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  • From: Karen Nesbitt <spanishequines@yahoo.com>
  • To: MSAR <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [MSAR] To Pennbo et al
  • Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:40:17 -0700 (PDT)

Pennbo, I have exported livestock to Canada.  One horse we did cost more to ship the horse than paid for the animal.  The horse was a small Paso Fino, certainly not one with a lot of  "meat" value and it cost her several thousand dollars to get him home.  The horse certainly did not go to slaughter up there at those prices considering the cost of shipping.  I cannot imagine anyone importing/exporting an individual horse and paying THAT kind of money for an equine tasty meal especially for a single animal.  The byproducts of that horse too could not been that valueable on an individual scale.  Of course had there been dozens on the conveyance, that may be a different story.  Shipping volume is another matter.  Volume shipping occured at the sales barns before closing the slaughter.  Makes you wonder now too what the zoos are doing for feed for certain animals.  Keeping the zoos alive is a hefty situation.  That was another option for horsemeat...and disposal of your companion.  A sort of donate the carcass to a worthy cause.

I would like to see the conversation here at MSAR shift back to dealing with horses and what plans teams have in the event an animal is sick, dies or gets injured, dies on search etc.  While this is not a pleasant conversation, it is real things we have to deal with.  What gear are we packing, what situations have been encountered and people can offer their comments.  What happened to the animals in the end had they passed.  Traveling with horses especially  out of state can have huge problems should one get ill, or injured  or die.  Being way laid for a week or more at a time due to a layup or illness is costly when you are away from home.  Being able to stay with your horse while it is recovering and you have a second job...will you lose your job because you took too long of a time away than expected if you are part time or volunteer?  Volunteers use their own resources.  Full time teams on the other hand are deployed.
 
I would also like this group to present hints of dealing with the heat for both their equines and their SAR dogs and selves.  It is summer for most of us and it is HOT AND HUMID to a killing degree.  I was deeply sadden today seeing a dog in a vehicle in this heat, windows up and it was panting and panicky.  And we have caught people leaving children in vehicles unattended which is dispicable, with windows shut and the vehicle not running and the children locked in the vehicle and to the point the child was passing out. Even with the vehicle running, it is wrong to and against the law to leave a child unattend  Absolutely ridiculous how STUPID or cruel people can be.  Lock the kid in the car so no one can kidnap it, but leave the child in deplorable heat that can kill a small dog in minutes?  What are these a-hem parents thinking?  Many disabled and elderly cant take the heat that well either
 
And also the whys I brought the recent topic into conversation to begin with. Dealing with the heat. The Humane Societies as do other rescues during this time of year receive countless numbers of nuisance calls that are unfounded and that become false reports.  They dont need anymore, they have plenty to handle, but still have to answer and take care of the complaint.  Presenting those ideas would benefit many already here and the MSAR wanabees.  And then that does also bring us back to the current heat many of us are suffering and the children and people in need of rescue in general.
 
I will never forget my first MSAR search and the heat of that day while looking for a child.
 
Thanks.  Be safe!
 
        Karen
 
 




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