maple

This is a story that began 3 years ago. It was during the peak of the #freethetwins campaign where things were fractious between Clare and Rob Sharp at Burns BLM. The corrals had asked us to take Elsa and her newborn twins and then decided against it and were going to put Elsa in the spay study. It was the first time we had spoken out against the BLM and it was a tough time. Well, right about then Clare got a call from Wendy, who worked at the corrals. They were all at the Oregon Teens and Mustangs event. This is where teens are matched with a wild horse to train them for adoption.

One of the young horses had come up lame and was acting very strange and EPM was suspected. Wendy said the mare would be euthanized back at the corrals if they couldn’t find a placement for her. Janelle went to see the mare and she for sure needed help. We knew we couldn’t take her with things being the way they were between us and the BLM so we called Cyndi Davis at 3 Sisters and asked her to take the mare. And she did. They then spent a ton of time and money rehabbing Maple for adoption. She was with amazing fosters and every now and again we would see her offered for adoption. She couldn’t be ridden so she was pretty much being offered as a beautiful pasture ornament.

We had always said we would take her if all else failed, and we keep our promises. They did all they could to find her a loving forever home but with her special needs, it wasn’t to be. So, after years from first meeting her, Maple is coming home ❤️ Welcome home Maple - we loved you then and we love you now. #skydomaple

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.