ARM(Arabian Rescue Mission) FUNDRAISING FOR ROXIE’S QUARANTINE
Roxie looks very healthy, and no weight loss, yet….
Where did the fundraised money go,
if not to feed ROXIE?
this is a deplorable, non chalant answer to the criminal behavior of starving poor roxie to near death with donated funds. What happened to the funds from ARM? Roxie was CLEARLY not fed, or cared for.
Quarantine board paid for by people wanting to help by ARM/WILLOW RUN fundraiser. Apparently funds did not include foodfor WILLOW RUN owner Amy Smith.
Roxie’s rescuer stated, “ARM has been informed about the condition of this horse but probably will not say anything publicly due to politics”.
NEW OWNER:
“I truly do not believe she would have lasted another 2 weeks at the QT barn. She had given up, her eyes were dull and dead. She was just waiting on death. I am grateful she had enough strength not to go down in the trailer on the way here.”
ROXIE.. PICTURED BELOW, THE DAY ARM (Arabian Rescue Mission) PURCHASED ROXIE FROM HORSE TRADER, PRYOR TO GOING TO WILLOW RUN’S WITH AMY SMITH.
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Oklahoma lawmakers and Gov. Mary Fallin might have thought that quick passage of the horse slaughter bill would bring the controversy to an end. Instead, they probably just guaranteed that the controversy will continue to drag on, perhaps for years.
And the awful irony is we might have had to endure this dreadful experience, and the damage it’s done to our already lousy reputation, for naught – because there’s a good chance Oklahoma will never end up with a horse slaughterhouse. Let’s hope so, anyway.
But perhaps there might be at least one good outcome from this awful chapter in our legislative history: If Tulsa World readers follow through with their vows, lots of those lawmakers who supported horse slaughter and blithely ignored the wishes of voters might get booted out of office. (To learn how lawmakers voted go to http://www.tulsaworld.com/horsevote or http://www.tulsaworld.com/senatehorse.)
Several developments in recent years could mean there won’t be a slaughterhouse anywhere in the U.S. any time soon: pending federal legislation; stricter requirements for exported horse meat; persistent documentation issues, and a growing meat-fraud scandal.
And, there’s a growing movement across the country, articulated by the nation’s top agricultural official, to find a solution other than slaughter for managing the country’s horse population.
Just a few weeks ago, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called for developing a “third way” to deal with unwanted or unneeded horses.
Vilsack called on Congress to “come up with a better solution for handling unwanted horses than slaughtering the animals for meat for human consumption.”
Vilsack’s agency is reviewing five applications for slaughterhouses, including reportedly one from Oklahoma, although it is unclear if the Oklahoma application is still being pursued.
The secretary wasn’t specific about what he meant by a third option, but suggested as examples that these horses could be used in programs to help returning war veterans or prison inmates.
Apparently a number of federal lawmakers agree with his stance. Pending federal legislation would ban the slaughter of American horses for human consumption and prohibit transporting them across the U.S. border to Mexican and Canadian slaughterhouses.
The measure, called the Safeguard American Food Exports Act, is in part a response to reports that horse meat has been found in food products in Europe and wrongly identified as beef.
PLEASE Help get Carson on the calendar. Please vote for Carson so he can be featured on the Furever Rescued Calendar! Thank you! He is wearing the blue coat and this is the link. You will need to “Like” the Page before you can vote. http://woobox.com/upp68d/vote/for/255307
MARIAH is an 8 year old mustang mare, she has been at the sanctuary since she was 11 months old. Captured in Nevada by the BLM when she was five months old, Mariah somehow ” lost” her mother during this BLM roundup. She spent 6 months with BLM, and was transported to 3 different facilities in 2 states during this time.
Mariah has deep emotional scars and joint damage (DOD), probably from a combination of being chased at least 12 miles by a BLM helicopter (according to their records) as a tiny baby and from being fed straight alfalfa, with no minerals added to balance the ration. I wrote an article about her which was published in 2004 by both Natural Horse magazine and The Horse’s Hoof. She is another example of a perfectly happy and healthy wild horse with permanent damage from BLM abuse and mismanagement. Despite it all, and her small size, she is our alpha mare and still has quite a lot of spirit.
CLICK HEREFor Live Coverage of Simone Netherlands’ and R.T. Fitch’s Press Conference on Impending Horse Slaughter in Oklahoma, on March 4, 12 Noon Oklahoma Time, which will be 1 PM Eastern Time. A Video of the Press Conference will be available Monday Evening.
This press conference is being held during the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting so it will also cover the issues assailing our wild horses and burros, not just the slaughter issue.
The Camargue horse is an ancient breed of horse indigenous to the Camargue area in southern France. For centuries, possibly thousands of years,these small horses have lived wild in the harsh environment of the Camargue marshes and wetlands of the Rhonedelta. There they developed the stamina, hardiness and agility for which they are known today. The Camargue horse is the traditional mount of the gardians, the Camargue “cowboys” who herd the black Camargue bulls used in bullfighting in southern France. Camargue horses galloping through water is a popular and romantic image of the region.
Camargue horses are always gray. This means that they have black skin underlying a white hair coat as adult horses. They are born with a hair coat that is black or dark brown in colour, but as they grow to adulthood, their hair coat becomes ever more intermingled with white hairs until it is completely white. They are small horses, generally standing 1.35–1.50 metres (13.1–14.3 hands) at the withers, and weighing 350 to 500 kg (770 to 1,100 lb). Despite their small size, they have the strength to carry grown men. Rugged and intelligent, they have a short neck, deep chest, compact body, well-jointed, strong limbs and a full mane and tail.
Women and horses, what can I say? Women love horses. Even women that have never been in the company of horses often have fantasies about riding on the beach, in the mountains or wherever their heart can dream up.
Horses have been a romantic figure for centuries, and many of my non-horsey friends share their feelings and horse fantasies from time to time. Here is what one of them said to me the other day:
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It all started so innocently. I went down to the Equestrian Center to meet the woman who runs it to talk to her about some of the horses they’ve taken in from a ranch that had to close. She was standing in a barn next to the stall of my beloved. Chocolate.
The horse is 8. And right now she’s anxious that her family member has been taken out of the stall and hasn’t returned. I was struck by her beauty. Almost at a hormonal level. Her haunches … the line of her jaw.
Now I know what it’s like. I couldn’t take my eyes off her. And, naturally, she’s for sale.
Tough, strong and noble; these are the sorts of qualities one would expect from a national symbol. The fabled Karabakh horse is a rare and beautiful animal that is of great importance to Azerbaijanis.
But the country’s national animal that can be found everywhere from its stories to its postage stamps is faced with extinction.
In the thickly forested foothills of Sheki, a small city 300km (187 miles) from the capital Baku, is one of world’s largest and purest Karabakh herds.
Their owner, Yashar Guluzade, has been restoring the breed for over a decade in this unspoilt mountainous region. He says that conflict and a difficult economic situation have led to their decline.
“At the beginning of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict the horses were continually transferred from one place to another and this was one of the reasons for the sharp reduction of stock as the movement of pregnant mares led to miscarriages,” he explained.
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Guluzade says that the places the horses were taken did not have the correct conditions and pastures to support them and it was as if the country had forgotten about them.
The government has now stepped in to try and protect the breed. Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Agriculture has drawn up a number of horse breeding programs and the law states the animal cannot be exported for sale.
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The Karabakh horses are a symbol of national heritage and pride. The ministry says it may consider selling the horses in the future to raise money for their upkeep but for now the focus is on breeding and protection.
Khandan Rajabli, the managing director of the ministry’s breeding division told CNN that these programs include improving veterinary services, training and scientific studies on the horses’ DNA. “Instituting a system of identification like passports to track the breed has been established” he said.
Rajabli says that a German company is also assisting with gene research and establishing the horses genetic profiling so a system can be developed to confirm the breed in future.
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German horse breeder, Verena Scholian, is one of the experts that have been working with the Azerbaijani government, advising them on breeding programs and technical equipment.
Scholian, who has spent decades researching the Karabakh’s blood-line, says it’s easy to see the horses appeal. “I love handling them; they are calm, friendly and very sure footed,” she said.
Estimates on the number of Karabakh horses vary. According to the Karabakh Foundation, there are less than 1,000, but Scholian believes there could be less than 10 mares that are one-half pure bred.
The mountain-steppe racing horse is named after the geographical region where it was originally developed. The Karabakh horse is the result of cross-breeding and stands out with what’s been described as its “golden glow.”
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The horses are also known for their exceptional speed. The Karabakh foundation says that in 2004, a horse from the Agdam region set a world record; running 1,000 meters in 1 minute and 9 seconds.
The foundation’s chair, Dr. Adil Baguirov, originally from the Karabakh region, says the horse has always been important to Azerbaijani’s.
“Azerbaijanis are Turkic people who until a few centuries ago enjoyed a semi-nomadic lifestyle, especially in the Karabakh region, which is lush with grass and has perfect pastures,” he said.
“Even as late as the 19th century, a sizable portion of Azerbaijanis, particularly in the Karabakh region, lived in mountains in the summer and in lowlands in the winter,” he continued.
Baguirov explains that it was the horses ability to handle mountainous and rugged terrain that deemed them an essential part of life.
These days Scholian says the horses are mainly used for racing and as a status symbol for the rich.
Guluzade currently has 35 pure bred Karabakh horses on his farm. He says he will continue to breed them because he is worried about their future.
“My strategy for breeding was built on the premise that each pure bred mare should leave behind one offspring, preferably a mare,” he said.
“I will continue my work in this direction where others have been irresponsible in the past,” he continued.
The century-old breed is said to have incredible endurance and strength, qualities that Azerbaijani’s hope will see the animals fight off extinction.
“The Karabakh horses are a symbol of national heritage and pride. It’s an ancient, national breed that is inseparable from our national identity,” Rajabli said.
The reins are held with fingers and they don’t go deep down in the palm of hand ~ that is important; The lightest touch you could ever give to reins (which means the horses mouth) the horses GUM is by the tip of your fingers and also the tool in our hands (Reins) are the most important tool in the horses body.
If we train our horses properly we don’t need the reins. Everything is done by the weight of the rider as the weight shifts to sides, back and forward. A Horse could feel the touch of a mosquito on their total body.
Unfortunately some riders use reins as maintaining their own stability on the saddle, or use it as a handle. They don’t feel how much pressure they are causing into the horses mouth. If you use a hard bit then that is another story for the poor horse.
Not only for the reins but for all things ~ Grooming for example , for even our Behavior around horses our own Body Movements , Like picking up our hands or when we want to put a bridle on a horses head, saddling the horse or putting the rug on. The signals we give and we receive from the horse; and especially understanding them in time and signal back in time; or if our signals are to be with an action-the timing is so important.
I think in all of these the most important one is Handling the reins , On the other hand all of the above is important .
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“What is a friend? A single soul, dwelling in two bodies” – Aristotle
True friendship is perhaps the only relation that survives the trials and tribulations of time and remains unconditional. A unique blend of affection, loyalty, love, respect, trust and loads of fun is perhaps what describes the true meaning of friendship. Similar interests, mutual respect and strong attachment with each other are what friends share between each other. These are just the general traits of a friendship. To experience what is friendship, one must have a true friend, who is indeed a rare treasure.
ROXIE.. PICTURED BELOW, THE DAY ARM (Arabian Rescue Mission) PURCHASED ROXIE FROM HORSE TRADER, PRYOR TO GOING TO WILLOW RUN’S WITH AMY SMITH.
All Horses Go To Heaven 