colorado

Colorado is a 23 year old mustang mare from Little Book Cliffs Colorado. She is our second Colorado mustang after Rain. When we first saw this mare obviously we wanted to help because she is a senior girl needing a soft landing. Then we saw her and realized that she had probably been turned out on grass for years as she was horribly overweight with a lot of fat on her neck and back and her feet were in need of help before she foundered. Being this obese at a later age leads to all kinds of problems, especially for mustangs who need to be moving and on a not too high sugar diet. These wild horses are used to surviving on very little but this mare had probably been left to eat and had received very little care for her health.

We said yes to her as she is a senior and had very little chance of being rescued with her health issues and age. She is actually the reason we were then able to take Scout and Angel as we had a hauler coming for her so we’re able to add the two little ones on for good measure. She has blossomed and transformed, as much as any horse we have taken. Covering so much land and eating the right food has probably added ten years to her life. She has formed a close and beautiful bond with Penny and they are always together. I adore the friendships these horses make and Colorado is back to being the incredibly beautiful wild horse she was born to be. #skydogcolorado

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.