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Sunday, April 22, 2012

I'm Charismatic is doing great!

I just wanted to post an update. We were able to make a visit on Easter and I'm Charismatic has now moved to a new and bigger paddock that he absolutely loves.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

ESPN Sports Century - Secretariat

With the Derby around the corner, how can you not stop to think about Secretariat. I think everyone sits year after year in hopes to see something even close to this but there was only ONE Secretariat!

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

2012 exhibition stallion stallion Association Japan Light JBBA

2012 exhibition stallion stallion Association Japan Light JBBA
exhibition order: Sunningdale, Silver Charm, David Jr., Boston Harbor, charismatic, Opera House, Chief Bear Hart, Aldebaran, Came Home, Jn Nesuburugu, Bago, Empire Maker

Although horse slaugher plants have now closed in the U.S.,horses are still being crowded into trucks, enduring long hours without food, water and rest, sometimes 24-36 hours and driven to Mexico and Canada for slaughter. Crammed onto crowded trailers with no regard for age, sex breed, condition or temperament. It is not uncommon for these animals to arrive at the plants dead or seriously injured. Many times, mares that are pregnant give birth and the foals are killed trying to stand and nurse. Foals are taken from pregnant mares when the mother is being slaughted and are thrown in a pile of trash and left to die. It is hard to hear but these are the facts. We do not use horses as a food source here in the United States and there are no regulations for our horses once they are sent to Canada and Mexico to be slaughtered.

"In its 2000 report on methods of Euthanasia, the American Veterinary Medical Association stated that the captive bolt gun should not be used on equines unless head restraint could be assured. This is because of the relatively narrow forehead of equines, their head shyness and the fact that the brain is set back further than in cattle for which the gun is intended. It is difficult for an operator to assure proper placement of the gun."No slaughter house ever found a practical way to restrain the heads of the horses, so by the AVMA's very definition, the process was not acceptable. The result was a very large number of ineffective stuns. These misplaced blows undoubtedly caused severe pain until a stunning or fatal blow was delivered. "

Many horses are slaughtered while still conscious due to these problems. Slaughter is NOT humane euthanasia.

"The captive bolt is not a proper instrument for the slaughter of equids, these animals regain consciousness 30 seconds after being struck, they are fully aware they are being vivisected."Dr. Lester Friedlander, DVM & former Chief USDA Inspector

In Mexico they are sometimes stabbed repeatedly in the neck many times with a Puntilla knife until paralyzed. In Canada they are many times shot with a 22 and this has proven to be non-effective and the horses are seen trying to stand after being shot.

"Most people do not know the torture inflicted upon these intelligent horses. It is the ultimate betrayal to those which so trust and love us. Thoroughbreds are wonderful and amazing horses. Bred over the centuries for speed and strength, they are highly intelligent and sensitive horses who bond quickly to humans. It is this intelligence and bonding that makes them great race horses, but that bond is betrayed on the slaughterhouse floor.