Grey Goose

These were supposed to be just two mares rescued from a kill pen in Kansas…two sweet-looking wild mares that stood no chance of being adopted or rescued. A grey mare with her sorrel friend needed rescuing and we set off to make another short film about the saving of some kill pen horses to raise awareness for the SAFE Act and to educate people about what to do to shut down the slaughter pipeline in the USA. Thousands of American Horses, including many wild ones, are shipped to slaughter in Mexico or Canada every year and we are going to do all we can in 2021 to stop this once and for all. So we said yes to Ladybug and Grey Goose and made preparations to go pick them up ourselves.

 Suddenly we got a message about a third horse left behind who came in with them and we turned around and went back to get her. And so Twiglet got to ride with us and her two friends back to Oregon and a new life of safety and freedom. All three of them were rounded up from Triple B in 2018 and since then were adopted under the Adoption Incentive Program where their adopter got a thousand dollars for taking them for a year and then dumped them for slaughter. These were some of the lucky ones and we rescued all three and the world fell in love with these three girls who had checked out and given up, only to get another chance at a great life. None of these three are sponsored so if you would like to choose one we would be more than grateful. #skydogladybug #skydogtwiglet #skydoggoose

Mustangs and 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.