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Through pioneering fertility control and pushing for legislation that would ban horse slaughter, Return To Freedom is more than just a horse sanctuary
As published by Santa Barbara News-Press
The slaughter of wild horses mostly ended in the United States in the early 2000s, ... Read More
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The Bureau of Land Management will start capturing 1,035 wild horses from the Stewart Creek and Green Mountain Herd Management Areas in south-central Wyoming as soon as Thursday.
The helicopter roundup is part of a longer-term plan to remove about 1,800 horses from the Red Desert Complex of Herd Management Areas ... Read More
October 14, 2026Cory Golden
Never make a horse girl angry!
Hilary Campbell, a cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, comedian, and author, is one of those horse girls.
You can find her new T-shirt for sale at https://www.bonfire.com/riot-horse-grrrl/ — 100% of proceeds go to Return to Freedom to support our advocacy, sanctuary, education, and conservation ... Read More
October 12, 2026Cory Golden
On Oct. 4, CBS Sunday Morning featured footage from our San Luis Obispo, Calif., satellite sanctuary. Watch it below.
Support our work.
Sponsor one of our rescued wild horses.
Take action for wild horses and burros.
October 5, 2026Cory Golden
Award-winning singer-songwriter Shannon Davis is donating proceeds from the sale of her lovely new single “Still There Are Horses” as a 30-day fundraiser for Return to Freedom.
To purchase the song, go to https://shannondavis.bandcamp.com/track/still-there-are-horses (70% of net proceeds will go to RTF).
We’re grateful to Shannon for her support for wild ... Read More
October 2, 2026Cory Golden
Great news! A record 239 members of the U.S. House of Representatives now support a bill to ban horse slaughter and the export of American horses for slaughter.
Thank you to everyone who has written or called their representative, and thanks to our advocacy team, including our lobbyist Chris Heyde, and ... Read More
September 29, 2026Cory Golden





