Good news! The House included protective appropriations language for 2026 on July 15. The Senate included protective language in its appropriations bill, released on July 24.
Originally posted June 11, 2025... Read More
As co-owners of America’s public lands, we all must continue to oppose the sell-off of public land sales in the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill.
Call your senators at (202) 224-3121. ... Read More
Update: A provision in the budget reconciliation bill that would have forced government agencies to sell off up to 3.3 million acres of public land failed to clear a key ... Read More
There are so many heartwarming stories at our sanctuary!
Here's a recent one:
When a little fuzzy burro arrived at our sanctuary following the long ride from the Bowie, Texas, auction, we ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service would be required to sell up to 3.3 million acres of public land over the next five years under a ... Read More
The co-chairs of the Congressional Wild Horse Caucus and Congressional Animal Protection Caucus this week urged House and Senate appropriators to protect healthy wild horses and burros from being ... Read More
This May, we celebrated Spirit, the Kiger mustang stallion who was the muse for the animators of DreamWorks’ “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron” — and who has lived at Return ... Read More
Thank you to the Environmental Media Association for again hosting Return to Freedom’s panel at its Impact Summit highlighting the value of equines as part of regenerative holistic land ... Read More
The president’s 2026 budget proposal, released today, does not include a prohibition against the government killing healthy wild horses and burros.
Return to Freedom is deeply disappointed and concerned by the ... Read More
Reps. Steven Cohen, D-Tenn., Dina Titis, D-Nev., and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., on Thursday reintroduced the Horse Transportation Safety Act on Thursday. They were joined by 17 bipartisan cosponsors.
Unfortunately, a few ... Read More