Moving FORWARD: A UNIFIED STATEMENT FOR ON-RANGE MANAGEMENT OF WILD HORSES

Over 100 humane organizations dedicated to protecting and preserving our nation's wild horses and burros have united in support of a humane, sustainable management plan. This plan identifies alternatives to the approach of killing captive and free-roaming wild horses and burros. It includes:  

Creating a ten-year plan to reduce and stabilize wild horse populations while maintaining current prohibitions against killing, destruction, and sale for slaughter.
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• Repatriating geldings, PZP-treated mares and jennies from expensive short-term holding pens to "zeroed-out" habitats to reduce costs and improve quality of life for captive wild horses and burros
• Ensuring equitable allocation of resources between livestock and wild equines
• Engaging public-private partnerships in development of management approaches for individual herd management areas or regions to ensure genetically viable herds
• Creating public and/or private financial compensation or tax credits in exchange for grazing permit retirement, non-use, or reduced use in wild horse and burro habitats
• Continuing to research safe fertility control vaccines and management methods
• Developing apprenticeship positions within the BLM and the United States Forest Service (USFS)

Our Principles and Recommendations are consistent with the findings and recommendations from the National Academy of Sciences' 2013 report and other leading research organizations.  We recognize there is not an 'easy fix' and our recommendations cannot be considered in isolation, but believe by bringing together nonprofit organizations, government officials and agencies, including the BLM, the  USFS, and others, we can help implement a new way forward.

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Click Here to Read the Plan

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List of signatories:

​3H Humans, Horses & Herds
A.C. Kandler Photography
American Horse Rescue Network
American Wild Horse Campaign
Animal Law Coalition
Animal Welfare Institute
Arrowhead Photography
Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary
Blixx Horses
Cachuma Ranch Company
CANA Foundation
Caroline Christie Photography
Cat Kindsfather Photography
Central Oregon Wild Horse Coalition
Chilly Pepper Miracle Mustang
Chris Lombard Horsemanship
Coloradans Against Horse Slaughter
Corolla Wild Horse Fund
Crawford Farms
Darcy Grizzle Photography
Dream Catcher Wild Horse Sanctuary
Epona's Path, Inc.
Equine Voices Rescue and Sanctuary
Equine Welfare Alliance
Ever After Mustang Rescue
Fly North Adventures
Freedom Reigns Equine Sanctuary
Friends of a Legacy (FOAL)
Front Range Equine Rescue
Great Escape Mustang Sanctuary
Habitat for Horses
Heber Wild Horses  Alliance
Hidden Valley Wild Horse Protection Fund
High Noon Horse Farm
Horses For Life Foundation
Horses Happily Ever After

In Defense of Animals
Institute of Range & the American Mustang
Jamie Baldanza Photography
Jeanne Nations Photography
Jicarilla Mustang Heritage Alliance (JMHA)
Judy Barnes Photography
Kimerlee Curyl Fine Art
Labyrinth Dressage
Lara Joy Brynildssen Photography
Laurie Ford Wildlife Photography
Let 'em Run Foundation
Linda Ghent Photography
Lockwood Animal Rescue Center
Longhopes Donkey Shelter
Love Wild Horses
Lynne Pomeranz Photography
Maine Society for the Protection of Animals
Maryland Horse Council
Meadowlands Racing and Entertainment
Mobilization for Animals
Montgomery Creek Ranch
Mustang Ambassadors Program
Natural Horse Magazine
Natural Horse Talk
Natural Horse University
Old MacDonald Barnyard Animal Rescue
P.J. Kaszas Photography
Pam Nickoles Photography
Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocates
Pity Not Cruelty Foundation
Pryor Mountain Wild Mustang Center
Red Canyon Wild Mustang Tour
Respect 4 Horses
Robin Kelly, DVM 
SAFE Food SAFE Horses Coalition
Salt River Wild Horse Management Group

Sand Wash Basin Advocate Team
Serengeti Foundation
Skydog Sanctuary
Southern Sun Farm Sanctuary
Special Horses
Spirit Heart Ranch
Spirit Horse Equine Rescue 
Spirit of the Wild Horse
Standardbred Retirement Foundation
Steadfast Steeds
Sun Pony Ranch
Terri Farley - Nevada Writers Hall of Fame
Texas Humane Legislative Network
The Cloud Foundation
The Soul of the Horse
Tioga Downs Racing Casino 
Vernon Down Racing Casino and Hotel
Vickery Eckhoff - The Daily Pitchfork
Virginia Range Wildlife Protection 
Virginia Wild Horse Rescue
Vista Caballo
Warm Springs Horse Network
Washington Horse Defense Coalition
Wild Burro Rescue and Preservation Project
Wild Equid League of Colorado
Wild Heart Sanctuary
Wild Horse Connection
Wild Horse Photography Collective
Wild Horse Preservation League
Wild Horse Protection Act
Wild Horse Rescue Center
Wild Horse Tourism
Wild Horses of America Foundation
Wild Horses of Nevada Photography
Wild horses rock my world Photography
WindDancer Foundation