Mustang Mission

Rudy & Cecelia Are Available for Adoption! Jackson is Available for Adoption! MUSTANG MISSION ADOPTION APPLICATION Adopting an equine (or any animal) is not a decision to be taken lightly.  Mustang Mission offers many benefits for the adopters of our wild equines.  We want our adopters to feel supported and to know how grateful we are that they have chosen to give a mustang or burro a life-long home. The benefits you receive are: ⭐️ A formerly wild equine that will be your new best friend and a well-trained companion! ⭐️ Lifetime support (training help, care and holistic equine welfare tips, etc.) ⭐️ You will receive an adoption package: a free horse training course from a nationally recognized horse trainer, feed and supplements the horse has been used to, and some special surprise add-ons depending on the horse you adopt! ⭐️ Adopting a wild equine from Mustang Mission gives us the room to save another.  By adopting a mustang or burro, you save another! ⭐️ The adopti...

Exciting News! 🥳 After several months of never-ending paperwork and research, I’ve finally obtained 501(c)3 nonprofit status for Mustang Mission!  This means that your donations are now tax deductible! Being a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization opens up opportunities that will enable us to expand our mission.  Together, our work to save the lives of wild equines all over the country can continue to grow and make a lasting difference. ❤️ To celebrate this achievement, everyone who donates in August will be entered in a giveaway to win a set of greeting cards featuring one of Ember’s paintings!  Any donation is eligible (never underestimate the value of $5!).   Here are a few different ways you can donate: Fundraising Platform PayPal: @mustangmission Check (contact me for our address) Apple Pay or Cash App: 912-659-0548 —————————— God greatly blessed my efforts by allowing my applications to be approved in a very short time.  While 501(c)3 applications can take ...

*Mustang Mission Wild Equine Rescue is currently obtaining 501(c)3 nonprofit status, but at this time your donations ARE NOT tax-deductible .  However, an incredibly generous donor will match your donations if we reach our goal of $1,500! Each year, the Bureau of Land Management rounds up thousands of wild horses and burros from their western rangelands.  While mustangs are the more popular wild equine, burros are equally as important.  After capture, these mustangs and burros are housed in tiny holding facilities for months or years before being offered for adoption or sale via online auction or in-person adoption events. On the Bureau of Land Management's upcoming online auction is a group of older burros available as sales eligible.  That means they can be sold without limitation and the purchaser is not held accountable for what they do with the burros once they leave the government holding facilities.  Although not proven, many of these sales eligible burro...

It's been nearly ten months since the lawsuit against the National Park Service (NPS) began, which subsequently began my campaign to save Cumberland Island's Wild Horses.  I launched a petition in April, which now has 1,800+ signatures.  I began visiting the island regularly and recently released a document on my observations and research there.  Visiting Cumberland Island gave me a fun opportunity to film episodes which I've posted on Mustang Mission's Patreon!  I continue to learn so much about the horses and the beautiful island they inhabit. Over the past several months, I have communicated with the NPS.  Currently, they cannot discuss the horses due to the litigation, but have been open to hearing about my research. I have also sent my research to the person over the lawsuit and asked if we could discuss the horses again (we had a long conversation in spring).  I was told that there was no interest in speaking to me. One of the projects I've been worki...

There has been a lot of change here at Mustang Mission as Rocket’s time with me has come to an end.  I knew it was going to be hard to part with Rocket, so I did many fun and memorable things with him in the days before he left.  I also had to take some nice photos of him for my 2024 Mustang Mission Calendar… The MacDonald’s came early in the morning so I could go over some last things with Rocket’s training.  Rocket did great - I was so happy with him! It was a bit difficult to load Rocket onto the trailer, but he traveled so well!  I wanted to be with Rocket when he made the transition to a new home, so my family joined me in following the MacDonalds to their farm.  I was happy to be able to watch Rocket the whole time and could tell that he stayed relaxed much of the time. Rocket settled in so quickly!  He absolutely loved the grass and looking out over the fields.  The other horses on the property were eager to meet Rocket and since Rocket needed a...

There’s a new face around here! Rocket, a mustang from the Sand Wash Basin Herd in Colorado, has made his way to Mustang Mission after being in the holding pens for a year and a half. Rocket is twelve years old and was a very successful band stallion when he lived in the wild. Sadly, he was separated from his entire band when he was captured. A few months ago, one of Mustang Mission’s board members, Mary Ellen MacDonald, approached me with the idea of rescuing Rocket and bringing him to Mustang Mission for gentling and training. He had been one of the first wild horses she had seen when visiting Colorado, and she felt a strong connection to him. I agreed to take Rocket in, and she won his bid during the auction at the end of January. Rocket was a Sales Authority mustang (like Alamo), meaning he was offered for sale without limitations. Horses like him frequently end up in bad situations. On March 24, Rocket arrived safe and sound! He has settled in very well and is proving to be one of...

It’s hard to believe that today is exactly one year since Alamo stepped into my life .  Alamo’s gentling and training process has been an incredible journey, and I wanted to honor this special occasion with a video of Alamo’s story.  Please take a moment to watch it - I think that you’ll be inspired by Alamo!

My mustang arrived safe and sound today!  He is settling in well and is very calm.  He and my miniature horse, Cloud, were best friends from the beginning and are staying right by each other. Stay tuned for updates and to learn his name!

Do you recognize this beautiful mustang - #7903 ?  I’m so excited to announce that I won him last night on the internet adoption!  The auction was very difficult, as there were people bidding up the horses, trying to make sanctuaries and rescues not get them.  I’m very grateful for God’s help through it all. We will be picking him up at the end of February in Okeechobee, Florida. Thank you so much for your support throughout this journey! Tag #7903's auction video “Not one of them is forgotten before God.” Luke 12:6

Update: The Bureau of Land Management’s wild horse and burro online auction was having technical difficulties, so the auction did not take place this past week.  It has been postponed to December 7-14, which means that, if I win the mustang's bid, I won’t be picking him up until late February. If you have any thoughts, please don’t hesitate to let me know!  I would love to hear any suggestions you might have for me. Thank you so very much for all of your prayers and support! “Not one of them is forgotten before God.” Luke 12:6

Mustang Mission Rescue Update: There are several older mustangs up for sale this month by the Bureau of Land Management, and I would like to adopt one. Will you consider making a donation to help me get the rescue property ready for a mustang that is in danger of going to slaughter or a bad home? I would be grateful for your prayers and help with sharing Mustang Mission’s fundraiser. Any contribution will help to reach $5,000 by October 31! Your donations will be used to purchase: - Eight loads of dirt - A round pen - Wood to enclose a shelter If you know of anyone willing to donate any of these items, please feel free to give them my contact information. Mustang #7903 Mustang #7903 is from the Onaqui Mountain HMA (Herd Management Area) and was captured on July 16 of this year. He is 11 years old and Sales Eligible, which makes him more likely to be bought and end up in the slaughter pipeline. Red Bird’s Trust (who is working to find each of these mustangs good homes) said that older...

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Hello, I’m Erin Phillips, a life-long animal lover and owner!  My love for wild horses began with the “Cloud, Wild Stallion of the Rockies” documentaries I would watch with my family when I was five years old.  I remember the thrill of watching wild horses race across their range in freedom, then the sadness when the whole herd faced a government roundup by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).  Wild horse bands (families) were separated from each other, and stallions would desperately fight to return to their mares and foals. Two stallions living out their life in freedom - unless the BLM decides to remove them. For awhile, we didn’t watch those documentaries again (probably due to how much we had watched them!), and although I always knew that wild horses and burros graced our western plains, I almost forgot about them and their struggles.  Then, in 2017, I began thinking about Cloud and his family again and found The Cloud Foundation’s website.  There were man...

Welcome to Mustang Mission!  I am currently working on launching a fundraiser for my mustang and burro rescue (Mustang Mission), as well as putting up more content on this website.  Please press the subscribe button above (below the title) to get notified when the fundraiser begins.  You'll also be notified of future blog posts. Thank you for your interest in this mission to save America's wild horses and burros.  I am looking forward to seeing what God will do, and I hope that you'll follow along in the journey! -Erin Phillips "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." (Genesis 1:1)