguing removals are self-defeating because remaining animals breed faster. Compensatory reproduction is a real and debated mechanism.
  9. - America's Wild HORSES Off To Slaughter "$25 Loophole" Under the Trump Admin?. Commentary on reporting that BLM sales at prices as low as 25 dollars allowed horses to reach slaughter. The New York Times published the investigation on 20 August 2026; BLM denies it and Snopes has examined the claim twice without issuing a rating. Treat as an open investigation.
  10. - Roundup updates from Piceance/East Douglas and the Bible Springs Complex this week are heartbreaking.. 💔 At Piceance/East Douglas, helicopter operations continued as wild horses were captured and removed from their home range, with observers reporting limited visibility and horses and foals arriving visibly tired. At the Bible Springs Complex, an 8-year-old bay stallion was euthanized after being deemed blind in one eye. Behind every roundup update are individual lives, families, and horses l
  11. - Politics and stopping the Brumby cull with Tanya Hargraves on The Pulse.. News reporting from Australia dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the Australian brumby and the Kosciuszko cull.
  12. - I’m still blown away by how many people who aren’t even horse people have been sending me and sharing the New. ’s wild horses, the Bureau of Land Management and the slaughter pipeline that came out this week. I had nothing to do with it (my friends did!), but I knew it was being written, and the anticipation of it coming out has been crazy. The fact that this investigation into BLM Sale Authority, wild horse roundups and federally protected mustangs ending u
  13. - Wild Mustang Slaughter. A summary of the August 2026 reporting on BLM sales, citing NPR and the New York Times. The mechanism alleged is that horses lose federal protection at the bill of sale, not that BLM itself slaughters animals.
  14. - under trump america’s wild horses are going to slaughter. A long commentary responding to the August 2026 sales reporting. Opinion built on the investigation, which BLM disputes.
  15. - Calling all horse girls! Wild mustangs that have belonged here for generations are being rounded up by the Bur. $25 and then funneled straight the slaughter pipeline. Congress has the power to enforce protections right now. Call congress and urge your Senator/Representative to support the SAFE Act and mandate strict protections for wild horses on public lands 202-224-3121 Photos by @yanayatsuk
  16. - Wild Horses: 6,331 Sold to Slaughter While BLM Denies It | Indistinct Chatter. A podcast citing 6,331 horses sold over 19 months and asserting most went to Canada for slaughter. The sales figures are drawn from the reporting; the destination claim is contested and BLM denies it. Note that BLM tightened its sales policy in mid-July 2026 and a GAO audit was requested on 5 June 2026, both before the New York Times story ran.
  17. - Wild Horse Sales, Slaughter Allegations, and Arizona’s Pause. A summary of investigations into the BLM Sale Authority programme and an Arizona pause. The Sale Authority is a different mechanism from the Adoption Incentive Program, which a court ended in March 2025, and the two should not be merged.
  18. - The New York Times just published the wild horse slaughter story.. ’s what they left out. 👇 This isn’t new. This isn’t Trump. This has been legal for 22 years , under every president , because of a single paragraph slipped into a spending bill in 2004 with no debate and no vote. And it’s even worse than the article reported. Even horses adopted through the BLM lose ALL federal protection after one year. The moment they’re titled, they can legally be sold to a kill buyer. We have rescued
  19. - Trump Beef & what BLM and wild Mustangs aren’t telling you! #wildhorses #blm #trumpnews #beef. Government agency material from the United States dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of roundups, culling and the holding system.
  20. - Alberta Wild Horses | 'Skars' Band Found Grazing In The Forest. Advocacy material from Canada dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the advocacy movement.
  21. - NZ approach to Kaimanawa Herd Management with Kelly Wilson on The Pulse.. News reporting from New Zealand dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the free-roaming herds of the world.
  22. - The conversation around America’s wild horses is getting louder. And after the @nytimes investigation this wee. ’s exactly why films like Blue Zeus matter. It gives you a way into this incredibly complicated issue through one horse, one family, and one woman who refused to stop looking for them. Blue Zeus was a wild stallion li
  23. - August is almost over, but roundup season is not.
  24. - Why Are Helicopters Chasing Colorado's Wild Horses?. Reports the BLM spending about 900,000 dollars on helicopter gathers in Colorado in summer 2026, with six horses lost. Frames the question as value for public money.
  25. - These are Americas wild horse cracks and this is what it looks like as they fall through them. These are our “. “protected wild horses” in mid air as they are thrown one by one into the trash. This is now. Happening right now. These are all prior babies from #twinpeaks holding look how many facility born. Share this post so the world can see them before it’s too late.
  26. - This week, the world has been inundated, in the best possible way, with the New York Times article exposing wh. ’s wild horses and the slaughter pipeline. As a nonprofit that has rescued, bailed, and used our funds to haul multiple mustangs and domestic horses out of this pipeline, we are incredibly grateful to finally see this issue reach mainstream media. There are a LOT of emotions right now. But in true WLWH fashion, we figured everyone could use a giggle break. So
  27. - This week, the world has been inundated, in the best possible way, with the New York Times article exposing wh. ’s wild horses and the slaughter pipeline. As a nonprofit that has rescued, bailed, and used our funds to haul multiple mustangs and domestic horses out of this pipeline, we are incredibly grateful to finally see this issue reach mainstream media. There are a LOT of emotions right now. But in true WLWH fashion, we figured everyone could use a giggle break. So
  28. - These are Americas wild horse cracks and this is what it looks like as they fall through them. These are our “. “protected wild horses” in mid air as they are thrown one by one into the trash. This is now. Happening right now. These are all prior babies from #twinpeaks holding look how many facility born. Share this post so the world can see them before it’s too late.
  29. - As a photographer who brings you the beauty of wild horses, I also feel an obligation to show you the other si. 2020 Sulphur Springs roundup. Clover’s roundup. I remember watching this foal fall and whispering over and over, “please don’t be dead. Please don’t be dead. Please don’t be dead.” And then th
  30. - The NYT published the wild horse story. Here’s what they left out.. 🐴👇 This has been happening for 22 YEARS under every single administration , because of a loophole called the Burns Amendment that was slipped into law in 2004 with no debate and no vote. And it gets worse. Even horses ADOPTED through the BLM lose all federal protection after one year. The moment they’re titled? They can be legally sold to a kill buyer. We have rescued HUNDREDS of these horses at Nirvana Mustang Sanctuary. W
  31. - I wish people knew that thousands more wild horses than the 3,700 reported in the New York Times article are g. (who are all American wild horses as well) are excluded from the 1971 Wild Horse and Burro Act which legally “protects” wild horses and because of that they have zero federal protection!! They’re unbranded, untracked, and no one usually cares to try to save them. EXCEPT US. Nirvana is home to over 60
  32. - With the New York Times article coming out exposing over 3,700 of America’s beloved wild horses being exported. ’s absolutely GREAT! But there are a LOT of questions left unanswered… If you’re new here- WELCOME to Nirvana Mustang Sanctuary, home to over 600 rescued wild horses who were set to be numbers in that article. They were saved from slaughter by an army of regular people just like YOU who stepped
  33. - 宮崎県観光 在来馬の御崎馬 都井岬 Miyazaki Prefecture Tourism: Misaki Horses (Native Breed) - Cape Toi - Japan. Documentary footage from Japan dated 2026. Part of the archive's coverage of the free-roaming herds of the world.
  34. - KEEP THE PROTECTIONS. CLOSE THE SLAUGHTER PIPELINE.. 37 organizations urging Congress to protect America’s horses by keeping the bipartisan Van Drew-Titus equine protection provisions in the final BUILD America 250 Act. The letter has been sent to D.C. and congressional members. These provisions would prohibit the transportation of horses and other equines across U.S. borders for slaughter for human consumption. Federally protected wild horses and burr
  35. - Two public comment deadlines are approaching for Utah’s wild horses, and your voice can help shape what happen. ⚠️ Range Creek: Comments due September 2 ⚠️ Cedar Mountain: Comments due September 3 At Range Creek, we’re urging the BLM to use current science and data, prioritize fertility control over mass removals, protect genetic viability, and fully consider livestock impacts, land health, and public transparency. At Cedar Mountain, we’re calling for an updated environmental review, a
  36. - With America’s Wild Horses taking the news by storm this week, I wanted to share something happy in the midst. ❤️ Checking on the big herd horseback is SUCH a special experience, and it’s something we have brewing to offer to the public 👀 We’ll be back to sharing more about what’s happening soon- in the meantime please enjoy this glimpse into the life our 600+ wild horses rescued from the slaughter pipeline get to live thanks to this incredible community 🙏🏻
  37. - There won’t be ANY wild horses left in the wild by the end of your lifetime if the round ups continue at this. “Appropriate Management Levels” are scientifically far too low to support genetic diversity. 3,700 BLM Mustangs were shipped to slaughter last year through a legal loophole allowing them to be bought for $25 a piece. Countless reservation mustangs and USFS mustangs also sh
  38. - The SLAUGHTER of protected wild horses? Under Trump, a symbol of the American West is under threat. Interim placeholder pending curation.
  39. - The New York Times wrote about the very issue we’ve been screaming at the top of our lungs and millions were o. !! But the article left out the part that will really make your blood boil. America has 80,000 wild horses living right now on YOUR public land. In the past their numbers were in the 2 millions!!! Every year, the government rounds up thousands of them. BLM horses get warehoused in holding pens that cost taxpayers $100 million a year. Most USFS horses go straight to public aucti
  40. - PICEANCE-EAST DOUGLAS ROUNDUP UPDATE. ’s operation, with no details given. AWHC is demanding transparency and accountability for every horse removed, shipped, and lost. These wild horses deserve better than a system that continues removing them from their home with little oversight. 💔 Follow ongoing roundup updates at the link
  41. - Forever grateful to this community for coming together time and time again to save the lives of America’s Wild. ❤️ Next weekend we are embarking on a rescue mission. We’re going to the Bowie TX Horse Auction, owned by the largest shipper of horses across the border into Mexico for slaughter. There will be wild horses there who need us. We hope to be there to answer the call 🙏🏻🐴❤️ Thanks for being here. Look at all these happy souls enjoying their day in peace. Pla
  42. - When a rescue or sanctuary takes in an animal, most of the time we’re stepping into a story that’s already bee. ’t get the footnotes. We don’t get the context. We just get the animal standing in front of us. We always knew pieces of River’s story. He was born in a holding facility, wasn’t adopted until he was seven, and the person who finally adopted him neglected him. What we didn’t know was everything in between. While digging into the history of our late senior mu
  43. - America’s Mustangs: The Sale, the Loophole, and the Slaughter Pipeline. Argues that BLM cannot demonstrate where sold horses end up because tracking stops at the point of sale. That is the precise mechanism at issue, and it is documented: the 2015 Interior OIG report found Tom Davis bought 1,794 horses at 10 dollars a head and told investigators that asked how many went to Mexico, probably close to all of them.
  44. - The government has been using the same old photos to claim horses on the range are starving to justify roundin. 80,000 wild horses across the American West. The same photos. Recycled for years. To make you believe the removals are for the horses’ own good. They’re not. Any REAL round up footage or footage from the range show perfectly healthy and thriving horses, outside of the occasional elderly or injured horse. Here’s what’s actually happening: Ranchers pay $1.69 to graze cattle on YOUR
  45. - UPDATE: Wild Brumbies in Australia’s Yuraygir National Park remain temporarily protected after Brumby advocate. (DCCEEW) gave a formal undertaking to the Court that no aerial shooting, ground shooting, trapping, or killing of the Yuraygir wild horses will take place until the final determination
  46. - River’s life didn’t start easy. He was born in a government holding pen and never knew freedom. At seven years. ’t always mean care. He was neglected and starved, left in a dirt pen in 100 degree weather with no food, no water, and no shelter. His body score was a 1. He was surviving, not living. Before he came to us, people called him explosive, unpredictable, even said something was wrong with him. And yes, some of that w
  47. - At some point in the past, every horse you see here was just a number. A holding number, an auction tag number. ! We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that intercepts wild and at-risk horses from the slaughter pipeline , BLM horses, Forest Service horses, reservation horses. Wherev
  48. - At some point in the past, every horse you see here was just a number. A holding number, an auction tag number. ! We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that intercepts wild and at-risk horses from the slaughter pipeline , BLM horses, Forest Service horses, reservation horses. Wherev

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