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[RC] Jim Holland - Ridecamp Guest

Please Reply to: Howard Bramhall howard9732@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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For those of you who may not remember, it was Jim Holland and

Jim Holland alone who initiated the Death Horse issue with the

AERC BOD, prior to the convention when it was held in

Chattanooga, TN.  It was at this convention where the Welfare of

the Horse Committee was established.  If not for Jim, I'm not

sure if we'd even have this Committee.



I was there, and, on Ridecamp during that time, where I saw it

all unfold, prior to the convention, where I was also present.


If not for Jim Holland, it's quite possible the Welfare of the

Horse Committee would not even exist.


That's all I have to say, for now, on this, but, please, for

those of you growing weary of the personal attacks on this man,

or have a difficult time thinking Jim's for real, all I can say

is that he is.  We need more folks like him in our horseworld

and we need him in the sport of endurance.

cya,
Howard



In a message dated 2/24/2005 7:24:38 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, Bruce Weary 
writes:
Maybe Jim should don
his black arm band, march down to his local county coroner's
office and demand to see all recent coroner's reports and death
certificates. After studying them, he could proceed to browbeat
each dead individual's doctor for not having taken better
care of the deceased.

From my take, I believe (as an organization) we need to be accountable for the 
lives of our horses.  Not as an abrogation of rider responsibility, but as a 
governing body, concerned with any death linked to, directly or indirectly, 
the participation in the sport of endurance.


Any death, whether due to a preexisting condition, overriding,  or just bad 
luck needs to be taken into account and records kept, whether for the perusal 
of membership or AERC committees.  The ability to cite a "cause of death" is 
(as John Bass talked about) the thing.

If that is being done, fine...but "access" to that information should be 
available.
I believe most deaths cannot be attributed to "overriding" or "rider zeal and 
insensitivity"...but,
I believe Jim just wants the information made available.
That he is passionate about it is how expresses his concerns...so what.
The number of members on this list who feel "passionate" about this or that is 
myriad...again, probably not a bad thing.
When we take to flippancy and dismissal of opinions as a standard way of doing 
things, this forum kind of loses his some of its value.

I believe Laura Hayes is the right person, in the right place, at the right 
time to make this happen.

My opinions,
  ~Frank


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