Bonnie & Clyde

BONNIE & CLYDE

These two characters were rescued at a livestock auction and named in our tradition of naming donkeys after gangsters. They are mini-mules, which means their mother was a horse and their father was a donkey. Like Boots, they are independent and have no concept of their size. They were unhandled, shy and fearful when they arrived. Clyde has remained pretty nervous and doesn’t come close to humans. Bonnie, however, will grab treats from your hand. We bring them in for hoof care twice a year, Once when Bonnie was in the barn getting a trim, a chiropractor found some back pain. She worked on her and Bonnie just loved it. The rest of the time we let them live their own lives. They share space with other equines who require extra farrier care or whose diets need to be managed to keep them off the sugary green grasses. This includes their old friend Anselm, with whom they were rescued and made the move from Malibu to Oregon.

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.