LOMPOC, CALIF. -- Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation on Friday thanked House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) for his support of bills to ban horse slaughter and soring and urged him to schedule a markup before the full committee as quickly as possible.
The Subcommittee on Consumer ... 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
In the midst of Triple Crown season, the “Final Stretch Alliance to End Horse Slaughter” issues a joint letter to congressional leaders, calling for passage of the SAFE Act to end the slaughter of American horses
May 17, 2022
For Immediate Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, a diverse group of equine industry ... Read More
Return to Freedom said Thursday that the Bureau of Land Management taking steps to treat more wild horses and burros with fertility control is encouraging.
RTF has worked since 1999 for policy changes to keep wild horses and burros on the range by managing population growth with proven, safe and humane ... Read More
Return to Freedom on Friday slammed the Bureau of Land Management’s plan to zero-out two wild horse Herd Management Areas in southwest Wyoming, slash the herd population on a third and potentially use dangerous, painful and costly surgical sterilization of mares to restrict ... Read More
Update: 143 wild horses have died, as of Friday, May 13, according to BLM.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced on Thursday that 95 federally protected wild horses have died over the past five days from a respiratory disease likely caused by an equine influenza virus. The deaths have ... Read More
The Bureau of Land Management’s annual population estimate for wild horses and burros on BLM-managed public lands shows a second straight decrease, from 86,189 horses and burros in 2021 to 82,384 as of March 1, 2022.
“This should not be mistaken for a win by the Bureau of Land ... Read More