Apollo
We knew it was going to be impossible to choose from 64 horses who we could take to come home with Blue Zeus. We wanted to focus on the very oldest and wildest who wouldn’t be a good fit for anyone else there looking for a horse. Apollo was the oldest boy, but he was incredibly bonded and dependent on a friend, who we now call Aslan. When they went to move and load Apollo, he tried to go over the top several times and ran into panels bending them with his sheer force and power. It was incredibly stressful but putting his friend with him was the best thing we could have done to reassure him and comfort him. We are always about putting the mental well-being of any horse first and taking those steps we can to help make the difficult parts of this easier for them. Especially a 22-year-old band stallion to whom all of this is frightening and overwhelming. #skydogapollo
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 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.