Cloned Horses Banned, A Rescue, & An Evil Woman

OKLAHOMA LEGISLATORS MOVE TO BAN CLONED HORSES FROM RACING
March 29, 2006 - Yesterday members of the Oklahoma House Government Reform, Agency Oversight and Administrative Rules Committee approved an amendment to ban cloned horses from competing in races sanctioned by the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission.The proposed language amends House Bill 1058, co-authored by Sen. Cal Hopson D-Lexington and Rep. Jari Askins D-Duncan, which concerns the appointment of members to the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission from redrawn congressional districts.The amended bill was approved unanimously in the House committee which then recommended it to the full House with only one dissenting vote, cast by Rep. Terry Harrison, D-McAlester, who voiced concerns about whether the amendment violates anti-trust legislation..................Rest of the article here:
http://racing.aqha.com/racing/dyn_content.aspx?FQD=http://www.aqha.com/aqharacing.com/news/06stories/06okcloningrulechange.html
As much as I love my horse, the old guy who is going to be 27 yo in a week, I would never consider cloning him. There will never be a horse of his caliber (personality wise)- even a clone. Besides, when I even think about cloning animals, for some reason, I think about 'Pet Cemetary' and Church the Cat. Some things in nature are better off left alone.......
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Rescuers use sling to extract 32-year-old horse from muck in West Boynton
West Boynton FL · At age 32, the horse that proudly presides over a 3-acre lot with two miniature donkeys again proved that he is a survivor.Cyboy got up on his own shortly after firefighters pulled him from a ditch full of muck Tuesday afternoon in the grassy back yard of Ron and Polly Armstrong's house........
Rest of the story here:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-phorserescue29mar29,0,7248454.story?coll=sfla-news-palm
Stories like this are great to hear about. I am sure Cyboy is thankful to those firemen that pulled him from the muck, but not as thankful as his owner. As an owner of an older horse, I know they need a little bit extra TLC in thier older years. A situation 10 years ago he might have been strong enough to get himself out of.......
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Norman woman ordered out of horse business for abuse
NORMAN, Okla. A woman in Cleveland county, pleaded no contest to animal cruelty charges has been ordered to get out of the horse business. Melinda Robb was given five years probation on each count, ALSO can have NOTHING to do with horses during the next five years.
Robb charged, when 15 sick, starving, nearly frozen horses were found on her property by animal control officers in December 2005.
Entire story here:
http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=4698307
What an evil, nasty woman. If she could NOT care for these horses, she should have given them to someone who could! I think her GREED played a huge role in this whole situation. At least she can NEVER be in the horse business again, an appropriate part of her sentence. Too bad our Govt' cannot do this when parents abuse/neglect thier children!
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No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle. ~Winston Churchill