Pronghorn are North America's fastest land animal and face increasing welfare challenges as drought intensifies across their range.
Drought causes chronic nutritional stress in pronghorn, reducing body condition, reproductive success, and survival especially among young animals. Animals searching for water cross increasingly busy roads and encounter additional mortality risk. Fence removal or modification along migration routes allows pronghorn to access water and seasonal ranges they have used for thousands of years. Water supplementation programs in critical drought years provide short-term relief while longer-term habitat and climate solutions are developed.