From: F. Brian Mead (brian@hardscrabblefarm.com)
Date: Fri Jun 21 2002 - 12:26:57 PDT
Good job Meir. Maybe GL could arrange in the future to hand over
the horses to the Equine Rescue and let them handle the adoption. Then the
Equine Rescue group could charge an adoption fee that would
entirely/partially go back to GL. (since they have costs involved too)
I know when we adopted a pony from the Georgia Equine Rescue
League, we had to pay an adoption fee. The fees here depend on the
condition of the horse, and the expense of getting the horse back to a
condition where they can be adopted out. Our pony cost $100. The League
also has the owner sign a form that they will not sell, breed, etc the
horse. Then you have yearly visits to check up on the condition of the horse.
I've got a horse I used to use for Civil War reenacting. She lost
her eye to an infection about 3-4 years ago. When I'm at MV shows or
meetings, I like to ask if anyone has a left eye for a cavalry horse I'm
restoring. =^) The restoration is almost done, just looking for a few
hard to find NOS parts. ;^) ...btw, when finished, my 1944 jeep will be
named "Sadie", after my horse.
later,
Brian Mead
Griffin, Ga
At 03:17 PM 6/21/2002 -0400, WF2U wrote:
>Same here - I'm in South Carolina. My pastures could support another couple
>of horses. I alerted the Lone Star Equine Rescue in Texas, they looked into
>it and were too late - bidding closed yesterday.
>I hope they were bought by decent people and not by slaughterers.
>
>Meir Bendror
>Landrum, SC
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
>Behalf Of Dave Cole
>Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 2:32 PM
>To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [MV] G-L Negotiated Sale
>
>
>This is a sad situation. Hopefully they won't head for the soap factory!
>
>If they weren't so far away I'd consider taking one or both. But there
>should be someone willing to put these animals out to pasture with dignity.
>
>Dave
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
>
>6/20/2002 8:05:02 PM, Joe Shannon <fordpart@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> >This is almost the same situation as the Vietnam War Dogs. After these dogs
> >served and saved a number of lives in Vietnam they were left to the
>vietnamese
> >when we pulled out. www.war-dogs.com.
> >
> >Jasper Welsch wrote:
> >
> >> Forgive me if this has already been discussed, but I get the digest.
> >> Check this out:
> >>
> >> http://www.govliquidation.com/specialPromotion/horses.html
> >>
> >> I don't know how I feel about this. Presumably these Military Vehicles
>will
> >> spend the rest of their days under good care, but there are no
>guarantees.
> >> The could end up going to the recyclers. They are obviously not
>restorable.
> >> At least they are not being DeMilled. But it troubles me that our nation
> >> does not think enough of this class of vehicle to preserve them as long
>as
> >> possible, even if they are unfit for continued use. What does this say
>to
> >> the soldiers who cared for them? One would think that the Government of
>the
> >> United States could afford to keep let them retire with dignity.
> >>
> >> Jasper Welsch at Home
> >> 1984 M1009 CUCV
> >>
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