The Bureau of Land Management is again proposing an August spay study on 100 wild mares captured at the Warm Springs Herd Management Area in Oregon.
BLM aims to determine the feasibility of performing ovariectomies via colpotomy. This is a rare procedure which removes the ovaries by crushing and pulling them ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
As published by The Hill
By Kitty Block, Matt Bershadker, Sara Amundson and Neda DeMayo
Our nation guaranteed protection to wild horses and burros in 1971 by passing the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, which ensured they would remain safe and federally protected on our rangelands. But in the nearly 50 years since, ... Read More
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Thursday marked a positive day in federal court in Return to Freedom’s ongoing fight to prevent horses from Devils Garden Wild Horse Territory in Northern California from being shipped to slaughter – and to keep ... Read More
Sixty-four members of Congress have signed a letter of concern to the U.S. Forest Service about its plan to sell older wild horses captured at Devils Garden Wild Horse Territory without restriction, placing them in danger of being purchased by kill buyers.
In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and ... Read More
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As published by The Associated Press
Animal welfare groups have reached a milestone agreement with ranching interests they say would save wild mustangs from slaughter but the compromise ... Read More
New Territory
For Frequently Asked Questions and Myths & Facts about the draft joint proposal to Congress for Fiscal Year 2020, please click here.
Dear Friends,
Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to reach out to us regarding our recently announced support of a joint ... Read More