As published by The Hill
By David Horowitz
Thanks to the greed of tiny but powerful industry lobby, congressional Republicans are about to legalize the slaughter of America’s wild horses – and commit political suicide in the process. Polls show that 80 percent of men, 90 percent of women and 86 percent of Trump supporters oppose horse
The administration’s solution to the problem of overbreeding mustangs on public lands is round up and slaughter, but this ignores more benign solutions.
By CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM
Published by The Daily Beast 9-10-17
On the day I visited the wild horses of Onaqui, in northern Utah near the Nevada border, the night had been very cold, but when the sun hit
A July 1 press release from our colleagues at the Cloud Foundation is profoundly disturbing. If this tip is valid, then Interior Secretary Zinke and the Bureau of Land Management are satisfied that the propaganda against wild horses and burros has drowned out any chance for science and solutions to find common ground. Not only
On Nov. 2, the Bureau of Land Management started one of the largest roundups of 2016 at the Owyhee Complex in Northern Nevada (you can read more about the roundup here).
As of this writing, an estimated 770 wild horses have been captured and seven have died. Altogether, the BLM plans to capture 1,600 wild horses
PRECEDENTIAL DECISION HAS IMPLICATIONS ACROSS THE WEST
To donate to the Wild Horse Legal Defense Fund to help us continue our fight for the horses on the Wyoming Checkerboard that are still under threat today, please click here. This ruling today is an affirmation that range management is about more than just wild horse populations on
Return to Freedom Wild Horse Sanctuary and Preservation board member Robert Redford this week expressed hope that the Bureau of Land Management and Congress will heed the public’s outcry and embrace humane alternatives, both on and off the range, over the Advisory Board’s recommendation to euthanize 45,000 captive wild horses and burros in long-term holding
Experiments cancelled
On Friday September 9, 2016, the Bureau of Land Management withdrew its support for surgical sterilization experiments on captive mares in the face of public outrage and lawsuits by multiple wild horse advocacy organizations.
Return to Freedom has for months been urging BLM to abandon experiments that would have been dangerous, illegal and unnecessary.
“Although we are
Today, September 9, 2016, The Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board recklessly recommended euthanasia for unadoptable wild horses, to reduce the number of “unadoptable” wild horses and burros in BLM’s long-term holding facilities.
At their two-day meeting in Elko, Nevada, advisory board members said that they voted to support euthanasia to force Congress’s hand in the
A big thank you to Dr. Kevin Beckmen, Steve Beckmen and Beckmen Vineyards for hosting this tasting event and creating the Red Roan Wild Blend to support Return to Freedom!
Thank you to our friends who came and enjoyed the afternoon and to our wonderful staff and volunteers.
There is still some of this elegant blend available!
Photos from
September 17, 2016 at Studio C gallery ~ SAVE THE DATE!
