News and Noteworthy

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All of us at Return to Freedom are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former Board Chair, Charlie Eckberg, a lifelong activist for many environmental causes dear to his heart, including wild horses and burros. Our thoughts are with his family and all of those whose lives ... Read More
March 19, 2025Cory Golden
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Return to Freedom is now awaiting a ruling by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in a case crucial to the future of wild horses in southwest Wyoming. RTF is fighting the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to strip 2 million acres from wild horse use for the benefit of ... Read More
March 19, 2025Cory Golden
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Return to Freedom is now awaiting a ruling by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in a case crucial to the future of wild horses in southwest Wyoming. RTF is fighting the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to strip 2 million acres from wild horse use for the benefit ... Read More
March 19, 2025Cory Golden
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As published by Courthouse News Service Wild horse advocates argued before a panel of the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday morning for another chance to preserve management of over 1,000 wild horses roaming public lands in southwest Wyoming after officials approved a plan to remove the animals due to rampant ... Read More
March 18, 2025Cory Golden
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By Jay Hodvey As published by BloodHorse Daily Years ago, I threw a leg over a great big living room sofa of a pony for a trail ride through the Wild Horse Sanctuary in Shingletown, Calif., up there near Lassen Volcanic National Park. At one point, the lead wrangler pulled us ... Read More
March 15, 2025Cory Golden
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By Celeste Carlisle, RTF biologist On March 3, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado ruled the Bureau of Land Management’s wild horse and burro adoption Incentive Program (AIP) to be insufficient to safeguard federally protected animals, and was not done in accordance with federal ... Read More
March 13, 2025Cory Golden