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I DID HAVE ONE COMPLAINT--- GEORGE ( DVM GEORGE... NOT THE DOG...) TOLD ME MY DD HAVE BEEN MILD LATELY AND I HAVE NOT RIPPED AWAY AT ANYTHING/ ANYONE --- IN A WEEK... AND THEN I GOT UP THIS MORNING TO AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE ELEPHANTS AND CARRIAGE HORSES-
THERE WAS .EVEN A BRIEF MENTION OF WORKING DOGS.... WELL THAT SET ME OFF.... I DO NOT KNOW OF A HAPPIER DOG THAN GEORGE ...OR ANY OF OUR OTHER "WORKING DOGS"-- THRILLED TO BE WITH THEIR PARTNERS 24/7
YET I HAVE ONE FOOT ON THE CAUTION BUTTON, BECAUSE... IF A DOG OF OURS WAS IN AN ACCIDENT.... ALL THEY WOULD NEED IS ONE PHOTOGRAPH TO USE AS SOME PUBLICITY STUNT. AND NO AMOUNT OF LEGAL HELP COULD SURVIVE...
SO THERE IS MY ^&*()_(*&^%$# OF TEH DAY.. BEFORE YOU DONATE ANY MONEY TO ANY ORGANIZATION, DO SOME RESEARDH-- WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY DO WITH THE MONEY?
THERE IS... I AM SURE.. A BUSINESS PLAN- ALL YOU NEED IS ONE GOOD PHOTO AND, IF PROPRERLY PLACED YOU CAN MAKE MILLIONS.
WE MAY BE THE ONLY ANIMLA ORIENTED ORGANIZATION WHO ASKS FOR DONATIONS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO A FANTASTIC JOB- AS OPPOSED TO "HELP THE POOR STARVING XXXX'S SOMEWHERE"
THIS GOES FOR VETERANS EVEN MORE SO... TAKE A NEGATIVE CONCEPT AND FLY WITH IT.-- I CAN NOT TELL YOU HOW MANY PHONE CALLS " I AM COLLECTING MONEY FROM EVERYONE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO HELP TH E POOR VETERANS" AND IF I ASK HOW THEY HELP- OR EVEN SAY .. WE HELP VETERANS, HOW CAN I APPLY FOR SOME OF YOUR MONEY?... THEY HANG UP.
THEY ARE JUST MARKETING A NEGATIVE.
CASE IN POINT..
CARRIAGE HORSES MOSTLY IN NEW YORK. JUST LET ONE DROP DEAD OF A HEART ATTACK- AS ANIMALS DO, AND TEH COLLECTION PLATE GOES OUT- JANINE IS AS EFFICIENT A BARN INSPECTOR AND ANIMAL JUDGE AS ANYONE... I THINK HER "REPORT' WAS IN THE NEW YOUR TIMES??? IT CAN BE GOOGLED
JANINE JACQUES CARRIAGE HORSES ONE DAY, SHE WALKED UNANNOUNCED INTO THREE OF THE STABLES WHERE THESE HORSES ARE KEPT- NEARLY SPOTLESS-- HORSES WITH HEADS HANGING OVER THE STALL DOORS LLOKING GOT A TREAT OR PAT...
SHE NOTED, THERE IS A RULE/LAW... THAT THEY MUST BE RETIRED AT THE AGE OF 23- AND COMPARED THAT TO A RACE HORSE WHICH RARELY LIVES BEYOND 4 YEARS AND DURING THAT TIME MAY SPEND HOURS STANDING IN ICE WATER TO NUMB THE BROKEN KNEE TO GET ONE MORE RACE OUTOF THE ANIMAL..- THERE IS NO PROFIT IN PUBLICIZING RACE HORSES... THEIR CARE IS ABYSMAL --THE ONLY PHOTO THAT MAKES TH ENEWS IS THE ONE STUD OT OF A MILLION HORSES THAT HAS HIS OWN
PASTURE TO RETIRE TO... THE REST LAND IN THESE SLAUGHTER PENS WHICH SHE IS NOW DEALING WITH,...
MARKETING...
THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION IN DANVERS... WE HAD A FRIEND IN IT- WHO'S HOUSE WAS BLOWN OFF IT'S FOUNDATION..ALONG WITH OTHERS..- ABOUT 30 HOMES INVOLVED-- AND MOST HAD A PET CAT OR DOG WHO GOT TERRIFIED AND FLED THE AREA... I CALLED TEH SPCA-- I KNEW THEY HAD A HORSE TRAILER AND PILES OF CRATES AND CAGES...AND SUGGESTED THEY GO THERE AND TRY AND CAPTURE THOSE ANIMALS THEY HAD THE NAME .. AND TEH EQUIPMENT- AND COULD GET PAST THE "LOOTERS BARRIER"... THEY MADE NO EFFORT- THE COMMENT WAS "THERE IS NO PRESS IN THAT."
IT IS A BUSINESS-- FACTS DO NOT MATTER....
THE MARKETING OF THE MISERABLE..
AND I GET ANNOYED.
