--- Sonja van Baardwijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: <snip> > >I hope they are making provisions for watering > >troughs; when I was in New Orleans in 1997, I was > >very pleased with the condition of the horses and > > mules I > >saw in the cabbie lines - the stand had abundant > >fresh water, and I didn't see any open sores or > >underweight animals.
> In a couple of other countries where the horses and > donkeys are used > similarly the Brook hospital for animals with as its > main target those > to their owners vital animals has done some very > good work by providing > just that. A place out of the sun to wait for > costumers and a trough to > water and when needed even basic free medical > service. The key to a > better future though is eduction of the owners and > that is what they > eventually aim at. With succes. I've seen a couple > of documentaries on > their work and they are doing very nice and sensible > things to improve > horses and donkeys lives in f.i. egypt. > > http://www.brooke-hospital.org.uk/brooke/homeframe.html Thanks for the link; they are doing good work. I was appalled to read that a 'brick kiln donkey' has a working life as short as 18 months! No wonder, when 'local wisdom' decrees that an animal get no drinking water for the entire day, in temps of 120oF+. Educating the owners makes an equine's life better and longer, and of course increases the work an owner can expect from the animal. Debbi who spent the afternoon riding... :D __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
