HANNAH
Hannah was the 16-year-old lead mare of Blaze on the range. When they were rounded up we tried to take the entire family to keep them together, but sadly they were all sent to different facilities before we could get them. Hannah was the only mare of his at a facility that was willing to let us adopt her. We travelled to Idaho where she had been taken to an off-range facility in Bruneau, but was transferred to Boise for pick up. We are incredibly grateful to the BLM at PVC and Idaho for facilitating this adoption. Both horses were Sale Authority and only cost $25 each. Reuniting Hannah with her boy Blaze was the greatest moment for us as bringing families back together is the best feeling on earth. They know each other, they run to each other and settle back together with an entirely different demeanor and energy. We will never stop trying to bring more families back together even though it is very hard and time consuming to find them. The joy it brings back to these horses is worth every long night and bit of effort. Blaze and Hannah back together. Sadly his two other mares were sent to Long Term Holding in Nebraska and cannot be adopted out of there. They will spend the rest of their lives in Long Term Holding but I am glad they at least have each other.
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.