The AQHA and Paint Associations support slaughter, the others do not.
The AQHA lists generating growth as a goal of the Association.
retirement farms and adoption programs.
Subject: Re: UHC
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007
The UHC began under the AVMA. The AVMA is strongly pro-slaughter. A number of humane groups and rescues joined in the first meeting but quickly realized it was a slaughter front and left. The AVMA was using the group to push their central theme that the horses being slaughtered were unwanted and would otherwise be abused and neglected. Papers presented had titles like "How will rescues handle 100,000 unwanted horses if slaughter ends". The real humane organizations and rescues almost all pulled out, leaving the membership list looking like a whose-who of meat packers.
The AVMA then spun off the effort to the American Horse Council. The AHC has always been officially neutral on the issue, but virtually state Horse Council has been pro-slaughter. This has always made anti-slaughter people rather skeptical of the AHC. The first statements put out by the UHC by the AHC sounded less like the obvious propaganda that had been coming out under the AVMA, but people should still be very skeptical. The pro-slaughter magazine ally of the AVMA, The Horse, has also begun trying to insinuate itself into the rescue world, and in doing so have been distorting the data sent to them. Many rescues, including some of the larger ones, have been left off the lists they developed despite those rescues repeatedly asking them to be included.
The slaughter industry has a long history of using front organizations (called Wise Use groups) to promote confusion in the public's mind. For example, the Animal Welfare Council is pro-horse slaughter. They are also funded by the meat packers. I personally see no reason we should trust these people or let them into the process. We have lots of good rescues and trustworthy people and we don't need their help.
Riva's HORSE REMEDIES... a list of inexpensive and quick home remedies for your horse.
Rescue Remedy ~ trauma. Calms and clears the horse's mind. I have personally used this for myself and it works! Within 15 minutes I no longer felt anxious and my head became clear.
** Works on horses that have gone thru a stressful time as well....
Preparation H ~ aids in reduction of proud flesh and encourages hair growth on wound sites.
** I've used plain old LIME, applied to dry area of wound only (once you have that infection oozie out).
Meat Tenderizer ~ moistened into paste takes the sting out of bug bites and stinging nettles.
** I no longer use this on ANY MEAT! It was recommended for proud flesh and when I watched it turn the "growth" red etc... I could only imagine what it does to a human's stomache!!!! !!
Sugar and Iodine ~ mix into paste for burns and scrapes. The sugar keeps the flesh from dying and the iodine fights the infection.
Vinegar ~ for natural fly repellant ~ 2 cups white vinegar, 1 cup Skin-So-Soft oil (original product by Avon), 1 cup water, 1 tablespoon eucalyptus oil. Mix in a spray bottle.
Clorox or Lysol ~ 4 parts water, 2 parts Clorox or Lysol. Use in a spray bottle for thrush. To treat thrush you must clean deep into the clefts at each side of the frog. You may have to pare out infected tissue and then medicate and pack the foot. Soak cotton wool in whatever medication you choose and push it into the clefts of your horse's hooves and cover with packing.
Diapers ~ place on the underside of hoof and wrap duct tape around the horse's hoof. This is great for holding a poultice in place and keeping abscesses clean. The diapers can also be used as an "Easy Boot" for your equine companion.
For poison oak/ivy/sumac - mix equal parts of buttermilk, salt, and vinegar into a paste, then liberally coat on the affected skin. The salt actually provides a delightful abrasive that scratches the itch while the buttermilk seems to neutralize the poison oils that cause the itch. Your horse will thank you.
Poultice Mixture Horse Remedy
* Clay ~ (either white, gray or green), such as Vogel. Use a popular brand as they are "clean" and do not contain a chemical makeup that can do more harm than good. Keep on for 8 to 12 hours.
* Onion, cabbage and cottage cheese are very good at drawing toxins out of dirty wounds. Used separately or mixed together (1/3 of each). Chop the onion fine and mix well with enough cottage cheese to produce a semi-solid paste. A cabbage leaf may be used, if the poultice is to remain in place a long time or if it is applied to a sensitive area.
* Mustard ~ excellent for horse's joint pain. Mustard brings blood to the surface, thus increasing circulation. Dry mustard, such as Colman's or Keen's must never be mixed with very hot water. Mix first with cool water and let stand and THEN add the hot water. Make a paste of equal parts of flour and mustard. Apply to your horse's joint.
* Bran and Sea Salt (equal parts) ~ 2/3 cider vinegar and 1/3 water is commonly used to relieve inflammation.
When making a poultice, do not use plastic or metal utensils in the preparation of your home remedy. The material you use should "breathe." (The moisture from the clay must be able to evaporate.)
How to Apply the Poultice to your horse
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Spread the mixture on a piece of cotton cloth large enough to cover the area.
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Apply the cloth with the mixture side directly in contact with the body.
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Cover the poultice with an extra piece of flannel to keep in the warmth. For a more drawing effect, cover with a plastic bag providing moisture and heat.
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Keep the poultice on for 15 to 30 minutes, depending on the part of the body.
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For young growing animals (foals and yearlings), 10 minutes is sufficient. If skin is broken put a layer of clean cotton cloth between the poultice and the skin.
Bacterial Imbalances in your horse
Anytime a horse is under stress a bacterial imbalance will occur. All of us have seen a horse with loose stools from shipping or showing. If this isn't corrected, there will be problems. The E-coli or Salmonella can quickly take over and create even more problems.
The use of antibiotics kills the beneficial bacteria leaving a sterile gut. Drinking chlorinated water will kill the beneficial bacteria. The imbalanced flora hinders the body's ability to digest food, preventing your horse from absorbing the nutrients that are essential to its health.
A bacterial imbalance can be prevented with a probiotic.
RAIN ROT (on your horse's back)
Rain rot, being a bacteria, has bacterial AND fungal characteristics. It's important to keep the horse clean. (One of the Standardbred geldings I rescued several years ago had a bad case of "rain rot". This was my first experience with the fungus and it is not a pretty sight. After I was finished, most of his hair was gone from his back and it was cold outside and he had to be kept in his stall because I couldn't put a blanket on him. Don't let this happen to your horse. Keep the infected area DRY and exposed to the air. The following is what you can do for your horse.
Betadine is a good start. It's important you get the infected hair/skin OFF the horse. Use warm water and the betadine or an anti-fungus scrub to soak and soften the skin, then slowly work at removing it with your fingers. It may be a little sensitive for the horse, so take your time. But once those scabs are off, the horse will feel MUCH better.
This organism does not like oxygen. Moist, wet, dark environments actually speed the growth and help spread it. If you can, clip the area on your horse to expose it to air. Do not use ointments as they will only lock the organism in and prevent exposure to oxygen. Keeping the area clean and dry is the best course of action. I also put hydrogen peroxide in a spray bottle, and spray the affected area once it has been cleaned and de-scabbed. This will help oxygenate it. You can wipe off the excess peroxide and keep spraying until it no longer fizzes. You can tell if the area is responding to the treatment when you see the area is not fizzing. Afterwards, towel dry. You can even sprinkle a little corn starch on it to absorb excess moisture. I don't like baby powder as it has talc, which can be too much of a barrier. Plain old corn starch is best. Dust off the excess. Remember, you want the horse's skin exposed to air.
Mane, Tail and Groom (M.T.G.) is a solution already prepared that you can buy in most tack and feed stores. The cost is around $18.00. Most of the equestrian community have tried this formula and swear by it. So you may want to purchase an already mixed formula.
TO OIL OR NOT TO OIL
If your animal nutritionist is recommending canola oil, corn oil, or some other vegetable oil to fatten up your horse please read on. This recommendation is based on the fact that fats provide energy in a very concentrated form thus making it very difficult to burn off quickly. Fats are very slow to metabolize. One calorie of fat is equivalent to 3 pounds of oats or 6 pounds of hay. Very dense indeed. But is a daily feeding of 1/2 to 1 cup of oil from questionable sources a healthy cure-all to weight gain?
Vegetable oils in this form are poor-quality oils, all of which are polyunsaturated. This means that these oils are unstable with very poor resistance to heat and/or light. They easily release free electrons which are the culprits in free radical damage. The resulting cell damage is implicated in cancer, heart disease, and other chronic diseases related to aging and unless you buy organic, many corn and canola crops are genetically modified as well.
Horses have no gallbladder- they don't need one! The natural equine finds no puddles of concentrated fat in his foraging and if he/she did the reaction would be a "what in the heck was that?" lip curl. Can you imagine drinking a cup of oil without your gallbladder? I drank 1/2 cup of olive oil (twice), a relatively healthy oil, over 2 or 3 hours with my gallbladder intact and I can tell you my liver never worked so hard. The gallbladder acts as a timer that shoots bile (bile digests fat) within 20 minutes of ingesting fat. Without it the liver releases bile at random and thus becomes easily congested and overworked with excess dietary fats.
Fats slow down the normal rate that the stomach empties its food into the intestine so adding oil to grain means that the digestion of grains is abnormally slowed down, thus affecting stomach overload, gut motility, adequate enzyme activity, and energy. Horses have a small stomach designed to empty quickly. That is the reason they eat almost continuously. Replacing grain/hay calories with fat calories means a significant loss in protein, fibre, and minerals.
The key to healthy weight gain is finding the appropriate grain/hay combination for your particular horse based on breed and lifestyle.
For more information please visit Riva's Remedies... http://community.eons.com/groups/topic/258921-Riva-s-HORSE-REMEDIES-
http://www.petition
These rescues have offered to help the horses that may be at risk of going to auction/slaughter should the ban go through:
NEER
Live and Let Live- NH
Frog Pond Farm Rescue- OH
Gold Rush Equine- NY
Beauty's Haven- FL
Phoenix- ME
Painted Star Stable- FL
Cheryl- ME.
Photo Credit: Sergei Krassii / Stock.XCHNG
A seemingly sheepish look from Fido or that endearing brush-by from your cat can make you wonder if your pet could possibly communicate with you. A recent study adds equine friends to the list of emotionally-responsive animals. A scientist found that horse's heart rates mirror those of human subjects touching them. The horse emotion-detector could someday replace procedures used to measure a patient's stress hormones.
AQHA Announces Gala Promotion and Contest
On the heels of announcing the pending registration of its 5 millionth
Quarter Horse foal, the American Quarter Horse Association has unveiled
an extravagant new promotional program. “Phase one, our auction for the
naming rights on the 5 millionth foal, was an enormous success and a
tribute to our tireless breeders” said spokesperson and European venue
coordinator Morra Lean. “But we want to show our appreciation to
everyone who makes this exciting industry possible and that means all
phases of a Quarter Horse’s career.
The American Quarter Horse is the most prolific breed in the United
States largely because of its amazing versatility. Very few people
realize just how versatile the breed is. “They think of rodeos and
barrel racing but don’t realize that there are dozens of other venues
where Quarter Horses appear, ranging from reining to racing.” Lean
explained, “and when they are done entertaining us, many Quarter Horses
go on to culinary venues in Europe and Japan where the breed garners
tremendous respect for its unique attributes.”
Lean explained that the AQHA could never have attained its goal of 5
million foals without the European venue to keep opportunities open in
the US for new Quarter Horses. She went on to explain that it is the
resultant flow of registration fees that allows the AQHA to fund its
important educational and legislative programs. “Educating the public
about the vital need for such things as horse harvesting is made all the
more difficult and expensive by the extremist animal rights groups.”
Lean complained, “They continually resort to radical tactics such as
exposing statistics and facts that disagree with our position.”
In response to this challenge the AQHA has announced phase two of its
promotional program. The second phase will include the all important
European consumers of Quarter Horses. The contest will involve the
printing of replicas of every Quarter Horse’s registration papers on
fine imitation linen napkins. These napkins will have a small scratch
off area over the registration number and diners will scratch off the
coating to view the horse’s registration number. When registration
number 5,000,000 is found the lucky diner will receive a deluxe set of
steak knives engraved with the likeness of the foal on its birth date.
Additionally, the membership will be eligible to participate in a
lottery contest to guess the date when the 5 millionth Quarter Horse was
harvested. “We can only allow our paid members to participate” said
Lean, “since it is their dues and registration fees that make this whole
industry possible.” Any member that guesses the exact date the horse was
humanely harvested will receive their choice of an artificial
insemination kit with a five gallon thermos of semen or free
registrations for a year (not to exceed 100 foals).
For more information contact:
Morra Lean
Director of European Venues
American Quarter Horse Association
moralean@aqha. fr
Disclaimer: This document is provided for entertainment purposes only
and any similarity to actual events, programs, positions or statements
of the AQHA, no matter how compelling, is purely coincidental. As with
authentic AQHA press releases, it may contain false, misleading and
distorted information.
What’s for Dinner... hope it isn’t me!
By Jennifer Swanson and Cheryl Hanna
Good evening everyone. Before you go out to dinner tonight, I would like to tell you about myself. You see.. I am a racehorse, or rather I was a racehorse. Now I am retired because I couldn’t make the grade or rather the purse..I am only five years old; my references are impeccable, and might I add that my grandfather was the last triple crown winner. Unfortunately a few months ago, during my last race I was hurt, and no one wanted to wait until I was healed…. So my time was over I was going to be sent to slaughter, and just before I was loaded onto a truck to be hauled off to the slaughter house, a horse rescue organization stepped up and saved me… yes .. in the very nick of time.
"Affirmed Fever" after his bath; Swat, Alu-Shield, Furazone and wormer all part of his daily regimen.. all not to be used on animals for human consumption
Please excuse my appearance; I have just finished my bath and my caretakers are tending all of my equine needs. The white stuff around my mouth is the wormer. It tastes really bad , but it kills all the worms and parasites in my body. I get this every six weeks, and it stays in my body for 6 months. Don’t tell anyone, but on the box I read where it states, “ Not to be used for animals intended for human consumption.”The pink stuff under my eyes is not eye make-up silly. It is called SWAT, and that keeps the bugs away from my face. It absorbs into my skin and my bloodstream. Oops.. same warning on that jar, “ Not to be used for animals intended for human consumption.”Now that yellow gook on my legs is for the scratches I always get from playing or just running around in the pasture. The caretakers call that Furazone, and they use gloves when they apply that to my open sores. It has carcinogens in it. The silver stuff called AluShield works as a band aide, but I don’t think it is edible. Whenever I get a stomach ache or my muscles start to hurt, I get bute and banamine. The faster it gets into my bloodstream, the faster my aches and pains stop, but I think I remember the same warnings on those medications too.“ Not to be used for animals intended for human consumption.”
I would think in this day and age, humans would be very concerned with chemicals and especially carcinogens that may be mixed in our bodies. No one in the US tells you that horse owners do not have to report what drugs they give their horses, and the horse slaughter houses brag how fast our bodies go from living to dying, (“From Stable to Table in 4 days”) which means the drugs stay in our system. You may think you are eating an American legacy, but in reality you are dining on the poisons and carcinogens pumped into our equine bodies to keep us looking and feeling good.
Bon Appetit Mon Ami..... I hope you're not eating me.
You work for a vet
You should be ashamed
For you lecture on care
and yet you refrain
From doing what's right
For your animals welfare
When it comes to your own
You don't seem to care
Brushing is a bore
Hoof cleaning never done
Maybe in 12 weeks
The farrier will get it done.
Missing a shoe
For days and days
The poor old mare
Is ridden any ways.
You need to be hounded
When worming is due
stable management?
you haven't a clue
your boss has been called
to your property a lot
she must be blind
not seeing what she ought
a goats broken leg
lameness and thrush
the paddocks are littered
with hayropes and brush
rain-rot and cuts
left untreated
supplements never given
even though needed
the dogs have mange
the mare phlebitis
and most of goats
spread conjunctivitis
cought in the fence
was a sheeps head
thrice a fox left
your chickens all dead
you coach others on riding
when you barely can post
your lack of ability
obvious to most
your tack always dirty
and so are your brushes
tack poorly fitting
and never adjusted
too lazy to cover
your grain bins
ignoring rat poop
lying within
yet respected you are
with the horsey set
only because
you work for a vet
~Mary Martin~
The Unwanted Horse Coalition
&
The American Horse Council.
There seems to be some confusion regarding these two, one and the same, organizations and their stand on horse slaughter. To clarify:
"The Unwanted Horse Coalition, a broad alliance of equine organizations that have joined together under the American Horse Council," or see "Unwanted Horse Coalition folded into AHC".
The American Horse Council's official stand on slaughter is:
"AHC Position
The AHC is neutral on the legislation because it has organizations and individual members both supporting and opposing a federal legislative ban."
Although previously statements declared that they were in favor of slaughter, the current membership of AHC contains organizations which are both pro and con on the slaughter issue. Nevertheless, if some feel that they need to affiliate with them due to the mistaken impression that AHC /UHC are anti-slaughter, please refer to the AHC list of members.
It is somewhat enlightening to refer to the section for AHC Members, then cross reference it to the list of members for Common Horse Sense/aka Horse Welfare Coalition/aka slaughterhouse web site, (commonhorsense.com domain previously registered to attorney for Texas slaughterhouses, now listing contact as SciWords, the PR firm for the slaughterhouses).
If the chain of association still seems cloudy, refer to the list of Current Unwanted Horse Coalition Member Organizations. The first four on the list are very actively pro slaughter. Also, reference JAVMA, August 15, 2006 where a news release was published in the AVMA Journal as the start up of UHC was initiated. AAEP/AVMA was instrumental, and both organizations are quite openly in favor of horse slaughter.
There are no praises to be sung for UHC as related to the slaughter issue. Elsewhere, perhaps there are, but not here. If someone is considering donating dollars to them, it would be better spent in assisting horse rescue.
Get rid of flies!!
http://www.howtogetridofstuff.com/pest-control/how-to-get-rid-of-flies/
Congratulations Debbie Marsten of NH!!! Debbie won our great dressage saddle!!
We did great at the Expo, had a great time, met a bunch of excellent people, made some really good contacts, and had fun! The snacks were yummy, all the donated stuff sold, John's video played constantly which really got people's attention and educated them about slaughter, many signed the petition. Thank you!! We made almost $1,000 at the Expo, plus another $400+ from the raffle tickets!! Thank you EVERYbody!! It was a real success!!
