Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation and a coalition of advocates on Friday filed to voluntarily dismiss a 2018 lawsuit seeking to stop the U.S. Forest Service from selling hundreds of wild horses from California’s last large herd to slaughter.
The plaintiffs did so after successful lobbying by RTF, the Humane Society ... Read More
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Dear Friends,
With all the challenges going on for all of us, thankfully RTF has a most welcome and needed opportunity this week with our GlobalGiving partnership.
GlobalGiving is the largest global crowdfunding community connecting nonprofits, donors and companies in nearly every country. RTF depends ... Read More
Spirit turns 25 this year, and we had an amazing event planned to celebrate his birthday at our Lompoc sanctuary. Because of the uncertainty caused by COVID-19, we have postponed the celebration that was scheduled for May 9 indefinitely and temporarily discontinued ticket sales. We will be contacting those who have ... Read More
A total of 129 wild horses remain for sale at $1 apiece from the U.S. Forest Service at its Double Devil Corrals, located at Modoc National Forest.
The number of horses had fallen to 108 by Jan. 28, but Forest Service staff said numbers in the corrals have fluctuated depending on ... Read More
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As published by E&E News
The Bureau of Land Management is now formally referring to wild horses and burros as an "existential threat" to federal lands, mirroring acting BLM chief William Perry Pendley's controversial characterization of growing herd sizes.
The language is included in BLM's budget justification, released ... Read More
As Return to Freedom continues to be involved in policy discussions affecting wild horse and burro management, we are deeply concerned with suggested rule changes to the National Environmental Policy Act – some of which could limit public comments about roundups or even exclude management options like roundups from going ... Read More