DAISY

Daisy is a big power house of a Utah mustang, whom we first saw on a Facebook page. The woman who had her was very frustrated that Daisy was not responding to training and was sending her back to the Bureau of Land Management’s corrals. There was something about her face, the look in her eye. She had been dragging a lead rope around still attached to her halter for weeks.  With the help of another girl, we adopted Daisy back out of the pens, where the rest of her herd had shipped to long term holding without her.  This mare wanted to be wild and we were able to give that back to her.  

Daisy is a member of Champ’s herd, a leader who takes the best care of his mares. So good, that some mares have left their herds to join his. Daisy would never come closer than two or three feet from people so she’s fine with Champ’s policy of keeping his family far from humans. She has so much space, many friends, plenty of food, and seems to have become Champ’s favorite.

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.