bobcat

Beautiful Bobcat was rescued from a kill pen in Texas at the end of 2020. When we rescue a horse from a kill pen, the first few weeks are such an adventure; finding out who they are, what they like, dislikes, and fears, which we hope will melt away. Bobcat is such a special boy and gives the best hugs. We noticed he has two swirls between his eyes. A horse’s swirls are formed before birth and never change. So what does it mean when a horse has two swirls next to each other? High, tight side-by-side swirls, like the ones Bobcat has, can mean a horse is super focused and talented, but also challenging and difficult in the wrong hands. We have quickly fallen madly in love with him.

Most of our horses at our Oregon sanctuary are wild and so we don’t interact with them in the same way we do in Malibu, where Bobcat is. We have some older, special needs and gentle horses who most definitely love being handled and hugged. So Bobcat, we didn’t need to read your swirls to know you’re special and talented and we couldn’t adore you more if we tried. #skydogbobcat

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.