Recent content by MaryS

"You can judge a society by the way it treats its animals" ~ Mahatma Gandhi domecreek was quoting Mahatma Gandhi - have you heard of him? Called the father of the nation of India? A practitioner of non-violence and truth? You can look him up on wikipedia Here is another interesting quote -...

What does covering the cost of the rescue have to do with anything other than a slap on the hand for him? I think I read he offered to pay anyway.... money doesn't appear to be an issue for him. If the best interest of the horses is consideration, and he left them to die, I don't believe he...

Sending letters to SPCA is a waste of time. With all due respect, I really disagree with you. While I don't think for one minute the SPCA will wade through thousands of emails, I do believe if there is the slightest chance this man can get the horses back, it is important to voice an opinion -...

Falling Star - thank you for those pictures. The horses look amazing, considering all they went through - and their ears are up! Glad to see it was daylight when they were led out. For some reason I was thinking it was 11 pm :) Any word on how they are doing?

He is probably going to get his horses back???? Do you know who is responsible for making the decision regarding whether he gets the horses or not? If someone could post contact information, I bet more than a few of us would be happy to call or email to voice our opinions.:nono:

I thought you were teasing me about the trailer with skis - thanks for answering my question :)

18 miles! Will the horses have to walk out, or can a trailer get into that area?

The hope is to get these guys out tonight, but time will tell and the people with them now are super-knowledgeable horse people who will I believe make the right decisions (ie. stopping to rest, trailering) How much farther do they have to go to get all the way out?

Just wanted to be another one to say Thank You to McBride for all the effort. Many of us in the US are following along by reading this forum. I belong to a board that was started for updates on the great racehorse Barbaro when he was still here..... the board has morphed into horse advocacy of...