Clicking
links below will take you to sites that show the horrors
(It is very graphic, so discretion is advised)

http://wjz.com/video/?id=36574%
and
http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article/424
The Following are PDF files for downloading
Educational Links
http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/video_newsroom.html
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/NY_2006_horseslaughter/step1
http://www.hsus.org/video_clips/page.jsp?itemID=27259153
http://www.hsus.org/video_clips/stop_the_slaughter.html
http://www.Horsegazette.com
American_Horse_Council_2005_Report
APHIS.USDA.gov Horse_Transport
All-Creatures.org
Horse-Protection.org Link #1
Horse-protection.org Link #2
JustSayWhoa.org
NetPosse.com Link #1
NetPosse.com Link #2 Theft Stories
NetPosse.com Link #3 Stolen Missing Horses
BlairsRescue.org
EquineAdvocates.com Link #1
EquineAdvocates.com Link #2
AHDF.org Link #1
AHDF.org Link #2
ConservativeUSA.org
Agriculture.House.gov
HabitatForHorses.org Link #1
HabitatForHorses.org Link #2
Humane Society of the US
Benedict XVI Continues Tradition of Papal Concern for Animals
Cavel ignores American traditions
http://horsewelfare.8k.com
http://www.woio.com/Global/story.asp?S=6432105&nav=menu68_1
http://www.floridafoalrescue.com/inc/skins/pt01/wmvideoplayer.php?movieFile=/videos/uction_by_Beth_in_Illinois.wmv
http://brightlion.com/InHope/InHope_en.aspx
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AP IMPACT: AP finds 5K horse deaths since '03
By JEFFREY McMURRAY, Associated Press WriterSat Jun 14, 4:15 PM ET
Thoroughbred racetracks in the U.S. reported more than three horse
deaths a day last year and 5,000 since 2003, and the vast majority were
put down after suffering devastating injuries on the track, according to
an Associated Press survey.
Countless other deaths went unreported because of lax record keeping,
the AP found in the broadest such review to date.
The catastrophic breakdown of filly Eight Belles
at the Kentucky Derby last month made the fragility of a half-ton horse
vivid for the millions watching, but the AP found that such injuries
occur regularly in every racing state. Tracks in California and New
York, which rank first and sixth in thoroughbred races, combine to
average more than one thoroughbred death for every day of the year.
Questions about breeding, medication, synthetic surfaces versus dirt and
other safety issues have dogged the industry for some time, and a
congressional panel has asked key players in the sport to testify this
week about its direction, particularly the influence of steroids.
The AP compiled its figures from responses to open records inquiries
sent to the organizations that govern the sport in the 29 states
identified by Equibase Co., a clearinghouse for race results, as having
had at least 1,000 thoroughbreds start a race last year.
Arkansas, Michigan, Nebraska said their organizations don't track
fatalities at all, and only one of Florida's three main thoroughbred
tracks provided numbers. There were wide differences among the other
states in what types of deaths are monitored and how far back the
records go.
"Nobody really knows how big of a problem it is," said Rick Arthur,
California's equine medical director. "They just know it's a big
problem."
When a horse breaks a leg let alone two, as Eight Belles did often
the only choice is to euthanize the animal. A thoroughbred' s bones are
thinner than most breeds. Usually it's not possible for the horse to lie
down for long periods because that could disrupt the blood flow to the
arteries in the lower limb, causing an extremely painful hoof infection
called laminitis.
Barbaro, who won the Kentucky Derby in 2006, broke down in the Preakness
and was euthanized with laminitis several months later after a gallant
effort to save him.
Despite the regularity of such breakdowns and the money involved in the
sport, no one is certain how many horses are lethally injected on the
nation's tracks each year. The Jockey Club, which registers all North
American thoroughbreds, did not know of another comprehensive,
state-by-state tally of fatalities at tracks before the AP's, said Bob
Curran, a Jockey Club vice president.
Larry Bramlage, the on-call veterinarian at Churchill Downs in
Louisville, Ky., who made the grim announcement that Eight Belles had
been euthanized after the Derby, said fatality numbers don't seem to be
dropping, despite major medical advancements. To Bramlage, that suggests
racing injuries are becoming more frequent because vets are already
pulling the most injury-prone horses before post time.
"We're able to pick them up better, with digital X-rays, bone scans and
MRIs, which give us the information we need to take those horses out of
training," Bramlage said. "In spite of that fact, we're not denting the
total number of deaths."
California officials became alarmed in 2005 when the number of
thoroughbred racing deaths there spiked by nearly 50 percent from just
two years earlier. Last year, 314 horses 261 of them thoroughbreds
died at California's tracks, including those hurt in training or barn
accidents, and a few that suffered other injuries or medical
complications.
"Just seeing the totals and the recurrent theme, it's eye-opening, "
said Bon Smith, assistant director of the California Horse Racing Board.
Beginning this year, California has mandated that all its major tracks
replace their dirt surface with a synthetic mixture found in some
studies to be safer for horses and jockeys.
While California's thoroughbred fatalities are nearly triple those
reported by any other state, its warm weather and bounty of tracks make
it the nation's busiest racing state. And it has received high praise
across the industry for the way in which it tracks deaths every death
that occurs on the public grounds of a California racetrack is recorded
in detail, largely through veterinary reports.
Some other major racing states have no records of fatalities that occur
during morning training exercises, even those that happen on the tracks
where races are run in the afternoon. Kentucky listed 228 deaths since
2003, but none of them from training accidents, which in some states
that track them account for nearly a third of the total.
Other states, such as Colorado and Iowa, run mixed breed meets, in which
quarterhorses might appear in one race a day while thoroughbreds make up
most of the rest. Often, these states list the deaths only by meet, not
breed, although veterinarians say the more muscular torsos and spindly
ankles of thoroughbreds make them more susceptible to injury.
Many states that do closely track horse deaths haven't been doing it for
long. New Mexico counted 52 deaths in 2007, but its racing commission
said it had no records before that.
Some states that do monitor deaths don't differentiate between horses
that die in freak accidents in their barns, for instance the consensus
is that such deaths are rare and those that break down training or
racing and are destroyed.
Such discrepancies have made the task difficult for Mary Scollay, a
veterinarian at two Florida racetracks who has created a uniform
national injury reporting system that aims to record every thoroughbred
fatality. Scollay, who next month will become Kentucky's equine medical
director, said 65 tracks are participating in the program now, but only
30 have compiled a full year's worth of data.
She declined to release the preliminary numbers, explaining the sample
size is still too small to draw conclusions. It could take years,
Scollay said, before major trends can be identified.
"Certainly we know more than we did last year at this time, and one
fatal injury is one too many," Scollay said. "We know we need to do
better. I think within the last few weeks, there's been a mobilization
of the industry to do some pretty serious things."
Those who own and handle the animals stand to lose plenty when a horse
is put down.
Timothy Capps, a professor at the University of Louisville's equine
industry program, said most racehorses don't carry mortality insurance.
The ones that do typically carry only a fraction of their projected
value as a stallion or mare, Capps said.
After the gruesome breakdown of Eight Belles, the Jockey Club created a
national panel to examine safety, and the Kentucky Horse Racing
Authority did the same on the state level.
Among the topics being reviewed are track surfaces, medication
(particularly steroids), the use of the whip by riders, and whether as
Bramlage suggests thoroughbreds are becoming less durable because
they're being bred to emphasize speed rather than stamina early in their
careers.
"Those that do get hurt maybe get hurt worse because of their speed and
size," said Larry Jones, who trained Eight Belles. "A good big horse
will outrun a good little horse, and they can be more fragile because
their legs and joints have to hold a lot more."
A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee has asked states for the
figures they have on fatalities ahead of a hearing scheduled for
Thursday.
Of particular interest to Congress is the influence of steroids, which
were legal this spring in most racing states including Kentucky,
Maryland and New York which host the Triple Crown races.
Those advocating a steroid crackdown got ammunition when Big Brown, who
easily won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes with the steroid
Winstrol still in his bloodstream, ran the Belmont without it and
finished last.
Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., said steroids should be banned not regulated
in horse racing but questions whether the sport has the ability to
police itself.
"There are enough people I have great respect for who say this industry
is really beginning to be in trouble," Whitfield said.
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas said the sport gets a bad rap for
what he believes it does best take care of the animals.
"There isn't a trainer worth his salt that doesn't look into this 24
hours a day," Lukas said. "I'll guarantee you that if any one of those
purists who feel like it's an abusive sport would spend two weeks in my
barn, they'd walk away a different person and have a greater
appreciation for the care. Animals don't have a say in it, but when they
get to this level, they have a pretty good deal going."
Of the 21 ottb horses I have saved in my lifetime,
a few were owned by D.Wayne Lucas and I outbid the slaughter buyer
on every one of them. "Emperor of the North" by $5. Not kidding.
Christine
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/sports/othersports/15racing.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
The above article can mislead you, it
does not give the number of yearlings to 2 year olds broken down before
ever reaching an actual race. It does not account for the tens of
thousands of racehorses sent to slaughter.
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The following link shows 20 racehorses
unloading after being shipped oversea to Puerto Rico to race. They
were shipped in a CATTLE double decker trailer with NO HEAD ROOM!
Imagine that in swelling seas for DAYS. This form of transport
evidently saved the owners about $750 a horse verses air travel.
Can't we close the boarders to our AMERICAN HORSES???
http://www.expressen.se/webb-tv/index.html?serialid=312103
Nearly 20 race horses, packed inside a double-decker trailer, were
forced into crouching positions during a four-day sea voyage from the
U.S. to Puerto Rico _ causing injuries that have prompted a federal
animal abuse investigation...
Many of the thoroughbreds were bruised or bloodied when they arrived
last month from Jacksonville, Florida, and four were so frantic
veterinarians say they had to sedate them to get them out of the metal
trailer...
The shipment, which is now under investigation by the U.S. Agriculture
Department, involved a trailer designed for animals with shorter necks
such as cattle. Animal rights advocates have sought to ban the trailers
for the transport of horses...
In this photo made available by veterinarian Jose Garcia, a veterinarian
examines an injured race horse after it was brought off a double-decker
shipping trailer after being delivered to the race track complex in
Canovanas, Puerto Rico, May 12, 2008. Designed for cattle, the trailer
was used to transport the horses by sea from the U.S. mainland, a
journey which caused injuries that have prompted a federal animal abuse
investigation... (AP Photo)
"What's horrible about this is the way they were packed into that
double-decker without any headroom," said Jose Garcia, chief
veterinarian at the thoroughbred racetrack in the north-coast city of
Canovanas, where the trailer arrived May 12...
"If you're going to stick horses on a boat and keep them there for four
days, they've got to have room to move," said the veterinarian, who
filed a complaint with police...
Puerto Rican police tracked the shipment to a Miami-based export
company, Optical People Inc, before handing the investigation off to
federal authorities. The Agriculture Department is investigating, said
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service spokeswoman Madelaine
Fletcher. Investigators could refer the case to the Justice Department
to pursue criminal charges if they find evidence of abuse...
The president of the island horse owners association, Hector Gonzalez,
and an attorney for the export company, Hiram Pagani, said the complaint
is groundless and that none of the owners took issue with the horses'
health upon delivery. Owners of the horses could not be reached
independently...
The president of Optical People, Manolo Gonzalez, declined to comment...
In this photo made available by veterinarian Jose Garcia, race horses
stand in a double-decker trailer after being delivered to the race track
complex in Canovanas, Puerto Rico, May 12, 2008. Designed for cattle,
the trailer was used to transport the horses by sea from the U.S.
mainland, a journey which caused injuries that have prompted a federal
animal abuse investigation...
The U.S. Caribbean territory imports hundreds of thoroughbreds from the
U.S. mainland each year for racing, mostly by airplane. The
transportation by boat was promoted as a cheaper option by Hector
Gonzalez of the horse owners association...
In March, he sent a memo to owners that said the Florida company would
charge them US$750 per horse _ about half the cost of airfare. The memo,
obtained by The Associated Press, described the sea-bound trailer as a
"more economical and safe alternative."...
The shipment's double-decker cattle trailers are notorious among animal
rights activists who complain they force horses to stand in painful,
crouched positions. U.S. federal law prohibits using the trailers to
bring horses to slaughterhouses, but animal welfare advocates want a
wider ban...
"It is bad enough on a road surface, but considering the turbulence on
an open ocean, it boggles my mind," said Keith Dane of the Humane
Society of the United States...
Some of the 19 horses initially refused to leave the trailer when it
arrived at the track...
Staff members from Garcia's veterinary clinic were called to coax them
out and documented injuries with photographs and a video camera. One
horse had a deep gash along the top of its head. Another was still
crouching five days later, Garcia said...
The police officer who led a Puerto Rican investigation, Maria Romero,
said the same trailer apparently has been used for up to five horse
shipments. Romero said the case was referred to U.S. investigators
because the alleged negligence began in Florida...
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http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/features/vikings-153.shtml
Above is a fantastic research about
the origin of the ANTI-SLAUGHTER movement for horses!
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To lighten things up....watch these links...they are all fun...
http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-US&brand=foxsports&vid=bcf68201-9324-4d9c-9522-b632fde12c6e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNpSTh6r1kM
http://beboframe.com/FlashFrame.jsp?Size=S&FlashBoxId=3309347442
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=966_1187636093
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=2&res=9D05E5DA133BEE3ABC4951DFB667838C609EDE&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
http://birdloversonly.blogspot.com/2007/09/may-i-have-this-dance.html
http://www.superstarsofhorsetraining.com/horse-interview/screensaver.html
http://video.google.nl/videoplay?docid=-4584913278289860160
http://www.wtv-zone.com/butchnova/pages/UnusualFriends.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmmsr7PAhWU&NR=1
Education links!!!
Emergency care:
http://www.bayerequineconnection.com/Main/General_Care/emergency_care.cfm
Natural Horsemanship:
http://www.naturalhorsetraining.com/WhatIsNH.html
Horse keeping:
http://www.horsekeeping.com/Horse_Newsletter/June_2004.htm
Body conditions rating:
http://www.slide.com/r/Mf2y_tuX7j8odDXid7ezwMrlrlktRvuN?referrer=emci&view=true
Tendon Injuries:
http://www.vetpro.co.nz
Click on Equine Vet Talk button for many subjects!
Teeth:
http://horses-arizona.com/pages/articles/teeth.html or
http://www.answers.com/topic/horse-teeth
EPM:
http://www.wisconsinequineclinic.com/html/EPM.htm
http://www.gokart.net/shop-utopia/ahorse/vet.html
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/drfenger/clinsign.htm
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/drfenger/treatmen.htm
http://meadowherbs.com/articleEPM.htm
http://www.extension.umn.edu/horse/components/pdfs/ProtozoalMyeloencephalitisClientHandout.pdf
http://www.indianahorserescue.com/epm/Our%20EPM%20Conclusion%20Report.htm
Colic:
http://www.equusite.com/articles/health/healthColicFacts.shtml
http://meadowherbs.com/articleEPM.htm
Everything!:
http://www.equusite.com/equ4/health.html
Navicular:
http://www.equinenaturaltherapy.com/navicular_syndrome.htm
Laminitis:
http://thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=8856
Lone Ranger & Tonto
The Lone Ranger and Tonto went camping in the desert.
After they got their tent all set up, both men fell sound asleep.
Some hours later, Tonto wakes the Lone Ranger and
says, "Kemo Sabe, look towards sky, what you see? "
"The Lone Ranger replies, "I see millions of stars."
"What that tell you?" asked Tonto.
The Lone Ranger ponders for a minute then says,
"Astronomically speaking, it tells me there are
millions of galaxies and potentially billions of
planets. Astrologically, it tells me that Saturn is in
Leo. Time wise, it appears to be approximately a
quarter past three in the morning. Theologically, the
Lord is all-powerful and we are small and insignificant.
Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful
day tomorrow. What's it tell you, Tonto?"
"You dumber than buffalo dung. It means someone stole the tent. "
Live simply.
Love generously.
Care deeply.
Speak kindly.
Leave the rest to God.
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