Thread by @ReturnToFreedom

Thread: Azure was about 8 years old in 2015 when the BLM captured and removed him and 200 wild horses close to starving due to drought in an emergency roundup from the Wheeler Pass Joint Management Area near Cold Creek, Nev.. 28 severely emaciated #horses were euthanized. 1/5

A wild horse enthusiast who had been photographing the herd was distraught when she learned that the BLM had captured and removed the horses she loved. RTF tracked down the horses to a ranch in Utah the agency had contracted with to feed the horses back to health. 2/5 #horses

The photographer and local advocates were able to identify 10 of the horses that they were familiar with, including Azure, which grazed together on the range. The group is now thriving together on our 2,000-acre San Luis Obispo, Calif., satellite sanctuary. 3/5 #horses

Just as on the range, Azure can usually be found near his best friend, Target (shown at right). The pair are tightly bonded and sometimes wander away from the larger herd, meandering together through the hills of the sanctuary together. 4/5 #horses

Six more Cold Creek wild horses were taken in by RTF in 2019. RTF now cares for 465 wild horses and 51 burros at four California sanctuary locations. When you sponsor one of our sanctuary's resident #horses, like Azure, it benefits all of our horses: bit.ly/2sBN7EF 5/5