RTF field staffer Ryan McCarthy dedicates significant time to on-range monitoring of wild horses. During the late fall and early winter months, ... Read More
Read the full article and see photos from our San Luis Obispo, Calif., satellite sanctuary.
Take action for wild horses and burros. Visit our sanctuary. Donate to ... Read More
February 10, 2026Cory Golden
Among the more than 20,000 horses shipped out of the United States for slaughter every year are wild horses that once roamed our public lands.
How that tragedy continues:
Federal law requires ... Read More
February 6, 2026Cory Golden
House and Senate appropriators today released a final Fiscal Year 2026 funding language that includes key protections for wild horses and burros and rejects proposed cuts to the Bureau of ... Read More
January 5, 2026Cory Golden
The looming government shutdown would provide a reprieve for some wild horses and burros facing removal from the range.
All non-essential personnel would be furloughed and the government would stay closed ... Read More
September 29, 2025Cory Golden
In a stunning win for Wyoming’s thousands of Checkerboard wild horses, on Tuesday, July 15, Return to Freedom and Front Range Equine Rescue, along with wild horse advocates and photographers ... Read More
July 15, 2025Cory Golden
By Jay Hodvey
As published by BloodHorse Daily
Years ago, I threw a leg over a great big living room sofa of a pony for a trail ride through the Wild ... Read More
March 15, 2025Cory Golden
As published by EquuStyle Art & Travel
In 1997, Neda DeMayo founded Return to Freedom (RTF), ... Read More
September 6, 2024Cory Golden
The documentary “The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses” has begun airing on PBS stations.
The film ... Read More
July 15, 2024Cory Golden
A resolution calling for the federal government “to implement best management practices for wild horses and burros by allowing for equine slaughter and processing for shipment” died recently in ... Read More
February 24, 2023Cory Golden









