June

June was 22 years old when she became our 5th rescue on Giving Tuesday 2024. She is a Kiger, one of the beautiful wild horses found in small pockets throughout the Oregon desert in the southeast corner of the state. We had two residents from this vaunted herd - Gunner and his son, Optimus Prime - who have passed away. We don’t see them often as they are very sought after. There hasn't been a round up there for many years, although one is scheduled for 2025.

We have a picture of June in the 2003 catalogue for Kiger Mustangs. Funnily enough, Janelle was at that adoption and considered taking her or her mother.

June spent the last 20 years with her adopters living wild on acreage. She’s remained unhandled and has been well taken care of. Sadly, her adopters now have health issues, which prevent them from caring for her any longer. They were desperate to find her a spot to live out her life and be safe. We are happy to give them the peace of knowing with certainty that she will always be loved, respected, protected, and cared for at the highest standard. She will never be starved or end up in an auction, kill pen or foreign slaughter house. We always try to take at least one owner relinquishment on Giving Tuesday and June is a worthy mare. Quiet tales like hers have a special place in our hearts, so this mare with gentle eyes is coming to Skydog.

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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.