Swan & Autumn
The Ballerinas
This was a pair of horses who were rounded up from Green Mountain HMA in Wyoming. Thankfully the lady at the BLM Corrals in Wyoming reached out to us to see if we would take them to keep them together as they are so bonded. This is the second time a BLM employee has asked us to take a pair of bonded mares and we are so happy in both cases they were spot on. We believe that Swan is Autumn’s daughter and their closeness is incredibly obvious to anyone who sees them. They move as one and seem to know what the other is thinking they are so in unison. Anyone who doesn’t believe in the bonds between these horses only needs to spend an hour watching these two to be convinced.
They are very wild and keep their distance from us but are also super curious so you never know where we will end up in our relationship with them. They are settling well and still in one of the big pens finding their feet until they are released on to 1200 acres with Goliath and his herd. We can’t wait to see the day they are back running truly free and wild.
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.