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Equine Angels - Stories Of Rescue, Love, And Hope (Hardcover)
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Equine Angels - Stories Of Rescue, Love, And Hope (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R466
Discovery Miles 4 660
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Equine Angels is a celebration of the journey of horses and foals
saved from slaughter. Accompanied by 200 stunning full-color
photographs, it tells the surprising and moving stories of how
these foals have changed the lives of the human families who adopt
them-for the rescuers are often the ones redeemed when opening
their hearts to an unwanted foal. The book focuses on the tens of
thousands of foals born annually only so that their mothers can
provide pharmaceutical companies with the hormones their bodies
create during pregnancy. These foals-known as "PMU foals" (PMU
being short for "pregnant mare urine," a key ingredient of the drug
Premarin)-are in effect, are unwanted byproducts. Normally they are
taken from their mothers and sent to slaughter. There are more than
250 farms in North America-most of them in Canada-housing tens of
thousands of mares, in agonizing conditions, for this purpose.
Those photos grouped into the chapters "Birth" and "Rescue" are
especially dramatic. Given their semi-wild conditions, these horses
have a ruggedly beautiful, ungroomed appearance. In later chapters,
we see the transformation of once-wild creatures into loving and
intelligent companions for their human families. Included are
stories of successes great and small: foals growing up to be
successful national competitors, therapy horses, and other
productive members of horse society. These foals give back more
than they take. Heartwarming and beautiful to look at, Equine
Angels will inspire and delight. Inside you will find: 200 amazing
color photos showing horses with a rare rugged beauty Tells the
story of how these foals have changed the lives of the people who
adopt them Shows the transformation of once-wild creatures into
loving and intelligent companions Addresses an issue that
frequently captures headlines Tens of thousands of "PMU" foals are
slaughtered in North America each year because they are unwanted
byproducts of a process to extract hormones for human
hormone-replacement therapy From the introduction:The human
participants of Equine Angels Rescue Sanctuary could not sit idly
by while these magnificent horses were killed. If it was just a
matter of those lives saved, that would be enough, but fortunately,
we have come to know the greater potential of these angelic
equines. Each of the horses from EARS has touched and uplifted
several human lives along the rescue path.
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