Re: How about Us???

[Sue Brown <sbrown@wamedes.com>]

>Surely it is outrageous
>behavior therefore to cut off whiskers for cosmetic reasons, like showing?
>The degree of suffering is probably similar to that caused when a horse is
>docked, now illegal in Britain on welfare grounds."
>
I heard some time ago that it was illegal to trim whiskers for show in
Germany.  This info came out after Klaus Balkenhaul (my hero <g>) appeared,
with one of his horses, in a close-up photo on the front of one of the
dressage magazines -- and his horse was in full whiskers.  Almost looked
odd...sort of unkempt...after seeing so many shaved muzzles at the shows
over the years.  But...I was *very* glad to see it.  I've been guilty
myself in the past of shaving whiskers (but I never shaved inside the ears,
no matter how many people told me to do it) and I kind of resented the
standards that had been set.  

Sue

sbrown@wamedes.com
Tyee Farm
Marysville, Wa.


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