joey
In the midst of roundup season and on the back of our campaign for the SAFE Act to be passed, there was Joey, a 16 hand, five year old wild horse who landed in bad situations again and again. Eventually ending up with nowhere to go. So we said yes to him coming to Skydog. This is the end result of a roundup. This is what happens to way too many of our wild horses. Passed around from pillar to post, from one uncaring, neglectful home to another. Not being fed enough, no vet care or foot care and stuck under a fence for days without anyone to help him. He’s been through enough already. We want Skydog to be his final forever home where he can recover and feel confident that his belly will always be full and that people will, for the rest of his life, take care of all his needs and wants.
This gorgeous bay goes to prove there is no such thing as “just a brown horse” as he really is a great example of a stunning mahogany with a star and is just as flashy as any color. He’s a sweet and sensitive gentle soul and has made a great friend for Tank. #skydogjoey
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.