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Help us protect the herd before winter storms

September 2, 2026
Update: This matching campaign has been extended until Oct. 31! Dear Friends, We have wonderful news—and an urgent challenge ahead. In honor of ... Read More
September 2, 2026Cory Golden
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See you down the trail, Andrea

August 28, 2026
This week, we said goodbye—or, perhaps more fittingly, “see you down the trail”—to Andrea Eastman, a cherished friend of Return to Freedom and a beloved personal friend of RTF founder ... Read More
August 28, 2026Cory Golden
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Take action to end wild horse slaughter!

August 27, 2026
Scroll down to take action A recent New York Times story about the increase in wild horses being sent to slaughter underscores the need for Congress to pass the ... Read More
August 27, 2026Cory Golden
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Press release: RTF responds to Times report on wild horses sold to slaughter

August 26, 2026
RTF calls for continued accountability, transparency about new wild horse sales program protections, and passage of the SAFE Act to permanently protect America’s horses from slaughter. LOMPOC, Calif. — Return to ... Read More
August 26, 2026Cory Golden
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New York Times spotlights sale of wild horses to slaughter

August 20, 2026
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 ... Read More
August 20, 2026Cory Golden
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Watch our ‘Math of Mustangs: Fertility Control Stories’ webinar

August 14, 2026
https://youtu.be/Ez5LFtOHOVk   This Return to Freedom webinar was held on Aug. 12, 2026. It featured wild horse Kayla Grams of The Science and Conservation Center. About the webinar Grams helps us delve into the ... Read More
August 14, 2026Cory Golden
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Improved wild horse sale policy a win for painstaking advocacy

August 6, 2026
In a victory for the kind of painstaking, comprehensive work done every day by Return to Freedom’s advocacy team, the Bureau of Land Management recently made changes to its wild ... Read More
August 6, 2026Cory Golden
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Sign Up for ‘The Math of Mustangs: Stories of Fertility Control’ Webinar

August 3, 2026
What gave rise to research in utilizing fertility control for wild animal management? And whose idea was it to use it for wild ... Read More
August 3, 2026Cory Golden
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Roundups, including BLM’s largest ever, end with 2,708 wild horses captured

July 31, 2026
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 ... Read More
July 31, 2026Cory Golden
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Update: 2,485 wild horses captured, 11 killed in ongoing Nevada roundups

July 24, 2026
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 ... Read More
July 24, 2026Cory Golden
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