scarecrow & tinman

Another very wild horse landed in Kansas kill pen and we decided to give him a soft landing with us. There is little hope of anyone adopting a totally wild horse out of a kill pen these days when they can be paid 1000 dollars to take anyone of their choice from the BLM corrals. This plain brown and clearly terrified of people mustang was going to be shipped to slaughter without us. So we said yes and luckily another mustang at the pen got to hitch a ride on his rescue. Tinman and Scarecrow quarantined together, traveled together, and started their lives here at Skydog together. As with so many other pairs in the past who went through it all together they have remained inseparable.

Tinman is not approachable and has no desire to come close to people. He lives in the Gentle Boys herd with his best friend now and is doing incredibly well. He is beautiful and has light highlights under his belly which shine in the winter sun. We don’t need anything from him or ask him for much so he lives his life as a wild horse should. He has put on the weight he needed to and is a joy to watch, from a distance. Our handsome Tinman. #skydogtinman #skydogscarecrow

 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.