The Wild for Life Foundation’s (WFLF) Navajo Horse Rescue and Recovery Mission (NHRRM) is a lifesaving program which provides rescue and sanctuary services for wild horses and burros that have been saved from roundups, slaughter, and other forms of cruelty.
In addition to raising awareness, this project helps WFLF to provide safe harbor habitats and essential provisions for the continuum of quality care and protection of rescued wild and domestic horses and burros in need, including Navajo horses and burros whose lives had become at risk due to roundups and slaughter.
WFLF is committed to the protection for all horses and burros from the torturous agony of roundups and slaughter through permanent federal bi-partisan legislation that forbids slaughter on American soil and forever bans the export of live horses to slaughterhouses in other countries, and that safeguards wild equines from extinction, exploitation, harassment, and killing through safe, responsible, humane and nonlethal management practices on both tribal and public lands.
As we continue our work to carry out these objectives and your generous donations help pay for things like veterinary care, quality hay & feed, farrier, transport and a safe sanctuary where these animals will never be at risk again. Our all-volunteer charity thanks you for making this lifesaving work possible.
Please join us by making a difference and share our information with your friends. Your support matters and can help save lives today, tomorrow and for generations to come.
With blessings and gratitude,
WFLF
Happy New Year! Today marks the first of a new year for all of us two-legged beings. However, for our four-legged brothers and sisters, it’s just another day.
At Wild for Life Foundation’s (WFLF) Navajo Horse Rescue and Recovery Mission (NHRRM) we believe it doesn’t have to be that way. That’s why we are doing everything we can to provide lifesaving rescue and sanctuary services for victimized wild horses and burros facing life threatening circumstances including roundups, slaughter, and other forms of cruelty all year long. And today is no exception.
In 2023, we are going to kick it up a notch by stepping up our outreach and education efforts to raise the bar for the protection of wild horses and burros. With your support, we will of course continue to provide high quality continuum of lifesaving care for victimized wild horses and burros in need. However, through the ongoing work of our charity, WFLF, we have found that the number of horses and burros falling victim to roundups, slaughter and other forms of cruelty is increasing to the point where it’s about to spiral out of control, and it’s happening at no fault of their own.
The answer is prevention and at WFLF we have found the best way to prevent cruelty is through education and outreach. To that point, beginning today, we will be sharing more of that information with you through this project so that we can make an even bigger difference together for the horses and burros today and for generations to come.
As noted in our September 2022 report, we have received multiple reports from the Dine’ (Navajo people) that the Navajo government is back at it again. They are roundup up Native wild horses & burros off the reservation, and they are reportedly even taking privately owned horses as well.
Unfortunately, we are seeing evidence of the same thing happening on other reservations too, including transports with dozens of foals who have been orphaned after their mothers were taken away and shipped to slaughter.
The only way to stop this is to put an end to slaughter. Countless wild horses & burros are disappearing across federal borders, and there’s no end in sight, unless we join together and fight for their federal protection.
Now that the last congressional session has ended, new legislation supporting a permanent ban on horse will soon be introduced. We are working hard behind the scenes to help get this done as soon as possible. Please stay tuned for updates about this and other essential information that can help protect our sacred horses and burros.
WFLF is committed to meeting the challenge of sustaining this lifesaving project and to raising support for protection for all horses and burros from the torturous agony of roundups and slaughter through permanent federal bi-partisan legislation that forbids slaughter on American soil and forever bans the export of live horses to slaughterhouses in other countries, and that safeguards wild equines from extinction, exploitation, harassment, and killing through responsible, humane and nonlethal management practices on both tribal and public lands.
Please also visit our other projects here on GlobalGiving where you can learn more and make a difference in other important ways. Visit us at Saving America's Horses and at WFLF's Hay Donation Drive.
In addition to raising awareness, this project helps WFLF to provide safe harbor habitats and essential provisions for the continuum of quality care and protection of rescued wild and domestic horses and burros in need, including a number of rescue horses, burros and Navajo mustangs whose lives had become at risk due to roundups and slaughter.
We are working around the clock to carry out these objectives and your generous donations help pay for things like veterinary care, quality hay & feed, farrier, transport and a safe sanctuary where these animals will never be at risk again. Our all volunteer charity thanks you for making this lifesaving work possible.
Please join us by making a difference and share this update with your friends. Your support matters and can help save lives today, tomorrow and for generations to come.
The Wild for Life Foundation’s (WFLF) Navajo Horse Rescue and Recovery Mission (NHRRM) is a lifesaving program which provides rescue and sanctuary services for wild horses and burros that have been saved from roundups, slaughter, and other forms of cruelty.
Links:
The Wild for Life Foundation’s (WFLF) Navajo Horse Rescue and Recovery Mission (NHRRM) was founded in 2013 to provide lifesaving rescue and sanctuary services for victimized wild horses and burros facing life threatening circumstances including roundups, slaughter, and other forms of cruelty.
Shortly after launching this project we also started bringing international attention to how the USDA and US Forest Service threaten tribal leaders with the cancellation of grazing permits if they fail to remove wild horses from public lands.
With a brief look back to 2009, which was just a couple years after the closure of the last U.S. based horse slaughter plant; we see that surges of tribal forces began to shun their own four legged brothers and sisters, known as the horse – while parroting pro-slaughter lines.
One such example of this is documented by the (NCAI) National Congress of American Indians’ Resolution #REN-13-056, which opposes any and all anti-slaughter acts. The NCAI claims that “horses that are overgrazing and destroying the rangeland, valleys and hillsides”. In a nutshell, the NCAI publicly opposes any legislation restricting horse slaughter, and supports authorizing tribes to establish horse slaughter facilities within their jurisdiction.
However, these view points are not shared by all tribal people. Many tribal people care deeply about horses and burros and are opposed to slaughter and the roundups, including tribal leaders and spiritual leaders like Chief Arvol Looking Horse. “When I heard about the slaughter of America’s horses it reminded me of the genocide on Indian tribes,” says Paul Rainbird, Former Lt Governor San Idelfonso Pueblo New Mexico. “For us to turn around and slaughter horses is like cutting out our own heart.”
Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe and spiritual leader of the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota Nation speaks out, “My great grandfather was Chief Big Foot. He was massacred at Wounded Knee, 1890. I speak out today because my heart is heavy and hurting; that we still have to face the ongoing genocide, that what we hold so deeply in our heart.”
As news spreads about what’s happening, people are asking why tribes would go against their indigenous cultural beliefs and values to label the horse, a species many tribes consider sacred and as family; to instead label them as “feral” and sell them for their meat. For one thing as revealed in the international award winning film, “SAVING AMERICA’S HORSES A NATION BETRAYED”, Agriculture and Forestry have threatened tribes with a loss of livestock grazing permits if they fail to implement management policies.
In addition to benefits for grazing livestock, other government incentives offered to tribes include funding for the management of habitats. As illustrated by the USDA APHIS materials, tribes are taught to simply repeat agency propaganda sent to them such as, “Feral horses are eating all the vegetation on rolling hillsides, depriving livestock of forage and endangering plants,” – USDA APHIS.
It’s a modern day “Trail of Tears” for America’s horses and burros which are being zeroed out from their native lands whether for the sale of their meat, or to make room for foreign lands sales and leasing or for livestock grazing. But we as native people honor this relative and we stand together with the majority of the American public, who is without a doubt adamantly opposed to slaughtering them.
Wild horse removals on the Navajo Nation were reportedly halted in 2020. Roughly 3000 equines were reportedly removed in 2018. 1500 were reportedly removed in 2019, and the last number reported as removed in 2020 was 600.
However, we have received multiple reports from the Dine’ (Navajo people) that the Navajo government is back at it again, and they are taking privately owned horses as well.
We are seeing evidence of the same thing happening on other reservations too, including dozens of foals just recently discovered orphaned after their mothers were taken away and shipped to slaughter.
Although the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) have full knowledge of the true heritage of America’s wild horses and burros, and the many ways that they complement the environment, the BLM and BIA continue to hide the truth and misinform the public and our lawmakers. By labeling them an invasive species, America’s indigenous wild horses and burros are denied the legal status and protection they deserve. As a result, they have been harassed, shot, rounded up, and hauled off to slaughter by the BLM and BIA.
WFLF is committed to meeting the challenge of sustaining this lifesaving project and to raising support for protection for all horses and burros from the torturous agony of roundups and slaughter through permanent federal bi-partisan legislation that forbids slaughter on American soil and forever bans the export of live horses to slaughterhouses in other countries, and that safeguards wild equines from extinction, exploitation, harassment, and killing through responsible, humane and nonlethal management practices on both tribal and public lands.
In addition to raising awareness, this project helps WFLF to provide safe harbor habitats and essential provisions for the continuum of quality care and protection of rescued wild and domestic horses and burros in need, including a number of rescue horses, burros and Navajo mustangs whose lives had become at risk due to roundups and slaughter.
We are working around the clock to carry out these objectives and your generous donations help pay for things like veterinary care, quality hay & feed, farrier, transport and a safe sanctuary where these animals will never be at risk again. Our all volunteer charity thanks you for making this lifesaving work possible.
Please join us by making a difference and share this update with your friends. Your support matters and can help save lives today, tomorrow and for generations to come.
The Wild for Life Foundation’s (WFLF) Navajo Horse Rescue and Recovery Mission (NHRRM) is a lifesaving program which provides rescue and sanctuary services for wild horses and burros that have been saved from roundups, slaughter, and other forms of cruelty.
This project serves to fill the essential needs for up to 20 rescued horses and burros in need, and advocates for the protection and preservation horses and burros on Native and public lands.
With a focus on the prevention of cruelty as the primary goal, WFLF strongly urges a strong and united voice for the protection of wild horses and burros from roundups, slaughter, and extinction. We also advocate for conservation measures that benefit the environment without causing harm to indigenous species, and that most certainly includes America’s wild horses and burros.
The Wild for Life Foundation’s (WFLF) Navajo Horse Rescue and Recovery Mission (NHRRM) was founded in 2013 to provide lifesaving rescue and sanctuary services for victimized wild horses and burros facing life threatening circumstances including roundups, slaughter, and other forms of cruelty.
The Wild For Life Foundation (WFLF) has been at the forefront of bringing the un-whitewashed truth to the public on the issue of horse slaughter and the protection of wild horses and burros in the wild. In 2013, WFLF brought international attention to how the USDA and US Forest Service threaten tribal leaders with the cancellation of grazing permits if they fail to remove wild horses from public lands. (Learn more)
When the dots are connected – the horses, the ranchers, the BLM, the USDA, FWS, Forestry, and the BIA, it’s clear that the central force driving the round ups is the BLM, a government agency under the Department of Interior. And with a look into how the BLM was set up and how they are governed... the records reflect that the BLM’s administrators are primarily ranchers governing from separate offices in each state which enables them to control the policies in which they are regulated.
Wild horse removals on the Navajo Nation were reportedly halted in 2020. Roughly 3000 equines were reportedly removed in 2018. 1500 were reportedly removed in 2019, and the last number reported as removed in 2020 was 600. Independent reports indicate that more effective measures must be enacted for the protection of Navajo horses and burros from abuse, killing, roundups and slaughter.
Although the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) have full knowledge of the true heritage of America’s wild horses and burros, and the many ways that they complement the environment, the BLM and BIA continue to hide the truth and misinform the public and our lawmakers. By labeling them an invasive species, America’s indigenous wild horses and burros are denied the legal status and protection they deserve. As a result, they have been harassed, shot, rounded up, and hauled off to slaughter by the BLM and BIA. The BLM has aggressively escalated these and other insidious activities including experimental sterilization, and now the last remaining free roaming horses and burros are being driven to extinction.
America’s wild horses have been denied any genuine status or protection in the US. They have instead been labeled as “feral” and “invasive” which allows them to be legally harassed, shot, rounded up and hauled off to slaughter.
Horses and burros were previously thought to have disappeared from the continent roughly 10,000 years ago. However, a surmounting body of evidence confirms that horses never totally died out in America. Substantial evidence proves that the Equus species survived the ice age in America, and evidence of their continued presence has become too substantial to ignore.
Incontrovertible and indisputable fossil records and molecular biology evidence confirms that today’s Genus Equus (HORSES, BURROS and ZEBRAS) originated and co-evolved with the habitat of North America. Many people don’t even realize that the genus EQUUS, today’s horses and burros are GENETICALLY THE SAME as those that lived in the U.S. before their presumed extinction.
Why is this important? As a native species, wild horses and burros compliment the natural environment of North America. They are recognized by scientists all over the world for restoring rangelands, boosting biodiversity, and helping to the return of a wide variety of plants and invertebrates to the lands where they roam. Scientists and conservationists have indeed found that the re-introduction of wild equines to open lands is a positive way to restore ecosystems and wildlife.
WFLF is committed to meeting the challenge of sustaining this lifesaving project and to increasing protection for all horses and burros from the torturous agony of roundups and slaughter through permanent federal bi-partisan legislation that forbids slaughter on American soil and forever bans the export of live horses to slaughterhouses in other countries, and that safeguards wild equines from extinction, exploitation, harassment, and killing through responsible, humane and nonlethal management practices on both tribal and public lands.
We at WFLF believe that the circle of life is eternal and in realizing how we came to be where we are, we must also look ahead at where we are going. We as native people we honor our horse relatives, and we know that the American public, without a doubt is adamantly opposed to slaughtering them. Horses are as much a part of the land as we are; their future is our future.
As the remaining number of Wild Horses in the U.S. nears extinction, education and appreciation through their protection in the wild becomes tantamount to their survival as a species. America’s Wild Horses cannot be reproduced once they are gone!
In addition to raising awareness, this project helps WFLF to provide safe harbor habitats and essential provisions for the continuum of quality care and protection of rescued wild and domestic horses and burros in need, including a number of rescue horses, burros and Navajo mustangs whose lives had become at risk due to roundups and slaughter.
WFLF’s rescue and crisis assistance missions have saved hundreds of horses and burros over the years—the majority of whom would likely have gone to slaughter without the meaningful support of devoted supporters like you.
Please join us by making a difference and share this update with your friends. Your support matters and can help save lives today, tomorrow and for generations to come.
The Wild for Life Foundation’s (WFLF) Navajo Horse Rescue and Recovery Mission (NHRRM) is a lifesaving program which provides rescue and sanctuary services for wild horses and burros that have been saved from roundups, slaughter, and other forms of cruelty.
The Wild for Life Foundation’s (WFLF) Navajo Horse Rescue and Recovery Mission (NHRRM) was founded in 2013 to provide lifesaving rescue and sanctuary services for victimized wild horses and burros facing life threatening circumstances including roundups, slaughter, and other forms of cruelty.
This project serves to fill the essential needs for up to 20 rescued horses and burros in need each year, and advocates for the protection and preservation horses and burros on Native and public lands.
With a focus on the prevention of cruelty as the primary goal, WFLF strongly urges a strong and united voice for the protection of wild horses and burros from roundups, slaughter, and extinction. We also advocate for conservation measures that benefit the environment without causing harm to indigenous species, and that most certainly includes wild horses and burros.
America’s wild horses have been denied any genuine status or protection in the US. They have instead been labeled as “feral” and “invasive” which allows them to be legally harassed, shot, rounded up and hauled off to slaughter.
Horses and burros were previously thought to have disappeared from the continent roughly 10,000 years ago. However, a surmounting body of evidence confirms that horses never totally died out in America. Substantial evidence proves that the Equus species survived the ice age in America, and evidence of their continued presence has become too substantial to ignore.
Incontrovertible and indisputable fossil records and molecular biology evidence confirms that today’s Genus Equus (HORSES, BURROS and ZEBRAS) originated and co-evolved with the habitat of North America. Many people don’t even realize that the genus EQUUS, today’s horses and burros are GENETICALLY THE SAME as those that lived in the U.S. before their presumed extinction.
Why is this important? As a native species, wild horses and burros compliment the natural environment of North America. They are recognized by scientists all over the world for restoring rangelands, boosting biodiversity, and helping to the return of a wide variety of plants and invertebrates to the lands where they roam. Scientists and conservationists have indeed found that the re-introduction of wild equines to open lands is a positive way to restore ecosystems and wildlife.
Although the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) have full knowledge of the true heritage of America’s wild horses and burros, and the many ways that they complement the environment, the BLM and BIA continue to hide the truth and misinform the public and our lawmakers. By labeling them an invasive species, America’s indigenous wild horses and burros are denied the legal status and protection they deserve. As a result, they have been harassed, shot, rounded up, and hauled off to slaughter by the BLM and BIA. The BLM has aggressively escalated these and other insidious activities including experimental sterilization, and now the last remaining free roaming horses and burros are being driven to extinction.
America’s wild horses and burros need you to act on their behalf; to help protect them from roundups, slaughter, and extinction, before it’s too late!
Please join us by making a difference by sharing this report with your friends. Your support matters and can help save lives today, tomorrow and for generations to come.
The Wild For Life Foundation (WFLF) has been at the forefront of bringing the un-whitewashed truth to the public on the issue of horse slaughter and the protection of wild horses and burros in the wild. We thank you for your continued support.
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can recieve an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
Support this important cause by creating a personalized fundraising page.
Start a Fundraiser
Make a monthly donation & get 
