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| Editorials From Paul Mitchell |
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 October 12, 2002 - "Tell These Horses There Isn't A Problem" The horse on the hill: is this a majestic wild stallion overlooking his herd? Or the family horse over looking his home, no I’m sorry to say "not". This is just one of the 23,000 horses awaiting slaughter in meat pens all over Alberta. He is standing high on a manure pile during pen cleaning, watching and waiting, as his time is limited.... Read or print in MS Word
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| August 9, 2002 - "Critical Situation" Yes we are in the middle of the most terrible drought since the "Dirty Thirties" some saying it's the worst in one hundred years. Words cannot begin to describe what people have seen in the areas affected by the drought. Some of the areas may take years to come back to life, if they ever do..... Read or print in MS Word
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| May 30, 2002 - "Parelli Or Not To Parelli" Last Monday and Tuesday (May 27 -28) I was fortunate to have attended the Pat Parelli Horse Savvy Tour in Calgary. A lot of you who know me, know I have been a natural horseman for the pass 30 years. What I saw at the demo was poetry in motion, horse and rider acting as one. Breath taking would be another way to describe it..... Read or print in MS Word
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| May 7, 2002 - "What's In a Name?" What's in a name? A simple question with not such a simple answer. "The Mitchell Centre for Equine Rescue and Education", now that's a name that seems to strike fear into the hearts of horse persons all over the province. Not the entire name, just the word "Rescue"..... Read or print in MS Word
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| April 12, 2002 - "Horse Rescue, The Toughest Business of All" ...this story has nothing to do with who's who of the horse world, it really is about horse rescue. As some of you know I have been rescuing horses from slaughter for almost 15yrs. Back then I didn't call it rescue, I just bought the horses no one else wanted, rough stock culls from rodeos, ex chuck and track horses whatever came along, the ones that I could see potential in and my main reason, to make a buck with.... Read or print in MS Word
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| March 20, 2002 - "Ramblings Of The Rescuers Mind" I did have an editorial for February, but by the time I got around to editing it; you know taking out all the nasty stuff, there wasn't anything left to say. The animal rights groups had me going again. Lately it doesn't take much to make me fly off the handle, and the animal rights people know all the buttons to push.... Read or print in MS Word
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