Thank You!! not meaning to be insensitive, I also grew up with horses, and this topic is extremely close to my heart.....read an article recently about the "surplus" and it depressed the hell out of me. * Ileana * Inquest GSD's, Home of : BISS 3x Sel EX AM CH & 2x Sel CAN CH Karizma's Cacique of Inquest TC, aka DEXTER Kaleef's Expensive Date (major pointed) aka JACKIE and the Poodle Patrol, Bunny, Huckleberry and Doc Holliday In a message dated 12/3/2011 10:18:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, stormy435@xxxxxxxxx writes: Many of us have or have had horses in our lives, and this subject is important and close to us. Appreciatively, both sides were discussed in a civil manner, but let's move back to dogs now, please. Stormy before coffee. > > >>> >>> Diane >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Nov 30, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Stormy Hope <stormy435@xxxxxxxxx> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Not so sad when you realize that horses since the slaughter >>>> stoppage a few years ago resulted in thousands upon thousands of >>>> horses being abandoned and starved.� The horses that were old >>>> were left to simply die.� Horses were shipped to Canada or >>>> Mexico slaughter houses in (Mexico) less than humane killing and >>>> trucking.� This way those countries who need meat to survive or >>>> simply use horse meat much the same as cattle or lamb meat can >>>> again have safe inspected meat.� And the horse industry can >>>> again sell average horses for more than a couple of dollars. >>>> >>>> Stormy >>>> And back to regular programming..... *-) >>>> >>>> ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================