Mounted search and rescue

[Jyaniro@aol.com]

This thread does not belong on this list.  

There are quite a few that walk those miles of which you speak. "Rescuers who truly care"

 

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” This Margaret Mead quote is the mantra for our very dedicated animal volunteer  organization here in N.J. It is dependant on donations,supplying food, transport services, education, medication, professional training, and animal care supplies.

 

Jane Yaniro

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• From: "Laurie Hanahan" <lhanahan@mindspring.com>
• To: "'Mounted search and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
• Subject: Re: [MSAR] Wrong thread?? - RE: Emacaited horses in Illinois....
• Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:09:15 -0400

This thread does not belong on this list. 

 

HOWEVER, since you bring it up – I’ve been involved with Doberman rescue for over 15 years, have personally fostered over 150 dogs, 70 as an independent rescuer, assisted in the direct rescue/rehabilitation/rehoming of over 1,000 dogs.  I have NEVER made a profit on a single dog, and retired due to the idiotic statements I hear from ignorant people such as Irv’s below.  Obviously you have never cared enough to rescue an animal in need.  I have put thousands of dollars into animals that shouldn’t be in the position of needing rescuing in the first place.  The animal doesn’t ASK to be put into a position where it needs to be rescued, but it  NEEDS people who care enough to put their own money and energy to help them get into a better situation.  Every REPUTABLE (there’s always a few bad apples in every bushel) horse and small animal rescue I know of is a 501c3 organization comprised SOLELY of volunteers, utilizing in home foster care and donated farm space (i.e., NO owned facilities), dependent on donations to cover basic medical needs of the animals that come into their care.   Rescuers truly care about the animals that they invest their heart, money and efforts into and won’t sell you an animal just to make a buck – like “dealers” do.  Never met a reputable horse “dealer” yet.

 

Sorry folks, but statements such as Irv’s really chafe my behind.   He doesn’t have a clue about animal rescue.  I’m done.  Back to SAR topics.

 

Laurie Hanahan

(retired Doberman rescuer)

 

From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 10:12
To: 'Mounted search and rescue'
Subject: Re: [MSAR] Wrong thread?? - RE: Emacaited horses in Illinois....

 

I have to agree with Una on this—horse welfare beyond mission readiness doesn’t belong here on the MSAR list.

We are faced today with an economy that won’t restart, confidence in the future as low as it has ever been and an unwillingness to spend government or private funds to

get it started.  In the horse business, and it is a business, this has resulted in oversupply for years, depressed prices, and no place to recoup investment. We shut down

slaughter, which put about 100 000 unwanted horses into French stomachs, we shut down the {MU operations which brought forth a flood of sport horses.

 

If you can make a commitment for 20 years to care for and support a horse, buy one, don’t go to a rescue and adopt one, buy it outright, accept the responsibility of ownership.  Horse rescues and dog rescues should be outlawed as charities.  They are nothing more than rental agencies for animals.  They have to make a profit on each transaction to sustain their administrators, real estate, and paid care staff. There are plenty of “used horse dealers” out there without dealing with a “rescue”.

 

Irv Lichtenstein  

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From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Karen Nesbitt
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 9:06 AM
To: MSAR
Subject: [MSAR] Wrong thread?? - RE: Emacaited horses in Illinois....

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