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As published by KSBY One wish is coming true for a four-year-old girl who has been diagnosed with a disorder that causes strokes. Kynlee Thomas and her family flew from Oklahoma to the Central Coast in order to meet Spirit, the horse that inspired the ... Read More
April 13, 2019Cory Golden
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Update: Video from KSBY: Oklahoma girl travels to Central Coast to fulfill wish of meeting famous horse Kynlee Thomas received her most heartfelt wish on Friday when she and her family met Spirit, courtesy of Make-a-Wish Oklahoma, Make-a-Wish Tri-Counties and Return to Freedom. Kynlee, 4, was diagnosed with a ... Read More
April 12, 2019Cory Golden
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  Update: On April 9, AB 128 passed out of the Assembly Water Parks and Wildlife Committee on a 10-1 vote. Almost 82,000 American horses, domestic and wild, were shipped to Mexico and Canada. Horses from California were among them despite the 1998 passage of Prop. 6, which made illegal the transportation of ... Read More
April 4, 2019Cory Golden
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Return to Freedom's lobbyist, Chris Heyde, recently spoke about the SAFE Act to ban horse slaughter on Animals Today Radio. It begins at the 21:30 mark.... Read More
April 3, 2019Cory Golden
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Return to Freedom urges the business council of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation to hear the voices of tribal members who’ve objected to the roundup and change course before these horses are sent to slaughter. There are safe, proven and humane solutions for on-the-range management of ... Read More
April 3, 2019Cory Golden
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Modoc National Forest in Alturas, Calif., will hold an April 8-12 adoption event for about 14 wild horses ages 9-under captured last fall during a helicopter roundup at Devils Garden Wild Horse Territory. Some 650 others -- most 9-under plus mares 10-over with foals -- are available for adoption at the ... Read More
March 28, 2019Cory Golden