52 Thoroughbreds Need Homes before slaughter! Scam

Yorkshire_Rose · #1 (**permalink**) 09-08-2011, 10:19 PM

Its making it way round again, starting in January 2011 and is now at it again.

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/horses.asp
Please becareful.

Thanks
Mark

jenny22 · #2 (**permalink**) 13-08-2011, 04:49 PM

no slaughterer would put down mares in foal, theyd be hung drawn and quartered, I too feel its a scam.

jenn

leashedForLife · #3 (**permalink**) 15-08-2011, 11:13 PM

actually, this was a REAL case at the time.

the folks who posted it are not responsible for idiots who re-post it & don't look at the #$%#&*@! date.

also - they do slaughter mares in foal, it's a nice bonus, as they weigh more than a barren mare.
[assuming of course that they've been fed - not starved.] but butchering mares in foal is an everyday event.

FYI -
90% of the horses sold for meat are under 5-YO & healthy - NOT aged, crippled, feeble, sick, etc.
when hormone-replacement therapy was the medical standard, FOALS produced by HRT-urine mares
were also sent to slaughter, often as soon as they were weaned - they were warmbloods, as draft-mares
make more gallons of urine per head.

leashedForLife · #4 (**permalink**) 15-08-2011, 11:52 PM

Virginia Equestrian.com

emphasis added -

Quote:

52 Thoroughbreds Find Homes Via Facebook

Date Added: 2/4/2011

Please note, this article is from TheHorse.com - see the link below.

Some people view Facebook as little more than a communication tool for keeping in touch with friends & family.
But Lynn Boggs recently turned to the social media platform to find homes for 52 Ohio Thoroughbreds in need.
The message she posted on Facebook gained international attention within hours, and all of the horses
were placed in new homes within five days.

Boggs' close friend, Daniel C. Sterns, DVM, died on Jan. 27. She was instantly faced the task of rehoming Sterns'
52 Thoroughbreds. Sterns was a longtime fixture in the Thoroughbred racing community, having worked
as a track veterinarian before founding the Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders & Owners. He also served as president
of Ohio Horsemen's Benevolent & Protection Association, & was an active Thoroughbred breeder at the time
of his death.

After Sterns' son dismantled his father's breeding & racing farm, he gave Boggs and her boyfriend, Jerry Noss,
a week to find homes for the 52 horses. He planned to send any unadopted animals to auction.
Boggs, who owns 10 racehorses herself, posted a plea for help on her Facebook page, & within 10 minutes
she had her first response.

Boggs' post spread like wildfire. Countless people reposted it on Facebook, tweeted it on Twitter, & e-mailed it
around the globe. One post on Boggs' wall read "How great is Facebook. I am 'friends' with Mike Smith (Zenyatta's
jockey) & he actually posted this situation on his wall."

The impromptu Facebook campaign was more successful than Boggs could have imagined -- she received
more than 4,000 phone calls & hundreds of text messages about the horses. "They were adopted out one here,
& one there. A few people took three because they had room. The biggest lot was 11, & that was a personal friend."

She said that she was cautious of adopting out large lots of horses, for fear they would end up at auction,
which is exactly what she'd set out to avoid.

Four days later, on Feb. 1, the last horse left the farm around 10:30 p.m.

"I can't believe how this has spread on the Internet," Boggs said. "I had a girl from Germany call me and she said,
'I'll be in the states sometime this year, but I have a friend who is willing to take a horse for me until I get back."
She noted that just this morning (Feb. 3), a Hopi Indian from North Dakota called her & offered the horses a home.

Although Boggs avoided mentioning 'slaughter' in her original posting; subsequent posts by other
concerned parties mentioned this as a possibility, should the horses not find new homes. "I didn't want to say
slaughter; I hate that word," she said, noting she didn't believe they would have that end. She thinks the post
gained even more momentum when the word 'slaughter' entered the description.

Boggs said she was overwhelmed with the support she got, but encourages the people who weren't able
to take one of the 52 to find another horse to adopt: "I'm getting 1,200 calls a day & there's a horse out there
that needs to be rescued. There should not be a horse in the USA that would need to be rescued or die of starvation
or go to the killers, if everyone just stepped up like they did for these horses. ... Even if it's not one of these horses,
unwanted horses are all over the Internet."

Article is from The Horse (dot) com website:

The Horse | 52 Thoroughbreds Find Homes Via Facebook

leashedForLife · #5 (**permalink**) 16-08-2011, 12:19 AM

Eventing Nation -
on-line site devoted to 3-day & 5-day eventing, which uses many warmbloods, T-breds, Anglo-Arabs,
Holsteiners, Irish Sports, & other active, powerful breeds with good bone & speed.

EVENTING NATION: 52 Thoroughbreds Find Homes via Facebook in 4 Days

Quote:

Eventing Nation's good friend Jackie Smith of Ohio adopted two of the horses, & Jackie e-mailed us
that you can read about their adventures from the horses' perspective at Jackie's blog. [The Adventures of Jack & Jill]

I can't say enough about the wonderful work of Jackie & all the other people who helped to spread the word
& find homes for these horses. I can't wait to see some of these 52 Facebook horses grow up to become great eventers.
Go eventing!

From the Comments -

Quote:

11. Brittany | February 4, 2011 1:28 AM | Reply
Wow, this is crazy. A friend of mine actually texted me last night telling me about this.
He asked if I wanted a free horse, & [said] that his friend's Grandfather had died & he had 52 horses
that needed to find homes or they would go to slaughter.. TOTALLY crazy that this showed up on EventingNation.
Small world.

Stone Gate Farm's blog of their adopted T-breds:
The Adventures of Jack & Jill

leashedForLife · #6 (**permalink**) 16-08-2011, 12:42 AM

Obit: DR. DANIEL CHARLES STEARNS III Obituary: View DANIEL STEARNS's Obituary by The Plain Dealer

Quote:

DR. DANIEL CHARLES STEARNS III

STEARNS
DR. DANIEL CHARLES STEARNS III, D.V.M., age 89. Beloved husband of the late Nancy (Littlefield);
loving father of Daniel Charles IV (wife Anna Marie) Stearns; dear brother of Georgiana Albright.

Dr. Stearns was a U.S. Army Veteran, a member of the Ohio HBPA and the Mentor Harbor Yacht Club.
He was the owner of the Euclid Veterinarian Hospital Inc. since 1948.
Family suggests donations be made to an Animal Shelter of one's choice.
Interment at Willoughby Cemetery on Sharpe Ave.
Funeral service 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 at MONREAL FUNERAL HOME, 35400 CURTIS BLVD,
EASTLAKE. VISITATION 2-4 & 6-8 PM, TUESDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME.

guestbook, with 143 remembrances, many from his clients recalling his kindness & devoted care:
DR. DANIEL CHARLES STEARNS III Guest Book: sign their guest book, share your condolences, or read their obituary at The Plain Dealer

column:

Quote:

Daniel Charles Stearns III was a leading veterinarian & horse breeder
Published: Thursday, February 03, 2011, 2:30 PM
Updated: Thursday, February 03, 2011, 2:33 PM
By Grant Segall
Euclid veterinarian Daniel Charles Stearns III tended Cleveland police horses, bred winning racehorses
& championed Ohio State's Victory Bell. He died Jan. 27 at Euclid Hospital. He was 89.
"Emergencies, non-emergencies, whatever you had, he'd take care of it for you." said Sgt. James Berry
of the Cleveland Mounted Police. "He'd give you the shirt off his back."

"He would treat the animals first & worry about the money later," said Natalie Machek, Stearns' former client
& employee. "If you can make payments in a year, that's fine. If not, it's no problem."

Stearns was raised in Collinwood & later inducted to Collinwood High School's Hall of Fame. At Ohio State,
he was president of his fraternity & helped sell war-bonds. He became a captain in the U.S. Army & took animals
to Europe to restock farms after World War II.
Stearns went back to Ohio State for his veterinary degree and led a committee proposing a Victory Bell
to celebrate wins at war and in football. The university raised the two-ton bell in 1954, & Stearns helped ring it
for 15 minutes after a win in 1998.
"It was a long time in coming," he told The Plain Dealer, "but I'm very grateful for the opportunity
to participate in the great tradition that I had a hand in starting."

Stearns briefly worked at racetracks in Florida. In 1948, he opened Euclid Veterinary Hospital, Inc, a solo practice. The Euclid resident worked 12-hour days there until late in life.
He also tended horses at Thistledown, Cranwood & other local tracks. He owned Harmony Hill Farm
in Belmont County, O., & bred horses there that won several races in Ohio & West Virginia. He named some
of the animals in honor of his alma maters, including Railroader, Collinwood Reunion & Beat Michigan.

Stearns was elected president several years in a row of the Ohio & West Virginia division of the Horsemen's
Benevolence & Protective Association. He kept a motorboat at Mentor Harbor Yacht Club.

He outlived his wife of 57 years, the former Nancy Littlefield. His only child, Daniel IV, owns the hospital today
& employs several veterinarians there.
Monreal Funeral Home handled Stearns' arrangements.

his portrait, with a homing-pigeon squab perched on the shoulder of his scrubs:
http://media.cleveland.com/obituarie...0bc9542fdc.jpg

leashedForLife · #7 (**permalink**) 16-08-2011, 12:55 AM

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Cleveland Gold Cup renamed in memory of Daniel Stearns, DVM

Thistledown’s Cleveland Gold Cup stakes-race has been renamed to honor the memory of Daniel C. Stearns III,
a veterinarian who served Ohio racing throughout his long career. Beginning with the 44th running on July 2,
the race will be known as the Daniel Stearns Cleveland Gold Cup.

The name change was initiated by a request from Cleveland horse owner, Ryan Brady, to the Ohio Thoroughbred
Breeders & Owners (OTBO), Thistledown race-track & the Advisory Board. The change was approved
by the Ohio State Racing Commission on March 10.

"How appropriate that one of our Ohio-funded stake races should be named to honor Dr. Stearns,” said OTBO Executive
Director Gayle Babst. “He was one of the founding fathers of the OTBO in the late 1950s and among those who worked
on legislation to create the Ohio Thoroughbred Race Fund. The outpouring of tributes from the Cleveland area
horse industry has been tremendous, & still continues. His life and his commitment to the racing industry
in Ohio certainly merit this honor.”

Dr. Stearns had owned Euclid Veterinarian Hospital since 1948 & maintained his practice until his death
on January 27 at age 89. A breeder himself and a strong advocate of controlled medication, he was
a frequent contributor to the Horsemen’s Journal & also was the magazine’s secretary. He was president
of the Ohio-Waterford Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association (HBPA) from 1961 to 1971,
served as an adviser to the National HBPA after serving on its Board of Directors, & was a past chair
of the National HBPA Assistance Committee.
Dr. Stearns was a United States Army veteran.

The Cleveland Gold Cup is a 1 1/8-mile race for three-year-old Ohio-breds and carries a $75,000
purse. The race debuted in 1968.

the winner this year: Trophy Boy
Trophy Boy wins $75,000 Stearns Gold Cup at Thistledown | cleveland.com

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