Lisa marie

The Eugene Four

Lisa Marie is one of the Eugene 4, the first four mustangs we rescued as a sanctuary. We found them at the Eugene Livestock Auction. It started out as one horse, Jackson, turned  to two with Lisa Marie, and then two more ran through in the shape of Denver and Leigh. The auction went late into the night. I went to sleep with two mustangs and woke up with four.  Suddenly, I panicked at little about what I  had taken on, but was also thrilled at the thought that we had saved our first four lives. As the Oregon Ranch wasn’t ready yet, we brought them down to my ranch in Calabasas, where they spent the rest of the summer.

Lisa Marie and Jackson had been adopted together seven years prior and meant the world to one another. Deeply bonded, Jackson fought valiantly to protect his little mare in their cramped stall at auction, striking out at people who came near. He was labelled wild and dangerous because he sensed the humans at auction were dangerous. When he came to Skydog, all that changed. He loved to love on people and his Lisa Marie was never far from him.

I can’t help but feel a little sad when I see Lisa Marie, ever since her night in shining armor passed away. I still have a hard time accepting that he is no longer with us. Good companions in Bear’s and Buddy’s herds have helped Lisa Marie to go on.

She is one of a number of horses named in honor of Elvis Presley, who is a hero of mine, whose music was a balm to me in hard times. I named my first horse Elvis. We also have Priscilla, King, Rising Sun, Presley, and our dear Lisa Marie.

 

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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.

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