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  • #21
    Originally posted by reefy! View Post
    That is horrific!! That poor animal. I just can't imagine why someone hasn't called this out and stopped it.
    Why haven't you? If you scroll down past the article there is a place to post comments; you could post your reactions there if you want to. You can also e-mail Campana directly. Maybe you personally can't stop it but you can make your voice heard where it might count. Or share it on FB from their link, with your comments.
    "The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- George Bernard Shaw
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    • #22
      oh my god... poor animal... why I even opened that up?? since I am using Omnitrope -https://hghreviewer.com/omnitrope-hgh I started to be very sensible to such things...
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      • #23
        Originally posted by RPM View Post

        Why haven't you? If you scroll down past the article there is a place to post comments; you could post your reactions there if you want to. You can also e-mail Campana directly. Maybe you personally can't stop it but you can make your voice heard where it might count. Or share it on FB from their link, with your comments.
        Great idea and already done but I was really thinking along the lines of people that can actually DO something to help the pony out of this situation. Not random comments on a website or an email from someone out in the ethernet.
        I'm on the wrong side of the country to do anything in person.

        I don't do FB so won't be doing that.
        ~* Be kind to one another *~
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        • #24
          I was recently added by a friend to a 'disabled pets' group on Facebook and this man is "their hero." They saw the article about the pony and everyone is cheering. It's pretty awful.
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            #25
            Originally posted by maunder View Post
            I was recently added by a friend to a 'disabled pets' group on Facebook and this man is "their hero." They saw the article about the pony and everyone is cheering. It's pretty awful.
            You mean the man who makes the prosthesis, Campana, or the man who owns the mini Green?
            Yo/Yousolong April 23rd, 1985- April 15th, 2014

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            • #26
              Some years ago a woman vet whose name I forgot gave a mare an artificial leg. She took the hoof and grafted it onto the leg around the knee area, thus giving the horse a growing hoof upon which to attach the prosthetic leg and artificial hoof that touched the ground. The mare foaled, and nursed her foal, teaching the foal to nurse while the mare was lying down. I guess to ease pressure on the leg as the mare was able to walk around on her prosthetic device.

              The mare looked normal save for her leg, and appeared comfortable in the pictures. Of course she had been taken in by the vet so she had good care. I thought it was great that he hoof grew and was trimmed. I don't know how long she lived, but I thought it was interesting that they used the same stump socks that were used by human amputees.

              The subject of this thread has an ill fitting prothetic device and seems to be in pain.
              Different vet, bad results for the mini.

              I think I'd try some kind of sling that would have wheels and allow the horse to move around before I'd try a prosthetic device.
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              • #27
                horrific, and I can't find a single video where the mini is actually moving around.

                Forcing this mini to stay alive until she suffers a catastrophic break down in her hind limbs so they can raise money to feed horses they can't afford is cruel.
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                • #28
                  This is about a human's EGO....not animal welfare or kindness!! Euth this poor pony!!
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                  • #29
                    It reminds me of the horrific road side amputations of broken endurance horse legs in the middle east and the cobbled together prosthetic because putting anything down isn't God's will. Some of the most haunting images I've ever seen so rich men can get richer.

                    When you look at the videos you can see how many of them are of the mini laying down and how the damage to the hind legs increases as she gains weight, and as she becomes less and less active as the pain increases. As a foal she runs around a bit in the wheel chair, but as a two year old she isn't shown moving except for a few times and you can clearly see the deformities increasing in the hind legs.
                    http://weanieeventer.blogspot.com/
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                      #30
                      Originally posted by scheherazadetbmare View Post
                      Some years ago a woman vet whose name I forgot gave a mare an artificial leg. She took the hoof and grafted it onto the leg around the knee area, thus giving the horse a growing hoof upon which to attach the prosthetic leg and artificial hoof that touched the ground. The mare foaled, and nursed her foal, teaching the foal to nurse while the mare was lying down. I guess to ease pressure on the leg as the mare was able to walk around on her prosthetic device.

                      The mare looked normal save for her leg, and appeared comfortable in the pictures. Of course she had been taken in by the vet so she had good care. I thought it was great that he hoof grew and was trimmed. I don't know how long she lived, but I thought it was interesting that they used the same stump socks that were used by human amputees.

                      The subject of this thread has an ill fitting prothetic device and seems to be in pain.
                      Different vet, bad results for the mini.

                      I think I'd try some kind of sling that would have wheels and allow the horse to move around before I'd try a prosthetic device.
                      The guy who made the prosthesis is not a Vet nor is there a Vet on his staff at his clinic in FL.

                      The mini did have a cart, like paralyzed dogs get, and seemed to manage well with that, no idea why they went to a prosthetic... this is the 2nd or 3rd they've used from different clinics.
                      I was sad to see that after this visit to FL for this fitting the pony was driven from Maine to CA to try out for a commercial... oy.
                      I can't imagine why the mini needs to be doing that.
                      I would imagine the trip from Maine to the clinic in FL and back is bad enough.

                      I did ask on the Facebook page of the prosthetic clinic about the length of the limb, and why it's not longer to better approximate how she would stand if she had her natural limb, ie les weight on the front end.... I think they erased my question... so I reposted it... Regardless of how I feel about this case, I do wonder about that in general.
                      Yo/Yousolong April 23rd, 1985- April 15th, 2014

                      http://notesfromadogwalker.com/2012/...m-a-sanctuary/
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                      • #31
                        This goes so against everything I believe in....
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                        • #32
                          The mini's Facebook page seems to be inaccessible at the moment. I wonder if they don't like the response they're getting...

                          I saw a version of this article on Facebook, with a bunch of non-horse animal rights-ish people talking about how beautiful and wonderful this is. Meanwhile horse people tried to explain that no, it's not, horses aren't designed to live on three legs, and she looks terrible and in pain and really should be put down. And then the responses about "Well if you lose your leg as a human I guess we'll just kill you too." No explaining it to people who just don't get it.
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                          • #33
                            Originally posted by Angela Freda View Post

                            You mean the man who makes the prosthesis, Campana, or the man who owns the mini Green?
                            The man who makes the prosthesis.
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                              #34
                              Originally posted by maunder View Post

                              The man who makes the prosthesis.
                              Gotcha'.

                              I think they are both [owner** and prosthetist] are getting and enjoying a bit of fawning at the minis expense.
                              And Furlong indeed, the lack of knowledge about horses and how they function and the reality that being 3 legged is basically a death sentence, whether they die fast or slowly, is lost... even when you bring up Barbaro and how he had the best most costly care***, and in the end died from laminitis. At least with Barbaro advances were made wrt to laminitis. *sigh*
                              The delicate giant idea of horses is lost on them.

                              ** I do wonder about who actually owns this mini. This man is the primary at a 501c3, if the dam and grand-dam of this mini were rescues, then doesn't the mini belong to the rescue itself and not Green?

                              *** I also notice on the website/FAcebook page for the prosthetic guy... and in the videos they mention that prosthetics is a cheaper option compared to Vet procedures for these issues... I may have scrimped on many things, but getting the animal I am steward to quality care regardless of cost is something I believe very firmly in.
                              Yo/Yousolong April 23rd, 1985- April 15th, 2014

                              http://notesfromadogwalker.com/2012/...m-a-sanctuary/
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                                I appear to have been blocked from the page.
                                http://weanieeventer.blogspot.com/

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                                • #36
                                  That poor little horse looks absolutely miserable.

                                  Something is also seriously wrong with her hind legs, like a horrible case of DSLD or severe, untreated founder. There's no way those back legs don't hurt.

                                  I think some people don't realize that death isn't the worst thing that can happen to an animal. The kindest thing to do for this poor horse would be to feed her some favored food and then euthanize her. Being in constant pain and unable to move easily is no life.
                                  Last edited by Garnet_Z; Apr. 2, 2017, 08:07 PM.
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                                  • #37
                                    Why isn't this considered a criminal cruelty to animals case?
                                    This quack isnt even a licensed veterinarian. How does he do the surgery and pain management without licensing and credentials to access prescription meds?
                                    Please don't tell me there are real vets out there willing to "assist" in this sham. It's obvious Campana has zero knowledge about horses' natural life needs. No compassion, either. He just wants to be a hero, show off his ... what? Insanity? Who are the enablers???? The pony's owners? Where is the outrage that will actually relieve this darling of its suffering?
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                                    • #38
                                      I really get bothered by all these extraordinary efforts taken to save severely disabled animals when so many healthy ones are destroyed every day. I especially stress over animals in "wheelchairs." What happens to them when they're not in their wheels, like at night? They're stuck in one spot, can't even move to another spot if they need to pee or poop, until someone comes along to give their wheels back? Is that really worth it for the animal?
                                      "I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself."
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                                      • #39
                                        Some of those other cases described in the pictures sound seriously questionable too. A goat who cannot stand on permanently damaged legs? Ugh...poor thing.

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                                        • #40
                                          Deplorable. This is something out of a horror movie made for horses. Other than contacting Campana, is there something else that can be done, or some agency that can be contacted to review this case?

                                          I have never seen such a tortured expression on an animal's face.
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