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President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee the agency that oversees most of America’s wild horses and burros withdrew her nomination on Thursday. Kathleen Sgamma’s withdrawal was announced at the start of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. It came after the investigative news outlet Documented published ... Read More
April 10, 2025Cory Golden
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  DONATE TO RTF'S WILD HORSE DEFENSE FUND Project 2025 text Wild Horses and Burros. In 1971, Congress ordered the BLM to manage wild horses and burros to ensure their iconic presence never disappeared from ... Read More
April 8, 2025Cory Golden
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  DONATE TO RTF'S WILD HORSE DEFENSE FUND   As published by Thoroughbred Daily News   It's one sentence among tens of thousands encompassing 900 pages, but when it comes to ... Read More
April 7, 2025Cory Golden
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The Bureau of Land Management is investigating the deaths from bronchopneumonia of 25 captive burros at its Axtell (Utah) Off-Range Corral between March 11-25. The burros were captured during a roundup in February on the Canyonlands Herd Management Area in Wayne County, Utah. Necropsy results found that the outbreak was complicated by ... Read More
April 4, 2025Cory Golden
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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