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  • #41
    There are so, so many things wrong with that [figurative and literal] picture. This is abject cruelty. I'm assuming this is a product of ignorance, rather than that the owners are psychopaths. May a kind and wise soul get through to them in time to give this poor girl a humane and dignified death. Jingles for this creature - may she have all the good drugs. </3
    The plural of anecdote is not data
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      #42
      The mini is no longer on the Animal Orthocare facebook page.
      I had asked a few questions about the process and prognosis... *sigh*

      I can not find the Angel Marie page for the mini.
      Yo/Yousolong April 23rd, 1985- April 15th, 2014

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        #43
        Why would you do this with this poor thing?
        http://www.sunjournal.com/files/imag...FARfilly_2.jpg

        There was video of them making her swim in a trough too somewhere.... why?

        http://wabi.tv/2015/08/12/three-legg...lease-on-life/


        Now compare that mini with this horse with a front leg prosthetic
        http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-Katrina.html
        Last edited by Angela Freda; Apr. 3, 2017, 09:33 AM.
        Yo/Yousolong April 23rd, 1985- April 15th, 2014

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        • #44
          The pony looked so awful, I assumed it was an April Fool's joke when I saw it being shared on Facebook. Didn't realize the article was written late March. Poor girl.
          I ride a paint but he looks like he ain't.

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          • #45
            Originally posted by Angela Freda View Post
            Why would you do this with this poor thing?
            http://www.sunjournal.com/files/imag...FARfilly_2.jpg

            There was video of them making her swim in a trough too somewhere.... why?

            http://wabi.tv/2015/08/12/three-legg...lease-on-life/


            Now compare that mini with this horse with a front leg prosthetic
            http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-Katrina.html

            In one of your videos the owner says " I don't care how much it costs, I don't care if I have to pay for it out of my own pocket."

            Which means he has not.

            The videos of the mini as a foal stuck in a sling or laying on a blanket on the ground are heartbreaking. What an awful life.
            http://weanieeventer.blogspot.com/
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            • #46
              This is atrocious, if you want to see properly designed and applied animal prosthetics, look up the Bionic Vet on Netflix. There are some incredible stories there, and the animals are clearly happy, pain free and go on ti live full lives.
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                #47
                Enjoytheride that statement by the 'owner' re; paying for it stopped me as well.

                Myguyom look at the dailymail link I have, there's a lovely pony with a prosthetic... who looks well cared for and comfortable. Which makes the mini in question so much more sad.

                Wonder why they made a new page and made it private?
                https://www.facebook.com/groups/1374787395918601/
                Yo/Yousolong April 23rd, 1985- April 15th, 2014

                http://notesfromadogwalker.com/2012/...m-a-sanctuary/
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                • #48
                  I know the 'rescue', and I use that term lightly, that has this pony. They are just out for media attention and money. The pony was stepped on by its mother shortly after birth, had a broken leg, which they chose to amputate. Since then she has been their go-to for fundraising.
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                  • #49
                    What a terrible thing to watch. Brutal, I feel sick to my stomach after watching this.
                    An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. When life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means it's going to launch you into something great.
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                    • #50
                      That picture is sickening. I thought it was a stuffed horse at first (as in taxidermy, not kids' toys). The expression on her face is one of the saddest things I've ever seen.

                      I'm glad that many of the comments on the AOL page are pointing out what everyone here has too.
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                        #51
                        More promotion of this poor mini...





                        Animal Orthocare, LLC

                        · May 13 at 8:33am ·





                        Our newest story about Angel Marie the Mini Pony and how she is overcoming the odds.
                        https://youtu.be/8iDsWL-PNIY



                        https://www.facebook.com/pg/animalor...=page_internal
                        Yo/Yousolong April 23rd, 1985- April 15th, 2014

                        http://notesfromadogwalker.com/2012/...m-a-sanctuary/

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                        • #52
                          Originally posted by myguyom View Post
                          This is atrocious, if you want to see properly designed and applied animal prosthetics, look up the Bionic Vet on Netflix. There are some incredible stories there, and the animals are clearly happy, pain free and go on ti live full lives.
                          Yes, I've seen dogs with wheelchairs all my life in my neighborhood, and they were happy and got around great.
                          The horse articles i"ve read where vets used the prosthetic devices on horses showed happy, healthy horses. But to just willy nilly do what has been done to this pony is crueltyHow much money are they raking in on the pony's suffering and how much is going to the pony or to the owner?
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                          • #53
                            Question! When these photos and videos were taken, how long has she been wearing her latest prosthetic? If it is just recently applied,perhaps you might give it a chance, If it has been on awhile that is a whole nother story.

                            In any case, it is a sad case.
                            Some riders change their horse, they change their saddle, they change their teacher; they never change themselves.

                            Remember the horse does all the work, we just sit there and look pretty.

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                            • #54
                              Why can't this be classified as animal abuse? She should be euthanized in my opinion. What has happened to people??

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                              • #55
                                It really rubs me the wrong way when "rescues" put an animal through medical torture when euthanasia would clearly be the most humane decision, then use it for ongoing money-begging efforts.

                                This seems to be a clear example of that ... along with that draft horse named Oliver that was put through months of suffering in order to be used to gain donations (if I remember right, the owner of that "rescue" was also found to be using the funds for Victoria's Secret shopping sprees and the like, as well).

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                                  #56
                                  Originally posted by merrygoround View Post
                                  Question! When these photos and videos were taken, how long has she been wearing her latest prosthetic? If it is just recently applied,perhaps you might give it a chance, If it has been on awhile that is a whole nother story.

                                  In any case, it is a sad case.
                                  She's 2 iirc, not sure how long the prosthetic has been on, but she had a cart in the past, and otherwise lays down....on her side..
                                  I would wonder if those hind legs/hind end can recover from where it is....
                                  Yo/Yousolong April 23rd, 1985- April 15th, 2014

                                  http://notesfromadogwalker.com/2012/...m-a-sanctuary/

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                                  • #57
                                    Am I the only one who wonders what the left front looks like under that splint? I am guessing that I wouldn't even need to look because my nose could detect what is under there.
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                                    • #58
                                      Isn't there any way to report or stop this?

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