Dear Friends,
As we care for our rescued wild horses and burros for the 26th year since opening Return to Freedom’s American Wild Horse Sanctuary, like you, we are reeling from increases in the cost of everything these days.
Of course our biggest financial struggles are rising labor costs and most concerning the high cost of hay — which ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
U.S. Attorney General's Office press release
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A California man and a Colorado man pleaded guilty on Monday to federal criminal charges for shooting three wild burros to death in the Mojave ... Read More
For immediate release
LOMPOC, CA — Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation vowed on Monday that it will remain vigilant that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) not again pursue the invasive surgical sterilization of wild mares.
In the BLM’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget justification document, posted last week, the agency requested ... Read More
As published by The Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. — Advocates for some 200 wild horses roaming North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park are hoping a signal of support from Congress will prevent the removal of the beloved animals from the rugged landscape.
A National Park Service decision is expected around April ... Read More
LOMPOC, CALIF.—Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation on Monday urged lawmakers to push wild horse management forward on public lands, not let it take a step back. Congress approved a 4% cut to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Program last week as part of a ... Read More
Another heartbreaking loss in a needless wild horse roundup: A 6-month-old filly that was still nursing, Thora, was among those captured and removed last week from the McCullough Peaks Herd Management Area (Wyo).
Since the bait-and-trap roundup using livestock panels stocked with feed began, 48 wild horses have been captured. ... Read More