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Return to Freedom is a non-profit wild horse sanctuary and education center founded in 1997 by Neda DeMayo, and is the realization of her life-long dream: to protect the freedom and natural lifestyle of America’s free ranging wild horses. Visitors can learn about the diverse population of the American wild horse. Located in the Jalama Valley, just south of Lompoc, |
| Return To Freedom is dedicated to preserving the freedom, diversity and habitat of America’s wild horses through sanctuary, education and conservation, while enriching the human spirit through direct experience with the natural world. | |
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The cornerstone of all Return to Freedom’s efforts rests in the management and philosophy of The American Wild Horse Sanctuary. Currently home to over 200 wild horses and burros, the American Wild Horse Sanctuary offers a number of unique conservation and preservation programs. |
Come for a Wild Horse Walk to learn about herd social dynamics, equine communication and body language. Discuss the current political struggle being fought for wild horses in Congress, the importance of the wild horse on federal lands, and the ways in which Return to Freedom is fighting to maintain the right of these horses to live free. |  |
| Living History Tours give visitors a brief overview of the significance of the wild horse in our culture, history, and ecology. Walk with a docent into the pastures and hills to learn about the heritage breeds in the Return to Freedom conservation program, including the Choctaw Pony, Sulphur Springs, Kiger, Cerbat and Wilbur Cruce Colonial Spanish Mission horses. | |
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The Wild Horse Walk suggested donation is $75 for adults. (Children under 14 are not recommended for this hike.) The Living History Tour suggested donation is $25 for adults and $10 for children. For a privately scheduled tour, the suggested donation is $45. For all tours, advance reservations are required. The phone number is 805-737-9246. |
The horse at right is Isadora-Cruce. Isadora is a beautiful Medicine hat Tobiano mare from one of Return to Freedom’s rare heritage herds. She is descended from a pure line of Colonial Spanish Mission horses who came from Spain with Padre Kino in the mid 1600’s and represent an undiluted strain of high quality ranch horses he brought to his mission headquarters, the Mission Dolores in Sonora Mexico. |
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| Isadora was the 2010 Breyer Spanish Mustang model and traveled with her sister Ines-Cruce to the Breyer Festival at the Kentucky Horse park last July. | |
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The photo at left shows horses from three stallion harem bands from Hart Mountain, Oregon. These horses were removed in a “gather” on horseback and family bands were relocated to the sanctuary. |
Please visit our website for more information: www.returntofreedom.org or |
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