The U.S. Forest Service plans to capture and remove another 500 wild horses from Devil’s Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory, near Alturas, Calif., home to one of the state’s last large herds, starting Sept. 12.
The USFS estimates there are 1,205 adult wild horses on and around the territory -- a ... Read More
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One stallion was captured on Thursday, the 12th day of an ongoing Bureau of Land Management helicopter roundup in Iron and Beaver Counties in Utah, bringing the total number of wild horses captured to 286 since the roundup began on Aug. 7.
Of the 137 mares, 87 stallions and 62 foals captured, ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management on Monday completed a helicopter roundup on the Twin Peaks Herd Management Area, located on the California-Nevada border. A total of 2,111 wild horses and 339 burros were captured during the roundup, which stretched from July 23-Aug. 15.
Thirty-one wild horses were killed during the roundup, ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who shot five wild horses in November 2021 in Jakes Valley, about 30 miles west of Ely, Nev.
According to a press release from BLM:
On Nov. 16, 2021, ... Read More
LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA -- Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation on Thursday applauded the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to award an estimated $500,000 in grants to public and private partners for the benefit of wild horses and burros, even as RTF continues to stress the need for the agency ... Read More
Young Rider magazine has featured Return to Freedom's American Wild Horse Sanctuary in its September / October 2022 issue.