drifter

A Legend of the Fall

While looking for Blue Zeus, two old boys in their twenties caught my eye, Drifter and Spartan. For any flashy, famous horse we take, we save many more unknown, unloved, and neglected mustangs in dire need. More than a dozen senior mustangs from Wyoming were part of that save and we call them the Legends of the Fall. Drifter was one of those horses and equally deserving of living out his life wild and free. He’s another perfect example of why there’s no such thing as “just a bay”. He’s breathtaking, magnificent, and takes your breath away when you see him.

He surprised me sometimes when he first came to Skydog by walking up so quietly that I didn’t realize he was there. I’d turn to find him assessing me from behind a the thick curtain of his long mane and forelock. He didn’t know who I was or why I’d done it, but he seemed to understand I’d had something to do with his change in circumstances.

This mustang is truly a drifter by nature. His happiness depends on having wide, open spaces to wander freely. He might stay near a group of wild geldings, but keeps a distance, for the most part. What attachments he forms never prevent him from drifting off to visit other herds in other places. We are never sure which group we’ll find him with.

Drifter is a the big, strong, silent type with deep wisdom and experience. If he could talk, he could tell us so many incredible stories, but would choose to keep them to himself. His mystery is part of his charm.
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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.