Good news! The number of cosponsors for the SAFE Act (H.R. 961), which would ban horse slaughter in the U.S. and the transport of American #horses for slaughter, has reached 234. TAKE ACTION: Send a message to your rep / senators: bit.ly/2MLsEmE #yes2safe #wildhorses 1/ Thank you, @RepKirkpatrick, for cosponsoring the bipartisan SAFE Act (H.R. 961) to ban horse slaughter in the U.S. and the export of American horses for slaughter, for the good of America's #horses and for human health! #yes2safe #wildhorses 2/

Spirit, the Kiger mustang stallion who served as model for animators of @Dreamworks 2002 Oscar-nominated film #SpiritStallionoftheCimarron turned 25 on May 8. We spent months planning a birthday party to celebrate his big day and raise funds for our sanctuary... #horses 1/5 2/5 ...Because of the pandemic, we canceled our planned event. But the story of America’s wild horses and burros of determination--so we moved Spirit’s party online for a yearlong celebration to raise funds for the 500+ wild horses and burros in our care... 2/5 #horses

For 1 more day, your donation to RTF will do even more to keep wild horse family bands, like Chief and Shuwa's band, together.

Until Friday at 11:59 p.m. East / 8:59 p.m. West, @GlobalGiving is matching donations up to $50 at 50% at bit.ly/2WDMpn6 #horses 1/6 The difference between $50 and $75 made possible by the matching campaign is the difference between treating two mares with fertility control and treating three mares ($25 covers the cost of the vaccine PZP plus adjuvant in one dart). #horses 2/6

Happy #FoalFriday!—Meet Neptune, a colt born on Friday, Feb. 21, at our #Lompoc, Calif., headquarters sanctuary, to Juno, a member of our Hart Mountain herd. His sire is Freedom. #horses 1/6 At RTF, we have used the immunocontraceptive vaccine PZP since 2000 to allow stallions and mares to live together in their family bands while curbing the rate of reproduction. We’ve done so with a 91-98% efficacy rate, so we do welcome the occasional adorable foal. #horses 2/6

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

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

*DAWN UPDATE*: We walked Dawn around the other night at the vet center to remind her that there's life outside of the stall where she’s remained since her emergency surgery for severe colic in the early hours of Oct. 22. 1/4 #horses Our beloved beloved Sulphur Springs mare still lays down, but doesn't act like she's in pain. She is suffering from diarrhea and the vet clinic staff is feeding her frequent but smaller meals. She seems a bit depressed. 2/4

Last Saturday marked our final scheduled event of the 2019 program season: a wonderful photo safari at our #SanLuisObispo, Calif., satellite sanctuary. 1/3 #horses #centralcoast Thank you to each and every one of the more than 700 visitors of all ages who took part in tours, safaris, youth & family days, special clinics and private events this season at our #Lompoc, Calif., headquarters and in #SanLuisObispo. 2/4 #CentralCoast #horses

Since May, 42 wild burros have been found dead with gunshot wounds on public land along the Interstate 15 corridor between Halloran Springs, Calif., and Primm, Nev. wp.me/p9E62f-77I #wildhorses #horses #burros 1/3 If you believe that you may have information about the shootings of burros along the Interstate 15 corridor in California near the Nevada border, please call (800) 782-7436 or see wetip.com 2/3

Good news! 26 more House members are cosponsoring the SAFE Act (H.R. 961), which would ban horse slaughter / the transport of #horses for slaughter. New total: 114. TAKE ACTION: Keep the momentum going: Send a message to your rep: bit.ly/2MLsEmE #wildhorses #yes2safe 1/4 Thank you to these new cosponsors of the bipartisan SAFE Act (H.R. 961) to ban horse slaughter: @RepDennyHeck, @CongressmanRaja, @jahimes, @RepDebHaaland, @RepJudyChu, @RepCasten, @RepSteveChabot, @RepDavid, @NitaLowey, @RepPeterDeFazio, @AndyKimNJ, @RepDMP #yes2safe 2/4

BREAKING: @RepSchakowsky & @VernBuchanan have reintroduced the SAFE Act to ban horse slaughter. We applaud them for their leadership on this issue and for hearing the voices of the overwhelming majority of Americans that want slaughter banned for good. #yes2safe #wildhorses We'll have a bill number for the new SAFE Act and ways for you to support this important legislation later in the day. #yes2safe #wildhorses #nohorseslaughter