BLUE

We were sent a video from a Facebook follower showing Blue being ridden around a parking lot very roughly, running on concrete. We could see how hard she was trying to do the right thing as her mouth was yanked by the reins and she was spurred on. All the board members were called and we decided unanimously to save her. She is a gorgeous mare with the most amazing blue eyes and is so willing and eager to please. She is the calmest horse who never reacts to being bossed about by other horses. 

Today, Blue lives in Oregon, where she is the apple of more than one eye. When Vegas passed away, leaving Read alone, we needed to find a new companion for him. We led different mares by his pen, but Blue was the only one to grab his attention. When we opened the gate so they could meet, she scampered into the green grass with an infatuated Read right behind her. She’s as good for him as he is for her.

Their next door neighbor is Boomer, who is an insatiable flirt, but not the kind of guy to make a commitment. He loves to go to the fence and make sweet talk to Blue, which is all the more fun for him when it annoys Read. Blue had not been particularly bonded in her previous band, but now she’s the center of attention. With devoted Read beside her, and an exciting cad on the other side of the fence, she basks in all the attention. Boomer was reunited with his long lost love from Nevada, Libby, whom he allowed to move into his bachelor pad. Her presence, however, doesn’t stop him from making kissy face with Blue and other mares across the fence. #skydogblue

American 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 2025 (H.R.1661 in the House and S.775 in the Senate). This bill would amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. Commonly known as the “Farm Bill”, this omnibus federal law includes several important provisions for animals. Among them, the Cat and Dog Meat Trade Prohibition Act, which makes it illegal to slaughter, transport, possess, purchase, sell, or donate dogs and cats, or their parts, for human consumption. This SAFE Act would extend the prohibition to equines. Specifically, prohibiting a person from knowingly slaughtering an American equine for human consumption; or shipping, transporting, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donating an American equine to be slaughtered for human consumption. 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.

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.

You can also tell your Rep and Senators that you want these bills from the previous Congress introduced again this session:

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.