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
Urgent....our mustangs are at risk!
Click below!
http://www.theamericanwildhorse.com/
http://www.kvsun.com/articles/2008/11/13/kv_life/doc491c5a47d5554349463307.t
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Dear Wild Horse
Advocates :
Please read the HSUS' policy concerning the use of PZP
on wild horse
mares at
http://www.hsus.org/wildlife/wildlife_news/blm_wild_horses_071108.html
If you do not agree
with this policy please write or call Marney Finkle
at
MFinkle@hsus.org,
202-452-1100 or Fax 301-258-3080 and ask that it be
changed and for help in saving our wild horses.
At the rate wild horses are being wiped out only about 25%
of the herds are genetically
viable and sustainable herds .1/3 of their HMA's have been
zeroed out also.
I
would like to see the HSUS use it's influence to get these
American
treasures protected and preserved before they are extinct..
Please insist that NO BIRTH CONTROL is needed now and that the
HSUS urge
that ALL CRUEL ROUNDUPS STOP immediately. They were to have
decreased
The Following are PDF files for downloading
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Horse Slaughter An Unnecessary Evil
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Stop the Slaughter of American Horses: Chief Looking
Horse Ad for Horse-Protection.org
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Horse Slaughter Facts: Horse-Protection.org
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How Some See the American Horse: Horse-Protection.org
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The Truth About Horse Slaughter: The National Horse
Protection Coalition
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Pope Benedict XVI: PETA’s Letter to Pope Benedict XVI
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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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The photo above should haunt anyone claiming themselves
to be human. What it does not show, though is the transport, the
auction, the kill pens, and the suffering prior to this moment.
Please educate yourself by reading just one of hundreds of thousands
of auction nightmare accounts. Change the world for the horses.
Educate yourself and then speak up.
Sugarcreek, October 17, 2008
by: Anne
Russek
In the past few weeks there have been several stories about the
continued
abuses and lack of regulatory enforcement at the Sugarcreek auction in
Ohio.
First we had the story of the two weanlings that were rescued by
Rachael and
Amy. The filly had been brought to the auction with a broken hip and a
broken ankle. After her rescue, while being examined at a local
veterinary
clinic, she was also discovered to have a severely torn vulva. The
filly was
humanely euthanised
at the clinic due to the severity of her injuries. Leroy
Baker , the owner of Sugarcreek, refused to disclose the name of the
individual who had brought the filly to the auction in this condition.
You
can read the entire heartbreaking story and view photo's of the little
filly
"Rememberence"
here
http://forums.delphiforums.com/alexbrown/messages?msg=29138.1
One week later, Vicki was on a day trip to the town of Sugarcreek
and decided to stop at the auction on Monday. She quickly learned that
a
cattle auction was underway, but she happened to wander into the pen
area
since she had spotted a few horses left over from the Friday auction.
Unfortunately, she happened upon a dead pile which contained two dead
horses
and two dead cows. Incredibly , one of the "dead" horses began
flailing his
legs and weakly trying to whinny. Despite repeated efforts to obtain
help
for this unfortunate animal, she was unable to contact any humane
officials,
and the auction management showed no particular concern about the
situation. Vicki did take pictures however, and hopefully charges can
still
be filed. You can read Vicki's firsthand account and view photo's of
what
she saw at Sugarcreek here
http://www.bordercollie.org/boards/index.php?showtopic=21308
In recent weeks several racetracks have adopted a" zero tolerance"
policy relating to racehorses being sent to slaughter via auctions and
direct to kill venues. All tracks under the Magna partnership are now
operating under a no slaughter policy. Since
Thistledowns
is a Magna track,
and Sugarcreek has often been the destination for many
Thistledowns
horses, I decided to go to Sugarcreek on Oct 17. I also had
information that
a particular horse from Mountaineer might be at the auction, and for
reasons
I am not able to elaborate on in this report , I chose this date. A
good
freind
of mine, Linda, took it upon herself to raise the money so that I
might rescue this horse if he was at the auction. Linda raised funds
for his
purchase, transport, and board. She did this in within 24 hours of my
departure.
I arrived at Sugarcreek at 8:30 AM Friday. As usual, at this early
hour ,
the pens are easy to navigate. I went into each pen that had horses
and
began "flipping lips". The first few horses I looked at were
standardbreds,
and the only thoroughbred I found had a very hard to read
tatoo.
I walked to the last pen in the back of the auction which had twenty
or more horses left over from the previous weeks auction. These were
all
Leroy Bakers ( owner of Sugarcreek) horses designated for slaughter.
Several of the horses in this pen had profuse nasal discharges and one
horse
had an obvious case of strangles. I quickly spotted a chestnut, Hip #
404
and recorded his tatoo.
His name was No Problem For Dino. He was last owned
and trained by Ronald
Puhl. The pen across
the aisle from these horses was
full of snotty nosed cattle. Unlike my other trips to Sugarcreek,
these
cattle were quite friendly. It was very easy for me to reach through
the
board fence and pet their heads. The floor of the pen was covered in
manure,
there was hay and water, but as usual, the pens are so overcrowded
many of
the animals never get near the hay or water.
I walked outside and saw a corral made up of portable gates. This pen
was
also full of last weeks horses. There was a round hay feeder in the
middle
of this very muddy pen. The water trough was bone dry, and so I filled
it with a hose that was lying on the ground. I wondered to myself how
many
Sugarcreek employees walked past that trough and the hose without ever
bothering to give those horses water. As soon as I turned the hose on,
the
horses began pushing and biting each other to get a drink. The weaker
and
less dominant horses stayed far back, patiently waiting their turn. I
couldn't help but notice all the racing plates that were lying in the
mud in
this corral. I also noticed many more horses with heavy nasal
discharge. As
I walked to the back of the corral I saw a gray horse with a
completely
swollen right front leg. He could not walk on it, and his body was
covered
with bite marks.
I climbed into the corral and ran my hand down his leg to see if it
was
swollen from a cut or laceration. I felt no cuts, and my thoughts were
that
his knee was broken. He was very gentle, very responsive to my touch.
I went
to the hay feeder and brought some hay back over to him which he
immediately
devoured. Of course, once you give hay to one, you then spend quite a
bit
of time making piles all across the pen to keep everyone from fighting
or
taking it away from the weak and sick horses. The saddest ones are the
horses that can't eat because they are either in too much pain, or too
sick. Others won't eat because they are in too much stress. These are
the
horses that have given up. These are the horses that seem to
understand this is the end of the line.
I walked back into the building and came upon the auction
veterinarian,
Melissa Reddick,
drawing coggins
using the "gate method". This is a process
by which a group of horses without halters are put into a long
aisleway
with
a swinging gate at each end. The horses are herded down the aisle by
the
Amish with long whips and then they are singled out individually by
being
pinned between the gate and the sides of the
aisleway.
Reddick
then climbs
up the rungs of the gate, reaches over and sticks the horse with a
needle to
draw blood. If the horse thrashes, which most of them do, the Amish
smack
and holler at them, and apply more pressure on the gate which freaks
the
horse out more, which results in more yelling and more beating.
Eventually
the horse freezes in fear and the vet gets her blood. It makes
absolutely no
sense why the auction does not require horses to arrive with halters
on so
that coggins
may be drawn in a safer and less stressful manner. Most of the
abuse that occurs at Sugarcreek is because the horses do not have
halters and the Amish beat them to move them instead of leading them.
Horses
slipping and falling on the concrete floors as they are being herded
from
pen to pen is common.
While I was watching Melissa
Reddick
draw the coggins
on Hip # 941, I
heard her tell her assistant that the horse was not fit for travel
because
of a heavy discharge from its nostrils. I tried to find out after the
sale
if the horse had been shipped, but Leroy Baker does not have to give
out
any information if he does not want to. I also wondered why
Reddick
had
decided that particular horse was not fit for travel when there were
at
least fifty other horses at the auction with discharge worse than #
941.
I went to the area where the horses are offloaded from the trailers.
As
usual, any stud ponies or small intact horses are put in very narrow
standing stalls that resemble stockades. These stalls are so tight and
confining the horses can only shift their weight one step forward or
backwards. I saw horses put in these stalls as early as 9 AM and stand
in
them until they sold at 2 PM. They had no hay, no water. When they
urinate
, they pee on their legs. Sometime during the morning, a very tiny
mini was
placed in one of these standing stalls. This poor animal was as sick
as any
horse I have ever seen. Its mane was impossibly tangled with burrs, it
was
skinny, and its entire face was crooked and deformed because of what
appeared to be a sinus infection. Profuse snot was dripping from its
nose. I
went to a pen where there was hay and brought a handful back to the
pony. I
unlatched the heavy iron bolt that kept the door closed and placed the
hay
on the urine soaked floor in front of the pony. She weakly put her
head down
to eat but it appeared she could not chew and swallow.
As more horses were arriving at the auction, the sounds of horses
being
kicked in overcrowded pens becomes more frequent. I walked over to one
particularly noisy pen and saw a gelding who had obviously been proud
cut
trying to mount mares and kicking the daylights out of the other
geldings.
He was so aggressive the entire pen was in constant motion. I then
noticed a
bay horse with a swollen left leg and a large laceration across her
knee.
The yellow pus running down her leg was apparent from twenty feet
away. She
was frozen in fear because of the commotion all around her, and the
aggressive gelding was working his way towards her. I entered the pen
and
attempted to catch the gelding. It wasn't easy, but a man standing
outside
the pen watching me reached over the fence in an effort to keep the
gelding
in one corner of the pen. Fortunately I caught him with a halter I had
brought with me, and I led him out of the pen and put him into a box
stall
by himself. I gave him some hay and went back to find the injured
horse
which we later identified as a
standardbred.
I put the halter on the mare
and slowly led her to the gate. A young woman saw me and offered to
help
by keeping the other horses away from me so I could get the mare out
of the
pen. About this time an Amish employee came over to watch me. The
young
woman saw him and said loud enough from him to hear " We're moving
this
horse because we don't want her to get kicked.". He looked at her leg
and
said, "She didn't get
knicked here, she come
in that way". He then turned
and walked away. I thanked the woman and put the mare in another empty
box
stall and gave her hay.
At this time I decided to call the local humane officer to see if
anything
could be done for the
gary horse with the
injured leg, the bay mare with the
knee, and the pitiful mini. I called the Sugarcreek
sherriffs
office (
330-339-2000)to get the number for animal control. I was told to call
330-339-8968 and ask for Dawn
Smitely.
I called the number and got an
answering service who told me they would contact her. While I waited,
I saw
Fred Bauer, a well known kill buyer back up to one of the unloading
ramps.
Thinking he may have thoroughbreds from the track , I walked over to
see
what he had. When Fred opened the back door of his very large trailer,
I saw
he only had five or six horses. The first one was a small chestnut
horse
that looked like it could be a two year old thoroughbred. Fred put him
in
a box stall directly across from his trailer. I went into the stall
and
Bauer watched me, I asked him if it was a thoroughbred as I was
flipping his
lip. Bauer said "No, he's no thoroughbred, I got him off an Amish
fellow,
says he's a real dangerous horse.". I commented that he didn't seem
very
typical of the kind of horse the Amish usually send to auction and
Bauer
shrugged his shoulders and offered that the horse was dangerous
because he
was " probably the result of a $10.00 Amish castration .".
About this time Kathy and Diana met up with me and we went to every
pen
looking for thoroughbreds. I showed them the three injured horses.
Kathy
said that the thoroughbreds from Mountaineer would not arrive until
the sale
was ready to start, and the
throughbreds
we did identify had been left over
from the previous Friday. We were able to get good readings on two or
three, and had difficulty with two or three others. The same gelding I
had
identified earlier, No Problem For Dino, made it very obvious we were
not
leaving without him. Kathy said that even though he would not sell
through
the ring, she felt sure she could buy him privately after the sale.
Kathy and Diana went to wait for the
Mounatineer
horses and I made another
call to animal control. The answering service told me they had no way
to
page the humane
offficer, Dawn
Smitely.
Worried that she would never get
the message, I called a county
commisioner
, Mr.Abbuhl.
I had been advised
by an Ohio Department of Agriculture official, Dr.
Darmen,
that all abuse at
auctions must go through the local humane officer, and so I decided to
follow the chain of command to get through to Ms.
Smitely.
Mr. Abbuhl
told
me that Dawn would be at the auction within the hour.
I went back to the unloading area just as the auction began selling
the
horses. Not long after, the Mountaineer horses arrived.
Ther
were five of
them, all without halters, all wearing racing plates. Their shoes made
sparks on the concrete floors as they scrambled to keep their balance
as
they were herded into a pen closest to the auction ring. They were a
very
attractive group. Four of the five were easy to catch and read their
tatoos.
The large bay, with an obvious bowed tendon, Hip# 406, was the hardest
to
catch. He was beside himself with worry. No matter how many rescues I
go on,
I am always torn apart by the look of confusion in the eyes of the
thoroughbreds. They are desperate for someone to lead them to a place
of
safety. While we were still reading tattoos, and Amish man opened the
gate
to their pen and herded them into the
aisleway
so they could have their
blood drawn. Like so many other horses before them, they were pinned
in the
gate while Reddick
drew blood. Every one of these thoroughbreds off the
track have a valid
cogggins in the racing
office, I have no idea why the
kill buyers who pick them up at the track don't bring the
coggins
with them.
I suspect it is because the name of the last owner and trainer is on
them.
Not to mention, it would be harder for the track management to ignore
the
slaughter pipeline.
About this time I noticed a Sugarcreek police car pull into the
parking
lot. I decided to go check on the
standardbred
with the hurt knee and was
shocked to see her being herded down an
aisleway
on her way to the auction
ring. She went through the ring in less than 20 seconds, was purchased
by
Leroy Baker, and put in the kill pen with twenty or more other horses.
I
went to her pen and as I was going in to check on her, I was stopped
by Dr.
Reddick,
a policeman and Dawn
Smitely. Dawn asked me
if my name was Anne,
and I told her "yes". She asked me what was the problem. I told them
that
there were three horses at the auction who were obviously brought to
the
auction by their owners suffering from either abuse or neglect. I
offered to
go into the pen and show them Hip#807. I led her over and Dr.
reddick
immediately stated the leg was not broken. I asked her how she could
make
that call when the knee was swollen three times its normal size with a
deep
laceration and yellow pus dripping down her leg.
Reddick
said it can't be
broken because she is standing on it. I then pointed out that if
someone had
given her enough
Banamine and
bute
she would be able to stand, but only an
x-ray could determine if it was broken. The policeman asked
Redick
if that
was true and Reddick
acknowledged she couldn't say for sure without an
x-ray. I told the policeman that since the horse was standing in a
kill pen,
I wanted to make sure she would not be loaded on a trailer and forced
to
ship thousands of miles.
Reddick
said she would not okay her for transport.
Reddick
went on a rant about how it was not her job to check every horse ,
but rather she was only responsible for taking
coggins.
She said that going
in the pens was too dangerous, and she had recently been badly injured
and
was not going to risk her life checking for abused horses.
I then told them there was another horse outside. We walked over to
the
broken legged gray horse. This time , everyone took a step back. Dr.
Reddick
told the policeman she had never seen this horse before, it had been
here
for over a week, and she would never issue a health certificate for
him to
be transported. The policeman asked if his leg was broken and she said
she
did not know. About this time one of Bakers thugs came from out of
nowhere.
He demanded to know what we were doing and said the horse was private
property and Baker could do whatever he wanted with him.
Reddick
explained
the horse could not travel. The thug said that it was not Bakers fault
the
horse was in this condition, that the horse had been brought to the
auction
looking like this. I asked if that meant the horse had been standing
in the
pen with a broken leg for over a week and the thug said it was none of
my
business. Dawn, ( humane officer) said that Baker could not be held
responsible since he had bought the horse at auction, not brought the
horse
to auction. I suggested we could find out who had brought the horse
here if
we asked Baker to check his sales records and the thug said that was
not
going to happen. Dawn indicated to me that if I filed a complaint
Baker
would have to reveal the name and I said , "fine, I'll file a
complaint.". I
then told Dawn there was still another horse we needed to look at.
We then all walked back inside to the standing stalls. I removed the
steel
bar to the door and showed them the mini, cowering in the back of her
filthy
stall, with her deformed face. Dr.
Reddick
immediately diagnosed her as
having a severe sinus infection. I found it amazing that she could
immediately recognize a severe sinus infection within thirty seconds
but
could not acknowledge a horse may have a broken leg when it was
swollen
three times its normal size. At any rate, it was once again agreed
that the
horse was brought to the auction in this condition, and that the owner
was
guilty of abuse or neglect. At this point, the police officer was
showing
obvious signs of resentment. He did not want to be here, and he just
wanted
to know whether or not a complaint was going to be made. Once again, I
told
him I was wiling to make that complaint. Dr.
Reddick
then began to state her
case. She said , again, that her job was not to tell owners they could
not
bring their abused horses to the auction. ( Dawn
Smitely
later confided to
me the exact opposite, Dawn said that if
Reddick
would call her when these
types of horses showed up at the auction, Dawn could prosecute).
Reddick
also went on to say that if the abused and neglected horses were not
admitted to the auction, they would only be abused further at the
owners
home. I couldn't decide if
Reddick
did not know the law or felt she had the
right to interpret the law to suit her own agenda. I told Dr.
Reddick
that
is precisely why we have animal abuse laws, so that the offenders are
prosecuted. Dr. Reddick
said I was living a fantasy and that she would
not/could not uphold the law. Dr.
Reddick
then proclaimed that the single
biggest illegal activity taking place at the Sugarcreek Auction was
the fact
that every Friday , after the sale, dealers were leaving the auction
with
trailer loads of horses and crossing state lines without health
certificates
or coggins
papers. She said that DOT was not doing their job. This opinion
was verified by Dawn
Smitely. Amazingly
enough, even though the police
officer heard both of these authorities tell him about the illegal
activity
that would be occurring that very afternoon, he made no effort to call
DOT.
I also spoke to Reddick
about the weanling filly from the auction two
weks
before. Reddick
acknowledged that the filly had a
brokem
hip and ankle, but
when I told her about the torn vulva, she said " that filly did not
have a
torn vulva when she came in, she got that after she got here.".
I told the officer and Dawn that I wanted to file a complaint against
the
owners of the three horses we had looked at, who had brought these
injured
animals to the auction. The officer commented he should be home by
now, but
agreed to go with Dawn to speak with Baker.
The sale was winding down but I noticed a young man leading an
exceptionally
attractive bay mare in from the parking lot. She had a leather halter
with
her name plate, Foxey
Nokea.
I asked the man why he was bringing the mare
to this auction. He told me that the horse belonged to his partner's
girlfriend who was going to vet school and could no longer afford to
keep
her. I asked if he knew this was a slaughter auction. He acted
uncomfortable, but said "she won't go for slaughter, I am going to
walk her
in the ring myself". I asked him why he thought that would make a
diference
but he said that it would. I asked him what he wanted for her, and he
said
he did not know, but whatever she brought, the partner would take. I
told
him that I could find a buyer for her, but would need a few days. He
said
they could not wait. I then offered to pay her board if he took her
back
home until I found a buyer. He said he would ask his partner. I told
him I
would be around after the sale to give him some money, but to please
not let
her go to the kill buyers. He told me that would not happen.
By now, Dawn and the policeman returned from talking to Baker. Dawn
said
that Baker was going to shoot the gray horse. Dawn said that Baker was
going
to put a bandage on the
standardbreds
leg, and if it was not better by the
morning, he would shoot her also. (I offered to pay for x-rays but
Baker
refused.)
The mini had been purchased by a couple for $30.00, and they were
going to
take her home and try and save her. Dawn asked me if I was satisfied.
I told
Dawn that I not only was not satisfied, I wanted to know what follow
up she
intended to do. Dawn said if there was no complaint, as far as she was
concerned, the investigation was over. I told Dawn I wanted to file a
complaint, and I wanted her to do a follow -up on all three horses.
Dawn
was not happy with my
resquest, and the
policeman was real unhappy with my
request. Dawn said that this was why she hated coming to the auction.
She
said she was underpaid, ( $400.00 per month) and she was tired of
being
yelled at by Baker. She also mentioned a five year old son but I have
no
idea what he had to do with the situation . The police officer said he
was
going home, and if I wanted to file a complaint I had to go to the
Sugarcreek police station but the only other officer who could
register my
complaint was at a traffic accident and might not be back for hours. I
told
him I would wait at the police station as long as I had to. That was
the
last I saw of Dawn and the policeman.
By now the auction was over. I saw the boy who had brought
Foxey
Nokea
in.
I asked him what happened and he said," the killers got her". I asked
him
why he had allowed that to happen, and he shrugged his shoulders and
said
"my parner
wasn't going to bring her home". I reminded him that I had
said Iwould
pay her board but he said that his partner did not care. I
cannot get that mares face out of my mind. I never thought for a
minute
that I would be leaving the auction without her.
The pro -slaughter side promotes the lie that the horses are unwanted,
but
the truth is that auctions such as Sugarcreek are set up to deter
people
from buying the horses in the first place. For starters, the horses
are in
crowded pens with no halters. Secondly, the thoroughbreds are the last
to
arrive and the first to sell. They have no opportunity to be examined
by the
public. The auction process takes less than thirty seconds per horse.
There is no protection for the buyer regarding the health or soundness
of an
animal, I saw a large bottle of
Banamine
on a shelf next to one of the
pens. Anyone could have used it for any purpose.
While I was grieving for
Foxey
Nokea,
Diana found me and told me that Fred
Bauer was extorting money from Kathy. He had bought one of the
Mountaineer
throughbreds
for less than $300.00 , yet he would only sell her to Kathy if
she gave him an additional $500.00.She gave him the money, but his
sinister
demands limited our ability to save the other three. When it was all
over,
Kathy and Diana saved three, whose names and background are at the end
of
this report.
In regards to the abuse complaint, I have called Dawn
Smitely
every day for
the past three days. She does not answer my calls, but I will persist.
I
would suggest that anyone who reads this report who wants to help
should
contact Rosemary Williams at Mountaineer
Prk
and ask why she does nothing to
stop the pipeline from her
racetarck
to Sugarcreek. The number to call is
304-387-8300. This # will connect you to the stewards at which point
you
should tell them how disgusting it is that they send horses to
slaughter
and then ask for the number for Rosemary Williams, who is the director
of
racing at Mountaineer Park.
I would also call the mayor of Sugarcreek,
Jerri
Middaugh,
330-852-4415
and ask him why he allows the auction to operate in violation of
federal
transport regulations. I would also ask him why he allows this auction
to
accept abused and injured animals.
I would stop buying anything made or produced by the Amish. They have
a
serious problem within their cult, and their Bishops need to address
the
issue of cruelty towards their animals by a majority of their members.
I would also urge anyone who attends livestock auctions to start
reporting
violations. The important thing to remember is to get the name and
number
of the humane officer before you go. Then, follow through with
complaints
when they do show up.
Finally, continue your support for the anti slaughter legislation in
Washington. This bill should have been passed five years ago...... the
horse slaughter pipeline is a disgrace to America, and the weekly
violations point out the inadequacy of the USDA and state agriculture
departments to police the industry.
Anne Russek
Here are the thoroughbreds from the Sugarcreek
Auctio,
Oct 17
Rocking Minardi(
SAVED) last raced Oct 14 at Mountaineer for owner/trainer
Patrick Jeffries. I have reason to believe that he is also the one who
would
not work with me to save
Foxey
Nokea.
No Problem For Dino (SAVED)last
raced at Pinnacle on 9/27 for owner/trainer
Ronald Puhl.
This year he had also raced at Thistledown, Beulah, and
Mountaineer.
Kaufy
Machine ( SAVED)last
raced at MNR
on 10/6 for Trainer Charles Keiser
and Owner, Fred
Schunmann.
Dont
Jinx It and Sagres
are both dead...Bauer
bought them. He wanted $500.00 more than he paid for us to rescue them
and
the funds were just not available.
Dont
Jinx it last raced at
MNR on 9/8 for trainer
Donald Roberson and owner
Paul Girdner.
Sagres
last raced at Suffolk on May 7th for Trainer Gregory Rivera and
owner Full Card Stable. Rivera gave the horse to the same guy that
Suffolk
ruled off for sending
Dunemoor and Dahlia
Denda
to Camelot Auction several
weeks ago.
While at the auction, Rosemary Williams of Mountaineer Park was
contacted
and informed that there were five horses from her racetrack at the
auction
earmarked for slaughter. We asked if she could
intevene
on their behalf,
possibly by donating the extra funds to save them. She declined to
help.
UPDATE!! October 24--I just spoke to the girl who rescued the mini.
Her
veterinarian said the pony does not have a sinus infection, her nose
had
been broken, probably by
geing
beaten with a board or other object. Vet
report is now on file.
*PLEASE REMEMBER TO MAKE THE CALLS AS REQUESTED ABOVE AND PLEASE
CROSSPOST
THIS REPORT FAR AND WIDE!! THE CRUELTY AND ABUSE AT SUGARCREEK MUST BE
STOPPED!!*
~ An entire semi load of young
unsold foals ended up being given to the Zoo for horse meat a few days
ago at another auction!
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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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... 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 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.
The Whale
A female humpback whale had become entangled in a spider web of crab
traps
and
lines.
She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused
her to
struggle to stay afloat.
She
also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her
tail, her torso, a line
tugging in her mouth.
A fisherman spotted her just east of the Faralon Islands (outside the
Golden Gate) and radioed for help.
Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she
was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle
her
--
a very
dangerous proposition.
One
slap of the tail could kill a rescuer.

They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her.
When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous
circles.
She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, nudged
them, and
pushed
gently, thanking them.
Some
said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives.

The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth says her eye was
following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.
May you, and all those you love,
be so fortunate...
To be surrounded by people
who will help you get untangled
from the things that are binding you.
And, may you always know the joy
of giving and receiving gratitude.
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