This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
At 01:50 PM 8/5/01 -0300, you wrote:
This message is from: "Sue Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Who in Heavens name came up with this sort of torture? Mike May did you
really do that??
Yes I sit around the office thinking up new ways to torture horses all the
time.
And then to really answer that question, NO I do not make the rules. I am
the Registrar of the NFHR, the Board of Directors makes the rules. But in
the case of DNA typing I think it is a very good rule. You would be very
surprised at how many horses would be incorrectly registered to the wrong
parents without it.
My colt, Redbank Desert Storm, was registered in the
Canadian Fjord registry and dna was not done. He was microchipped and
that was it.
Sorry but microchipping doesn't tell me who his parents are. DNA typing
does. Microchipping is a great tool for identification once you know who
the horse really is.
Surely if dna is necessary, there must be some method of getting
this without torturing the poor horse in this manner.
Sure there is. If you really can't bring yourself to pull out a few hairs
then you can do it with a blood sample. Of course that way is going to
cost you a Vet call & an overnight mailing charge to the lab too but it can
be done.
This is ridiculous...putting a horse through that! If it is as bad as you
say,
Lisa, then the S.P.C.A. should be notified!
It isn't as bad as Lisa's tongue in cheek message made it out to be. Look
at the brush after you brush your hair. See anything there? Will you ever
brush it again?
Can't dna be taken from saliva?
I don't think so. At least not yet
If this was necessary to register my horse, I am very
much afraid he would remain unregistered!
That is of course your choice. You can always get someone else to do the
dirty work for you too.
After all, I have to do this beasties mane for the rest of his life and if
to do dna results in risk of life and limb....NO THANK YOU! IMHO Papers
are not that all important to me!
Whatever you want to do Sue. It is a free country an no one is going to
force you to register your horses (at least not in the USA).
Mike
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