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Suzi

Horray for you.  They are a unsavory group.  I know around here (Sonoma
County Ca) I have seen some of their stuff and it was pretty off the wall
too me.  They don't seem to care what happens to all domestic companions
they expect us to turn out into the "wild".  Fanatics are fanatics and these
particular fanatics would rob us and our companions of a wholesome and
worthwhile life style.

Now that I am retired I want to volunteer some time to trail maintenance. 
After my surgery!  Since I am seriously trying to get the right horse for me
I am saving all the ride camp info on saddles and saddle fit.  One area I
need to learn a lot more about.  Well, just one of hundreds of things I need
to learn or re-learn.

I enjoy your posts.

Jo Ann




-------Original Message-------

From: Suzi Maiorisi
Date: 09/05/05 05:22:30
To: paus@xxxxxxxxxxx; Ridecamp Guest; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] Congressional Horse Caucus--Agenda Siezed by PETA

I had the unfortunate opportunity years ago (already wearing my No PETA pin
at the time and my speech for speech class the year before was Animal Rights
why NOT to go there) to first have to go to an Animal Rights thing at my
college - it was an assignment after hours in my philosophy class - forced
to sit thru 3 hours of their crap and THEN the following day had the head
guy from PETA IN OUR CLASSROOM OMG...I came armed - I had my references, my
articles, all the information and by the time I got thru with the guy (who
NEVER once answered a direct question, only asked more questions to avoid
answers) all he did was just stand there....the kids (I was 37 or so at the
time) in the class just sat there with their jaws on the ground having been
to the HOORAY rally garbage the night before and probably believing most of
it until they were confronted with the reality of it. 

NO PETA
Suzi.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Chris Paus 
To: Ridecamp Guest ; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Congressional Horse Caucus--Agenda Siezed by PETA


Ugh.....

I was the lead reporter in a horrendous story here about a pony rescue. 260
hackney ponies on 40 barren acres. 110 of the ponies were stallions. no food
no potable water, it was a concentration camp for ponies. I couldn't sleep
for nights after going in with teh people who started the rescue efforts.

Then a "no slaughter" supposed animal rights organization took over the
rescue. got a district judge to wrangle away the care of the animals from
real veterinarians, K-State vet students, farriers and other people who
really knew what they were doing, and put the animals in the care of a Peta
ally, HorseAid.

What happened from there was an abomination. Basically, horseaid left Kansas
about $30,000 richer, dumped the animals on two HA volunteers, who inturn
adopted them out to anyone with a driver's license and $100. Not surprising,
for years afterwards, i was getting calls at the newspaper about the ponies
being in worse homes than the one they left, being at auction barns, etc. I
saw some of them myself at an auction barn.

I have no time for people like that.

Is anyone aware of PETA' s true agenda? to end ownership of all animals?
They'd rather we turn all horses loose to fend for themselves than to give
them care and a job.

sigh..... this is worse than awful.

chris

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I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. Louisa May
Alcott

Chris Paus
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