Blue moon
We were asked to take Blue Moon by BLM Corrals Burns as she was one of a handful of mares left from the Warm Springs HMA. It meant a lot to us that they reached out to us to help a member of this herd. Some of our favorite horses and saves are from Warm Springs, including the babies Coco, Two Spots, Sugar and Willow. Grace, Chief, Hawk, Phoenix and Mr. Bojangles.
We went to the corrals to meet her and the other mares and posted a video of her to see if anyone would step up to adopt them. We then received so many messages, comments, emails, and calls asking us to take this girl. Blue Moon was so scared in the video, it people’s hearts. She hid behind the other horses and wouldn’t make eye contact as she searched for any space to get out.
We did a fundraiser for her and another special needs boy who was at the corrals. It was overwhelming how many people stepped up and donated for them to come to us. We drove up the very next day to pick them up and bring them home. They didn’t need to spend one more day there with the support and love they now had.
Blue Moon is blind now, so we brought her in to the special needs pen with Dakota and Lily. The three of them have formed a loving family bond. She has memorized the pen, every stone, every tree, so she’s able to run around and play with her friends. Recently, we added Dollar to this pen as his vision is deteriorating. He and Blue Moon have come together as esteemed elder mustangs enjoying the companionship of someone their own age. #skydogbluemoon
Blue Moon currently has a sponsor
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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.