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Hello Tom,
I am a real "softie" when it comes to the treatment of horses.
I currently give $50 a month to 5 horse rescue facilities here in the
USA. If there was a bonafide rescue facility in Malaysia I would
contribute, that is all I can do from this far away. Now if horse abuse
was occurring in my neighborhood where I could take direct action I
would. Like Patty said "I really and honestly
feel helpless here in what I can do".
Don Huston

At 08:11 AM 8/12/2007 Sunday, you wrote:
> Angie, in one of our Private
> posts an Aussie said...."Gee...I'm gobsmacked at the lack of
> interest on RC....I had expected more of the free thinking of the RC
> membership....absolutely amazing....But there is a disease in Australia
> Endurance...and its called money."
>
> This is the way we are viewed from afar.  That disease called
> 'money' is the reason this is being stonewalled here and there.
>
> ts
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <goearth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 9:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [RC] Horse Abuse in Malaysia
>
>
> > > The Aussies are amazed the
> > > Amerikans don't find this a big deal.
> > > I have photos of a horse that someone said they never seen a horse
> > > that skinny and when i post to RC that i have them how many
> > > responses do i get?  1
> >
> > Tom, I think you're being a little hard on RC. You posted links to
> > the
> > sites when you made your original post, so there really wasn't a
> > reason
> > for them to have to reply to you personally to go see the photos as
> > I
> > did, and I'm sure many of them did. It was sickening, and soo sad.
> > It's
> > one thing to see starved horses (bad enough) but to see a horse that
> > you
> > can *tell* was an excellent endurance horse before starvation really
> > hits
> > home. I couldn't quit thinking about that bay.  If anyone on the
> > Aussie
> > list can figure out who that horse is I think he could be the poster
> > child to raise awareness.
> >
> > As for the Aussies...They seem to be closer to the situation.
> > Apparently
> > they have sold quite a few horses to Malaysia and considered it a
> > viable
> > market. Maybe I'm just out of the loop, but I've never heard of any
> > American horse going to Malaysia so who can we mobilize to stop
> > anyone
> > from selling to them?
> >
> > I would think that this situation has done Peter Toft's reputation
> > no
> > good to be listed as that stable's official trainer and if he's got
> > an
> > excuse for that he should put it out there and defend his
> > reputation.
> >
> > Oh yeah, and lest people think I grossly exaggerated how much I was
> > offered for Kaboot...a year's salary for me back then wasn't what most
> > of
> > your "year's salary" would be. >g< However, it was a good
> > chunk. I'll
> > admit there's been times when I wondered if I did the right thing,
> > but
> > after those photos I will NEVER doubt that decision again.
> >
> > I would guess that many countries planned to lease horses in Malaysia
> > for
> > the WEC. I'm sure not all 70 horses on this farm look like the ones
> > in
> > the photos. My guess is there's the elite "competition" string
> > and the
> > ones who become lame or for whatever reason cannot compete any more
> > end
> > up on the "starve them down to the point that tourists can handle
> > them"
> > string.  I think word needs to go out to any country considering
> > leasing
> > to see that they boycott that farm.
> >
> > Angie
>
>
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Don Huston at cox dot net
SanDiego, Calif