How You Can Help
There are many valuable ways to become involved:
- Volunteer for Range Clean-ups
- Donate Funds and/or Supplies
- Help to Advocate and Educate
- Adopt from BLM Holding Facilities and/or Rescues
Volunteer With Our Team
If you would like to volunteer your time helping out the Onaqui horses on the range please drop us a line that includes your name, availability and contact information and you will be added to our database to receive communication about our organized events to make the range cleaner and safer for our beloved wild horses.
Our direct email is: redbirdstrust@hotmail.com
All volunteer opportunities are shared here months in advance and on our Red Birds Trust Facebook page.
The 2025 summer range cleanup event date will be announced soon!
Donate
Make a tax deductible monetary donation or donations of in kind supplies to Red Birds Trust.
Because all Directors are donating 100% of their time that means that every dollar of donations received will be dedicated to improving the lives of the Onaqui Horses.
Donations received will be allocated for assisting with saving Onaqui horses found in kill pens, purchasing equipment needed to do range clean-ups as well as for the care, training, housing, medical emergencies and/or transportation of Onaqui adopted into private homes and sanctuaries including those Onaqui adopted by members of Red Birds Trust.
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Spread the Word
We know that realistically not everyone has extra time or money to offer. But everyone does offer something equally valuable which is your voice.
Just letting people know about the plight of the Onaqui (and other wild horse HMA's) and being able to offer valid reasons and fact based knowledge to keep wild horses in the wild is something we can never do enough of.
Some great places to find current updates and informational resources are:
Save The Onaqui Wild Horses Facebook Group
Jen Rogers has also published several ongoing educational blogs & articles that can be found on her websites.
Adopt, Rescue or Sponsor
Wild horses and burros are being removed from public lands at an alarming rate. In the past four years alone removal numbers have been record breaking including:
13,666 rounded up in 2021
5,3335 rounded up in 2022
20,193 rounded up in 2023
17,330 rounded up in 2024 and
10,862 are slated to loose their freedom in 2025.
In July of 2021 312 Onaqui mustangs lost their freedom and awaited their fate in a December 2021 online Adoption event where they would subsequently be shipped to homes, sanctuaries or other government holding facilities throughout the continental US.
A majority of the wild horses not being adopted while in holding facilities are mares and horses estimated to be over 7 years old. Foals continue to be born in the BLM facilities to pregnant mares removed during roundups creating even more mustangs that will need to find forever homes.
So if you have a big heart and a good home or know someone that does there are lots of wonderful wild horses waiting for a chance in BLM holding facilities and events throughout the US.
In addition to adoption directly through BLM, countless Wild Horses and Burros are being found in kill pens scheduled to ship to slaughter in Mexico every day including many Onaqui who we at Red Birds Trust have fortunate enough to be able to rescue with our donors hlep. Saving a life by adopting directly from a kill pen or researching reputable rescues is encouraged if you have the time, space, resources and patience.
If you aren't in a position to be able to personally give a home to a Wild Horse or burro personally, another wonderful option is to find a reputable wild horse sanctuary and either offer a donation, sponsor of one of their rescues, or volunteer your time helping out at their facility.
Please click HERE for a direct link to the BLM's informational page on the Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Program.
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