ISABELLA (IZZY)

Please meet Isabella. When we first saw photos and video of her in a pen with a whole bunch of other mustangs it was heartbreaking. She looked lost and in pain as she had a huge open wound on her hind leg. She needed immediate vet care and to get out of that place. We didn’t hesitate to send our hauler to get her and she will be receiving the best medical care to treat the wound and the infection.

Just a little brown mustang but we wanted to give her the most regal of names as she surely is a Queen of all mustangs with her quiet determination and will to live. Isabella was the name of Queens and she is our Izzy or Bella already. Izzy came to Skydog Oregon and shortly after had a baby we named Wildheart who is growing up to be the cutest filly on earth xx #skydogisabella #skydogwildheart

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.