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More threats loom in Washington, D.C., and this has a direct impact on America’s wild horses. We are locked in a federal court battle over the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision to take away 2 million acres from wild horses in Southwest Wyoming for the benefit of private ranchers. | | |
Last August, we were victorious in a case in which the ranchers sued to forcibly remove all the horses there. Unfortunately, the same judge ruled separately that the BLM did not break federal laws when it removed the land from use by wild herds. We recently went before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to keep making our case that the BLM’s move was illegal. | | |
We can only continue the fight for their freedom with your help. Please defend them by supporting our Wild Horse Defense Fund. | | |
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With the current rapid, sweeping changes in D.C., an aggressive proposal threatens America’s wild horses. The 900-plus page document best known as Project 2025 directly addresses the management of federally protected wild horses and burros on pages 528–529, which you can read more about on our website. But the section concludes: “Congress must enact laws permitting the BLM to dispose humanely of these animals.” | | |
Similar language reared its ugly head in 2017. Since then, our work with colleagues and divergent public lands stakeholders has resulted in broad support for a non-lethal wild horse and burro management approach that includes the use of proven, safe, and humane fertility control. | | |
Although Congress has begun calling for fertility control use and providing additional funding for the BLM program, the agency has not scaled up fertility control in a meaningful way. Instead, it has doubled down on capture and removal, resulting in thousands more animals living in off-range holding facilities at an ever-greater cost to taxpayers. That cost and the number of wild horses on and off the range could again be used to justify a push for euthanasia as it is in the Project 2025 policy guide. | | |
Should this kind of lethal management language resurface in Congress or elsewhere, we must stand ready to resist it. Please support our Wild Horse Defense Fund so that we can maintain our daily presence in D.C., and continue meaningful talks with lawmakers, congressional staff, agency officials and other stakeholders at this critical time. | | |
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The residents of our sanctuary need you! With the help of dedicated donors like you, we provide a haven for nearly 500 wild horses and burros, for the rest of their lives. Our work continues long after the rescue … but inflation and tariffs are driving up the cost of everything — hay, feed, wood and steel for shelters — and we need your support now if we are going to survive these times. | | |
We simply cannot do this without you. | | |
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There is no better place for people to learn about wild horses and burros than in nature’s classroom. We host thousands of visitors a year who observe herds, take Living History tours, go on Photo Safaris and more, to connect with our world and inspire them to become these animals’ next advocates. We’d love to see you on the ranch too! Come see us for an unforgettable adventure while learning about wild horses and burros! | | |
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Return to Freedom is proud of the pioneering and groundbreaking work we have done over the past 28 years! Thanks to supporters like you, we have been… | | |
Conserving threatened strains of America’s mustangs, some of the earliest horses to enter North America in the 1500s–1600s. Working with the Science and Conservation Center on fertility control. Did you know RTF was the fourth project in the world to use non-hormonal, reversible, native PZP on large herds of mares to humanely and safely manage population while allowing for natural herd behaviors? Progressing regenerative holistic land management. RTF works with international leaders in this field to restore balance to the land, combat climatic changes, and improve habitat and sustainability. | | |
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