maia & minx
This gorgeous mare was much loved and photographed on the wild ranges of the Onaqui herd in Utah. She was rounded up by the Bureau of Land Management and while she was in the holding pen she badly injured her face resulting in a serious eye wound. Thankfully a kind lady who was on a tour of the corrals saw her and told the BLM staff and they sorted her and her baby and a vet removed her eye. Injuries are very common at the corrals and usually, the horse is euthanized so she was very very lucky. Her baby was desperately upset about being taken away from her mother and the lady who found Maia actually adopter her baby.
But Maia was pregnant again from the range and luckily for her, another sanctuary took Maia to be an ambassador for their organization. She had her baby Minx in safety but sadly they were unable to keep them so we said yes to Maia and her beautiful baby girl coming to Skydog. We wanted baby Belle Star to have a friend and for Blaze to have more mares and a bigger family. So what is better than a ready-made family addition in this mare and foal. Maia traveled to us in early 2021 and has settled in so well in her new family. What a beautiful ending for all. #skydogmaia #skydogminx
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.