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Cedar Mountain Wild Horse Roundup
UPDATE: The Bureau of Land Management this week completed a helicopter roundup on Wyoming’s Red Desert during which 1,035 wild horses were captured. One horse died of a seizure, according to the BLM’s gather report, while 16 others were put down for reasons that included limb deformities and club foot. Eight ... Read More
October 30, 2026Cory Golden
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The Bureau of Land Management has captured 666 wild horses in an ongoing helicopter roundup in Wyoming’s Red Desert. Seven horses have been put down, as of Thursday, according to the BLM’s gather report: three for limb deformities, one for club foot, and three for blindness. The BLM plans to remove 1,035 ... Read More
October 23, 2026Cory Golden
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https://www.tiktok.com/@sbnewspress/video/7697793787481001230?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7509556266449634846 Through pioneering fertility control and pushing for legislation that would ban horse slaughter, Return To Freedom is more than just a horse sanctuary As published by Santa Barbara News-Press The slaughter of wild horses mostly ended in the United States in the early 2000s, ... Read More
October 22, 2026Cory Golden
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The Bureau of Land Management will start capturing 1,035 wild horses from the Stewart Creek and Green Mountain Herd Management Areas in south-central Wyoming as soon as Thursday. The helicopter roundup is part of a longer-term plan to remove about 1,800 horses from the Red Desert Complex of Herd Management Areas ... Read More
October 14, 2026Cory Golden
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Never make a horse girl angry! Hilary Campbell, a cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, comedian, and author, is one of those horse girls. You can find her new T-shirt for sale at https://www.bonfire.com/riot-horse-grrrl/ — 100% of proceeds go to Return to Freedom to support our advocacy, sanctuary, education, and conservation ... Read More
October 12, 2026Cory Golden
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On Oct. 4, CBS Sunday Morning featured footage from our San Luis Obispo, Calif., satellite sanctuary. Watch it below. Support our work. Sponsor one of our rescued wild horses. Take action for wild horses and burros.
October 5, 2026Cory Golden