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Feb 27 2017

PTSD and that “S” Word

     I’m no academic or any authority on this matter, these words come from my personal experience pain and suffering, at least I can say one thing for sure. 

                I know where you coming from my friend.

     PTSD is NOT THE END –  PTSD can be Treated

 Suicide is NOT a Selfish Act – but lack of trying is 

Please ask for help, reach out, help is out there and suicide shouldn’t  be the only option and please remember, regardless of how lonely you feel you are not alone.

                             Depression – Substance Abuse – Anxiety

 

       YOU ARE WORT IT AND YOUR LIFE METTARES 

 You have a contribution to make to the world, even if you’re not sure what it is.          You might save someone’s life one day.                                                                                       You might have already saved someone’s life without even knowing it.                          You can inspire someone who feels broken.                                                                  Everything you see and experienced in the world has a lesson to teach you.                Every day that you are alive you are acquiring experience and knowledge.                      

The journey of your life is far more important than any of your material possessions and accomplishments, keep in mind your experience can help others less fortunate and you can save lives.

        Please share it, any other way your pain and suffering is a waste.

 

Jasper and Jasper

Just one of the options:   (this one saved my life)

“Even in times of trauma, we try to maintain a sense of normality until we no longer can. That, my friends, is called surviving. Not healing. We never become whole again … we are survivors. If you are here today… you are a survivor. But those of us who have made it thru hell and are still standing? We bare a different name: warriors.”
                                                                                                                  Lori Goodwin

 

 

Feb 21 2017

Dangerous Horse Meat for Human Consumption

Ann M. Marini, Ph.D., MD:  Phenylbutazone and Human Health

From the 2013 American Equine Summit hosted and organized by Susan Wagner, President & Founder of Equine Advocates, featuring Dr. Ann Marini.  Dr. Marini’s talk is titled “Phenylbutazone and Human Health.

According to Government of Canada 

“Phenylbutazone is a pain reliever and anti-inflammatory commonly used to treat lameness in horses. It belongs to the class of drugs called “non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.”

Health Canada regulates the use of veterinary drugs in Canada. Phenylbutazone is approved by Health Canada to be used in horses but is not approved for use in food-producing animals (including horses slaughtered for human consumption).

The CFIA has zero tolerance for phenylbutazone in food and monitors for residues of this and other veterinary drugs in food.”

Since 2002, the CFIA has been regularly testing horse meat for phenylbutazone. Results show a very high compliance rate for phenylbutazone residues.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

 

Star investigation: Ottawa refuses to say whether drug-tainted horse meat entered food chain.

https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2013/03/29/star_investigation_ottawa_refuses_to_say_whether_drugtainted_horse_meat_entered_food_chain.html

Sep 12 2016

aa-horse

The slaughter of horses for meat is not only unnecessary and inhumane, it is also harmful to humans as well as horses in many ways.

Canada Horse Slaughter Industry

Statistics Canada reports that Canada’s total horse meat exports bring in roughly $80 million per year. Canada slaughtered 66 651 horses in 2014, in five slaughter plants across the country.

Statistics Canada reports that Canada’s total horse meat exports bring in roughly $80 million per year. Canada slaughtered 66 651 horses in 2014, in five slaughter plants across the country.

As of 2009, approximately 100,000 horses are slaughtered in Canada each year to produce meat for human consumption, most of which is exported to European countries. This figure has doubled since operations at American horse slaughter plants were suspended in recent years. The BC SPCA and the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies have presented federal authorities with a report of concerns regarding horse slaughter in Canada. The Report on Horse Slaughter Practices in Canada  is based on a review of recent video footage depicting inhumane practices at two of Canada’s largest horse slaughter plants, one in Alberta and one in Quebec.

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The Report on Horse Slaughter Practices in Canada is based on a review of recent video footage depicting inhumane practices at two of Canada’s largest horse slaughter plants, one in Alberta and one in Quebec.

“At one “kill” auction attended by Star reporters last Friday, more than 60 horses were crammed into pens without hay or water in temperatures topping 35 degrees Celsius.

Dirty little secret: Canada’s slaughter industry under fire

A year before the last U.S. horse plant shut down in 2007, Canada slaughtered about 50,000 horses. Since then, the number of horses killed annually has nearly doubled to between 90,000 and 113,000 over the past three years. Star reporters tail a transport truck filled with horses bought at a U.S. ‘kill’ auction, bound for slaughter – and dinner – in Quebec.”

Horse slaughter in US

The Humane Society of the United States

Separate fact from fiction on the issue of slaughtering U.S. horses for food.

The Facts About Horse Slaughter