On Wild Horses

This morning I sat down at my desk with the intention of quickly emptying my in-box and getting down to some serious office time. However lying in wait for me in said in-box were a couple of side tracks that have lead me over here to share my thoughts.

The first one was a report on a recent gathering in the Outback of Australia, where horse-lovers of all descriptions from around the world gathered to learn what we have learnt from the Brumbies of Australia. This was meeting based on love and respect for Horse, where scientists and lay-people, professional horse trainers and the simply curious exchanged views and shared knowledge about the behaviour and care of equids. I enjoyed reading the report and felt uplifted by the intent of it and sorry I missed it, here is the report.

The University of Queensland's Australian Brumby Research Unit, carries out on-going research on the feral horses of Australia and I subscribe to their newsletter as there is much interesting information on horse's hooves, diet and daily routines in a natural habitat. Although I don't agree with all the scientist's methodology (swapping horses from one environment to another for instance) I recommend a look around their website tif you have an interest in natural horse care, more info here: http://www.wildhorseresearch.com/

The second side-track was definitely downhill, a report from the USA on more violent and thoughtless round-ups of the American Mustang in the height of summer heat. I could feel myself boiling. It took me off on a whole stream of thought, much of which was fairly politically radical, which I will spare you, but the core of it was this: human beings have no right to do whatever they wish with the lands and other occupants of planet Earth.

Even if you believe the dominant mythology of the western world and think you were given dominion over everything, you would do well to remember that a good master takes care of his lands and all those who live on them, that you care for and nurture them, not use and destroy. If, like me, you believe we have no more rights to this planet than any other being and certainly no given right to use others for our own ends, or force suffering on others for our own enrichment, make a noise in favour of the American Mustangs here at Madeleine Pickens site. 

Wishing you all peace