Mustangs Featured at UC Davis Horse Day!
We were invited to the University of California at Davis, California Vet School Horse Day as the only Mustang to finish this year's Tevis Cup, and got a nice response from the crowd. She has put on a bit of weight since the ride but still made a good impression. It was a very good showcase of Mustangs in general for the big crowd that was there for seminars. Sweetie provided some comic relief by carrying on every time we passed a Jack stud that was corraled there near the arena. He turned out to be a well known local one named "Action Jackson" who also carried on, braying and sticking his head through the rails. They were totally in love with each other. His stud fee isn't too bad, they would make one heck of a mule!! More later.
Here's a link the BLM Newsbytes article:
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Here's a link the BLM Newsbytes article:
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Gayle Lee Spiffing Sweetie Up for her Appearance
Modeling the Tevis Browband at the UC Davis Horse Barn
Sweetie made quite an impression, what with her neighing to announce herself as usual, or her carrying on with "Action Jackson" the jack stud, every time she walked by his corral. People gathered around and laughed as she nickered to him, arching her neck, with him braying in return. The presentation was very well done and good publicity for Mustangs, who are in greater need than ever to be adopted. There are more than 30,000 in captivity and more and more are getting cleared out (not just thinned out) of their herd management areas every year. There is even proof that the "excess unadoptable ones" are being sold off to slaughter in Mexico and Canada. The BLM's budget cannot bear the cost of feeding all these horses that have lost their homes on the range in favor of cattle, pipelines, mining, and other projects taking place on BLM land. The Mustang and Burro Protection Act is being violated as we speak. Please donate to the Humane Society or The Front Range Equine Rescue, the two best Mustang protecting organizations.
In that light, during the presentation question and answer period, Sue's old friend, and our groomer for the day, Gayle Lee, asked loudly, "What are you going to do about Mustangs getting shipped off to slaughter?" She mistakenly said for dog food, and I had to correct her and said "no, its for people food in Europe and Japan, its too expensive for dog food!" Her question was handled well by the presenters, who said, basically that they couldn't address that, but wanted to promote them as much as possible and focus on that. So, people, adopt, adopt, adopt!! It's only $125 and its an incredible bargain for what you get.
