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One of the most beautiful mustangs - this is Slash from Beatty’s Butte. He is one of two dappled grey wild horses in our care. Slash is a Beatty’s Butte horse rounded up at 13 due to pressure from cattle ranchers who run cows on this public land and sell their beef to Whole Foods.

Slash used to be with Ireland as he fights with the boys over mares but lately, she has been hanging by the fence with Luna and Kimmy and seemed to want to go with them. So we decided to try him out with the boy’s herd. And wow he and River just fell into the most spectacular bromance. They haven’t been with the main herd but seem to have moved in together in the woods. Isn’t it heaven when a plan works out and now River has a best friend all of his own and Ireland gets her girlfriends back. #skydogslash

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.