AL PACINO & ROBERT DENIRO
Well you can pat yourselves on the back for this save. When we said yes to taking Redford and Eastwood you all rallied to ask us to take a donkey who was the only one listed on the same page at the lot. We called to pay for him and they told us there was actually another one who had been paid for but nobody had come to pick up. WHAAAT? So we collected up these two donkeys and Marlene our hauler said yes to fitting them on board. Hauling donkeys in the dead of winter out of a killpen is always a risk. But leaving them means certain death. Either on the lot within days as they suffer greatly and go down quickly from respiratory diseases. OR they get put on to trailers to meet a terrible death in Mexico. Instead, these two jumped on the freedom bus outta there. They still needed to be gelded and we let them settle before that next step of their lives. We have been naming our donkeys after gangsters - and actors who play them. These guys are fighting tough - so DeNiro and Pacino, welcome to the gang.
Helping Mustangs & Burros
In addition to supporting our work by donating, becoming a patron on Patreon, or sponsoring a Skydog, there are several important pieces of legislation to protect American equines currently moving through Congress. It only takes a few minutes to contact your Rep and Senators and urge them to support these bills:
Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act of 2023 (H.R. 3475 in the House / S.2307 in the Senate). This bill will shut down the slaughter pipeline that sends some 20,000 American horses and donkeys to savagely monstrous deaths in foreign slaughterhouses every year.
The Wild Horse & Burro Protection Act of 2023 (H. R. 3656) This bill will prohibit the use of helicopters or fixed-wing aircraft in the management of wild mustangs and burros on public lands, and require a report on humane alternatives to current management practices.
Ejiao Act of 2023 (H.R. 6021). To ban the sale or transportation of ejiao, a gelatin made from boiling donkey skins, or products containing ejiao in interstate or foreign commerce, which brutally kills millions of donkeys primarily for beauty products and Chinese medicine.
You can Contact Members of Congress by calling the Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121, submitting contact forms on their individual websites, or sending one email to all three simultaneously at www.democracy.io
See our How to Help menu for other actions to ban zebra hunting at US canned hunt ranches, stop production of Premarin & other PMU drugs, and defund the Adoption Incentive Program.