Thread by @ReturnToFreedom

Thread: Meet Ruby Tuesday! This filly was born to Diamond (at left in the video) overnight on Jan. 21 at our Lompoc, Calif., headquarters sanctuary. Ruby Tuesday’s sire is Samir, who, like Diamond, is descendent of our of foundation herd from Hart Mountain in Oregon. 1/6 #horses

At RTF, we use fertility control to manage our numbers. Occasional births come as a not entirely unwelcome surprise because, well, the foals are so darn adorable. 2/6 #horses

RTF advocates for the use of safe, proven and humane fertility control to slow–not stop--wild horse reproduction, allowing for minimally invasive on-range management of wild horses and the phase-out of the government’s practice of capturing and removing wild horses. 3/6 #horses

In our 22nd year, our wild horse sanctuary was the first in the country to rescue entire family bands displaced from the range and the fourth large project in the world to use PZP to manage horses. Since 2000, our PZP program has had a 91-98% efficacy rate. 4/6 #horses

Ruby Tuesday’s grandfather was the leader of our Hart Mountain herd, the late stallion Mystic. Mystic, three other bachelor stallions and nine mares arrived at RTF’s sanctuary in 1999. 5/6 #horses

Our foundation herd was part of a complete removal of 279 wild horses from the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, Oregon, by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service due to pressure from hunters to manage the area for pronghorn antelope and bighorn sheep. 6/6 #horses