News and Noteworthy

Cedar Mountain Wild Horse Roundup
Contractors captured 116 wild horses on Tuesday during the ongoing Cedar Mountain Horse Management Area helicopter roundup in western Utah. A total of 277 wild horses have been captured since the roundup began on Feb. 11. No deaths have been reported, according to the agency. The wild horses continue to appear ... Read More
February 15, 2017AnnieFannie
Cedar Mountain Wild Horse Capture
Thirty-three wild horses were captured on Monday during the ongoing Cedar Mountain Horse Management Area helicopter roundup in western Utah. The captured wild horses came in hot, with steam rising off of their bodies in the trap pens and even after sorting and loading into trailers (see photos below). No wild horse injuries or ... Read More
February 14, 2017AnnieFannie
Cedar Mountain Wild Horse Roped
Ninety-nine wild horses were captured on Sunday during the ongoing Cedar Mountain Horse Management Area helicopter roundup — but it was the harrowing escape of one mare that observers are unlikely to forget. As 18 members of the public looked on, a contractor's helicopter and horseback rider relentlessly chased down a painted ... Read More
February 13, 2017AnnieFannie
Cedar Mountain Wild Horse Roundup
Twenty-nine wild horses were captured on Saturday as the Bureau of Land Management began a helicopter roundup at the Cedar Mountain Herd Management Area in western Utah. An unusually large group of 25 public observers turned out to see the first day of the roundup. Later, those who watched horses taken from the ... Read More
February 12, 2017AnnieFannie
President Trump and Wild Horses
View KGO-TV's investigative report on wild horses by clicking here. This KGO-TV report features roundup footage shot by Return to Freedom humane observer Steve Paige. Please consider a contribution to the Wild Horse Defense Fund, which makes it possible for Return to Freedom to have humane observers on the ground ... Read More
February 11, 2017AnnieFannie
South Dakota Wild Horses
The Griffin-Soffel Equine Rescue Foundation has generously pledged $50,000 in matching funds through The Wild Horse and Burro Sanctuary Alliance to support the rescue of 520 horses, among them foals and pregnant mares, enduring freezing temperatures in Lantry, S.D. An estimated $250,000 is needed to continue to pay for the care ... Read More
February 10, 2017AnnieFannie