tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post3166621381999291836..comments2024-01-16T03:59:50.183-05:00Comments on U.S. Against Equine Slaughter: Nurse-Mare Farms: The Industrys "Other" Dirty Little SecretMz.Many Nameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03024590325712635526noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post-83521019129943242472015-05-04T16:18:28.801-04:002015-05-04T16:18:28.801-04:00Simply not true. Having worked in TB industry for...Simply not true. Having worked in TB industry for 8 years at breeding farm, and traveling to FL each year with our mares in foal, to be foaled out there, bred back, and then going and getting mare and her own foal?<br /><br />I never one time saw a nursemare, nor even heard of this either.<br /><br />All over Ocala FL, and TB mares with their own foals beside them.<br /><br />But secret shame? I know better.<br /><br />Money making scam is more like it.<br /><br /><br />Meljeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845048170903885237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post-80020685401817002582014-01-28T20:13:41.096-05:002014-01-28T20:13:41.096-05:00I think this is a great article, but people need t...I think this is a great article, but people need to know that not everything they read is true. I don't think everything on this is false, it is just a different opinion. Annie | <a href="http://www.sh-hs.org/South_Haven_Orthopedics.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.sh-hs.org/South_Haven_Orthopedics.aspx</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post-37124152334193163762013-07-10T11:42:41.042-04:002013-07-10T11:42:41.042-04:00We are going to try and become a non-profit and he...We are going to try and become a non-profit and help some foals. If anyone know of any farms who needs some foals to be collected we will hopefully be set up for next year. We re located in FL and willing to travel. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post-14337900004503073242013-06-17T00:49:43.519-04:002013-06-17T00:49:43.519-04:00I have been looking for nurse mare farms in Flori...I have been looking for nurse mare farms in Florida, but have not gotten any responses. I would be willing to take in some of these babies, buy just don't know where to go. Any suggestions?<br />Dream Big Horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01285920355287328288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post-12698909399654932172013-01-21T23:43:27.075-05:002013-01-21T23:43:27.075-05:00whoever hosts this site needs to get their facts s...whoever hosts this site needs to get their facts straight before randomly posting farm names! I am the owner of Magnolia Farms in Alabama and we are NOT a nurse mare farm. I just happened to have a mare that would nurse foals other than her own and thought I would offer if anyone looses a mare the opportunity to let the foal nurse from the mare rather than having to feed it from a bottle. There are MANY benefits for a foal to be nursed by a horse rather than a bottle that I am not going to list here. I am sure at least part if not all of the above info may be true, but I know for a fact it is not true of all farms listed here. Christi Parsonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post-6768077948823263922012-03-03T18:37:53.784-05:002012-03-03T18:37:53.784-05:00FYI: Many of your links are not working.FYI: Many of your links are not working.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post-58459253818063340682012-03-03T18:28:52.797-05:002012-03-03T18:28:52.797-05:00Glad to have stumbled on this site. I have sent a...Glad to have stumbled on this site. I have sent an email to every Google listing I can find to get "facts" on nurse mare foals. What farms they come from and how many to try to identify the problem. No one has answered me to date. Just like there are cruel back yard owners, I am sure there are cruel people that breed horses. But I am not finding the 'facts' that say there is a major issue with nurse mare foals. Yes, a disposable foal can be raised so a purebred one can be raised as a horse. TBs especially have to learn herd instinct and when there is money involved I am sure the purebred will win out. But if anyone out there has yearly documentation of the number of foals and exactly which farms they come from I would be interested. Thanks.Leesa Lavignenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post-35377698358793106862012-02-06T16:08:34.840-05:002012-02-06T16:08:34.840-05:00I want the true story regarding nurse mares' f...I want the true story regarding nurse mares' foals. I am very skeptical as to some things I've ben told. I was even told 20,000 TB foals needed nurse mares in one year alone. I said in 2009, The Jockey Club only registerd about 32,721 foals...give or take a few who were never registered or died. I've even been told TB mares have their foals taken away & put on a nurse mare so the TB mare can return to racing...which is absurd! If she was racing, you would not stop her racing career to breed her! I have asked for statistics on these nurse mare throwaway babies. But, no one answers me, therefore, making me all the more skeptical. I have raised one TB 13 day old orphan on milk replalcer...he is just fine. I appreciate receiving some truthful answers. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post-68749688228566768172011-12-16T19:39:56.243-05:002011-12-16T19:39:56.243-05:00WHY CAN'T you people get you're stories co...WHY CAN'T you people get you're stories correct.....this story is full of 1/2 truths.....It amazes me that people can just sit down type of something they know nothing about and others read and believe everything in it.....Why don't you come to Kentucky for one full foaling season and see what goes on before you write 1/2 truths....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post-966591769958778452011-09-20T03:25:35.437-04:002011-09-20T03:25:35.437-04:00Thanks for ones marvelous posting! I seriously enj...Thanks for ones marvelous posting! I seriously enjoyed reading it, you're a great author.I will be sure to bookmark your blog and definitely will come back in the foreseeable future. I want to encourage you continue your great job, have a nice day!Pickens Septichttp://www.pumpcoseptic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post-47296499328058076522010-03-07T23:50:49.687-05:002010-03-07T23:50:49.687-05:00I just want to ask you some questions Angie...what...I just want to ask you some questions Angie...what happened to the babies of the nursemares you used? Did that foal get left alone in a stall after his mother got shipped away to care for some other foal? I've cared for these orphans, they are underweight, sick with upper respiratory infections, filthy and hungry and miserable. I'm sure there are some farms that are responsible, but there are plenty of unsavory people that use these mares to make a buck. Why not use hormone treatment to induce a nurse mare rather than sentence her foal to neglect?<br />Don't get me wrong, I'm not accusing you of caring or not caring about horse welfare...but do you KNOW what happened to that foal, or do you just HOPE that it was okay? Some of the nurse mare providers take the foal out back and shoot them, and then tell you that the foal died of "natural causes". <br />Dr. HAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post-22228048647278112542010-02-16T13:17:43.817-05:002010-02-16T13:17:43.817-05:00This artical has me crying..... it is so sad that ...This artical has me crying..... it is so sad that people can write and other people can read a nd believe this stuff. I haved worked on a farm for 25 years and used a many nursemare and all have been because their mother has died. If a nursemare has a foal it get the colostrum, then when she is needed she is shipped to the foal. Please get all the fact before you publish anymore about things you don't know. Also the banks are for foals that can not drink the mares milk at birth to 24 hours because it can sometimes kill the foal. It is tested and if the milkand foal are of the some then the banks come into play. If you would like I could educate you before your next post. Not being funny or nasty, just want the truth.<br />Angie Murray, KYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post-12720875702078241482009-10-29T17:24:43.926-04:002009-10-29T17:24:43.926-04:00I think anonymous needs all the facts!I think anonymous needs all the facts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post-2207881440736475932009-06-27T20:59:38.922-04:002009-06-27T20:59:38.922-04:00Excuse me, but maybe you should get more facts bef...Excuse me, but maybe you should get more facts before you write. I have been a foaling attendant and worked with nurse mares. I also have a nursemare baby for a pleasure horse. First, the nursemare's colostrum is ususally(never in my own experience) not used for the adopted foal. Unless the biological mother dies, or hasn't produced colostrum, her baby gets colostrum from her before it is put on a nursemare. If a foal on a big horse farm needs colostrum it is purchased from a colostrum bank, it isn't taken away from another mares foal. Second, most of us who work with horses do so because we love them. Most horse people take good care of their animals. If there were no need for nursemares, then there would be no nursemare babies, would you prefer them to not be born? Many people enjoy the care you give to a nursemare foal, as I am at this time. I wonder how many of you folks who are waving the alarm flag against nursemare babies and other farm animal cruelty issues support abortion? There are many worse issues in life to spend your time on than worrying about this and criticizing it without having all the facts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com