Can you imagine what these people could do at an endurance ride -- turning
horses loose
or putting something into the water buckets or troughs? On the whole
people at rides are
very trusting -- leaving horses unattended, horses in camp while out on the
ride, etc. You
*can not* educate these people, they *do not* want to be educated -- the
best protection
is to never let them learn about endurance, period. One ride we attended
last year had a
human standing at EVERY water source on the trail -- we never thought at
that time to
ask if there had been a threat of a problem but that's what it seems it
could have been.
Please take these people seriously, they do not think humans should have
control of any
animal lives in any way, shape or form. If they believe they need to kill
them to *free*
them from bondage it seems that they will or try to do so.
Karen Clanin
Atascadero, CA