smokey
Well, this is a wonderful rescue that just had another miracle right in the middle of it. We were contacted by a kill pen about two yearlings branded 2020 who had been dumped there. A couple had adopted these two babies from the BLM signed the paperwork and then dumped them a couple of weeks later in the slaughter pipeline. We were horrified and said yes to them and brought them to Oregon in May. Well a few weeks later we were sent another pair of yearlings and we said yes again confused about where these were coming from. Sadly these two were not so lucky and they got strangles and had to stay in quarantine for three months and it was touch and go whether they would make it. When they were finally well enough to travel to us we found out from their brands that they were adopted by the same couple as Moose and Smokey. The BLM did an investigation into the adopters and banned them and handed the case to law enforcement as it is a federal offense to sell untitled mustangs. This week we reunited Moose and Smokey with their two buddies Quinn and Spyder and not a dry eye in the house to see them back together and happy as clams. Beautiful xxxx
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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.