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Re: [RC] Rescue horses - the real story - PaddiThis is the real story!! After reading this post I did some investigating. First of all there are not 1000s of mares going to slaughter not even 100s. Mares heavy in foal are not sent to slaughter nor are foals as the SOS web site states. Email me the name of the farmer and name of the ranch who is saying he will slaughter the mares. I will personally contact him myself to ask what is going on? My vet is the ranch vet for 20 PMU barns. She is well informed. The barns that have lost the contracts are working with adoption groups in the US and Canada for placement. The bucking horse barns are not selling their mares. Most barns have good blood lines and have worked hard to get a quality foal crop. They are not sending the mares to slaughter but keeping them to foal out in the spring. They will then have a foal sale. Brood mares may also be sold. I have also heard the demand for Premarin is rising again as women realize the risk of Breast cancer is low and the symptoms of menopause are hell. These men are horseman first and foremost. They love their horses and spend a great deal of time and money on them. They ride, drive and pack. It is a huge undertaking much like a dairy farmer type commitment to run a PMU barn. In most cases they breed for quality foals, there are futurities for PMU horses with BIG $$$$$$ to be won. Please keep an open mind and do not take all gossip as truth. Investigate what you are reading and hearing!!!! Blacky a 2 year old PMU stallion was injured in a pasture accident. His hock was injured and infection went into the joint. The owner spent over a $1000 dollars on him trying to save him. He would probably only be a pasture pet if he made it but the owner never hesitated to try and save him. He was in the same barn as Sid when he was sick so I was there for his treatments and his surgery. I have pictures. Everything possible was done to save this horse. I know the owner personally and he really cares about his horses. The teeth are done , the feet look good. http://www.biothanetack.com/Articles/pmu.htm is the site for the PMU article from last year. Having been to a talk on Heat Stress and the Equine by Dr. Loving in Red Deer Alberta I am not about to point fingers in any direction. Her talk was not favorable to endurance riders. I knew it is the worst cases and not the norm that was on her screen but the non endurance folks were not so sure. Paint everyone with the same brush and it gets ugly. My .02 worth and getting off the soap box Paddi Sprecher Canadian Trail House www.CanadianTack.com 1-866-987-4816 toll free order line Canadian Distributor for Dixie Midnight No-Sweat Vent Pads EasyCare Stirrups and Easy Boots Biothane Tack, Skito Equalizer Pads Cashel Flymasks Yacht Braid Horse equipment PLEASE.....can you help in any way, pass the word maybe....very soon, it is imperative that these mares be adopted by the 18th so they can get out and not go to slaughter. The farmer will have them slaughtered and the cutt off for free shipping is by the 31st and they have to have time for health tests and forms to cross the border. WE are trying to get 18-20 mares to Id and OR and can not do it without help. They will only ship in this size lots, so if we only have 15, the lives of all mares will be taken. PLEASE...just a mention to please consider sponsoring a horse or adopting one. -------- > I am not affliated with this organization, just an concerned horse lover who > wants to help and is passing the information along in hopes of saving more > mares. Can you post the following? > > CAN YOU HELP SAVE A MARE FROM SLAUGHTER? due to the education about Premarin > and how pregnant horse urine (PMU) was used to make it, the foals frequently > slaughtered, the use of premarin is down by over 25% and expected to keep > dropping. Now the mares are in trouble. The farmers have been given noticed > and cuts made by the drug industry on their contracts. Many have no choice > but to sell or slaughter their mares. SOS rescue of PMU mares is now in > progress. Looking for 20 (now 8) adopters or sponsors from Oregon to qualify for > free > shipping by Jan 20 (shipping by the 31st due to regulations on shipping > pregant mares). > PMU mares are in danger of slaughter and need immediate > rescue. Some of these mares are QH, Paints, Belguims and many are in foal. > There are registered mares and unregistered, buckskins, palominos, paints, > bays, sorrels, many different colors. > Please see http://www.members.shaw.ca/sosrescue for details & photos. > _________________________________________________________________ Scope out the new MSN Plus Internet Software - optimizes dial-up to the max! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/plus&ST=1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. 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