Skydog Sanctuary

Some of the incredible #wildhorse advocates who star in #bluezeusthemovie, including Arielle Kebbel, Sarah Martin, Clare Staples, Chad & Lynn Hanson, and Jim Brown. The movie screens tonight in the @WYOFilmFest in #Sheridan, not far from the #reddesert native homeland of #BlueZeus and his family.

Today we are in #Sheridan #Wyoming at the #WYOfilmfest for the screening #BlueZeus. We are not far from where this #reddesert #stallion lived wild & free most of his life. An emotional weekend, but very cathartic that is shared with incredible #wildhorse advocates, who are part of the #documentary.

We are extremely proud, grateful, and thrilled to announce that #BlueZeus won Best Feature Documentary at the #pikespeakdocufest! It was a wonderful night. So many amazing #skydogsanctuary followers and fans turned out to support the movie and cheer it on. #wildhorses #documentary

Next stop: #Wyoming. #BlueZeus will be in the #WYOFilmFestival at the WYO Theater in #Sheridan. Sunday, October 5, 2025 | 2:00 PM. A Q&A panel will follow the film. Come up and say hi, I look forward to seeing you. For Tickets: www.etix.com/ticket/p/754...

THANK YOU #PikesPeakdocuFEST for screening the #Colorado premier of #BlueZeus. It was great to meet so many #wildhorse supporters and watch the movie with them. Thank you to all who attended.

Some members of the #BlueZeus team at the #PikesPeakdocuFEST in #coloradosprings last night. Scott Wilson of #photoadvocacy, Chris Alstrin of #alstrincinema, Clare Staples of #skydogsanctuary, and Chris Andrews of #monumentsound. #wildhorses #documentary

As Sheeps Rock glows in the setting autumn sun, we remember it was Oct 2017 when the BLM rounded up Goliath, a Salt Wells Creek #stallion, separating him from his family after 26 years free on the range. He and Red Lady, pregnant with their last foal Bodhi, were reunited at Skydog: bit.ly/42s0GV4

Herd checks across our 9000 acres in Oregon involve a lot of hiking on steep, rocky ground. It took Janelle a few days to track down Phoenix's band. You can see how far she had to go to get a good look at them before they ran away.

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Jane Goodall broke down the “perceived sharp line between us and other creatures. We are part of and not separated from the animal kingdom, and that has opened the way to having respect for the other amazing beings with whom we share the planet.” #JaneGoodall

Wild Boy’s spirit, pride, confidence and emotional intelligence are on display beneath a stormy Oregon sky. It’s impossible to fathom how he landed in a kill pen, fighting for survival, losing half his ear in the process. He’s free today, being himself, living the life he wanted and yearned for.

Kill pens are auctions frequented by kill buyers, who have quotas to fill for shipping horses to slaughter plants in Mexico and Canada - it’s illegal in the US. Horse traders can buy wild horses from the BLM for $25 each, then make a profit selling them for their meat price at kill pens.

Step into the world of Blue Zeus and witness the fight of a wild #stallion for freedom. Our award-winning documentary is making its way to film festivals across the country. We’d love for you to join us to see it on the big screen. Schedule of Showings: bit.ly/472A1k9

“In 2017, the Republican-led House passed legislation to legalize #horseslaughter. Drawing on polling that showed 86% of Trump voters, 80% of men, and 90% of women opposed horse slaughter…the Senate blocked the legislation.” bit.ly/3IBN1UI

THANK YOU!!!

Both parties have failed wild horses and burros for decades. The only BLM Director who seriously attempted reform - Jim Baca - got no support and was forced out: www.hcn.org/issues/issue...

Thank you for asking!

This video shows Felix moments after he arrived at Skydog. He now runs with a wild band of boys including Hyas, Elliot, Wilson, Ford, Tesoro & Apache.

Stop the BLM's New Sale Authority Policy — Skydog Ranch & Sanctuary Sale Authority allows the Bureau of Land Management to funnel federally protected wild horses to slaughter via middlemen. The rule applies to equines 10+ years of age, and younger animals passed over ...

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Bureau of Land Management. Formally established in 1946, it is one of the most corrupt - if not THE most corrupt - federal land management agencies. Instead of following its mandate to protect wild equines on public lands designated for them by law, they are obliterating them.

They keep spending millions of taxpayer dollars on helicopter roundups only to cram the animals into an unsustainably expensive and miserable holding system just so billionaire livestock ranchers with access to public lands can graze their cattle and sheep on land designated by law for wild horses.

They are safe for the rest of their lives, but this is just the beginning. It looks like the BLM is going to use Sale Authority to get rid of as many wild horses and burros as possible.

The BLM knows it would be political suicide to slaughter the 60,000 #wildhorses they have in holding. They devised ways for middlemen to do their dirty work by funneling #wildhorses and #burros into the slaughter pipeline via the defunct Adoption Incentive Program (AIP) and now Sale Authority (SA).

Two year olds Sunny & Birch were sold for $25 each as Sale Authority (SA) at a BLM adoption event. Along with 19 other young #wildhorses, they were driven straight to a kill pen and sold for a profit to make a horse trader rich off their suffering. They are now safe at #skydogsanctuary.

The #pikespeakdocufest showcases outstanding documentaries that inspire positive change with the transformative power of storytelling through film. #BlueZeus screens Friday, October 3rd, 2025 at 9:25 PM in the Millibo Art Theater, Colorado Springs. Tickets: bit.ly/4pB5yRw

Thank you so much #BostonFilmFestival for the BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE #award. This is outstanding news for #wildhorses and #burros and raising awareness in their greatest moment of peril. Next weekend #BlueZeus will play
at the #PikesPeakDocuFest and #WyomingFilmFest. We hope you can join us!

The Wyoming Film Festival in #Sheridan #Wyoming will screen #BlueZeus on Sun, Oct 5, 2025 at 2:00 pm. #ClareStaples, founder of Skydog Sanctuary, will be there to meet the audience and answer questions. To Buy Passes: wyofilmfest.org/buy-passes/wyofilmfest

Fundraising for a #jenny we thought was a john! Eloise, a sweet #burro. All the other #donkeys were taken from the corrals, but she has an injured stifle and was left behind. You can help us heal her stifle, remedy her loneliness, and set her free. Donate: bit.ly/3I1ucWT

Hubbell was born in 2007 & rounded up in 2010 in NV. Somehow, he ended up running wild on the #Pokegama HMA in #OR with a tight halter cutting into the flesh on his face. We are fundraising to bring him to #SkydogSanctuary to heal the open wound, restore his health, and set him free: bit.ly/3I1ucWT

For the movie #BlueZeus, #RockyRomano, #MirandaWinters, #AnalisMartin, #ChrisAlstrin combined powerful, authentic, thought-provoking, non-fiction storytelling with stunning cinematography to shine a spotlight on the plight of #wildhorses and the vital work being done at #skydogsanctuary.