April 19, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – Return to Freedom (RTF) has been victorious in its efforts to stop barbaric surgeries and illegal research on wild horse mares rounded up from the Confusion Herd in Utah. When the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced its plans, RTF was the first ... 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
Wild mares at RTF's satellite sanctuary in Alturas, Calif
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Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation today announced its strong opposition to a Bureau of Land Management plan to utilize a ... Read More
Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation and a coalition of advocates on Friday filed to voluntarily dismiss a 2018 lawsuit seeking to stop the U.S. Forest Service from selling hundreds of wild horses from California’s last large herd to slaughter.
The plaintiffs did so after successful lobbying by RTF, the Humane Society ... Read More
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LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA (Feb. 10, 2020) –Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation on Monday expressed relief that for the first time a presidential administration is proposing a much-needed investment into non-lethal steps to improve the management of America’s wild horses and burros.
Still, concerns remain. President Trump's budget proposal also ... Read More
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U.S. House Subcommittee Hears Testimony on Federal Legislation to Ban Horse Slaughter
The Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act would permanently ban horse slaughter in the U.S. and end the export of horses for slaughter abroad
WASHINGTON, DC (Jan. 29, 2020) –The U.S. House Subcommittee on Health of the Committee ... Read More
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Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation today expressed gratitude to Congress for unveiling a Fiscal Year 2020 funding package that includes a $21 million investment for a wild horse management strategy built upon the use of proven, safe and humane fertility control.
This is a first step toward ending the ... Read More