Dear Friends,
All of us at Return to Freedom have been moved by the outpouring of interest from our supporters and the public at large in protecting some of the last vestiges of California’s largest wild horse herd from slaughter.
The U.S. Forest Service is currently conducting a helicopter roundup of 1,000 ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
SALT LAKE CITY -- A federal district court judge decided this week to allow a coalition of advocates to intervene as defendants in a suit filed by Beaver County, Utah, which would threaten wild horses and tie the hands of those that manage them.
The county wants to force the Bureau ... Read More
Through Wednesday, the Bureau of Land Management has captured 728 wild horses, 30 burros and two mules at the Warm Springs Herd Management Area in Oregon during a helicopter roundup preceding a planned spay study on 100 wild mares.
Of the animals captured, 30 have died, including two more on Tuesday, ... Read More
A 6-month-old sorrel filly died on Monday at the Warm Springs Herd Management in Oregon, bringing to 28 the number of animals that have died during the ongoing helicopter roundup there.
The foal's preliminary cause of death was listed as "gather myopathy." Capture myopathy is muscle damage caused by extreme exertion, ... Read More
The U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday announced another change to its plan to sell an estimated 300 of the wild horses that it intends to capture and remove from the Devils Garden Wild Horse Territory in Northern California.
A total of 295 wild horses have been captured without reported ... Read More
Through Sunday, the Bureau of Land Management captured 664 wild horses, 23 burros and two mules and 27 animals have died during the ongoing helicopter roundup preceding a planned sterilization study of about 100 wild mares.
BLM set out to remove about 652 wild horses from the 475,460-acre Warm Springs ... Read More