RISING SUN

Rising Sun was the name of Elvis’s favorite horse and the barn at Graceland was named House of the Rising Sun, this caring over to this beauty. I was sent a video of Rising Sun running terrified in a kill pen and immediately saw a huge resemblance to Autumn and Swan. Thankfully, the girl held up a title and I took a screenshot and had it read by the BLM office. Sure enough, she was not only from the same small herd in Wyoming but rounded up the same day! We made plans to rescue her immediately and in the process were told of a second mustang who also needed help. We knew it would be easier for them to go through quarantine and hauling together so we saved him too. After a semi-quarantine in Oregon, the two were then able to turn out and be reunited with the big herd to be reunited with Autumn and Swan. #skydogrisingsun

Mustangs & 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.