A wish for peace on this #WildHorseWednesday. We continue our case in federal court against the removal of about 2 million acres of public land in Southwest Wyoming from wild horse use, including at Salt Wells Creek. Learn more about America's wild horses in our bio.

☀️ Registration is underway for our spring / summer programs at our wild horse and burro sanctuary on California’s Central Coast — including two special photography workshops. #horses

The good news: The Interior funding package would bar the Bureau of Land Management from killing healthy wild horses and burros, and it doesn't slash the budget in a way that would put captive animals at greater risk. The bad: It leaves sterilization as an option.

🛑 The bipartisan support of 221 members of Congress cosponsoring a bill to end horse slaughter will mean nothing without a vote. Take action ⬇️ #horses

Welcoming the New Year! — In Chinese astrology, we are moving from the year of the wood snake to the Year of The Fire Horse. Action, creativity, courage, freedom and embracing new and unexpected opportunities! #wildhorses

⏰ There’s still time to make a tax-deductible donation in 2025 and have your gift matched dollar-for-dollar, doubling your impact for wild horses and burros in the year ahead! #horses

🌧️ We are bracing for a wet, windy start to the new year at our sanctuary locations on the Central Coast, including increased risk of flooding and mudslides. Rainfall this fall / winter has shattered 127-year-old records, a reminder of how badly we need your help. #horses

Happy #FoalFriday! Photo from the Salt Wells Herd Management Area in Wyoming: Meg Frederick. ☀️Learn more about wild horses by tapping Wild Horse Facts in our bio. Tap Subscribe there to receive free e-news about wild horses and burros at our sanctuary and on public lands.

Help wild horses and burros when you buy a calendar! — 100% of the revenue supports the care of nearly 500 rescued #horses and burros at our sanctuary and our advocacy work on behalf of wild horses and burros living on our public lands.

❄️ This holiday season, we hope you find moments of warmth and meaning to reconnect with loved ones, with nature and with the values that guide you forward. #horses

A majority of representatives are now backing a bipartisan bill to end the slaughter of American #horses — but that support will mean nothing if the bill is not brought up for a vote. As of Saturday, the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act had amassed 219 cosponsors.

The number of representatives cosponsoring the bipartisan SAFE Act to ban horse slaughter has reached 217. Reaching 218 would send a strong message about support for ending horse slaughter — but it will not guarantee a vote. Take action ⬇️ #horses

🌤️ Today marks the 54th anniversary of the enactment of the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act — a reminder of the need to protect wild herds and the fragile rangelands upon which they depend. ⬇️ #horses

🧵Saturday marks the 21st-annual National Day of the Horse! — In 2004, Congress designated Dec. 13 a day to encourage Americans to be mindful of the profound and lasting contribution #horses have made to our nation’s history, character and economy.

🛑 Tragically, the number of American #horses exported for slaughter will reach its highest total in at least four years. / Learn more and take action ⬇️

❄️ When you buy holiday gifts from Return to Freedom’s online store, you’re also helping #wildhorses and burros at our sanctuary and on the range! ⬇️

Wishing everyone a peaceful #WildHorseWednesday...

The BLM’s Wild Horse & Burro Program remains on ice despite the government shutdown ending, one of several concerning developments around oversight of wild herds and public lands. Read more ⬇️ #horses

💫 Help wild horses and burros when you buy a 2026 calendar! Our suitable-for-framing calendar features Spirit and residents of two of our sanctuary locations on California’s Central Coast photographed by 10 talented photographers. ⬇️ #Horses

Today is #GivingTuesday and recent, record-breaking rainstorms served as a powerful reminder of how urgently we need your help! ❣️ One-time gifts to help build more shelters for our sanctuary's wild horses and burros will be MATCHED up to $10,000!

🧵 We continue to fight for the future of #wildhorses in Wyoming (including rare curly-haired mustangs like this foal). In July, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Bureau of Land Management broke the law when it removed 2 million acres from wild horse use.

🍂 We're deeply grateful to everyone in Return to Freedom's extended family around the world for donating, volunteering, partnering with us, and advocating for wild horses and burros. Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at RTF!

Rep. Vern Buchanan and 19 Republican colleagues recently called on House leadership to include language banning horse slaughter in the Farm Bill. Read more / take action ⬇️ #horses

Missed our webinar about wild horses and predators? We’ve got you covered! Watch the recorded webinar for free (link in replies). #horse

Attention: #SantaBarbara County friends! The Giving List—Santa Barbara books featuring RTF and other local nonprofits have begun arriving in the mail 🙌 💕 Read our impact story and donate by tapping the link in bio (direct link in replies).

96 representatives have declared their support for the SAFE Act, which would ban the export of American #horses for slaughter and impose a lasting ban on horse slaughter in the United States. More ⬇️

🧵Giving Tuesday is fast approaching — and recent storms have served as a powerful reminder of how urgently we need your help. Our goal is to raise $50,000 to construct new shelters for our sanctuary's resident wild horses and burros. Learn more about why ⬇️ 1/7

Congratulations to actor and filmmaker Ed Harris — a friend of RTF and wild #horses — for being named a recipient of the inaugural Robert Redford Luminary Award on Jan. 23 at the Sundance Film Festival!

🧵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*.

🌤️ 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.

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 ⬇️

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

🎃 Wishing everyone a spooky and safe All Hallows’ Eve. 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.

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

☀️ 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

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...

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.

🌸 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. ⬇️

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.

Wishing everyone a beautiful weekend! Photo: Meg Frederick #wildhorses

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 ⬇️