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Senate approves funding package containing wild horse protections

January 15, 2026
The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a funding package that includes wild horse and burro protections and rejects proposed cuts to the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro ... Read More
January 15, 2026Cory Golden
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Update: House funding bill includes wild horse, burro protections

January 9, 2026
Wild horses update: The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted 397-28 to approve an Interior Department appropriations package including key protections for wild horses and burros. The funding package is ... Read More
January 9, 2026Cory Golden
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Registration open for summer programs, including two photography clinics

January 6, 2026
Return to Freedom will be host not one but two special Photography Workshops and Safaris with Editing Labs, April 1-3 and May 31-June 5, led by Lori Sortino, Cathy Wallace ... Read More
January 6, 2026Cory Golden
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Appropriators keep wild horse budget flat, include key protections

January 5, 2026
House and Senate appropriators today released a final Fiscal Year 2026 funding language that includes key protections for wild horses and burros and rejects proposed cuts to the Bureau of ... Read More
January 5, 2026Cory Golden
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Marking the Wild Horse & Burro Act’s 54th anniversary

December 15, 2025
Today marks the 54th anniversary of the enactment of the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act — a reminder of the need to protect wild herds and the ... Read More
December 15, 2025Cory Golden
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Take Action: Horse slaughter export numbers continue to climb

December 10, 2025
Tragically, the number of American horses exported for slaughter is on pace to reach the highest total in at least four years. The export ... Read More
December 10, 2025Cory Golden
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A Rocky Mountain National Park pilgrimage

December 5, 2025
By Celeste Carlisle, RTF Biologist and Science Program Manager Rocky Mountain National Park’s (RMNP) alpine meadows, sparkling lakes, and granite mountains are home to elk, marmots, pika, and moose. During summers in ... Read More
December 5, 2025Cory Golden
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Update: Wild horse roundups, Advisory Board on hold; BLM nominee, public lands rollbacks raise concern

December 5, 2025
Take Action: Click here to send messages to Congress about wild horses and about horse slaughter. Donate: Please consider a donation to our Wild Horse ... Read More
December 5, 2025Cory Golden
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Rep. Buchanan, GOP colleagues: Add slaughter ban to Farm Bill

November 26, 2025
To take action for America's horses, see the end of this post. Rep. Vern Buchanan and 19 of his Republican colleagues recently called on House leadership to include language banning horse ... Read More
November 26, 2025Cory Golden
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Watch: Predators and wild horses webinar with Dr. David Stoner

November 24, 2025
Relationships are Complicated: Predator Interactions with Wild Horses Webinar recorded Nov. 18, 2025 This Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation ... Read More
November 24, 2025Cory Golden
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