spartan
While we were looking for Blue Zeus, we saw these two boys are in their twenties. Spartan is the black boy with the long mane. Spartan was in with BZ and spent the most time with him. Drifter was with Hermès but was the most incredible character and I can’t wait to tell you about him.
These two old boys - who weren’t known or famous - are just as worthy and we are so happy to know they will be with us to live out their lives wild and free. For any flashy horse we take, we then also save ten unknown and unloved, and uncared for mustangs in dire need. It’s a great formula that for every family reunited, we get to take kill pen saves and trainer relinquishments and abandoned, starved, or mistreated mustangs.
So boys we might not know you yet but you are about to get the Royal retirement and see your old friend Blue Zeus.
#skydogspartan
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.