scout & angel

When we were asked to take the three horses standing in a kill pen in Kansas it struck me how these three represent different horses who land in kill pens and argue the point that only old, sick, injured, or broken horses end up in these places. One pregnant mare Angel, one senior mare Colorado, and a little colt named Scout. A baby, a pregnant, and a senior mare. WRONG in every way. These horses were rounded up from the wild and robbed of so much so to be betrayed by the agency who is mandated to take care of them landing them in a kill pen is a horrible disgrace. Both Scout and Angel are more victims of the Adoption Incentive program introduced a year ago by the BLM. Where they offer people one thousand dollars to take a mustang. Many people are abusing this system, taking the money and killing the horses.

We have been demanding that it be defunded as it literally is a subsidy to slaughter, a pay to slay, and too many mustangs are being shipped to slaughter due to people’s greed. This is not a solution and these two horses should never have ended up being dumped as babies, one bred to a stud she was turned out with. Unbelievable. So here are Scout and Angel, loved and cared for and safe forever. #skydogscout #skydogangel

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.