Bowyn
Thankfully beautiful Bowie has no dramatic before and after photographs. Bowie was very loved by the lady who had him and asked us to take him. It was that love that made it so hard to part with him but she knew he needed to be free. Bowie had some abusive and traumatic training that left him scarred and terrified of humans. He just couldn’t relax enough to be kindly gentled as the terror of whatever had happened to him couldn’t be healed. He just needed to be left alone. To heal, to relax, to live as he wanted. And so Bowie was our second Giving Tuesday save and we were so so happy to be able to take him.
With all the many brown, sorrel and bay horses we take in all year it’s always wonderful to have a splash of color at Skydog and I know everyone loves the colorful mustangs who do so much to show the beauty and variety of these wild horses. There is not a shade or hue or color that these wild horses don’t embody and exhibit. They are way more beautiful and unique than those bred for showing. These guys are truly painted by God in every color in his palette and what a magnificent artist he is. Bowie looks just like the rocking horse I had as a child, my very first horse Dobbin, so he is a joy for me to look at every day. Wild and free - just the way he asked to be. #skydogbowie
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.