Registration is open for the Free-Roaming Equids and Ecosystem Sustainability Network’s 2024 Summit, set for April 15-18 at the Elko, Nev., Conference Center.
This year’s theme is “Homes on the Range: From Wild Horses and Burros to Bees, Birds and Bison: Why Management Matters.”
The summit will focus on interactions between wild ... Read More
News and Noteworthy
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The Bureau of Land Management’s annual population estimate for wild horses and burros on BLM-managed public lands shows a decrease from 82,883 in March 2023 to 73,520 as of March 1, 2024, the third drop in four years.
“This isn’t any sort of win for the Bureau of Land ... Read More
Dear Friends,
As we care for our rescued wild horses and burros for the 26th year since opening Return to Freedom’s American Wild Horse Sanctuary, like you, we are reeling from increases in the cost of everything these days.
Of course our biggest financial struggles are rising labor costs and most concerning the high cost of hay — which ... Read More
U.S. Attorney General's Office press release
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A California man and a Colorado man pleaded guilty on Monday to federal criminal charges for shooting three wild burros to death in the Mojave ... Read More
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LOMPOC, CA — Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation vowed on Monday that it will remain vigilant that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) not again pursue the invasive surgical sterilization of wild mares.
In the BLM’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget justification document, posted last week, the agency requested ... Read More
As published by The Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. — Advocates for some 200 wild horses roaming North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park are hoping a signal of support from Congress will prevent the removal of the beloved animals from the rugged landscape.
A National Park Service decision is expected around April ... Read More