priscilla
Priscilla is a happy miracle. This pretty mare was in a feedlot in Colorado along with Swayze they were both listed as mustangs. It was winter and the lot told us that their white necks prevented their brands from showing but they were for sure BLM mustangs. We said yes to taking them in. Priscilla wasn’t as skinny as Swayze not as sick. She travelled well to us but then was found to have strangles when she arrived. Both horses went through quarantine together and became as close as two horses can be. As they regained their health Priscilla also got bigger and bigger and we realized she was pregnant. What a happy day when we realized we had rescued not two but three horses from shipping to slaughter.
Swayze loved her but sadly when the foal was born, named Dalton, he didn’t like him and it wasn’t safe for them to be together as a family. As well as which Priscilla would be aggressive towards Swayze when he came near them. We had to separate them and Priscilla started to raise Dalton as a single mother. One day we decided to give it a try so that Dalton would have friends and we added them to Bear’s herd where the babies could play and the mothers could protect the young ones from predators. They thrived. Dalton is still with that herd but Priscilla fell in love with Jackson over the fence. We let her go with him and she ran with Jackson in Buddy’s herd. She is a gorgeous mare and Dalton is one happy boy.
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.