baby foal

Photo Mugs Horse, French Trotter, mare and foal, trotting in paddock, Normandy, France….

Photo Mugs Horse, English Thoroughbred, mare and foal, galloping in meadow….

Photo Mugs Burchells Zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) foal, standing on grass, Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi….

NEVER too late…..Our first foal I got to see at five hrs old I can still cry about it if I think about it too long she was soo beautiful and soft and her mum pushed me over to her it was all so intimate and wonderful. Then last year our mare had another filly but we didnt get to put hands on till she was a week old but by then it wasnt the same as the other it took a little more work on both our parts but the mare again helped out she just pushed the filly to us. I love the horses they are better animals than some people. So go and get hands on and build up trust and friendship and you will have a good friend. Have a good day. Sandy.

Baby Foal!

Are you Contributing to the Slaughter of These Beautiful Creatures? By: Shari O’neal

More than 50,000 pregnant mares are used in the production of estrogen – replacement drug, Premarin (Wyeth-Ayerst Labs). What Happens To Their Foals? Most go to slaughter!
Every year for six months, the estrogen-rich urine is collected from these mares. PMU (Pregnant Mares Urine) is one of the most prescribed types of medication in the USA. It is used by women to alleviate the symptoms of menopause and to prevent osteoporosis. Names of Premarin, Prempro, Premphase, Prempac, and Premelle. If you ever doubt where Premarin comes from, just break open a pill and smell it!
These mares are harnessed in narrow stalls, strapped into urine collection harnesses – unable to turn around, they get no exercise and are tethered by chains so short they cannot lie down comfortably.
There are over 500 farms – more than half in Manitoba, Canada and also many in North Dakota. In 1994 it was reported that PMU farms produced 27,000 foals and 2/3 of them were slaughtered. Many were dead before the farm sales and auctions. 22% of foals born April and May 1994 had died from starvation and/or exposure.
Can you imagine having an animal stand almost immobile for 6 months heavy in foal and then being turned out in a fenced lot or paddock in freezing cold weather with no shelter to deliver her foal?
Can you imagine standing in one place 24/7 for six months or more – no exercise – no grooming, just get to eat and drink?
Can you imagine any animal’s baby starving to death or dying of exposure?
Can you honestly look into the eyes of a PMU farms mare or foal without feeling compassion for them? They are the by-product of this type of farming – they are the horrors.
In 2002 a health study revealed such drugs cause increased risk of heart attack, stroke, dementia, cancer and other serious health problems. Much of the sales have plummeted but the mares and foals are typically sold to slaughter. Can you say that you are an animal lover and then take your estrogen-replacement drug derived in such a cruel and inhumane way? Every woman has a choice! What’s yours?

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