Equine Abuse

[gwenrowdy]

I regularly receive mail packets from animal rescue groups and a recent one really made me sit up and take notice. The rescue group is Redwings Horse Sanctuary of California, and within their info. packet I received a glossy photo of a mare named Pearl who had been beaten to a bloody pulp with a 2X4. This poor mare's light coloring made her injuries look all the more horrific.
She was located and rescued after she had been beaten and is now doing well. You can see her story and pic on their website but, believe me, the thumbnail pic doesn't compare to the large photo I received. The website address is: www.redwings.org/ She's under the "recent rescues" section.
Would it be appropriate to keep a thread going about horse abuse stories as an educational tool? Members could post links to news stories, and there always seems to be some Godawful meat truck/double-decker trailering accident that could be added to the list.

[jaybird]

Gwenrowdy I think that is an excellent idea. These stories are hard to read, but sometimes it's what inspires folks to get involved and start making a difference.

oh god, poor Pearl.

from the Redwings website:
Many of the horses now cared for by Redwings were owned by people who didn’t know how to care for a horse, didn’t care, or thought that a trained horse was created through physical violence. Take Pearl as an example.

A local SPCA sent Redwings photos of a horse they said had been abused and needed a permanent home among people who could handle a traumatized horse. The photos showed a white Arabian mare with welts and abrasions covering her body and eyes so swollen she couldn’t open them. Her owner, trying to halter-train her, had beaten her with a 2x4. When she finally fell, he left her with her legs tied to a fence.

[falseimpression]

okay, thank you, another sleepless night... just hearing these stories keep me awake.. that is why I cannot go to these sites!