Horse Feathers
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Just got this email and thought someone in Oregon should know
Subject: [The_Trailriders_Journal_Online] new horse law-not good!
new horse law alert---to All Equine Owners and Fanciers:
I am attaching the Senate Bill being proposed in this year's legislative agenda!
Briefly, horse owners will be required to register their animals with a state agency (similar to the DMV) and do a transfer of ownership (like the DMV) when selling an equine (horse, donkey, etc.). Initially one must register the animals one owns now and pay "up to $100" (in government-speak "up to" means "at least") fee per animal!
There are many provisions in this bill for private sales as well as "registered dealers" etc. But there are also lots of seemingly humane requirements regarding shipping, etc - don't let these fool you. Unless you are five years old, you must have noticed how everything the Government gets involved in escalates exponentially! You know the fees will continue to go UP and UP and UP! The regulations will continue to get more and more restrictive - before you know it, only the very wealthy will be able to afford to keep a horse!
First they establish this "bureau", then it must be staffed with highly paid (more than private sector) highly perked personnel who belong to the public employees union and will strike against US - those who pay their extravagant salaries and benefits for services we don't want! NO NO NO! DO NOT LET THIS GET STARTED! BEWARE THE EVER ENCROACHING GOVERNMENT!
Contact your state Senators and say NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!
THIS IS IN COMMITTEE NOW - we need all Oregon horse owners, trainers, boarding facility owners, and anyone else who's livelihood is in any way impacted by contact with horses to contact your state
senators by email AND phone. Understand that I am talking about your state senators, not Sens. Wyden and Merkley. This is happening in Salem right now. Your action is needed immediately if we are to have
any chance to stop this. If you don't know who your local senator is, go to <http://www.leg.state.or.us/senate>www.leg.state.or.us/senate .
Enter your address and zip, and you will be given their name and contact info. We must be proactive before this escalates! If you opt to be complacent, this could destroy what is left of the horse industry. If this progresses, we will need every voice, from every horseman, that we can rally. Can you imagine our country with no horses? Can y our imagine your life with no horses? Email AND phone your senator NOW - phone calls actually carry more weight than emails, but we must do both. Tell him you will be watching how he votes on this bill, and that you will keep that vote in mind next time he comes up for re-election. They know how many of us there are, so they will also know that we can tip the votes in favor of their opponents.
At the bottom of this email, I have included two sample emails for you to use. One is from the position of the horse owner. The other is from the position of the equine professional. Choose the one that fits your situation, feel free to copy and paste it into your email. If you wish, add your own words to personalize it.
Subject:Senate Bill 0262 Regarding Equine Activities New licenses, taxes and fees for owning horses and mandatory filing of ownership. Fee per horse.
Friends and Fellow Horse Owners and Lovers - A bill has been introduced that, if passed, would have a wide
reaching effect on the horse industry and all horse owners. I've attached a link to the bill and I urge you to read it in its entirety even though it's 16 pages long and much of it may not seem to apply to you personally. However, don't be lulled into inaction just because most of the bill seems to be aimed at equine rescue
facilities, auctions and horse transporters - this bill contains much insidious language that will drastically affect horse ownership and everything related to it in this state! Those who breed, raise and sell horses will be severely impacted as will anyone who buys horses for resale. Much of the language sounds "reasonable" - aimed at insuring humane treatment of equines at rescue facilities, auctions and during transportation. Yes, horse abuse exists, we all know that and occurrences are far more frequent in these trying economic times.
Abuse and neglect are unacceptable now or at any time, but this bill is NOT the way to eliminate it! It introduces an onerous "tax" on all equines residing in the state for more than 30 days and it's ramifications will be felt throughout the state - boarding stables, racing stables, training stables and trainers, horse sellers and haulers and Joe Average horseowner will be burdened, not just financially in the form of the licensing all equines, but in the extra hours of bookkeeping that will be required for all equine professionals in monthly reports to the state as well as requirements to permit state inspectors onto equestrian property at will to ascertain suitability of facilities, feed, care and much more. This bill, in effect, finds all horseowners guilty of horse neglect and abuse until you prove yourself innocent!
Don't take my word for it - don't take anyone's word for it. Read the bill yourself - take the time to highlight any parts that will affect you personally and I think you'll find a lot of yellow covering those 16 pages. We can't afford to stick our heads in the sand and say, "It won't cost me very much and maybe it will be good for the horses....." It will cost you dearly and in the end it won't be "good for the horses" either. Pass this on to all your friends and horse organizations so that we can become informed in order that
we can prevent passage of this bill.
<http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measures/sb0200.dir/sb0262.intro.html
http://www.leg.state...0262.intro.html
Sandra Matthews Colorado Springs, CO ApHC Director, Territory II Zone C
Susan Barackman Morning Light Studio
Paris , Texas 75462
[email protected]
now on the net at ... http://susanbarackman.freeservers.com
Subject: [The_Trailriders_Journal_Online] new horse law-not good!
new horse law alert---to All Equine Owners and Fanciers:
I am attaching the Senate Bill being proposed in this year's legislative agenda!
Briefly, horse owners will be required to register their animals with a state agency (similar to the DMV) and do a transfer of ownership (like the DMV) when selling an equine (horse, donkey, etc.). Initially one must register the animals one owns now and pay "up to $100" (in government-speak "up to" means "at least") fee per animal!
There are many provisions in this bill for private sales as well as "registered dealers" etc. But there are also lots of seemingly humane requirements regarding shipping, etc - don't let these fool you. Unless you are five years old, you must have noticed how everything the Government gets involved in escalates exponentially! You know the fees will continue to go UP and UP and UP! The regulations will continue to get more and more restrictive - before you know it, only the very wealthy will be able to afford to keep a horse!
First they establish this "bureau", then it must be staffed with highly paid (more than private sector) highly perked personnel who belong to the public employees union and will strike against US - those who pay their extravagant salaries and benefits for services we don't want! NO NO NO! DO NOT LET THIS GET STARTED! BEWARE THE EVER ENCROACHING GOVERNMENT!
Contact your state Senators and say NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!
THIS IS IN COMMITTEE NOW - we need all Oregon horse owners, trainers, boarding facility owners, and anyone else who's livelihood is in any way impacted by contact with horses to contact your state
senators by email AND phone. Understand that I am talking about your state senators, not Sens. Wyden and Merkley. This is happening in Salem right now. Your action is needed immediately if we are to have
any chance to stop this. If you don't know who your local senator is, go to <http://www.leg.state.or.us/senate>www.leg.state.or.us/senate .
Enter your address and zip, and you will be given their name and contact info. We must be proactive before this escalates! If you opt to be complacent, this could destroy what is left of the horse industry. If this progresses, we will need every voice, from every horseman, that we can rally. Can you imagine our country with no horses? Can y our imagine your life with no horses? Email AND phone your senator NOW - phone calls actually carry more weight than emails, but we must do both. Tell him you will be watching how he votes on this bill, and that you will keep that vote in mind next time he comes up for re-election. They know how many of us there are, so they will also know that we can tip the votes in favor of their opponents.
At the bottom of this email, I have included two sample emails for you to use. One is from the position of the horse owner. The other is from the position of the equine professional. Choose the one that fits your situation, feel free to copy and paste it into your email. If you wish, add your own words to personalize it.
Subject:Senate Bill 0262 Regarding Equine Activities New licenses, taxes and fees for owning horses and mandatory filing of ownership. Fee per horse.
Friends and Fellow Horse Owners and Lovers - A bill has been introduced that, if passed, would have a wide
reaching effect on the horse industry and all horse owners. I've attached a link to the bill and I urge you to read it in its entirety even though it's 16 pages long and much of it may not seem to apply to you personally. However, don't be lulled into inaction just because most of the bill seems to be aimed at equine rescue
facilities, auctions and horse transporters - this bill contains much insidious language that will drastically affect horse ownership and everything related to it in this state! Those who breed, raise and sell horses will be severely impacted as will anyone who buys horses for resale. Much of the language sounds "reasonable" - aimed at insuring humane treatment of equines at rescue facilities, auctions and during transportation. Yes, horse abuse exists, we all know that and occurrences are far more frequent in these trying economic times.
Abuse and neglect are unacceptable now or at any time, but this bill is NOT the way to eliminate it! It introduces an onerous "tax" on all equines residing in the state for more than 30 days and it's ramifications will be felt throughout the state - boarding stables, racing stables, training stables and trainers, horse sellers and haulers and Joe Average horseowner will be burdened, not just financially in the form of the licensing all equines, but in the extra hours of bookkeeping that will be required for all equine professionals in monthly reports to the state as well as requirements to permit state inspectors onto equestrian property at will to ascertain suitability of facilities, feed, care and much more. This bill, in effect, finds all horseowners guilty of horse neglect and abuse until you prove yourself innocent!
Don't take my word for it - don't take anyone's word for it. Read the bill yourself - take the time to highlight any parts that will affect you personally and I think you'll find a lot of yellow covering those 16 pages. We can't afford to stick our heads in the sand and say, "It won't cost me very much and maybe it will be good for the horses....." It will cost you dearly and in the end it won't be "good for the horses" either. Pass this on to all your friends and horse organizations so that we can become informed in order that
we can prevent passage of this bill.
<http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measures/sb0200.dir/sb0262.intro.html
http://www.leg.state...0262.intro.html
Sandra Matthews Colorado Springs, CO ApHC Director, Territory II Zone C
Susan Barackman Morning Light Studio
Paris , Texas 75462
[email protected]
now on the net at ... http://susanbarackman.freeservers.com
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