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The bipartisan support of 223 members of the U.S. House of Representatives who are backing a bill to end horse slaughter will mean little if the bill is not brought ... Read More
January 29, 2026Cory Golden
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The number of American horses exported is on pace to reach its highest total in at least four years — a tragic reminder of why Congress must take action to ... Read More
December 18, 2025Cory Golden
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Return to Freedom and our co-plaintiffs were among those that prevailed in federal appeals court rulings in July affecting wild horse Herd Management Areas in Southwest Wyoming. The court found ... Read More
August 27, 2025Cory Golden
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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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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
June 12, 2025Cory Golden
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Join us May 10 for a fun-filled celebration of the Opening Day of our program season and Spirit’s 30th birthday at our Lompoc, Calif., headquarters sanctuary! See Spirit, the Kiger ... Read More
April 16, 2025Cory Golden
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More threats loom in Washington, D.C., and this has a direct impact on America’s wild horses. We are locked in a federal court battle over the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision ... Read More
April 11, 2025Cory Golden
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Return to Freedom is featured in The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses — an extraordinary documentary that captures the beauty, spirit, and struggle of these living legends and those who are ... Read More
March 4, 2025Cory Golden
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Return to Freedom successfully lobbied for Congress’s requirement that the Bureau of Land Management finally abides by its own Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program, a humane-handling protocol during roundups, ... Read More
September 8, 2021Cory Golden
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Dear Wild Horse Advocate, Good news! The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday voted to approve a Fiscal Year 2019 Interior Appropriations bill that again includes language that would bar the Bureau ... Read More
June 15, 2018Cory Golden