Atsa

Atsa was rounded up from the wild and adopted out to a lady in Missouri from the Internet Adoption. He then lived for close to two years in a small round pen inside a barn with his tag around his neck, standing in 3 feet of filth. He was rescued by a wonderful trainer who, when she realized just how traumatized and abused he had been, asked us to take him. He is another casualty of the AIP incentive program. He’s 20 years old per his brand but aged closer to 30 by the vet who sedated him to trim feet and teeth. He never deserved any of what has happened to him but we’re so happy to give him his freedom back and let him retire in peace far away from the people he’s terrified of. #skydogatsa

Atsa before at his adopter’s home hidden in the barn so nobody could see him and now living wild and free with his friends.

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.