http://wjz.com/video/?id=36574%

and

http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article/424

The Following are PDF files for downloading

• Horse Slaughter An Unnecessary Evil
• Stop the Slaughter of American Horses: Chief Looking Horse Ad for Horse-Protection.org
• Horse Slaughter Facts: Horse-Protection.org
• How Some See the American Horse: Horse-Protection.org
• The Truth About Horse Slaughter: The National Horse Protection Coalition
• Pope Benedict XVI: PETA’s Letter to Pope Benedict XVI
• Below...a Mexican slaughterhouse.  Stabbing the horses with an ice pick 10-13 times on average to sever the spinal cord, so they cannot move while being butchered. Do these horses look familiar?  They could very well have taken care of your young child in a summer camp right here in New York! Ask yourself if this is acceptable, if these horses look old and useless and most importantly, ask yourself, does this look like any sort of EUTHANASIA?  Now ask yourself, where are your horses???
  
• Below Baby draft horses literally stuffed into a trailer heading for slaughter.  Trailer overturned.  Hours spent trying to free the live babies from under the dead ones.  The transport to slaughter is even more horrific that the slaughter itself. Ask yourself as you look into the eyes of this innocent young horse...did he deserve this? Transportation of horses to slaughter for rich european consumption MUST END NOW!!! Help us to help the horses! No, this little baby did NOT survive.
• 
• Below is a mare trying to comfort her foal as they stand next in line to be butchered...
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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.