Aerial
Aerial was the first of many magnificent Wyoming mustangs to come to Skydog. She is from the Divide Basin HMA, which the BLM is determined to zero out. We saved her from a kill pen in Texas along with Bear and Goldie.
Bear was still a stallion and had to be gelded before bringing them all to Oregon. A few months later, Aerial gave us the first foal to be born at the sanctuary, Whisper. A little later, Goldie delivered Mariah. They constituted our first official family rescue and sparked our endeavor to keep families and bonded horses together.
Aerial, Goldie, Bear, and their offspring have stayed together and their herd has grown. Bear, an amazing patriarch and father, welcomed several more pregnant kill pen mares to this family. Whisper has grown to be his lieutenant and helps him keep the mares safe and together.
Aerial currently has a sponsor
By committing annually to a $100/month sponsorship of a mustang or burro, you help us enormously by supporting our existing rescues so we can continue saving more. To learn more about becoming a sponsor and see which animals need them, please click the button:
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.