Earlier this month a federal roundup of wild horses resulted in captured horses falling out of the trailer. Read on for more from American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC). During the Twin Peaks wild horse helicopter roundup on October 3, 2024, the back door of a livestock trailer transporting recently captured mustangs, flew open, sending nine horses tumbling out of the moving vehicle. The incident, documented by American Wild Horse Conservation (AWHC) observers on the ground at the roundup in California, has prompted the organization to call for an immediate moratorium on wild horse roundups, citing a shocking failure to ensure humane treatment.