Following the dollar signs is like the yellow brick road of horse dealing. The question is, what Wizard does it lead you to? Rotz? Moore? Carper? Andio?
It appears that the word has finally gotten out about the dealers in the business, I mean "rescues" a term that I loosely use for obvious reasons. It seems some have gotten their panties in a bunch, while others sent their minions into battle in a lame effort to advocate for their horse flipping ways, or justify lining the pockets of the kill buyers. According to them, logic is faulty, math is wrong, and others are well nothing more than horse haters that just sit behind a screen all day, and bash the do gooders of the dealing business, sorry, Horse Rescue. I wasn't aware that the only way to call yourself a do good er was to just donate sums of money to shady rescues, and cross post horses that are at inflated prices, and get various personal messages from a certain "do gooder" stating that "slander is costly". Of course and the other obvious messages "I save horses what do you do?!?" While all of this brings a chuckle to me, and a head scratch, it makes me wonder if this type of knee jerk reaction is a effort to justify the means. Seeing as a couple suffer from low self esteem, and need the constant reassurance of others that they are angels, and no one has a heart as big as theirs, and blah, blah, blah.
Rescue is thankless, people don't say thank you, I try to remember to say thank you when assisting with various cases, and in most cases I do remember, and I always say "if no one else says thank you, let me be the first to do it". These cases are not inflated priced, non shipping, OH MY GOD THE TRUCK IS COMING !!!!!! horses, these are bad cases from the auction, the ten dollars, the twenty dollars, the hospice, and the ones that would never be good cash cows, not broke, semi feral, aggressive types. The type you never see end up in a broker program 90 percent of the time. Of course some of those types do end up on the broker pages, but they are simply described as "green", needs more handling, a little nervous, you get the picture. These are horses that end up just hanging out until rainbow bridge, they get to be pasture puffs, and while in some cases they never leave, they are fed, loved for who they are, and live in peace.
I have written time and time again about the flippers, shakers, movers of all things in the "truck is coming saga", I have made clear enemies, and sneaky people attempting to identify me, and those just looking for information. One thing is clear, that despite what the do gooders, and minions think, there are a lot of people just like me, out there in the thick of it, drudging threw the pens, watching, listening, and learning. And exposing, holding those accountable for cruelty, and neglect, being a voice for the voiceless, advocating for better enforcement, stricter laws, uncovering loop holes, and I can tell you, we don't get a thank you, and we sure as hell don't get paid to do it. Just some food for thought, for all those pointing fingers declaring we sit behind computers all day judging. However I would like to leave you with this until next time.....
The Ethics Of Equine Rescue posted "The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions." Something more to think about when handing over your dollars, or advocating for those that chose to enable the industry.
voice for horses is another money grabber as far as I'm concerned
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