Misty
Misty was a mare we were asked to take years ago. She was with a mustang trainer in California who tried endlessly to gentle her but what she had gone through in her short life left her reactive and terrified. Similarly to what Patron went through, she was also used as a tripping horse and severely brutalized by the events. We suggested several things to try with Misty and her new adopter tried it all and also contacted many other rescues and sanctuaries. They did everything they could for this mare so in the end, knowing how far they had gone to try and help her, we said yes to Misty being our second #givingtuesday rescue. The incredible miracle about these two horses was that after we independently said yes to both their owners found out about each other and coincidentally they also told us that Misty and Patron had spent time at the same training barn right next door to each other for months.
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.