Non-lethal tools without lethal backing are not management; they are just theater.

Range riding won’t save a ranch. Compensation won’t save a ranch. Only honest, timely, decisive wolf management will.

Western Justice is committed to advancing practical, science-based animal welfare policy that respects both property rights and due process. We urge the USDA and members of Congress to review this briefing in consideration of modernizing federal equine policy by returning welfare authority to the states and supporting voluntary, industry-led welfare programs.

In Coulee City, Washington, a generational ranching family stands accused of crimes they didn’t commit—because the state decided to make an example of them. What began as a minor bureaucratic dispute has become a full-blown crusade, weaponizing environmental law against the very people who help feed America.