georgie bailey

We were contacted by a horse rescue in Modesto California who had been at a livestock auction and had spotted a mustang gelding. They didn’t have enough funds to bid on him and knew that the local horse trader had taken him. They reached out to us to see if we could help him and offered to contact the kill buyer and buy the horse. We were at the end of the year right at Christmas time and we had already taken in many horses in 2020 and couldn’t take in another one with the funds we had either. But we did have enough to go and pick this boy up and quarantine him for another rescue who were going to find him a home. We decided to name him Georgie Bailey after It’s a Wonderful Life movie as it was Christmas and he had so many angels helping him.

We drove to Bakersfield to pick him up and our first surprise was that he was a she. This was a mare and we brought her home to Malibu to begin her quarantine. An incredible angel was watching that arrival video and joined the many angels who donated to get her safe, by donating an incredible amount to allow Georgie Bailey to live out the rest of her days with us and cover ALL of her future costs. When Georgie then went down with a bad case of Strangles this angel also paid for the entire hospital bill for her at Alamo Pintado. It truly was the most amazing gesture and so this overworked, sick and tired girl is recovering at Skydog Malibu and blossoming into a beautiful mustang. We have so much gratitude to everyone who donated to change her life for the better and let her stay where she is forever. #skydogbailey

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.