Griff, a lifelong animal and conservation advocate, stars in the Animal Planet show ‘Wild Jobs’. In episode eight, he takes the crew to northern California where he cares for the wild horses that call the ranch home. The episode touches on the story of Ellie Phipps Price. She saved hundreds of wild horses from slaughter. It’s no cake walk caring for all these horses though.

The mission of an intern at Montgomery Creek Horse Ranch is too act as a traffic cop, help with feed time, and participate in training and taming.

You can watch it all unfold here:

Don’t forget to check out: Engler Canyon Ranch: A Sanctuary For Wild Horses. This is another amazing wild horse facility.

Engler Canyon Ranch is home to wild horses, rescue animals, and various grassland projects. This beautiful 22,000-acre paradise is located near Trinchera, CO. It boasts open plains, lush meadows, forested hills, and a year-round water source. What an amazing place!

Wild horses can enjoy their freedom at this special sanctuary. They’re protected and no longer have to live in the confines of tiny pens.

In addition to horses, burros are welcome. There are six lucky BLM burros that are able to call the ranch home after spending many years in holding pens.

One of the missions of Engler Canyon Ranch is to help the public connect with nature. They offer volunteer opportunities and retreats.

You can get lost in the beauty of this place. It’s refuge to over 100 displaced mustangs and burros.

Find out how you can help this nonprofit organization by visiting englercanyonranch.com. You can also follow their Instagram to see more beautiful pictures @englercanyon.

Now’s your chance! Get involved and help save wild horses.

By Wendy Wilkinson   Photographs by Ken Amorosano

Through his mane and tail the high wind sings,
fanning the hairs who wave like feather’d wings
~ William Shakespeare

Although sanctuary and preservation are the primary focus of Return to Freedom, education is high on founder Neda DeMayo’s agenda. The Sanctuary was created as a model to explore natural herd management solutions that can be applied on the range to preserve threatened populations of the American mustang,  and is also an environment where youth can directly experience America’s wild horses in a natural setting. Within nature’s classroom, the wild horse herds educate young people about our cultural and national heritage through the story of America’s wild horses.

RTF is open at two locations:  in Lompoc (Northern Santa Barbara County) and San Luis Obispo, California, offering guided tours and Photo Safaris for individuals or small groups. Guests are invited to photograph and observe the diverse strains of the American mustang living in natural family  “bands” and meet “ambassador” horses like Spirit, the Kiger mustang stallion who was the muse for Dreamwork’s 2002 animated feature film Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron,  and Isadora-Cruce, Breyer Model Horses,’ 2010 Mustang model.

“Our education is based on letting visitors learn from non-intrusive herd observations and immersion,” DeMayo explains. “Visitors are more than welcome to roll up their sleeves, jump on the feed truck and help the staff throw hay and help out with ranch projects. Or you can spend an entire afternoon on a private ‘Journey Herd Immersion’ learning directly from wild horses. You’ll be invited to deepen your understanding of natural horse behavior and herd social dynamics and get acquainted with herd histories, wild horse management, new research, and other preservation issues.

“The programs at the Sanctuary are designed to awaken our instinctual intelligence and connection to the natural world so that we may all participate in restoring balance to ourselves, those around us and the environment that sustains us all,” she says. “For things to change, a new human being must emerge. Stories of each horse at the sanctuary are emblematic of tens of thousands more; a testimony to why we remain committed to working on solutions to protect America’s remaining wild horses.

“As stewards of the world, I believe we have a responsibility to maintain a healthy balance between our desires and the needs of other creatures and the environment.”

“We have a responsibility to maintain a healthy balance between our desires and the needs of other creatures and the environment.”

~Neda DeMayo, Founder of Return to Freedom