All Blog Posts Tagged 'horse abuse' (32)

Abuse -When do you speak up?

Do you ever get haunted by a situation where you wish you had said something? Mine was 18 months ago. As I drove away from a lesson, I pulled over to check my messages, facing a riding arena where a roping event was going on. It was a perfect summer night and riders were warming up. There was some light bantering passed around, followed by good-natured…

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Added by Anna Blake on November 21, 2014 at 9:13am — 2 Comments

Animal cruelty case reveals impact of deregulation and budget cuts

A total of 56 horses have been relocated to The Grace Foundation of Northern California's facilities after what rescue workers described as "the most disturbing animal cruelty case [they have] ever encountered". …

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Added by Jillian Masters on October 25, 2011 at 4:10pm — No Comments

Help for Corsair

******* This occurred yesterday - didn't have a chance to post - getting prepared for hurricane and other insanities! Please help if you can and forward to any who may be interested - Thank-you! *****

At 5:35 a.m. today I went out to feed all the horses here at Horse Play. When I went to the paddock where Corsair (13 yr old Thoroughbred / Welsh Cob cross) and…

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Added by Horse Play on August 27, 2011 at 1:17pm — No Comments

Discouraging...

It seems every time I look in these days, I see things that make me sick and/or sad.

Jockey stomps horse

Horse slaughter (which has to be discussed, but oy, there's no good solution)

Neglected horse

MORE neglected horses

Abused horses

Horses die in bee attack

Hendra virus

EHV-1

and other places:

Lost penguin in New Zealand

Owner hangs pit bull after it bites a kid

Tongues.... blue tongues, bleeding tongues,…

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Added by MagsNMe on June 29, 2011 at 7:45pm — 1 Comment

Horse Play News Jan - Feb 2011

The Running Horse

A Bi-monthly Newsletter from Horse Play

Jan – Feb 2011…

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Added by Horse Play on January 21, 2011 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Horse Play News Nov-Dec 2010

ZACK

1979 – 2010

Polo pony, Barrel racer

Trail horse, Babysitter

I caught your last breath in my hand

and I will forever hold it in my heart

Your spirit runs free once again!

October 18 2010 was a sad day here. Our beloved Zack was humanely euthanized due to complications from cancer and old age. He is missed!

The Running Horse

A…

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Added by Horse Play on November 2, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Horse Play News Aug-Sept 2010

The Running Horse

A Bi-monthly Newsletter from Horse Play

Issue August-September 2010

Horse Play

EIN: 05-0506340

Website: www.hptrc.org

Email: horseplayri@msn.com

Message from Aidan – the Alpha Mare

Whew! Has it been hot, humid and buggy or what! Good weather for napping or just grazing – whichever. Haven’t been on the trail in…

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Added by Horse Play on August 9, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Annabella - another horse saved through the Horse Rescue Series

Annabella – A New Rescue Story

Annabella, ‘Bella’ came from an Appaloosa breeding farm – but not your typical breeding farm that handles the horses and provides regular care and maintenance. Poor Bella was pastured at a farm with 3

other stallions and the horses were not handled much – her feet were rarely

done (if they ever…

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Added by Lindsey Forkun on July 14, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

A PROD UCT OF IGNORANCE says William Micklem

Last week I mentioned about the possible use of electric cattle prods on horses in USA rodeo shows. Over the next two days an extraordinary 27 people e-mailed to assure me that this practise no longer took place. I was heartened but not convinced. Then Barnmice received an e-mail from the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) with an official statement entitled PRCA Livestock Welfare Statement – Electric Cattle Prod:

“PRCA rules allow for the use of a livestock prod as…

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Added by William Micklem on June 26, 2010 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments

FIND THE TIGER WITHIN US says William Micklem

What do you do when a horse sport different from your own uses cruel methods? Be grateful that your own sport is humane and clean and turn a blind eye or do something about it?

Of course what constitutes cruelty is often debatable. In my opinion the isolation of horses in single cells with minimum activity is cruelty, and I am not alone in having concerns about the mental abuse of horses in bad dressage, while others think racing over…

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Added by William Micklem on June 18, 2010 at 3:30am — 14 Comments

Horse Play News June-July 2010

The Running Horse

A Bi-monthly Newsletter from Horse Play

Issue June-July 2010

Horse Play

EIN: 05-0506340

Website: www.hptrc.org

Email:…

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Added by Horse Play on June 11, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Stop the GENOCIDE on America's Wild Mustangs...we must act together and with poise...

We, as a nation of horse lovers, MUST become a unified VOICE for the Wild Mustangs of our West. They are being illegally rounded up, brutally handled, and many are being shipped to Mexico and Canada for slaughter.

THIS IS ILLEGAL according the 1971 ROAM ACT.

The BLM is taking laws, decisions and these matters into their own hands (no doubt being manipulated by the few, the greedy and the selfish for reasons of cattle/sheep grazing, and the Ruby Oil Pipeline...)

This has to… Continue

Added by Christianna Capra on May 12, 2010 at 4:27pm — No Comments

The Story of Rescued Horse Unfolds

As it turns out, Pickles is no ordinary horse. With a little research, we learned that her grandfather sired Kentucky Derby winner Foolish Pleasure.

So our starved, neglected horse has the blood of a champion in her veins. Maybe that's why she has this quiet sort of class about her.

Every day when we watch and work on her, she finds a way to tell us something new about herself and what she's been through.

Today we finished shaving the hair off most of her rain… Continue

Added by maryann tobin on April 11, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Horse Rescue: Day One

When I went out this morning, Pickles made that encouraging hungry horsey sound and seemed happier than she did yesterday.

There is a look that horses get in their eyes that tells you what they’re thinking. Sometimes it's easier to read than others. But Pickles is an honest horse and I think she knows she's safe now.

We trimmed her mane last night and put some moisturizer on her feet. She is still walking a little sticky this morning and I'm debating whether or not I want to… Continue

Added by maryann tobin on April 2, 2010 at 11:26pm — No Comments

When I went out this morning, Pickles made that encouraging "hungry horsey" sound and seemed happier than she did yesterday.There is a look that horses get in their eyes that tells you what their thi…

When I went out this morning, Pickles made that encouraging "hungry horsey" sound and seemed happier than she did yesterday.

There is a look that horses get in their eyes that tells you what their thinking. Sometimes it's easier to read than others. But Pickles is an honest horse and I think she knows she's safe now.

We trimmed her mane last night and put some moisturizer on her feet. She is still walking a little sticky this morning… Continue

Added by maryann tobin on April 1, 2010 at 5:09pm — 3 Comments

Horse Rescue: She gave all she had to people who abused her.

Horse Rescue: She gave all she had to people who abused her.

Sometimes you do things that just don't make sense. This is one of them.

We got another horse today. Not just any horse - a starved, abused ex-racehorse.

She is in horrible shape; She's got rain rot all over her skin, her ribs are sticking out, and her feet are pretty messed up.

We've done this before and had great success, but that doesn't make it any less crazy - or any less expensive. But we are also… Continue

Added by maryann tobin on April 1, 2010 at 11:33am — 2 Comments

Update on Sunkissed Acres' abandoned horse - now Mr. America Beau Jingles! - rest in peace, sweet boy!

In 50 years, Lori from Sunkissed Acres has never seen a more thin horse. Three shoes, not terribly old. Feet trimmed certainly within the last few months. Eye removal, professionally done. Wearing a rope halter, still clean. This horse had clearly been abandoned in the bush. The vet and Lori decided that this poor, young horse was hemmed up in someone's pen or field, probably a small pasture with no water or grass - even more devastating considering the recent bitter cold in that part of… Continue

Added by Special Horses, Inc. on January 28, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

"Jingles" for Radar from True Innocents Equine Rescue (Riverside CA)

We need your "jingles" - your positive thoughts and well wishes - for Radar.

Donations can be made by visiting www.tierrescue.org/IndividualDonations.htm

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Sunday afternoon Gail from TIER noticed Radar was uncomfortable. He would eat a mouthful of hay, walk off, stand for a minute and then start walking his enclosure. She took his temperature, which was normal,… Continue

Added by Special Horses, Inc. on January 27, 2010 at 2:00am — 2 Comments

A destitute horse at Sunkissed acres Rescue and Retirement (Summerville GA)

Donations can be made by visiting www.sunkissedacres.com

According to the department of agriculture, this horse simply walked out of the bush onto the highway, and they asked asked Sunkissed to take him on. The vet aged this horse between four and five years of age. He has three shoes - possibly from last year. An old injury, but not lame. He is missing an eye.

He is the skinniest horse Sunkissed has had to date. They are… Continue

Added by Special Horses, Inc. on January 27, 2010 at 2:00am — No Comments

AND A BIG THANK YOU TO UNCLE JIMMY!!

Sadly, one of Uncle Jimmy’s horses was grinched in the Chronicle of the Horse Forums Horse Treat Secret Santa. We volunteered to be a degrincher, and was assigned Uncle Jimmy. But what Uncle Jimmy had planned to do – since, after all, his horses are hardly lacking for treats! – was donate whatever was sent to him to a less fortunate horse – one at an equine rescue. And, knowing that the needs of rescue horses may be unique, he offered instead to donate a very generous check to one of the… Continue

Added by Special Horses, Inc. on January 22, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments