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Originally posted June 11, 2025 America’s wild horses and burros urgently need your help! The president’s 2026 budget proposal does not include annual language barring the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from using our tax dollars to kill healthy wild horses and burros or sell them to slaughter. We must ensure ... Read More
June 20, 2025Cory Golden
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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 provision intended for inclusion in the Senate budget reconciliation bill (dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”). Return to Freedom adamantly ... Read More
June 20, 2025Cory Golden
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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 killed by government agencies or sold to slaughter in Interior funding bills. The president’s 2026 budget proposal omits long-standing, bipartisan ... Read More
June 13, 2025Cory Golden
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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 management! The panel provided an opportunity for RTF’s president, Neda DeMayo, and experts Rodger Savory and Alejandro Carrillo to discuss regenerative ... Read More
June 9, 2025Cory Golden
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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 omission of this important protective language, which had become standard in federal budgets. This shows a lack of careful consideration for ... Read More
May 30, 2025Cory Golden
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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 irresponsible haulers continue to use double-deck trailers against manufacturer intent to transport horses. Previous legislation banned the use of double-deck trailers ... Read More
May 29, 2025Cory Golden