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<blockquote data-quote="john250" data-source="post: 604373" data-attributes="member: 4406"><p>Three years ago I (or technically, my daughter) gave 2 horses to my red headed neighbor. They were both good useful horses, but she has nine or 10 horses so it isn't like she gets a whole lot out of the deal. </p><p>She wouldn't sell a horse to a killer. Just wouldn't. But she and her husband manage to make the whole deal work--or at least they can afford it. </p><p>Another neighbor/landlord has two horses sharing the pasture I rent. One is a BLM mustang. The other is an old retired trotting horse. No one else pays for that either. The wife volunteers at the local animal shelter and he builds pens for her. They buy feed. </p><p>I like/admire/respect people who want to care for old, useless horses. If they want to spend their money and not my money. </p><p>Individual compassion for animals is an emotion often displayed on these boards. An admirable emotion. </p><p> </p><p>The trouble comes from the leadership and staff <$$$$> and lawyers at the humane industry. It IS an industry, generating very big money from donations. This talented crew have found a lucrative niche in combating "cruelty". </p><p>I was surfing the TV the other day. (It was raining, I was loafing) I saw 4 "cute puppy" ads in two hours or less on CMT. Send money. Save animals from a cruel fate. That is what was being sold, just like diapers and dish soap. The "anti cruelty" groups sell this stuff as cynically as the brewers sell beer. </p><p></p><p><em>Mrs. Pickens Plan</em> seems a little vague to me. How about she gets donors to pay most cost of the acreage she wants. And gets the government to keep paying the feed bill. And sells an "experience" in the visitor cabins I see mentioned. And gets the water rights of a large tract. Yeah, she wants to save horses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="john250, post: 604373, member: 4406"] Three years ago I (or technically, my daughter) gave 2 horses to my red headed neighbor. They were both good useful horses, but she has nine or 10 horses so it isn't like she gets a whole lot out of the deal. She wouldn't sell a horse to a killer. Just wouldn't. But she and her husband manage to make the whole deal work--or at least they can afford it. Another neighbor/landlord has two horses sharing the pasture I rent. One is a BLM mustang. The other is an old retired trotting horse. No one else pays for that either. The wife volunteers at the local animal shelter and he builds pens for her. They buy feed. I like/admire/respect people who want to care for old, useless horses. If they want to spend their money and not my money. Individual compassion for animals is an emotion often displayed on these boards. An admirable emotion. The trouble comes from the leadership and staff <$$$$> and lawyers at the humane industry. It IS an industry, generating very big money from donations. This talented crew have found a lucrative niche in combating "cruelty". I was surfing the TV the other day. (It was raining, I was loafing) I saw 4 "cute puppy" ads in two hours or less on CMT. Send money. Save animals from a cruel fate. That is what was being sold, just like diapers and dish soap. The "anti cruelty" groups sell this stuff as cynically as the brewers sell beer. [i]Mrs. Pickens Plan[/i] seems a little vague to me. How about she gets donors to pay most cost of the acreage she wants. And gets the government to keep paying the feed bill. And sells an "experience" in the visitor cabins I see mentioned. And gets the water rights of a large tract. Yeah, she wants to save horses. [/QUOTE]
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