Very Cool Bird
I have never seen a bird like this or know what kind it is but it’s very cool!
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Authority Blackbook 2.0
Grab a copy of this and you will never regret it!! Just fill in your information below and you will be sent a download link. Don’t miss out on this.
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Meet Molly
I’ve written articles over the years about horses who survived amputation surgery. There was Boitron, the California Thoroughbred stallion who could service mares after amputation surgery. There were Dr. Ric Redden’s dramatic cases of founder survivors who galloped around his paddock on artificial feet with “transplanted frogs”. Dr. Chris Colles had the never-say-die
Appaloosa in England with the spring-loaded foot. And who can forget that paint yearling in India ? Or the landmine-maimed elephant amputee in Thailand ? Longtime Hoofcare and Lameness Journal readers will remember them all. So when I first heard that a pony had survived amputation surgery at Louisiana State University ’s (LSU) equine hospital, I didn’t run to the keyboard and beg for photos. A few weeks later I did, though. Meet Molly. She’s a gray speckled pony who was abandoned by her owners when Katrina hit southern Louisiana . She spent weeks on her own before finally being rescued and taken to a farm where abandoned animals were stockpiled. While there, she was attacked by a pit bull terrier, and almost died. Her gnawed right front leg became infected and her vet went to LSU for help. But LSU was overwhelmed, and this pony was a welfare case. You know how that goes. But after surgeon Rustin Moore met Molly, he changed his mind. He saw how the pony was careful to lie down on different sides so she didn’t seem to get sores, and how she allowed people to handle her. She protected her injured leg. She constantly shifted her weight, and didn’t overload her good leg. She was a smart pony with a serious survival ethic. Moore agreed to remove her leg below the knee and a temporary artificial limb was built. Molly walked out of the clinic and her story really begins there. “This was the right horse and the right owner,” Moore insists. “Molly happened to be a one-in-a-million patient. She’s tough as nails, but sweet, and she was willing to cope with pain. She made it obvious she understood (that) she was in trouble.” The other important factor, according to Moore , is having a truly committed and compliant owner who is dedicated to providing the daily care required over the lifetime of the horse. Molly’s story turns into a parable for life in post-Katrina Louisiana . The little pony gained weight, her mane felt a comb. A human prosthesis designer built her a leg. “The prosthetic has given Molly a whole new life,” Allison Barca DVM, Molly’s regular vet, reports. “And she asks for it! She will put her little limb out, and come to you and let you know that she wants you to put it on. Sometimes she wants you to take it off too.” And sometimes, Molly gets away from Barca. “It can be pretty bad when you can’t catch a three-legged horse,” she laughs. Most important of all, Molly has a job now. Kay, the rescue farm owner, started taking Molly to shelters, hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers. Anywhere she thought that people needed hope. Wherever Molly went, she showed people her pluck. She inspired people. And she had a good time doing it. “It’s obvious to me that Molly had a bigger role to play in life,” Moore said, “She survived the hurricane, she survived a horrible injury, and now she is giving hope to others.” “She’s not back to normal,” Barca concluded. “She’s going to be better. To me, she could be a symbol for New Orleans itself.” This week, Molly the Pony , a children’s book about the pony who has already inspired thousands of people around New Orleans , has been published. It’s not a book about amputation or prosthetics, it’s a book about people and ponies. But the photos you see here are from the book. Maybe Molly won’t make the vet textbooks, but she might reach more people from the pages of this book for children. If you know a child, a library, a hospital, or maybe a therapeutic riding program that can use a lift, here’s a book that can do that. And you can explain how the leg and hoof work! HOW TO ORDER: This book is an oversized, square “laminated” (so it wipes clean) hard cover book. Hoofcare Publishing is proud to offer it for sale to you at the price of $15.95 each plus $6 post. A portion of the sales price will go toward Molly’s fund. To order, send check or money to Hoofcare Books, 19 Harbor Loop, Gloucester MA 01930 . Telephone orders to ( USA ) 978 281 3222. Fax orders to ( USA ) 978 283 8775. Email orders to books@hoofcare.com . Visa or Mastercard accepted; please supply account number and expiration date. When ordering, please give phone and/or email details. You will LOVE this book–and Molly!
This is Molly’s most recent prosthesis. The bottom photo shows the ground surface that she stands on, which has a smiley face embossed in it. Wherever Molly goes, she leaves a smiley hoof print behind! Posted by Fran Jurga http://hoofcare.blogspot.com/2008/03/pony-romps-to-new-role-in-lifeon-three.html
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American Idol’s David Archuleta
Did you know that David Archuleta is an avid Horseman? That’s right, David not only horse backs but also does Barrel racing and in fact has his horse in training right now.
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Man accused of evading arrest by riding away on horse
A Louisiana man suspected of participating in a drug deal tried to evade arrest by riding away on his horse, authorities said.
A Harris County deputy saw what he thought to be a drug deal between 28-year-old Elvin Dunn and another person in a parking lot in the 7400 block of Harrison last week, authorities said.
Dunn, who was on horseback, did not stop after the deputy told him several times to do so, authorities said. He told the deputy that the horse would not stop, authorities said.
The deputy, who felt Dunn was making no effort to stop the horse, instructed him to pull back on the reins of the horse and after a short distance the horse stopped, authorities said.
Dunn was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and evading detention. He was released from Harris County Jail after posting a combined $1,000 bond.
The horse was released to Dunn’s uncle.
New world record for biggest horse
A colossal shire horse in Australia has been proclaimed the biggest horse in the world by its owner, beating the current Guinness World Record by several inches.
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The giant five-year-old, from Pakenham, S.E Australia, measures a staggering 20.1 hands, or 2.057m tall. He weighs over 1.3 tonnes (1300kg) - about the same as a small car - and is still growing.
His owner, horse trainer Jane Greenman, 47, says the only time the lumbering beast runs is when there is food on offer.
“It sounds like a mountain moving when he gallops across the paddock to come and get his breakfast,” she says. “He eats an incredible amount. I would hate to run a team of eight horses his size - it would send you broke.”
Mounting the horse is no easy task, either. “We have to use a ladder to get on top of him, or swing off a tree,” says Jane.
The massive horse, whose full name is Luscombe Nordram, was born in Australia to a mare and sire imported from England. Noddy’s grandfather, Ladbrooke Edward (UK) was the world’s tallest horse during the 1980’s.
But Jane had no idea that the foal she hand-reared from the age of six months would grow this big. Noddy immediately began to rocket and soon overtook both his parents in size.
“Every year I measure him on his birthday and we discovered that he was getting really huge.”
Although she says that she is not interested in the Guiness Book of Records, nevertheless Jane has carried out her own research and is sure that Noddy comes top.
“The nearest is a horse in Texas, at 20 hands,” says Jane.
“Noddy is already an inch taller than that. The scary thing is he still hasn’t finished - shire horses aren’t fully grown until they’re about six or seven”.
Jane has hinted that Noddy could be sold overseas, possibly even fetching a record price to match his height.
She is reluctant to sell, but to fund the immense cost of keeping him she needs to put him to work. Despite Noddy being trained to harness heavy loads, this is not easy for a horse his size.
“He needs a job. It’s very hard to find jobs for such a big horse in Australia. I wish he could stay here but I’ve tried everywhere,” she says regretfully.
“I just want people to enjoy this beautiful animal as much as I do.”