Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation (RTF) is expanding public awareness of the plight of America’s wild horses through a new public service announcement (PSA) featuring acclaimed actor and longtime advocate Ed Harris.
The PSA highlights the beauty, history, and importance of protecting ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has restricted the export of live animals to Mexico — including the shipping of horses and other equines to slaughter — due to the detection of New World screwworm in the United States.
The halt comes as Congress is moving closer to finally imposing a ban ... Read More
WASHINGTON, DC (May 22, 2026) – By a vote of 34-30, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed its five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill, which includes a bipartisan amendment led by U.S. Reps. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) and Dina Titus (D-Nev.), joined by Reps. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) and Jimmy ... Read More
Good news! — The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today passed a surface transportation reauthorization bill that includes a bipartisan ban on transporting horses for slaughter.
The amendment mirrors the goals of two bills that RTF has long supported: the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act, a horse slaughter ban ... Read More
The House Interior Subcommittee has included prohibitions against the government killing healthy wild horses and burros or selling them to slaughter in its Fiscal Year 2027 bill language released on Wednesday.
In addition, the House subcommittee would keep funding for the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse & Burro Program roughly ... Read More
Jumping into Regenerative Wine: Santa Barbara County Vintners Join Global Effort to Fix Farming
As published by Santa Barbara Independent
It’s an unseasonably sunny and warm February morning in the Santa Ynez Valley, where about 50 winemakers and farmers are standing in a circle under the shade of a giant peppercorn ... Read More