This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lisa wrote, "Dealing with BREEDERS who insist on re-breeding their Premerin line mares over and over, than selling foals through " rescue " groups is just HELPING CREATE THE MARKET FOR UNWANTED, GLUT FOALS of every type."
. A-MEN Lisa! . Having been a humaniac most of my life, this type of situation really bothers me. People don't realize that horses are just as overpopulated as dogs and cats. Blaming kill buyers is like blaming the humane society for euthanizing pets -- tell me exactly what else are they supposed to do with the tens of thousands of unwanted animals that come through the door? There are just not enough homes. The City of San Jose actually changed its laws in an attempt to help this problem, by allowing three dogs per home instead of the usual two, but the backyard breeding goes on. . Lisa, I think you would enjoy this web site www.fuglyhorseofhteday.blogspot.com . The blogger is infamous for her raging against a number of subjects including indiscriminate breeding (often followed by desparate ads saying fifty foals and their mothers, who are of course bred again, need to be sold by next week because the breeders can't afford to buy hay for the winter). Some people find her offensive, I love it. . Just a note, I have nothing against proper breeding, whether professionals working to improve the breed or individuals breeding stock for their own use. It's the "glut" as Lisa describes it that contributes to the problem, or the folks who think that everything female (regardless of breed, health, temperament, or conformation) has to have babies every year. . Brigid Wasson SF Bay Area, CA www.eponahorsemanship.com ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
