Driggs

This 16-year-old boy was on the internet adoption in January 2021 and he’s from Saylor Creek Idaho. He was one of the seniors we looked at to make sure they had bids and he got one bid and that was the last we knew of him. Recently his adopter wrote to us about the possibility of giving him back his freedom, as he wasn’t settling into domestic life. He also has a lot of scar tissue on his front knees which sometimes causes him pain. Originally, he was coming along in his gentling but then went to a TIP trainer and after that he sadly regressed to being fearful of people again. His family who loved him could tell he was unhappy trying to be domesticated and needed to be free. It’s hard to adopt older wild boys and expect them to adjust well to training, but at the same time we want to give them a chance of that. This year we have taken several who got adopted and when it didn’t work out, we were here for them. Gladly Driggs didn’t have to go through what his herd mates the Maine Three did before coming to us as he’s been in a loving home. Driggs needed his freedom just as badly, so we were so happy to be able to bring him to Skydog. #skydogdriggs

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.