Stop The Federal Wipeout of America’s Wild Horses
Taxpayer dollars and federal secrecy are driving our living national icons off public lands to clear the range for subsidized commercial cattle. Join the fight: read the 36-page report, demand passage of the S.A.F.E. Act, and add your name to the official petition.
Advocate Leader
Cindy "Dusty" Sue Hamrick
Federal Legislation
S.A.F.E. Act (H.R. 1661 / S. 775)
Direct Media Action
CBS, NBC, HuffPost Kits
"Helicopters stampeding federally protected wild horses to exhaustion behind a media blackout."
125:1 Livestock Disparity: Commercial cattle outnumber protected wild horses up to 125 to 1 on public rangelands.
Adoption Incentive Loophole: The $1,000 AIP program feeds horses directly to slaughterhouse kill buyers.
Taxpayer Contractor Windfalls: Helicopter contractors pocket up to $1,000 per captured equine.
Livestock-to-Horse Disparity
Documented by PEER: Commercial livestock outnumber wild horses by up to 125 to 1 on public rangelands.
Rangeland Health Impact
Wild horses are blamed for less than 1% of land health failures, yet face nearly 100% of the removals.
Contractor Payout Per Horse
Helicopter contractors receive up to $1,000 per captured equine, incentivizing maximum removals over humane in-situ management.
Taxpayer Loophole to Slaughter
Adoption Incentive Program pays individuals $1,000/horse. When title transfers in 12 months, horses are flipped to kill buyers.
The Reality the BLM Doesn't Want You to See
5 Questions the BLM Cannot Answer
Hand these to any investigative reporter. Each one cracks open the federal narrative shielding the roundup-to-slaughter pipeline — and not one has a truthful answer.
During mass roundups, the BLM routinely issues Temporary Closure Orders barring the general public from thousands of acres of public land. On what explicit legal authority does the BLM rely to strip the American public and independent media of their right to observe a taxpayer-funded wildlife management operation on public ground?
Independent media outlets and legal groups have documented that your agency routinely positions the few allowed public observers more than a mile away from the trap pens, frequently behind hills or ridges that entirely block the view of the horses being driven into cages. If your handling and capture practices strictly follow the Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program (CAWP), why is the physical layout designed to block the public from viewing the moment of capture?
Given that up to 90% of a helicopter chase occurs out of sight of the designated public observation zones, why does the BLM actively refuse to mandate that its independent helicopter contractors equip their aircraft with telemetry cameras to provide a transparent, unedited record of how these horses are handled on the range?
Because horses processed under the Adoption Incentive Program (AIP) lose their federal protections exactly one year after adoption when legal title transfers, what specific tracking, auditing, or compliance mechanisms does the BLM employ to ensure these taxpayer-subsidized animals ($1,000 per horse) are not being immediately flipped to commercial kill buyers?
The independent watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) documented that commercial livestock outnumber protected wild horses by as much as 125:1 on specific rangelands, and that wild horses are blamed for less than 1% of land health failures. On what transparent, peer-reviewed scientific data does the BLM justify prioritizing the removal of wild horses while continuously authorizing vast commercial livestock grazing across 155 million acres?
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What Your Signature Demands:
- •Pass the S.A.F.E. Act (H.R. 1661 / S. 775): Permanently ban the slaughter of American equines and the transport of horses for slaughter, including export to Canada and Mexico.
- •Strengthen Wild Horse Oversight: Protect genetic diversity and maintain populations sufficient to support healthy, genetically viable herds.
- •Public Records & Independent Science: Publish population, removal, spending, and rangeland data with privacy protections, supported by qualified independent assessments.
- •Compassion, Transparency, Accountability: Protect these animals for future generations.
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Explore Every Facet of the Investigation
Each topic is thoroughly broken down into dedicated pages with field evidence, digestive biology, congressional legislation, and media pitch kits.
The 36-Page Report
The full investigative report on Google Docs exposing BLM helicopter roundups, the Adoption Incentive Program slaughter pipeline, and public land allocation.
Field Evidence & Photos
Real documented field photos of wild mustang bands, helicopter contractor payouts, and eyewitness testimonies from roundups.
The Facts & Biology
Hindgut fermenters vs. ruminants: why wild horses naturally reseed and heal grasslands while cattle destroy riparian waterways.
Przewalski's & Conservation
The last truly wild horse came back from extinction by protecting the land — the conservation model the BLM refuses to copy for America's mustangs.
Legislation & SAFE Act
Full status of the S.A.F.E. Act (H.R. 1661 / S. 775), the 1971 Federal Act, and the Wild Horse and Burro Protection Act.
What Is the S.A.F.E. Act?
A plain-English breakdown of the Save America's Forgotten Equines Act — its key provisions, congressional sponsors, and why it ends the slaughter pipeline.
Investigative Media Kit
Ready-to-copy press release, 5 hard-hitting BLM interview questions, and direct submission contacts for HuffPost, 60 Minutes, and NBC.
Allies & Horse Rescues
Direct directory and links to national wild horse advocacy organizations, rescues, and sanctuaries working on the frontlines.
Field Evidence: America's Living Heritage
Eyewitness Photos: The Reality of Helicopter Stampedes
While the BLM asserts these roundups are humane, on-the-ground advocates and field observers document low-flying helicopters terrorizing healthy, muscular bands across rugged rocky terrain in brutal temperatures. Foals are separated from mothers, horses suffer fatal neck and limb fractures, and families are torn apart.
Low-flying contractor helicopter pursuing running herd at point-blank range over rugged desert terrain.
Head-on view: Federal contractor helicopter driving a herd toward hidden jute-netted trap corrals.
Exhausted band including young foals stampeded across rocks and sagebrush in high summer heat.
Helicopter hovering directly above running wild horses, kicking up dust and driving mares and foals to physical exhaustion.
Archival record of mass stampedes: Hundreds of wild horses driven down mountain slopes into temporary capture corrals.
The Federal Secrecy & 1-Mile Media Blackout
The BLM routinely keeps independent media and observers up to a mile away behind ridges so trap pens cannot be filmed. Federal contractors refuse telemetry cameras on helicopters to prevent public scrutiny.