June 2009

  • "My Mane Friend" Photo Contest

    By whisperingwinds on 6/30/09 5:13pm
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    This is our Summer Fundraiser.  We are in desperate need of funds to continue caring for our horses so we hope you will participate.

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    "My Mane Friend" Photo Contest
    Beginning at 0001am July 1st through October 1st - voting to continue through October 11th.
     
    ENTRANTS:  Share photos of your best friend and help support the horses at Whispering Winds.  It costs nothing to enter.
     

  • Do You Take Premarin?

    By NanoGirl on 6/29/09 4:17pm
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     Premarin (pre-pregnant, mare – horse) is a mixture of “natural” estrogens used to treat menopausal symptoms, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, and certain cancers.  Did you know that Premarin comes from the urine of pregnant mares (female horse)?  Did you know that there are such things as “Pee Farms” where they lock up these pregnant horses practically starving them, giving them no where to move and only allowing them water a few times a day, making sure that their urine remains strong?  If you knew all of this, would you stop taking Premarin?  I am curious as to why PETA is not all over this.

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  • Number of Horses in Need on the Rise

    By sarajean on 6/28/09 7:43pm
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    We hear quite a lot about shelter pets in need—in fact, June is Adopt a Shelter Cat Month. And we’ve all been drilled about how important it is to have your pets spayed and neutered, to adopt your dog or cat from an animal shelter rather than purchasing it, and how to care for our furry friends properly. But cats and dogs aren’t the only shelter animals in need of some TLC these days.

    We don’t often think about horses in shelters. When you think of a horse, you think of a massive, gorgeous creature galloping freely through a field, likely loved and cherished by his or her owner. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case.

    With the economic downturn combined with a rise in the price of hay, grain, medical care and boarding, caring for a horse simply isn’t within people’s budgets as much as it once was.

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  • Horses as you've never seen them

    By macallister on 6/15/09 7:18pm
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    There really is something both mystical and universal about these animals. There are whole worlds within a horse.

  • Racehorses = Dog Food

    By sarajean on 6/7/09 1:58pm
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    If I were a racehorse who spent all of my life running my guts out just so people could waste their money, lose their houses and alienate their spouses by betting on me outrunning another horse—not a penny of which is given to me, of course—I would expect a damn good retirement package. A stable on a hill, maybe, with plenty of room to gallop as I please (no jockey on my back, thank you very much), plenty of hay, some carrots, and maybe a nice chenille blanket to cozy up with.

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