Re: Charges only pertain to AERC members

["Jessica Spoone" <lady_selene@hotmail.com>]

I prolly wasn't clear about what I meant. I'm not referring to one person
over riding I am referring to anybody over extending  their horse (or any
animal) to the point of no return. Whether it be in endurance, showring,
jumper, anything involving people and animals working together. I'm sure
everybody on ridecamp is quite tired of the rehashing over that poor lil
mare (I am as well) but until we all get off our bums and stop saying "its
not my problem I don't do that"  there will continue to be animals dying.
Jessica (who likes most animals better than most people)
----- Original Message -----
From: Rides 2 Far <rides2far@juno.com>
To: <lady_selene@hotmail.com>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 12:57 PM
Subject: RC: Charges only pertain to AERC members


> > Ok This is probably a really stupid question but if somebody rides >
> theirhorse to death wouldn't that be an animal abuse charge? Aerc >
> wouldn't even> have to come into it the actual court system would handle
> it?
>
> Folks...would everybody just stop and think about this for a minute?
> I've been competing for 14 years and I've seen one horse die and that one
> shouldn't have (the vets left the grounds after one bag of fluids and the
> horse went down like 12 hours later).  In comparison, I've seen one horse
> die on a regular cowboy trail ride, another while being lounged in an
> arena...and three in one evening of racing at Pompano Park Race Track.
>
> All the good thoughts in the world aren't going to bring that mare back,
> but jumping to change rules could sure cause some problems.  Do you
> honestly want a court of law...which knows nothing about endurance or the
> stresses involved, and LAWYERS, trying to regulate what goes on in our
> sport? Want to make it less personable, try making everyone worry about
> covering their own liability if they let a particular horse go on.
> "Excuse me Dr. XXX DVM, you obviously allowed this horse to continue on,
> even though his CRI went up one beat...you share the blame for this
> attrocity".  Now *that*'ll make it easy to get vets.
>
> Linda, we've got a good system.  We're using it.  This could have been
> brought up in Endurance News and discussed in the old days (yes, there
> *was* life before the internet) and the problems would be
> addressed...slowly and thoughtfully, not coming up like a sudden
> thundershower on Ridecamp, then fading away as fast as it came.  It's not
> a fool proof system, because we have fools in our sport occasionally, but
> we do have the right to deny the guilty parties entry in rides.
>
> I'm sorry someone who heard of an injustice didn't get instant results
> from the system...but justice takes time.  So what if you didn't see the
> 19 year old's mentor hanging by their thumbs? That doesn't mean that
> other endurance riders, managers, and board members didn't take note of
> the event and won't take it into account when planning their next
> competition.  Believe it or not, you're not the only person out there who
> cares about our horses.  Just because we don't think Ridecamp is the
> proper format for this discussion does not mean we are "sweeping it under
> the rug".
>
> Angie
>
>
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