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Americas Voice for Wild Horse Burro Conservation American Wild Horse Conservation AWHC is the nationx27s champion for humane inthewild protection of wild horses and burros on our public lands. The Issues We Work On LIFELONG Freedom for Americax27s Wild Horses and Burros America is the birthplace of the worldx27s first horses but today the population of freeroaming wild horses burros is in critical decline Wild Horse Burro Protection Policy Legislation Science Research Donate to Fuel Our Conservation Mission Why We Exist Keeping Americas Promiseto Wild Horses The Promise After a huge national movement the Wild FreeRoaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 was unanimously passed by Congress anddeclared wild equines as an integral part of the natural system of the public lands. The Problem Despite legal protection the Federal Bureau of Land Management spends over 150 million each year to cruelly remove and confine tens of thousands of wild horses and burros using helicopters. The Solution Theres a better way.