The Bureau of Land Management announced plans on Friday to remove an entire wild horse herd from Southeast Oregon as soon as next week. It was also to begin capturing and removing up to 499 wild horses in the same region on Thursday.
Starting yesterday, the BLM was to conduct a ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
This week, we said goodbye—or, perhaps more fittingly, “see you down the trail”—to Andrea Eastman, a cherished friend of Return to Freedom and a beloved personal friend of RTF founder Neda DeMayo.
Andrea passed away peacefully on Wednesday at the age of 86, at her home in Santa Barbara.
“It is hard ... Read More
RTF calls for continued accountability, transparency about new wild horse sales program protections, and passage of the SAFE Act to permanently protect America’s horses from slaughter.
LOMPOC, Calif. — Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation (RTF) is deeply concerned by an Aug. 20 New York Times report highlighting the disturbing increase ... Read More
UPDATE:
GREAT NEWS! We’re nearing our $10,000 goal to reunite four wild mares that were captured, taken from their home range, neglected, and dumped at auctions that feed the slaughter pipeline.
If you’d like to help make this reunion possible, please click here to donate. We’re raising money for transportation, weeks ... Read More
Return to Freedom comment on the Aug. 20 New York Times story about the sale of wild horses to slaughter:
That any wild horse or burro — protected under federal law while on the range — is ever sold to slaughter is reprehensible.
Today’s Times story highlights a disturbing increase in ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management captured 2,708 horses and killed 15 in a pair of roundups that ended this week in Nevada — a continuation of the agency’s failed, decades-old practice of managing herd numbers through capture and removal.
A total of 2,005 wild horses lost their freedom on the Callaghan ... Read More