Bert & Ernie

Little Bert and Ernie were first seen by us being dragged through an auction looking sick and tired. We had been in contact with a rescue who were at the auction and they were very worried about this pair as well. So we said to bid on them if they looked as though they were going to a bad place. We picked them up and instantly knew they wouldn’t have long if we didn’t act quickly. We had our vet look at them and then drove them straight to Alamo Pintado for emergency medical help.

Dr. Erin Burns and her team worked tirelessly to keep these little five month old babies alive and bring them back to health. They are now thriving at Skydog Malibu but are available to sponsor together for the same amount as one horse. They are the cutest little munchkins and so full of love and gratitude and are inseparable with Bert’s head nearly always over Ernie’s body for comfort and support.

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.