This past weekend, horse enthusiasts from around the world saw billboards urging them to “Stop Wild Horse Roundups” as they arrived in Kentucky for the much loved Kentucky Derby.
The campaign is a bid to save America’s iconic mustangs, which are being threatened by a federal policy that rounds them up by the thousands off the Western range and stockpiles them in government holding facilities in the Midwest.
“Stop Wild Horse Roundups” garnered some notable press attention prior to derby weekend. Here is some of the recent coverage:
Derby goers texted MUSTANG to 44144 (Message and data rates may apply) to join the effort to save wild horses by asking Congress to suspend The Bureau of Land Management’s cruel wild horse roundups. Texters were sent a URL to get more information on sending a letter to Congress to stop funding for the practice.
The billboards are sponsored on behalf of the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC) by coalition partners Return to Freedom’s American Wild Horse Sanctuary, Madeleine Pickens, The Cloud Foundation and Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue.
For more information you can also visit: http://www.wildhorsepreservation.com/.