Jack,

The Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Proposal, released by the Trump Administration, would remove protections against wild horse slaughter and open the floodgates for up to 64,000 wild horses and burros in government holding to be shipped across our borders and slaughtered for foreign markets.

These are America’s wild horses. They are symbols of freedom, independence and the untamed spirit of the American West. 

The President’s budget  proposal is now with Congress, which holds the purse strings and will pass the legislation needed to fund the government in Fiscal year 2026. 

The threat that congress will enact the budget request to lift the slaughter ban has never been higher. We need to act fast.

Now is the time to weigh in with both the White House and Congress to stop them from authorizing the mass slaughter of our federally-protected wild horses and burros. 

The budget proposal doesn’t just remove the slaughter ban. It would allow unlimited transfers of wild horses to private individuals, nonprofits, and even foreign governments, without any safeguards for their wellbeing.

That’s a pipeline to slaughter, plain and simple.

👉 80% of Americans oppose slaughter.
👉86% of Trump voters support protecting wild horses from slaughter.

Let's show the White House and Congress the true will of the American public

We’ve stopped slaughter before. We will do so again but only if we raise our voices now.

Join us in demanding the administration and congress maintain the longstanding slaughter ban before it’s too late.

For the wild ones,

Team AWHC