Advocates including Return to Freedom returned to court on Wednesday in an effort to reverse a decision by the U.S. Forest Service to remove 23,000 acres from the heart of one of California’s only wild horse territories.
“The agency’s justifications for taking this unprecedented action are flatly contradicted by its own ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
Return to Freedom is a co-plaintiff in this case. Please consider a donation to RTF's Wild Horse Defense Fund, which helps fuel policy reform, advocacy and selective litigation efforts.
As published by McClatchy DC
WASHINGTON -- A top federal court on Wednesday appeared ready to force changes in a Forest ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management has postponed until Thursday the ongoing Frisco Horse Management Area helicopter roundup due to winter weather.
Also on Monday, the BLM announced that the start date for a roundup at the Reveille HMA in Nevada would be pushed back to Jan. 29.
Frisco HMA
Through ... Read More
As published by Craig Daily Press
Craig — Storms that have blanketed Northwest Colorado in over two feet of snow have caused the Bureau of Land Management to delay the resumption of the wild horse bait-trap operation they have had underway since early November in Sand ... Read More
As published by Billings Gazette
Ordered by a district court judge to re-evaluate the desired wild horse population in the Pryor Mountains, the Bureau of Land Management has come out with the same number as before — a maximum of 90 to 120 adult horses.
“We looked at our monitoring ... Read More
As published by Rapid City Journal
State and local authorities have filed a motion to permanently remove hundreds of wild horses from a troubled north-central South Dakota sanctuary, and lawyers on both sides of the case will make arguments to a judge later this month.
The motion, which was ... Read More