House and Senate appropriators today released a final Fiscal Year 2026 funding language that includes key protections for wild horses and burros and rejects proposed cuts to the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Program.
We’re grateful for those decisions. We’re also thankful for appropriators’ continued support of proven, ... Read More
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Today marks the 54th anniversary of the enactment of the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act — a reminder of the need to protect wild herds and the fragile rangelands upon which they depend.
Congress passed the Act unanimously, declaring that:
“Wild horses and burros are living symbols of the ... Read More
Tragically, the number of American horses exported for slaughter is on pace to reach the highest total in at least four years.
The export total is up more than 8% despite not including the month of December or trade figures for Canada for September-November, ... Read More
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The Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and ... Read More
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Rep. Vern Buchanan and 19 of his Republican colleagues recently called on House leadership to include language banning horse slaughter in the Farm Bill.
Buchanan, R-Fla., reintroduced the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act earlier this year. It would ... Read More
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The Giving List—Santa Barbara books featuring Return to Freedom and 39 other local nonprofits have begun arriving in Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez, Montecito and Carpenteria.
Join us and The Giving List in a new effort to bring together our community by reading our impact ... Read More