Clare

Clare was the second horse we found out about when we were on our way to rescue Badger, a 30 year old mustang who had been dumped in a kill pen in Kansas. Clare was dropped off there by a horse trader from Ohio and all we knew about her was that she was sorrel with a flaxen mane. She wasn’t gentled and pretty scared and hard to catch but somehow our wonderful hauler Marlene got her in the trailer and took off for Oregon with all three on board. On the day we were picking them up someone told us it was the feast day of St Francis and St Clare was his constant companion who also helped animals so it seemed perfect names and perfect day for them both. I do believe something pretty similar to a Patron Saint of Animals was looking over them that day to get them out when that was never in the cards for us.

Mustangs & 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.