COSMO
We got an email about Cosmo from his rescuer and when we had raised a huge amount on Giving Tuesday he was our last save of the day. He is 14 years old from Warm Springs HMA in Oregon and the lady writing about him was his fifth owner in recent years. She told us
“He is the sweetest boy and friendly on the ground. However he was very nervous the first time I saddled him and also when I tried to sit on him bareback. At this point I decided to send Cosmo for training. Cosmo not only tenses up under saddle but also bareback, he is also terrified of another rider on a horse that is anywhere in sight. This makes it impossible and unsafe to trail ride or ride in an open barn setting. He has also been very unpredictable under saddle, including rearing, bucking and bolting. During a ride in the round pen he went from nice and relaxed to bucking without any warning signs. Unfortunately that ended with me on the ground.”
This is one of the dozens of emails just like this one we get every year. When we think the owner has done all they can and tried all other methods we try to say yes to as many as we possibly can. Just to give them back the freedom they are yearning for. This year alone we took in 15 owner relinquishment’s from people who just knew how unhappy their wild horse was being domesticated. We said yes to Cosmo and he’s a very happy boy. #skydogcosmo
Mustangs & Burros Need your help
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.