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Grow-w-w-w your donation on July Bonus Day!

July 16, 2025
Today is the big day: Grow-w-w-w your donation dollar to help us care for the more than 460 rescued wild horses and burros at our sanctuary! From 10 a.m. EDT on ... Read More
July 16, 2025Cory Golden
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House Subcommittee includes wild horse protective language omitted by president

July 15, 2025
Update: The Senate included protective language in its appropriations bill, released on July 24. The Senate bill recommends $141.9 million for the Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse and Burro ... Read More
July 15, 2025Cory Golden
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Huge victory: Appeals Court rules for RTF, co-plaintiffs in suit to stop BLM from taking 2 M acres from Wyoming’s wild horses!

July 15, 2025
In a stunning win for Wyoming’s thousands of Checkerboard wild horses, on Tuesday, July 15, Return to Freedom and Front Range Equine Rescue, along with wild horse advocates and photographers ... Read More
July 15, 2025Cory Golden
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Americans won’t back lethal options for wild horses put at risk by mismanagement

July 9, 2025
Good news: The House House Appropriations Interior Subcommittee released an Appropriations bill recommendations including protective language for wild horses on July 15. The Senate Interior Subcommittee included protective language in ... Read More
July 9, 2025Cory Golden
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Salt Wells Creek (Wyo.) helicopter roundup rescheduled to August

July 3, 2025
The Bureau of Land Management has moved a planned helicopter roundup of 1,922 wild horses in southwest Wyoming to Aug. 25. The roundup was to take place on July 15 ... Read More
July 3, 2025Cory Golden
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ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress wild horses and burros must be protected!

July 2, 2025
America’s wild horses and burros urgently need your help! The president’s 2026 budget proposal does not include what had become standard annual language barring the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from ... Read More
July 2, 2025Cory Golden
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Urgent: Tell Congress to stop wild horses, burros from being killed or slaughtered!

June 27, 2025
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
June 27, 2025Cory Golden
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Call Congress: Fight to stop public lands sell-off isn’t over!

June 27, 2025
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
June 27, 2025Cory Golden
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Public lands sales effort fails to clear legislative hurdle; threat remains

June 24, 2025
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
June 24, 2025Cory Golden
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Mr. Lonesome is lonely no more!

June 22, 2025
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
June 22, 2025Cory Golden
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Return to Freedom is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and depends on the kind and generous donations of people like you to keep our wild horses and burros fed, as well as to continue our invaluable work in legislation, lobbying, and hands-on rescue.

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