Providing feed and care 365 days a year for nearly 500 wild horses and burros is a constant challenge for our nonprofit. You can chip in (any amount helps!) or sign up to become one of our beloved monthly hay sponsors by tapping donate in our bio.
❤️ Thank you to all of the big-hearted donors who keep our sanctuary’s #wildhorses and burros well fed and happy! This delivery of more than 250 bales of hay will last the horses and burros at our flagship sanctuary about 3 weeks.
The Bureau of Land Management plans to begin capturing and removing 2,075 #wildhorses and 425 burros from Nevada rangelands starting on Sunday. Read more and take action: returntofreedom.org/blm-plans-to...
Miss our webinar about the effort to ban horse slaughter? Check out a recording of “The SAFE Act from Start to Finish” and learn ways you can take action at returntofreedom.org/watch-our-we...
Please join us for a special webinar on the fight to end horse slaughter, from the introduction of the first federal bill to ban it to where it stands now — and what you can do to help. returntofreedom.org/sign-up-for-... #horses
The roundup was deemed an emergency by the BLM “due to severe drought conditions and lack of forage” on 30,000 acres that are not managed for #wildhorses. Read more / take action: returntofreedom.org/344-wild-hor...
You can help: The bipartisan Ejiao Act (H.R. 5544) would ban the sale or transport of ejiao or products made with ejiao. To send a message to your members of Congress in support of the bill, see returntofreedom.org/current_acti...
Exploding demand for ejiao, a gelatin made from donkey skins, is decimating donkey populations worldwide and harming impoverished people who rely on these important animals.
Miss our webinar about the ejiao trade’s impact of global donkey populations? Watch it now for free at the link in our bio or go to our website's homepage.
How to help:
Tap Take Action in our bio or go to returntofreedom.org/current_acti... to send a message to your members of Congress urging them to back the SAFE Act and call for a vote.
Call (202) 224-3121. Urge your members of Congress to support the SAFE Act (H.R. 1661 / S. 775).
One change — one word — can prevent thousands of inhumane deaths each year.
That change would also place a lasting ban on horse slaughter in the United States. Right now, only language inserted into annual funding bills stands in the way of slaughterhouses reopening.
ill buyers prey on horses at auction, buying and trucking them to Mexico or Canada for slaughter.
The bipartisan Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act would add “equines” to an existing federal law banning the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption.
🧵 More than 21,000 American horses die in foreign slaughterhouses, on average, every year.
With one word — “equines” — Congress can an end an ugly business profiting a handful of unscrupulous kill buyers.
You can help our our sanctuary feed and care for nearly 500 rescued #wildhorses and burros by shopping in our online store: shop.returntofreedom.org
Our biologist recently spoke about how wildlife and conservation organizations can help move the management of #wildhorses and burros on our public lands in a more humane and sustainable direction: returntofreedom.org/a-unified-me...
✅ Take action: Send a message urging Congress to hold the BLM’s feet to the fire on fertility control use: shorturl.at/DxwZx
Yet the BLM has never spent as much as 4% of its budget on fertility control. Last year, it treated then released 921 mares — less than one for every eight it took off the range.
There's a better way rooted in real science that is more humane and fiscally responsible. Fertility control is a proven, safe tool that can stabilize herd growth. It can reduce the size / frequency of roundups on the way to replacing removals as the agency’s main management tool.
For decades, the BLM has tried and failed to meet herd population targets that it sets under federal law through removals while choosing not to address reproduction. The BLM spends $100 M+ annually to warehouse captured horses and burros.
🧵The Bureau of Land Management captured 7,853 #wildhorses and burros and removed them from our public lands during the last fiscal year. That increased the number of captured horses and burros languishing in off-range government holding facilities to 62,734.
Learn more and take action:
Sign up for the webinar and send a message to Congress in support of the Ejiao Act, which would ban the transport and sale of ejiao / ejiao products: returntofreedom.org/webinar-the-...
Exploding demand for ejiao, a gelatin made from donkey skins, is decimating donkey populations worldwide and harming impoverished people who rely on these important animals.
Read about some of our 2025 accomplishments and what we have planned for the year ahead: returntofreedom.org/energized-fo...
The Year of the Fire Horse is a time to make bold moves — and we hope you will join us. #wildhorses
❤️ Wishing you love and happiness. Happy Valentine's Day from all of us at Return to Freedom. #wildhorses
❤️ You can sponsor Valentino! Sponsoring a wild horse or burro benefits all of our sanctuary’s 450+ residents. All of our sponsors receive a welcome packet with a photo of their chosen horse or burro and special benefits. Learn more in our bio or at returntofreedom.org/donate/
When Fish & Wildlife decided to remove wild horses from the refuge in 2000, we were worried they would be shipped to auction, then bought for slaughter. We worked with a contractor who gathered them on horseback and brought 50 to us in intact family and bachelor bands.
Valentino was born at our HQ sanctuary. His parents came to us from Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge (Nev.). Wild horses there were weren’t a herd designated for protection under the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act.
❤️ Valentine’s Day weekend is a perfect time for our equine assistant, Marina, to introduce you to Valentino, a handsome gelding who turns 25 years old in two days.
To find out if CARS can take your vehicle as a donation to our nonprofit organization, please complete the secure online vehicle donation form (link in bio or careasy.org/return-to-fr...) or call them at (855) 500-7433. #wildhorses
