Saint

Saint is more than happy to take a cookie but prefers not to be stroked, and to have his loving mare by his side: Miss Hedy Lamarr. This boy was captured from the Onaqui herd in Utah in 2012. We named him Saint and I have no idea why but he felt holy and sacred to me and sadly just one of dozens of mustangs running scared in kill pens today. I never get immune to the immense sadness and stress seeing these horses run back and forth looking for a way out and to get away from the human chasing them. They deserve so much more respect than this and we will give that to them along with care and love.

We had already rescued Rising Sun and Presley from this kill pen and they were in quarantine waiting to come to us when these two were dumped in the same kill pen. Call it luck or good timing but we had a trailer coming and just like with Barnaby who led to so many others getting pulled out to share his ride - these two horses just were in the right place at the right time to get saved too- maybe Saint has a Saint of his own! This boy and his mare can now live out peacefully on our Oregon ranch. #skydogsaint

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.