WINDHAM, Maine — Editor's note: The video above originally aired in May 2023.
In the summer of 2021, a trio of wild mustangs, along with 17 other horses, were rescued and brought to the Maine Society for the Protection of Animals in Windham. The herd, dubbed "The Neglected 20," had experienced months of abuse and mistreatment on a farm in Springvale.
Most of the herd was adopted. A few were in such bad shape they had to be euthanized. The last of the bunch, three wild mustangs named Silver, Annie, and Phoebe—who now goes by Sienna—would need to be relocated.
In the summer of 2022, after much preparation, "The Maine Three" were loaded into a trailer and made the long journey west to their new home at Skydog Ranch in Oregon. There, they are free to roam on 9,000 acres of land for the rest of their days.
At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17, the MSSPA is hosting "A Conversation with Clare Staples, Founder of Skydog Ranch and Sanctuary." Host Peggy Keyser will talk with Staples about her work rescuing and protecting wild mustangs and the journey of The Maine Three mustangs from the MSSPA to Skydog Ranch.
The Zoom event is free to join. Click here to register for the Zoom.