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Dedicated to protecting the freedom, diversity and habitat of wild horses and burros through sanctuary, education, advocacy and conservation.

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Call [phone]. Urge your representative to oppose any effort to remove the horse slaughter ban amendment when the surface transportation reauthorization bill comes up for a vote on the House floor.

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Tap Take Action in our bio or go to https://t.co/TQlQtgXHE3 to send a message to all of your members of Congress asking for them to cosponsor the SAFE Act and the inclusion of anti-slaughter language in the surface transportation reauthorization bill.

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Call [phone]. Urge your representative to oppose any effort to remove the horse slaughter ban amendment when the surface transportation reauthorization bill comes up for a vote on the House floor.

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Call [phone]. Urge your representative to oppose any effort to remove the horse slaughter ban amendment when the surface transportation bill comes up for a vote on the House floor. #horses

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Meet Rowan! He lives on the Lost Creek Herd Management Area in Wyoming’s Red Desert.

Rowan is the grandson of a well-known leopard appaloosa stallion, Looking Glass. Rowan, his brother, and their mother carry on the appaloosa coat pattern.

#foalfriday Photo: Meg Frederick

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We remember and honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

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🚨 Good news! The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today passed a surface transportation reauthorization bill that includes a bipartisan ban on transporting #horses for slaughter: https://t.co/cMv9AgKm4I

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BREAKING: The House Interior Subcommittee has included prohibitions against the government killing healthy #wildhorses and burros or selling them to slaughter in its Fiscal Year 2027 bill language: https://t.co/7JKf6wy36G

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We’re so grateful that more than 200 people from 20 states, as well as the United Kingdom and Canada, joined us on May 9 to celebrate Spirit’s 31st birthday and the opening day of our programs season. See more photos: https://t.co/PuehVKzpkQ #wildhorses

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☀️ Join our herds! — Visit us for spring and summer programs among rescued wild horses and burros and the rolling hills of California’s Central Coast at our Lompoc flagship and San Luis Obispo satellite sanctuary locations! https://t.co/X7NN5iaxH6

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This is a collective inheritance that, if lost, likely will never be recovered. It must not be sold or given away for short-term gain.

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🧵 Return to Freedom is strongly opposed to moves to remove protections from millions of acres of public lands and eliminate efforts to encourage conservation.

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Our public lands are part of our inheritance and responsibility as American citizens. They are available for wildlife habitat and corridors, clean air, water, open space, and recreation.

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The bipartisan Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act would place a lasting ban on horse slaughter in the U.S. and on the export of American horses for slaughter.

Send a message urging your members of Congress to back this important legislation: https://t.co/MX09FB0XpR

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6,585 American #horses and other equines were shipped out of the country for slaughter during the first three months of 2026, a 10% increase from the same period a year ago. Take action ⬇️

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You can help: Send a message to your members of Congress by tapping Take Action in our bio or see https://t.co/1r5WRsPtRJ

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The president’s 2027 budget proposal doesn't include standard language barring the Bureau of Land Management from using our tax dollars to kill healthy #wildhorses or sell them to slaughter. We must ensure that this important, bipartisan protective language is in the final bill.

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Our sanctuary is proud to have been Spirit's home since the completion of 2002's "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron."

Happy 31st birthday, handsome. We love you.