Re: Please help save our horses!!!!

["Robert Morris" <bobmorris@rmci.net>]

I guess you do not want to go to Iceland. They have top quality breeding
stock, very good riding stock, good draft stock and if the horse does not
fit into any of those three frames they have very good steak.

The economy and forage source do not encourage "pets". I found the people to
be very practical, sensible and thoughtful of their livestock.

Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID
-----Original Message-----
From: kelli norcross <nccarabs@hotmail.com>
To: valm@zianet.com <valm@zianet.com>
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Sunday, February 21, 1999 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: Please help save our horses!!!!


>Dear Valerie,
>
>Thank you for your honest answer.  I agree there are far too many
>substandard horses being bred, for nothing more than a quick profit.
>Many of these people don't know their horses bloodlines which means they
>do not know the performance history or health history of the lines they
>are breeding.  How can they produce stronger and healthier animals when
>they haven't put in proper research?  You are completely right that the
>breeders are the first in line to accept responsibility for the excess
>abundance of unwanted horses and where they end up.  Let this be a
>message to all the breeders.  Every horse deserves a fair chance at a
>healthy and happy home.
>
>In the Northwest almost any day of the week you can find a horse in the
>local classifieds for under $1000.  How much it cost those people to
>feed and care for the horse and pay for any breeding fees, etc. must
>have cost the seller well over $1000 if they owned the animal even one
>year.  Yet supply of horses has become so great compared to demand that
>buyers now expect a horse to come cheaply.  No wonder the breeders are
>losing money on horses and the slaughter houses are profiting!  Breeders
>open your eyes and concentrate on quality - not quantity!!!!  Thank you
>Valerie,
>
>Kelli.
>
>
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