Comments on: Why do they kill horses with a broken leg? http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/why-do-they-kill-a-horse-with-a-broken-leg/ Griffith Park & Silver Lake Blog. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bill Frich http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/why-do-they-kill-a-horse-with-a-broken-leg/comment-page-2/#comment-52693 Bill Frich Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:20:11 +0000 http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/what-i-would-have-written-in-the-times-about-eight-belles/#comment-52693 @Raptor Since people can survive with no legs, why not horses? @Raptor

Since people can survive with no legs, why not horses?

]]> By: Donna Barstow http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/why-do-they-kill-a-horse-with-a-broken-leg/comment-page-2/#comment-49931 Donna Barstow Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:51:28 +0000 http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/what-i-would-have-written-in-the-times-about-eight-belles/#comment-49931 Jabert, what does cute have to do with it? You adopt an animal, you better as hell be responsible for its health, and LIFE. Also, if you had a broken leg, would you be in pain for the rest of your life? Or should we just execute you? Jabert, what does cute have to do with it? You adopt an animal, you better as hell be responsible for its health, and LIFE.

Also, if you had a broken leg, would you be in pain for the rest of your life? Or should we just execute you?

]]> By: Donna Barstow http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/why-do-they-kill-a-horse-with-a-broken-leg/comment-page-2/#comment-49930 Donna Barstow Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:49:45 +0000 http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/what-i-would-have-written-in-the-times-about-eight-belles/#comment-49930 There will always be people like Micah, who say it's too expensive. What is the cutoff amount, Micah? Do you pay anything to buy your horse, or do you steal it? Do you only give him a little bit to eat, because it costs too much? There will always be people like Micah, who say it’s too expensive. What is the cutoff amount, Micah? Do you pay anything to buy your horse, or do you steal it? Do you only give him a little bit to eat, because it costs too much?

]]> By: Emma C. http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/why-do-they-kill-a-horse-with-a-broken-leg/comment-page-2/#comment-49875 Emma C. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:50:16 +0000 http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/what-i-would-have-written-in-the-times-about-eight-belles/#comment-49875 All of the information is totally helpful. I new that horses needed to stand but what I didn't know was the certain reason and you just told me right here. About the fluid build up in the lungs and the kidney failure too. All of the information is totally helpful. I new that horses needed to stand but what I didn’t know was the certain reason and you just told me right here. About the fluid build up in the lungs and the kidney failure too.

]]> By: Jabert http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/why-do-they-kill-a-horse-with-a-broken-leg/comment-page-2/#comment-48156 Jabert Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:18:59 +0000 http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/what-i-would-have-written-in-the-times-about-eight-belles/#comment-48156 Completely agree with Micah there. Seriously I thought I was reading a 12-year horse lover kid whining who would sacrifice half the world's starving human population to save any cute animal from dying and would believe it's the right thing to do to torture an animal for years by making it hobble around injured in pain because someone think it's too cute to be put out of its misery after a serious injury. Completely agree with Micah there. Seriously I thought I was reading a 12-year horse lover kid whining who would sacrifice half the world’s starving human population to save any cute animal from dying and would believe it’s the right thing to do to torture an animal for years by making it hobble around injured in pain because someone think it’s too cute to be put out of its misery after a serious injury.

]]> By: Micah http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/why-do-they-kill-a-horse-with-a-broken-leg/comment-page-2/#comment-47869 Micah Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:01:11 +0000 http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/what-i-would-have-written-in-the-times-about-eight-belles/#comment-47869 Obviously you are just a bunch of tree huggers and no nothing about horses. It is much to expensive to TRY and save a horse with a broken leg. Even if it can be fixed they will never be the same. Stick to things you know about. Obviously you are just a bunch of tree huggers and no nothing about horses. It is much to expensive to TRY and save a horse with a broken leg. Even if it can be fixed they will never be the same. Stick to things you know about.

]]> By: Kym Lee http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/why-do-they-kill-a-horse-with-a-broken-leg/comment-page-2/#comment-38704 Kym Lee Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:54:36 +0000 http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/what-i-would-have-written-in-the-times-about-eight-belles/#comment-38704 I found your blog while stubling through google images last summer and replied to a post back in August. Since then, you along with a few of our customers, have inspired me to give back, so we started an equine rescue donation program to help save the 28,000+ horses that are euthanized each year in the US alone due to a condition of the hoof called laminitis. It is the ultimate killer of Barbaro. Once a horse gets laminitis in the hoof, they cannot bear weight and have to transfer the heavy load disporportionately to the other feet. This causes the delicate internal structures of the hoof to be disrupted, the coffin bone to rotate and the horse to no longer be able to stand (hence why you can't have a three legged horse!). I hope you will share this video with your audience and encourage them to visit our rescue program under Nolan Hoof Plate on facebook. http://www.facebook.com/#!/TheNolanHoofPlate?sk=app_214914035235331 Thanks for the inspiration! Kym http://youtu.be/Wap2oyijcFg I found your blog while stubling through google images last summer and replied to a post back in August. Since then, you along with a few of our customers, have inspired me to give back, so we started an equine rescue donation program to help save the 28,000+ horses that are euthanized each year in the US alone due to a condition of the hoof called laminitis. It is the ultimate killer of Barbaro. Once a horse gets laminitis in the hoof, they cannot bear weight and have to transfer the heavy load disporportionately to the other feet. This causes the delicate internal structures of the hoof to be disrupted, the coffin bone to rotate and the horse to no longer be able to stand (hence why you can’t have a three legged horse!). I hope you will share this video with your audience and encourage them to visit our rescue program under Nolan Hoof Plate on facebook. http://www.facebook.com/#!/TheNolanHoofPlate?sk=app_214914035235331

Thanks for the inspiration!
Kym
http://youtu.be/Wap2oyijcFg

]]> By: Raptor http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/why-do-they-kill-a-horse-with-a-broken-leg/comment-page-2/#comment-36390 Raptor Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:22:00 +0000 http://donnabarstow.com/park_blog/2008/05/28/what-i-would-have-written-in-the-times-about-eight-belles/#comment-36390 Since dogs can survive with 3 legs, why not horses? Since dogs can survive with 3 legs, why not horses?

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