lily

This little girl Lily is so loved already. We rescued her totally by surprise when we came across her in a confinement pen at the BLM corrals. The staff was as puzzled as we were about what was wrong with her, as her coat was coming off in clumps, she was covered in scabs and her legs and abdomen were very swollen. They said yes to our adopting her and taking on her medical bills and we were thrilled to be able to help her. We brought her home and had the vet out after the weekend, where Janelle gentled her to be ready for treatment. She had a biopsy and skin grafts done and soon we found out she had Pemphigus Foliation, an auto-immune disease that could be put into remission by steroids but can reoccur often and the medication becomes less and less effective until some horses have to be euthanized. She has a fifty percent chance of survival but we believe she will be just fine with no stress, good vet care, medications, supplements, and regular baths. We love her and she is open to as many sponsors who would like to be a part of #teamlily as her bills are much bigger than usual and we want her to have as much support as she can get. We love her so much and know so many others feel the same. Go Lily go x #skydoglily

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.