Return to Freedom is frustrated and disappointed that bans on horse slaughter and the export of horses for slaughter were not included in the version of the Farm Bill ... Read More
Urgent action needed: The next step in passing the House’s version of the agriculture funding bill is a markup session on May 23 at which members will offer and vote ... Read More
The Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act, which would permanently ban horse slaughter in the United States as well as the export of American horses for slaughter, has amassed ... Read More
As published by the BBC
Animal welfare charities have welcomed an Africa-wide ban on the controversial donkey skin trade.
It will make it illegal to slaughter donkeys for their skin across ... Read More
Return to Freedom recently joined animal welfare and equine industry groups to pen a letter to key congressional leaders in support of the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act (H.R. ... Read More
Fantastic news! – New York Gov. Kathy Hochul today signed a law banning the slaughter of equines for human or animal consumption.
She also signed a bill increasing penalties ... Read More
A total of 8,045 wild horses and burros were adopted, sold or transferred to other government agencies over the past year, the Bureau of Land Management announced this week.
The ... Read More
For Immediate Release
The Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act would expand the Dog and Cat Meat Prohibition Act passed in the 2018 Farm Bill to include equines, permanently protecting American ... Read More
A resolution calling for the federal government “to implement best management practices for wild horses and burros by allowing for equine slaughter and processing for shipment” died recently in ... Read More
For immediate release
LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA -- A total of 19,989 American horses were shipped to slaughter plants in Mexico or Canada in 2022, according to government statistics.
While this represents a 14.7% ... Read More