Multumesc; drive through

Found at The Similepedia Blog; I believe the photo was taken in Romania. (Multumesc = thank you)

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Police horse clocks out early

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From The Gothamist:

After getting spooked and throwing its mounted officer yesterday, Aldo the police horse managed to make its way home to the station house at 6th Ave. and Ericcson Pl. Aldo freaked out at the sound of screeching brakes in Soho yesterday afternoon, causing him to throw his rider, who was taken to St. Vincent’s with minor injuries. After getting the cop off his back, Aldo ran free through the streets before ambling about ten blocks home. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne says that Aldo “knows his turf.”

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Faces of war

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I stumbled across a compelling photo (below) and some great links at we make money not art, exploring the history of gas masks for animals in wartime.

Riders charged with intoxication in Virginia

Two people police say were hoping to avoid drinking and driving chose instead to head home on horseback, and ended up under arrest anyway.

Culpeper police officers Lonnie Myers and Tim Chilton heard a disturbance last Thursday around midnight and found Culpeper residents Eric Kyff and Lauren Allen arguing, Sgt. Scott Jenkins said.

Kyff and Allen, who appeared to be intoxicated, wanted to “travel home several miles by horseback to avoid drinking and driving,” Jenkins said.

Kyff, 39, took off along a nearby set of railroad tracks but was stopped shortly after by Chilton, police said.

The two were charged with public intoxication and taken to the county jail. The horses were held across the street in front of the police department.

The two were released from jail the next morning. Their horses were waiting for them across the road. Link (via Digg)

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Equine veterans

Happy Memorial Day weekend to our American friends! Chris at Real Horses Weigh A Ton has a great post on Robert E. Lee’s horse Traveller to mark the occasion.

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Drunk man rides horse into bank

A drunk German horse rider rode into a bank foyer to sleep for the night, after having one too many for the road during a stopover at his local beergarden.

Wolfgang Heinrich, 40, from the German town Wiesenburg, had been riding with his Haflinger horse Sammy when he stopped to have a drink with friends.

But when he left the pub he realised he was too drunk to ride all the way home – and because it was cold, he decided to use his bank card to open up a nearby bank foyer and take himself and Sammy inside to sleep it off.

Heinrich and his horse were found in the early hours of the morning by local man Stephan Hanelt, 36, who came to the bank to take out some money.

He said: ‘It was a bit of a shock to find a man and a horse asleep in the foyer of the bank. I rang the police straight away.’

Heinrich was let off with a warning and rode home. But bank staff were less than impressed when they arrived and had to clean up after the horse, who had left a deposit of his own on the foyer floor. Link

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Barbaro update, and a challenge to those who say they love horses

Barbaro’s cast has now been removed, and he is said to be making slow but substantial progress, say his vets.

Yay!

Now, here’s where the “if you love horses” part comes in.

Barbaro has received a lot of attention in the months since the Preakness, and deservedly so; very few horses recover from that sort of injury. When I saw his jockey pull him up, and that dangling foot, my heart was in my mouth. I was somewhat relieved when they bundled him into the horse ambulance; at least he wasn’t going to be euthanized on the track, like Go For Wand was. He would not be added to the statistics for 2006, although the numbers for 2005 are horrendous enough (753 racehorses died as a result of track-related injuries that year).

If you are still moved by Barbaro, if you really love horses, don’t send him a card. Don’t make another video pastiche for YouTube. Do something for all the other horses who don’t have the world on their side.

Make a donation to the Barbaro Fund at the Penn School of Veterinary Medicine, buy a Barbaro wristband, the Breyer Barbaro, or the Barbaro print: all proceeds will benefit horse-related charities.

Volunteer at a local horse rescue, or send a donation of money, old tack and other usable goods. I’ll bet Canadian horse rescues would be happy to accept that Canadian Tire money you never get around to using.

Adopt a PMU foal, or sponsor a PMU mare.

Make your next eBay purchase from a charity or horse rescue which is trying to raise funds. MissionFish lists many of these; go to Search, then choose Environment and Protection of Animals under Nonprofit Type.

Volunteer at a local therapeutic riding centre and help someone else discover the joy that horses can bring to a person’s life.

Support Brigadier’s Law, which supports a proposal to amend the Criminal Code of Canada giving Police Service Animals the much needed protection they require, under the law. (Brigadier)

If you really love horses, and not just because it’s cool to be sentimental over Barbaro, do something meaningful for all the horses who serve us, and suffer in silence, yet still trust humans to do the right thing. They deserve it just as much as any Kentucky Derby winner.

Horse news in brief, 2006-09-26

“Walking the Horse“, by 8thc. Chinese artist Han Gan

An Ontario horse breeder is donating a second Belgian cross to replace Brigadier, the horse he sold to Toronto police that was struck and killed by a scumbucket car in February…

The Tennessean urges the TWH industry to clean up its act already…

Western Horseman offers 30 uses for all that hay twine you’ve got all over the barn…

Bill declaring it illegal to use a horse to wash a street is one of the odd old laws being repealed in Brooklyn…

Health Canada advises about missing dosage information on the veterinary drug product PENPRO…

Naked burglar freaks out woman and horses in Tampa, FL…

Brigadier

I found this great photo of the late Brigadier over at Sasha’s Legacy Equine Rescue.

Mounted Toronto Police constables Gregory John, left, and Ricard Cooper take their coffee break in the saddle yesterday (Sunday, May 12 2002) at the Tim Hortons shop at Leslie St. at Lakeshore Blvd. E. Their steeds are Brigadier, left, and Spencer.

Photo: Rene Johnston/Toronto Star

Remembering Brigadier

OVC Memorial Fund Honours Fallen Toronto Police Horse

The Toronto Police Service and the Ontario Veterinary College have created a special memorial fund following the death of Brigadier, a police horse that died in the line of duty after being struck by a hit-and-run driver Feb. 24. (Click link to read more)

Brigadier Poster Available
The memory of Brigadier, the police horse that died earlier this year in the line of duty, will be honoured with the printing of a beautiful poster.

The proceeds of poster sales will go towards the memorial fund created by the Toronto Police Service and the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) following Brigadier’s death. (Click link to read more)

Updates: Found this blog dedicated to Brigadier’s memory, with lots of poignant photos.

Please go to Brigadier’s Law and sign the petition calling for a proposal to amend the Criminal Code of Canada giving Police Service Animals the much needed protection they require, under the law.