mystery

Previously Little Miss Snip, now named Mystery. We didn’t know anything about her other than her tag number and that she’s from the Pine Nut Mountains. She was on the Internet Adoption and had no bids. Nobody noticed her and nobody talked about her on the adoption pages. There was no bidding war or insanity or meanness surrounding her adoption. Just another wild horse rounded up off public lands set to disappear into the system. Her butt was already branded for long term holding. In her “then” photo you can see her standing in the chute sticking her tongue out. We knew just how she felt.

Mystery was introduced to the Pine Nut family in the hopes that she and Jet would bond. The good news is that the whole band has become close and you would never know she was a new member. Mystery has won Jet’s heart with her confidence and kindness. There are four generations of a family here and it’s such an honor to share space and land with them and to have kept them together. We love it when these plans work out and are so happy that another Pine Nut mare has got her freedom back and a new love. #skydogmystery

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.