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Federal agents soon might expand methods to manage wild horses and burros on public lands, including unrestricted sales that could lead to slaughter for meat and sterilizing on the range, according to a rule proposed by the Department of Interior.
An explosion in the number ... Read More
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The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Department of Agriculture are seeking public comment to study a single-dose contraceptive that could help control wild horse populations across Nevada by temporarily halting wild mare fertility.
Since the passage of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act in 1971, ... Read More
This fall, digital billboards in New York City’s Times Square have alerted throngs of tourists about the need to spare horses from slaughter and protect the wild horses that still roam our public lands.
Those Return to Freedom billboards and more like them coming to ... Read More
Dear Friends,
On this holiday when we pause to give thanks, we are grateful –
– grateful for the opportunity to work each day to protect America’s mustangs: a symbol of freedom inspiring not only Americans but people all over the world,
– grateful for the support that enables us to care all year long for 465 wild horses and ... Read More
Return to Freedom has long been a staunch opponent of the surgical sterilization of wild mares and jennies. On Nov. 18, RTF’s Board of Directors sent a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees further underscoring this opposition. Click here to read the full letter.
The Bureau of Land Management has since Tuesday captured 172 wild horses in an ongoing helicopter roundup as the agency work toward complete removal of all horses on the Seaman-White River Herd Areas near Ely, Nevada.
Two wild horses have died, according to BLM's gather report:
--On Nov. 12, a ... Read More