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Wild horse conservation since 1998 through sanctuary, education, advocacy, and conservation. linktr.ee/returntofreedom
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The positive news: Five more members of Congress have signed on to co-sponsor a ban horse slaughter, bringing the total to 166.
The negative: 12,194 American #horses were shipped out of the country for slaughter through July — up 25.3% from last year. Take action in replies.
The negative: 12,194 American #horses were shipped out of the country for slaughter through July — up 25.3% from last year. Take action in replies.
🧵The Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act would leave nothing to chance would shut down the foreign slaughter pipeline and impose a lasting ban on the slaughter in the United States for *all equines*.
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
🧵The Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act would leave nothing to chance would shut down the foreign slaughter pipeline and impose a lasting ban on the slaughter in the United States for *all equines*.
🧡 Get a custom character caricature of yourself with Spirit — and help wild horses! Your donation will benefit the nearly 500 rescued wild horses and burros of Return to Freedom’s nonprofit sanctuary: shorturl.at/g9Ew7 #horses
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🧡 Get a custom character caricature of yourself with Spirit — and help wild horses! Your donation will benefit the nearly 500 rescued wild horses and burros of Return to Freedom’s nonprofit sanctuary: shorturl.at/g9Ew7 #horses
🌤️ Happy #WildHorseWednesday! - Both play fighting and actual fighting help stallions to practice for, establish or maintain roles with the herd, including: defending mares or resources, hierarchy, managing band behaviors (correcting tenacious youth, for example), & competing for mares. #horses
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
🌤️ Happy #WildHorseWednesday! - Both play fighting and actual fighting help stallions to practice for, establish or maintain roles with the herd, including: defending mares or resources, hierarchy, managing band behaviors (correcting tenacious youth, for example), & competing for mares. #horses
With respect and gratitude.
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
With respect and gratitude.
Join us Nov. 18 on Zoom for a webinar sharing insights on the complex relationships between wild #horses and the predators they share their ranges with! tinyurl.com/ynym6ds7 #nature
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Join us Nov. 18 on Zoom for a webinar sharing insights on the complex relationships between wild #horses and the predators they share their ranges with! tinyurl.com/ynym6ds7 #nature
UPDATE: The number of representatives cosponsoring the bipartisan SAFE Act has reached 186. This important bipartisan legislation would ban the export of American #horses for slaughter and impose a lasting ban on horse slaughter here at home. Take action ⬇️
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
UPDATE: The number of representatives cosponsoring the bipartisan SAFE Act has reached 186. This important bipartisan legislation would ban the export of American #horses for slaughter and impose a lasting ban on horse slaughter here at home. Take action ⬇️
Shutdowns are emblematic of greater dysfunction and continued inaction: One more day on which our government has failed wild herds on our public lands and put off removing the threat of slaughter for every American horse. Take action ⬇️ #horses
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Shutdowns are emblematic of greater dysfunction and continued inaction: One more day on which our government has failed wild herds on our public lands and put off removing the threat of slaughter for every American horse. Take action ⬇️ #horses
☀️ You can help wild horses and burros with the purchase of every beautiful jar of Pamela’s Pickles thanks to our friend Pamela Anderson! Details ⤵️ #horses
November 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
☀️ You can help wild horses and burros with the purchase of every beautiful jar of Pamela’s Pickles thanks to our friend Pamela Anderson! Details ⤵️ #horses
🎃 Wishing everyone a spooky and safe All Hallows’ Eve.
Photo by Bev Pettit at our sanctuary. #wildhorses #horses
Photo by Bev Pettit at our sanctuary. #wildhorses #horses
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🎃 Wishing everyone a spooky and safe All Hallows’ Eve.
Photo by Bev Pettit at our sanctuary. #wildhorses #horses
Photo by Bev Pettit at our sanctuary. #wildhorses #horses
The Horse Transportation Safety Act would ban the use of double-deck trailers to haul #horses under any circumstances. Tap Take Action in our bio to send a message urging Congress to pass the bill.
October 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The Horse Transportation Safety Act would ban the use of double-deck trailers to haul #horses under any circumstances. Tap Take Action in our bio to send a message urging Congress to pass the bill.
The government has been shut down, but we cannot fall silent. Until Congress acts, American #horses and other equines will continue being shipped to foreign slaughterhouses. Learn more / take action ⬇️
October 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The government has been shut down, but we cannot fall silent. Until Congress acts, American #horses and other equines will continue being shipped to foreign slaughterhouses. Learn more / take action ⬇️
🍁 Wishing you a happy fall #FoalFriday from us and this little curly cutie from Salt Wells Creek in Wyoming!
Photo: Meg Frederick
Photo: Meg Frederick
October 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🍁 Wishing you a happy fall #FoalFriday from us and this little curly cutie from Salt Wells Creek in Wyoming!
Photo: Meg Frederick
Photo: Meg Frederick
☀️ It’s lunchtime at our San Luis Obispo, Calif., satellite sanctuary! Our 2,000-acre satellite is home to more than 85 #wildhorses and burros that once roamed public lands in Oregon, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona. More ⤵️
October 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
☀️ It’s lunchtime at our San Luis Obispo, Calif., satellite sanctuary! Our 2,000-acre satellite is home to more than 85 #wildhorses and burros that once roamed public lands in Oregon, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona. More ⤵️
UPDATE: Our federal court case deciding the future of wild horses in Southwest Wyoming has been stayed as a result of the government shutdown. Learn more about the case and how you can support this important litigation: returntofreedom.org/update-shutd... #horses
October 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
UPDATE: Our federal court case deciding the future of wild horses in Southwest Wyoming has been stayed as a result of the government shutdown. Learn more about the case and how you can support this important litigation: returntofreedom.org/update-shutd... #horses
The number of #horses shipped out of the country for slaughter is up 25% from a year ago. Congress must pass the bipartisan Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act to both impose a lasting slaughter ban and shut down the foreign slaughter pipeline. ⬇️
October 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The number of #horses shipped out of the country for slaughter is up 25% from a year ago. Congress must pass the bipartisan Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act to both impose a lasting slaughter ban and shut down the foreign slaughter pipeline. ⬇️
The Trump administration last week let expire the contract for a 30-year-old prison inmate wild horse training program.
Some 2,000 #wildhorses at the Cañon City, Colo., state prison complex will need to be transferred to other off-range holding facilities. returntofreedom.org/wild-horse-t...
Some 2,000 #wildhorses at the Cañon City, Colo., state prison complex will need to be transferred to other off-range holding facilities. returntofreedom.org/wild-horse-t...
October 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The Trump administration last week let expire the contract for a 30-year-old prison inmate wild horse training program.
Some 2,000 #wildhorses at the Cañon City, Colo., state prison complex will need to be transferred to other off-range holding facilities. returntofreedom.org/wild-horse-t...
Some 2,000 #wildhorses at the Cañon City, Colo., state prison complex will need to be transferred to other off-range holding facilities. returntofreedom.org/wild-horse-t...
Meet Johnny, an adorable little colt born just last Saturday! Johnny’s mama, Sierra, and his sire, Jack, are part of a group of 30 Spanish mustangs that arrived at our Lompoc, Calif., headquarters sanctuary in December 2018. #foalfriday
October 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Meet Johnny, an adorable little colt born just last Saturday! Johnny’s mama, Sierra, and his sire, Jack, are part of a group of 30 Spanish mustangs that arrived at our Lompoc, Calif., headquarters sanctuary in December 2018. #foalfriday
Dr. Jane Goodall's eloquence belied the ferocity that she brought to wildlife protection and animal welfare.
Hope is more than “passive wishful thinking,” she wrote. “This is indeed the opposite of real hope, which requires action and engagement.”
May we all heed her call.
Hope is more than “passive wishful thinking,” she wrote. “This is indeed the opposite of real hope, which requires action and engagement.”
May we all heed her call.
October 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Dr. Jane Goodall's eloquence belied the ferocity that she brought to wildlife protection and animal welfare.
Hope is more than “passive wishful thinking,” she wrote. “This is indeed the opposite of real hope, which requires action and engagement.”
May we all heed her call.
Hope is more than “passive wishful thinking,” she wrote. “This is indeed the opposite of real hope, which requires action and engagement.”
May we all heed her call.
🌸 Thanks to our friend Pamela Anderson, you can help America's #wildhorses and burros with every purchase of Pamela’s Pickles from Flamingo Estate! ⬇️
September 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🌸 Thanks to our friend Pamela Anderson, you can help America's #wildhorses and burros with every purchase of Pamela’s Pickles from Flamingo Estate! ⬇️
🧵The looming government shutdown would provide a reprieve for some wild horses and burros facing removal from the range, but each day will represent further inaction on #wildhorses and on horse slaughter. ⬇️
September 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🧵The looming government shutdown would provide a reprieve for some wild horses and burros facing removal from the range, but each day will represent further inaction on #wildhorses and on horse slaughter. ⬇️
Today we celebrate our shared inheritance as Americans — and redouble our efforts to protect these irreplaceable treasures.
Our public lands, including those home to #wildhorses and burros, are under siege by short-sighted policy changes that we must work together to stop.
Our public lands, including those home to #wildhorses and burros, are under siege by short-sighted policy changes that we must work together to stop.
September 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Today we celebrate our shared inheritance as Americans — and redouble our efforts to protect these irreplaceable treasures.
Our public lands, including those home to #wildhorses and burros, are under siege by short-sighted policy changes that we must work together to stop.
Our public lands, including those home to #wildhorses and burros, are under siege by short-sighted policy changes that we must work together to stop.
September 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The recent history of what had been California’s last large remaining wild horse herd is a tragic example of federal government mismanagement of America’s #wildhorses through capture and removal. Learn more / take action in replies ⬇️
September 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The recent history of what had been California’s last large remaining wild horse herd is a tragic example of federal government mismanagement of America’s #wildhorses through capture and removal. Learn more / take action in replies ⬇️
🌤️ Staying positive on a #WildHorseWednesday by pausing to watch this family band of #wildhorses at Salt Wells Creek in Southwest Wyoming.
September 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
🌤️ Staying positive on a #WildHorseWednesday by pausing to watch this family band of #wildhorses at Salt Wells Creek in Southwest Wyoming.
Our satellite sanctuary is peaceful and beautiful even during the driest times of the year on the Central Coast. More than 65 #wildhorses and 23 burros roam 2,000 acres of rolling hills and oak trees there.
September 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Our satellite sanctuary is peaceful and beautiful even during the driest times of the year on the Central Coast. More than 65 #wildhorses and 23 burros roam 2,000 acres of rolling hills and oak trees there.