A note from Return to Freedom: For the Bureau of Land Management to reduce the need for short- and long-term holding it must put a robust fertility control program in place so that euthanasia of healthy horses, unrestricted sales and slaughter remain off the table and roundups can finally be phased out. But, ... Read More
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Wild horses in a temporary holding pen after being captured during a 2018 helicopter roundup at the Triple B Complex in Nevada. BLM file photo.
The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday completed a 24-day "emergency" ... Read More
Photo taken at RTF's San Luis Obispo, Calif., satellite sanctuary by Deb Hofstetter.
The Interior Department’s Inspector General announced this week that Bureau of Land Management staff working in the Wild Horse and Burro Program misused ... Read More
A contractor's helicopter pursues wild horses during trapping on the Sulphur Herd Management Area in 2017. RTF file photo by Steve Paige.
The Bureau of Land Management captured 78 wild horses on ... Read More
A note from RTF: Pendley once called wild horses an “existential threat” to our public lands. So while we are pleased with the decision to withdraw the formal nomination of a polarizing figure from leading the Bureau of Land Management, we remain extremely wary of his ongoing role ... Read More
A contractor's helicopter drives wild horses toward the trap site during a 2017 roundup in Wyoming's Checkerboard region. RTF file photo by Steve Paige.
Nine animals have died and 1,371 wild horses and burros have been ... Read More