American Cowgirl is the story of the women who helped shape the American West. This trailer features Connie Reeves, who at 101 years old was still riding her horse every day. To see more about this project go to www.americancowgirl.com.
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Source: The Star Online, Friday May 22, 2009
MUAR: The police horse unit in Bukit Aman has cantered in for Johor’s community policing programme launched on Saturday.
Muar police chief Asst Comm of police Mohammed Nasir Ramli said the unit would also participate at the launch of the state’s community policing programme at Dataran Tanjung Emas here.
Speaking to reporters, he said the unit would join others in the department in curbing crime and providing additional security in Bandar Maharani.
Easy enough: ACP Mohammed Nasir (second from left) and deputy police chief Supt Lee Choon Guan (left) showing off their riding skills at Dataran Tanjung Emas in Muar Thursday.
“We will have a one-day celebration, which covers exhibitions, canine unit and horse unit shows, and other forms of entertainment for the public,” he said at Dataran Tanjung Emas yesterday.
ACP Mohammed Nasir said Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman, who would be accompanied by Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan, will launch the programme.
He said the programme was aimed at instilling awareness among the people on the importance of public cooperation in combating criminal activities in the state.
Some 1,000 pupils, including schools police cadets, will participate in the programme.
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Selangor SPCA wonders if this includes criminal acts under the Animal Acts and in particular equine welfare and who will police the police? The DVS? Why does the horse have 2 Numahs and a saddle pad?
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First of all a big thank you to Dr. Tammy Pooke, who has now come twice to Awana Spelling Station and treated both horses free of charge. Tammy as some of you may or may not know is a lovely lady who has just moved from S. Africa and is a qualified animal and in particular horse chiropractor. Her number is 017 2185854 if you would like more information on this. My horses have all been done and its not just about my horses getting a good massage out of this but all the little nicks and cricks are sorted and she makes sure that your saddle is properly fitted to your horse. Anyway was up to see Derek two days ago and he is looking so good. I don’t think he is as old as when I first saw him anymore. I would age him anywhere between 17 – 20. His muscles are coming thru now and he is very well. Also very sweet to handle esp. in the stable. I was at first going to send him up to Kelantan RDA as they were needing a bigger quiet horse for their bigger children but under advice from MEM and some vets was told sending a horse to Kelantan was asking for trouble as was told and this is hearsay that there are certain issues with their level of horse care. But given how well Derek has bounced back am not longer too worried about finding him a home. He is just so sweet. There are rumours that he used to be a 1m40 horse but who knows because asking around there used to be another grey called Deren and he could also have been the one that jumped. So no one really knows which horse is which – like having a twin that stole your identity.
Dillon on the other had is just getting old. He is now blind is one eye and suffering from muscle wastage. He’s ribs aren’t showing or anything but his back has shrunk and am not entirely sure how we can build that up again. He doesn’t really respond well to the horse walker and is just stiff. Our vet is coming sometime next week to take a look at him and see what else we can do for him. We might have to be realistic about him but we’ll see. Poor old man.
I presume you guys have been following the horrific stories from Pulau Ketam. If not and you interested do keep yourself updated on the main SPCA website http://www.spca.org.my/v51 . For those of you who have not been following here is the background information:
Pulau Ketam consists of two settlements – Pulau Ketam Village and Sungai Lima Village. Both villages claim to have been facing a stray dog crisis for the last several years. Earlier this month, newspapers reported that Pulau Ketam villagers were trapping stray dogs and transporting them to a 3 vacant island in a desperate attempt to reduce the population of dogs. Sungai Lima villagers later started a similar operation.
Pulau Ketam villagers reported that 312 dogs had already been trapped and abandoned on uninhabited Pulau Tengah out of an estimated population of 2000, while Sungai Lima villagers estimated their stray dog population to be around 600.
SPCA Animal Inspectors Cunera and Murugan, and SAS founder Jackie Tsang made a trip to Pulau Ketam earlier this week. They found that most of the villagers owned dogs themselves, and had no intention of causing harm to the strays on the island. They were frustrated at the stray dog population, which is quickly spiraling out of control – the villagers estimate that there are approximately 2000 strays on the island. The villagers said that they did not want the dogs caught and euthanized, and thought that leaving them to survive on another island would be better. The villagers were upset with the reports in the media, which claimed that they had been burning the dogs or abusing them – which they denied doing.
The team found that during the day time, there were dozens of stray cats and dogs roaming the island. However, when they surveyed a part of the town from 12.30pm-1.30am, they counted 82 dogs in just a small area. The dogs look generally healthy, with several suffering from minor injuries.
At a meeting with the village leaders, they agreed to support a mass sterilization effort for both stray and pet dogs (and cats) by SPCA and SAS.
If you are interested in making a donation:
How You Can Help
SPCA and SAS are appealing to the public to contribute to their Pulau Ketam fund, to aid the emergency rescue and relief efforts over the next several weeks. Funds will be utilized to hire boats for transportation of the dogs, purchase dog food, medical supplies and cages. The start-up fund is RM1,300 – proceeds from a networking event SPCA organized last Sunday.
We also appreciate donations in kind – 3’ x 3’ multipurpose cages, dog biscuits and canned food, food and water bowls, towels, water storage containers, and flea/tick spray. All donated items can be sent to the SPCA Animal Shelter in Ampang Jaya.
Donate Online
Please click here to make a donation through our ipay88.com account. Please indicate that the donation is for the Pulau Ketam Project.
Fund Transfers & Cheques
You can bank in the payment to our RHB account (Account No: 2-12273-00021583). Please call or e-mail us at enquiries@spca.org.my to notify us of your bank-in donation and transaction details.
Please make all cheques to the Society For The Prevention of Cruelty To Animals (please write Pulau Ketam fund on the reverse), and mail to :
SPCA Selangor
Jalan Kerja Ayer Lama
68000 Ampang Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Enquiries: 603-42565312 (8am – 4.30pm), 4253-5312 (10am – 6.30pm)
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Five people have been found guilty of neglecting more than 100 horses, ponies and donkeys on a family farm.
Five people found guilty of neglecting more than 100 horses, ponies and donkeys
RSPCA inspectors discovered the cruelty when they were called to Spindle Farm in Amersham, Buckinghamshire in January last year.
Horse trader James Gray, 45, and his son James Gray Junior, 16, were found guilty of 11 charges under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, while his wife Julie Gray, 41, and daughters Jodie, 26, and Cordelia Gray, 20, were each found guilty of two charges under the same act.
The animals were left to die of starvation in a “horror scene” surrounded by rotting corpses.
Vets who visited Spindle Farm described the situation as the worst case of animal cruelty they had ever seen. RSPCA inspectors found horses kept with little dry bedding and crammed into pens, ankle deep in their own faeces.
Hooves and body parts were also discovered scattered across the farm, along with a mound made up of bones and skulls. Bicester Magistrates’ Court heard there were 140 animals at the farm, many of which were left with little food.
RSPCA chief inspector Rob Skinner said he found 32 carcasses in different locations when he went to look around. Some of these were burnt and dumped on a bonfire while others were left lying on the ground, covered in rubbish.
One dead horse was found on the back of a trailer with ropes around its tail. In total 115 animals, some severely emaciated, had to be rescued and removed from the site.
Mr Skinner said horses looked “dejected” and “emaciated” and some animals could not feed freely as they were being bullied by others. During an inspection he found horses in overcrowded pens littered with faeces.
And he said one pony was unable to stand and had to be rolled over so vets could examine it.
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We are very excited with the prospect and look forward to transporting him down on 24 May. Will upload photos and comments of the trip but am not envisaging anything scary on the way down apart from the fact that we are entering a dry state! Finally after a year am so glad someone wants him. He will be perfect for the job I think! Dillon is still milling about up in Awana. He has now gone blind in one eye and I think we need to stop avoiding the issue and think what to do with him. At least he had a good last six month I guess is the small consolation. Dr. Pooke the wonderful new horse Chiro is also going to treat the horses FOC till Derek makes his way to his new family.
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