Today, Sky Mountain Wild Horse Sanctuary and partners are working for hundreds of wild horses and the wild lands they roam. The Sanctuary is a forever refuge for the Sky Band of 17 once-vulnerable mustangs. Sky Mountain Wild is protecting the lives and freedom of a herd of 122 mustangs on their home range by using immunocontraception to balance herd numbers, thereby preventing round up and removal of the herd. The Sanctuary Team is working for additional wild horses on tribal, public, and private lands as wild horses lose wild lands to roam. Through securing freedom for herds on their home range by slowing reproduction to prevent round ups, and by offering life-long sanctuary for mustangs who have already been removed from the range, Sky Mountain Wild seeks to shift the paradigm for wild horses while protecting those who are most vulnerable. The Sanctuary works for balance on the range for wild horses, all other wildlife and the land so that all thrive in these times of climate chaos.

Sun, Fire, Moon, Luna and Starlight are the inspiration for Sky Mountain Wild Horse Sanctuary. This family band of mustangs was rounded up and removed from public lands in New Mexico in the spring of 2007. Sun, Fire, and Moon were hide and bone after starving during the harsh winter on over-grazed range, and Luna’s heavily pregnant belly hung below sharply protruding ribs. A first glimpse at the holding facility found them against the back of the corral, deeply wary of any human. Their poor condition made their future more uncertain and their clear family bond fed a strong desire to keep them together. This original Sky Mountain Wild Horse Sanctuary Band of Mustangs was adopted on May 1, 2007, and Luna’s foal Starlight arrived three weeks later.

Mustangs adopted into the Sanctuary roam with the Sky Band for the rest of their lives, free of the abuse, life in holding facilities, and sale for slaughter that causes so many wild horses suffering and death. Sanctuary land and water is conserved for the mustangs and wildlife who share it, ensuring all thrive today and into the future. The Sky Band continues to teach us about the power of sanctuary and freedom, and of a true vision of balance for wild horses and the wild lands they roam. These teachings are the soul of Sky Mountain Wild Horse Sanctuary’s commitment to freedom, wildlife, and wild lands as true sanctuary.

The Sanctuary is red and purple wild flowers stretched across the meadows and the yipping of coyote puppies as the sky darkens and then lights up with stars. It is the hoof beats and the heart beats of mustangs reveling in their freedom.

You are invited to join the Sky Community that makes life and freedom for wild horses possible.

Sky Mountain Wild Horse Sanctuary envisions a world in which all wildlife live free and thrive within healthy ecosystems.

The mission of Sky Mountain Wild Horse Sanctuary is to create healthy ecosystems for wild horses and other wildlife while providing refuge for vulnerable mustangs where they roam free forever.