Re: [RC] Does anyone know anything about the state of the Arabianhorse in the War Zone`s - Gabi (Ra'anana Farm)
That has always been a question to
me...
If their livelihood so much depend on their working
horse, he would surely work harder and live longer if he could just get a little
shade sometimes and a little more to drink more often, and a little old rag to
pad under the ill-fitting harness...
Subject: Re: [RC] Does anyone know
anything about the state of the Arabian horse in the War Zone`s
I don't know how much Iraq and Egypt are alike in terms of
their dependence on horses for travel. My understanding is that the literacy
rate is higher in Iraq than in Egypt and in many respects Iraq has been much
more developed because it did have the oil income. I can tell you that if
there were an invading army of tanks plowing through the Egyptian delta, you
had best believe that the livestock would have a very hard time of it. The
farm families would do everything they could to keep cattle, horses, goats,
sheep, camels and so on together and safe because they provide the keep for
the family. However, livestock are remarkably stupid when it comes to
wandering into areas where they are not supposed to be. What I understand of
the geography of Iraq is that it has very broad areas of desert interspersed
with swampy river valleys. This kind of geography is not kind to refugees. If
people try to flee with their animals, they will be seriously limited in terms
of the places they can go, how they will feed them and where they will get
water. I would imagine that war isn't much fun for the horses, camels, cows,
sheep and so on. But then most of the bombing and such seems to be in urban
areas, so hopefully the agricultural areas will be less affected. No one is
having much fun there.
Maryanne Cairo, Egypt.
On Monday, Mar
24, 2003, at 22:46 Africa/Cairo, Kathryn Young wrote:
Has anyone heard anything
about the Arabian`s in this War??? .. I
know it sound`s off the wall? Horsecrazy people think that way Ha... The
horses are really going to be hurting as well ? They
can not be just turned out .like they did in Poland during the war`s..??
.there`s no grass?? Does
anyone have a positive note on this subject? Or
any knowledge to what `s going on over
there? Katherine
Young Meadow
Vista, Ca.
