Return to Freedom comment on the Aug. 20 New York Times story about the sale of wild horses to slaughter:
That any wild horse or burro — protected under federal law while on the range — is ever sold to slaughter is reprehensible.
Today’s Times story highlights a disturbing increase in ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
The Bureau of Land Management captured 2,708 horses and killed 15 in a pair of roundups that ended this week in Nevada — a continuation of the agency’s failed, decades-old practice of managing herd numbers through capture and removal.
A total of 2,005 wild horses lost their freedom on the Callaghan ... Read More
Update on the tragic government helicopter roundups in Nevada:
Callaghan Complex — In the largest roundup in the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) history, on the 1.2 million-acre complex of Herd Management Areas (HMAs), 1,916 of a planned 2,000 wild horses have been captured.
Causes of 10 deaths have included a head ... Read More
UPDATE: The Bureau of Land Management has captured 1,240 wild horses and killed five during the first week of its largest-ever helicopter roundup, happening now in Nevada.
Those killed included two foals, according to the BLM’s gather report: One after being kicked in a holding pen, suffering a broken leg, ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management has made changes to its wild horse and burro sales policy that disincentivize making money from selling a wild horse for slaughter and appear to give law enforcement, lawyers, and advocates the needed teeth to go after bad actors.
Among the changes:
The bill of ... Read More
A major overhaul of federal public land grazing regulations is happening now, and public comments are accepted until Monday, July 13.
The proposed grazing rule can be accessed and commented on here:
https://www.regulations.gov/document/BLM-2026-0001-0001
BLM's information about the updated grazing rule can be accessed here:... Read More