ROCKY

Rocky was rounded up from outside the Sand Wash Basin area in Colorado, along with Pegasus. They are not named mustangs, but when we saw this post from the Sand Wash advocate team, we knew that we were the right fit for this older boy who has wings. Rocky was deemed “The Mystery Horse”, as we knew nothing about this senior mustang and neither did the group who follow, name and identify the wild horses in Sand Wash Basin, Colorado. To this day, his story is still shrouded in mystery. He was most likely from outside the boundary of the area closer to Adobe Town, Wyoming, where we have rescued many mustangs from. Just because he wasn’t photographed or known doesn’t make him any less worthy or spectacular. He was listed as brown but we were surprised to pick him up today and find out he is actually a silver bay. With a star and a snip and a beautiful tail. We are grateful to the Sand Wash Basin Advocate Team for taking photos for the Internet Adoption and asking for a sanctuary to step up for him.

We may not know much about his mysterious past, but we are proud to give him a bright future here at Skydog, with plenty of room to roam at the Oregon ranch. #skydogrocky

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.