WASHINGTON, DC (May 22, 2026) – By a vote of 34-30, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed its five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill, which includes a bipartisan amendment led by U.S. Reps. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) and Dina Titus (D-Nev.), joined by Reps. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) and Jimmy ... Read More
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Good news! — The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today passed a surface transportation reauthorization bill that includes a bipartisan ban on transporting horses for slaughter.
The amendment mirrors the goals of two bills that RTF has long supported: the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act, a horse slaughter ban ... Read More
The House Interior Subcommittee has included prohibitions against the government killing healthy wild horses and burros or selling them to slaughter in its Fiscal Year 2027 bill language released on Wednesday.
In addition, the House subcommittee would keep funding for the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse & Burro Program roughly ... Read More
Jumping into Regenerative Wine: Santa Barbara County Vintners Join Global Effort to Fix Farming
As published by Santa Barbara Independent
It’s an unseasonably sunny and warm February morning in the Santa Ynez Valley, where about 50 winemakers and farmers are standing in a circle under the shade of a giant peppercorn ... Read More
Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation on Friday demanded that the U.S. Forest Service immediately stop unlawful actions toward capturing and removing wild horses from Sitgreaves National Forest in Arizona.
In a letter to U.S. Forest Service (USFS) officials, Return to Freedom (RTF) and fellow advocacy organizations Front Range Equine Rescue ... Read More
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Return to Freedom’s Founder Neda DeMayo has had horse sense since her earliest memories.
“Horse was my first word,” DeMayo says. “I have been passionate about horses since I was born, or at least I can’t ... Read More