rojo
Rojo was a mustang who went through the prison program in Carson city. His owner adopted him and rode him for a while but sadly then contracted Lyme disease and couldn’t ride as she recovered. Rojo was left to be a horse and reverted quickly back to being a very wild one. By the time his adopter was well enough Rojo had very strong opinions about being ridden or handled again. This so often happens with adopters for many different reasons. Often with prison trained horses or mustang makeovers these horses get three months of intensive training and are shown by their handlers. Sadly if the adopter doesn’t have enough knowledge or experience to be consistent from the day they get them it is possible that they can revert to being more wild, or test their owner. Luckily for Rojo he came to Skydog and now gets his wish which is to live wild and free forever.
Rojo runs with Buddy’s herd and is very low key and low maintenance. He is a handsome boy who gets on with everyone in the herd.
Helping Mustangs & Burros
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.