Bonnie & Clyde

BONNIE & CLYDE

These two characters were rescued at a livestock auction and named in our tradition of naming donkeys after gangsters. They are mini-mules, which means their mother was a horse and their father was a donkey. Like Boots, they are independent and have no concept of their size. They were unhandled, shy and fearful when they arrived. Clyde has remained pretty nervous and doesn’t come close to humans. Bonnie, however, will grab treats from your hand. We bring them in for hoof care twice a year, Once when Bonnie was in the barn getting a trim, a chiropractor found some back pain. She worked on her and Bonnie just loved it. The rest of the time we let them live their own lives. They share space with other equines who require extra farrier care or whose diets need to be managed to keep them off the sugary green grasses. This includes their old friend Anselm, with whom they were rescued and made the move from Malibu to Oregon.

American 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 two Senators to urge them to support these bills. 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

Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act of 2025 (H.R.1661 in the House and S.775 in the Senate). This bill would amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, commonly known as the “Farm Bill”. There are several important provisions for animals in that omnibus federal law, including the Cat and Dog Meat Trade Prohibition Act. It is currently illegal to slaughter, transport, possess, purchase, sell, or donate dogs and cats, or their parts, for human consumption. The SAFE Act would extend the ban to equines and 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. 4356) The bill would eliminate the use of helicopters in rounding up wild horses and burros, and require a study into alternative methods for humanely gathering the animals.

See our How to Help menu for other actions to ban zebra hunting at US canned hunt ranches and stop production of Premarin & other PMU drugs.

A bill from the previous 118th Congress that we hope will be introduced again this session:

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.