News and Noteworthy

Statement from Return to Freedom: Return to Freedom appreciates the new perspective Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will bring to the position and her emphasis on conservation.  We hope that she will show similar dedication to protecting wild horses and burros and ... Read More
March 15, 2021Cory Golden
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Last year, 37,249 American horses were trucked to Mexican and Canadian slaughterhouses. That includes an unknown number of horses that once freely roamed our public lands. During the last Congress, the ... Read More
March 4, 2021Cory Golden
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Reps. Steve Cohen (TN), Dina Titus (NV) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA) have re-introduced the Horse Transportation Safety Act, which would ban the transportation of horses across state ... Read More
February 26, 2021Cory Golden
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Burros at RTF's American Wild Horse Sanctuary. Photo by Ondrea Hidley. A note from RTF: Nada Culver is set to replace William Perry Pendley, who labeled wild horses an “existential threat” to America’s public lands. Return to Freedom looks ... Read More
February 22, 2021Cory Golden
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A contractor's helicopter herds wild horses into the trap site on Sunday. BLM photo. The Bureau of Land Management on Tuesday ended its helicopter roundup on the 606,000-acre Silver King Herd Management Area, located about 60 ... Read More
February 17, 2021Cory Golden
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Wild horses in temporary holding on Jan. 6. BLM photo. The Bureau of Land Management ended its helicopter roundup on the Eagle Complex, near Pioche, Nev., which includes the Chokecherry, Eagle, and Mt. Elinor Herd Management Areas ... Read More
February 17, 2021Cory Golden