The Bureau of Land Management is leaning toward a plan that would strip more than 2.4 million acres from wild horse use – an 87% reduction – in the Checkerboard region of southern Wyoming,
BLM’s preferred option: Zero out two wild Herd Management Areas, manage the herd on a third HMA ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
To Our Friends:
I wanted to reach out and first find out how you’re all doing. I hope that you are healthy and finding ways to use this time to take care of yourself and your loved ones.
We truly are all in this together. In some ways, having the world slow ... Read More
Return to Freedom appreciates that Dave Philipps of The New York Times laid out the significant challenges of creating a sustainable future for America’s wild horses and burros after decades of mismanagement. RTF has long focused on solutions to allow naturally selected family bands to live freely at our sanctuary and ... Read More
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
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