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To Celebrate National Horse Protection Day, Lawmakers Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to End Horse Slaughter ... Read More
God forbid that I should go to any Heaven in which there are no horses.
R.B. Cunninghame Graham
Letter to Theodore Roosevelt, 1917
LOMPOC, Calif. — Return to Freedom (RTF) today announced it will be the beneficiary of the 6th annual Daytime Beauty Awards (DBA).
At a luncheon and honoree ceremony, the DBA will recognize and honor America’s wild horses, naming RTF the event’s 2024 beneficiary. The DBA acknowledges the science behind beauty, ... Read More
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LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA — Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation today demanded that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) take swift action after an advocate captured video of a wrangler kicking an exhausted and downed ... Read More
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The Bureau of Land Management’s annual population estimate for wild horses and burros on BLM-managed public lands shows a decrease from 82,883 in March 2023 to 73,520 as of March 1, 2024, the third drop in four years.
“This isn’t any sort of win for the Bureau of Land ... Read More
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LOMPOC, CA — Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation vowed on Monday that it will remain vigilant that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) not again pursue the invasive surgical sterilization of wild mares.
In the BLM’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget justification document, posted last week, the agency requested ... Read More
LOMPOC, CALIF.—Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation on Monday urged lawmakers to push wild horse management forward on public lands, not let it take a step back. Congress approved a 4% cut to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Program last week as part of a ... Read More