whiskey

We hit $10,000 in half an hour on Giving Tuesday. So as promised we were able to take in a second mustang. This adopter never gave up asking to make sure her beloved boy never ended up in a terrible situation and I applaud her for that. Whiskey is from the same special herd as Lightning and Daisy in Utah and here is the email I got about him

“I’m reaching out to you in hopes of finding placement for my Mustang Whiskey. Whiskey is a seven-year-old gelding from Conger Mountain Utah HMA. He seemed like he had a decent start however he was very fearful and very reactive and had a tendency to bolt. Whiskey was in training for five months before I brought him home however he continues to bolt with me. When he’s afraid or put under pressure he becomes a locomotive and cannot be stopped. I have fallen off twice and been injured pretty significantly. I’m hoping that you will consider adding Whiskey to your herd and letting him live out the rest of his life wild and free.”

We love taking these horses who have stated clearly that they need to stay wild as giving them back to what they want most is so rewarding - So everyone meet handsome Whiskey, who is now in Oregon with his best friend Gris. #skydogwhiskey

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.