Amazing clip of horse rescue

[Leah3horses]

Have looked to see if this has been posted before,can't find any reference to it so hope it's ok to post here?.Can you remember the horses in the Netherlands who were stranded by floods for days, some drowned? Just saw this on a lovely forum I go on...apologies if its' been posted before,well worth seeing again.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=adYbFQFXG0U

 

[ISHmad]

I've seen that before but it never fails to move me. Thanks for posting the link.

 

[thedunthing]

i have cried every time i watched it lol

 

[Leah3horses]

It's so moving isn't it, how brave those horses and their riders were.The way those first horses trust them,floods of tears every time. Makes you think what's really important doesn't it x

 

[Thistle]

Weren't these horses something to do with a meat farm and they went for slaughter afterwards or something?

 

[kanter]

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Weren't these horses something to do with a meat farm and they went for slaughter afterwards or something?

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Aw - someone always has to go and spoil it!

I'm getting Christian the Lion on the link in any case

 

[Leah3horses]

Did you have to say that Thistle.Was meant to be uplifting lol

Honestly do you think it was true or just a rumour that they went for meat? My Dutch isn't great but they are described as broodmares and foals on the Dutch link??

 

[somethingorother]

yeah me too, maybe it's because i thats the last vid i watched on youtube... Wats the vid called? i could do with a soppy moment

 

[oinkmoooink]

IM getting a link to a lion...though that is very sweet too

 

[Leah3horses]

that's weird, the horses have changed to Christian the lion?! Which is brill anyway, but not quite as brill to me as the horse one..will investigate

 

[Leah3horses]

Try this

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=i6vSvOw-4U4&feature=related

 

[JM07]

very moving...

but as they are (were) on a meat farm, they were saved for purely commercial reasons..

 

[Maesfen]

Wasn't the lead coloured horse (rider in red) King, the sire of Goshka Ringo too? Very moving even if for commercial reasons!

 

[Leah3horses]

So it was definitely true? Whatever their eventual destination, at least they weren't left to drown. The clip embodied some of the reasons why we love horses, to me it did anyway.That's why I posted it,to share something meaningful with other horse lovers.

 

[Jesss]

So moving

 

[oinkmoooink]

Aww thats lovely,
but a bit tainted how they were all from a meat farm,
but still lovely

 

[littlemisslauren]

i loved the lion clip!
ive never seen the vid of the horses before! im in complete awe of those riders, even if the horses were from a meat farm

 

[rascal]

Nice clip whatever the reasons, the lion was lovely too!!

 

[hellybelly6]

Very cynical saving the horses which are going for meat and then sitting back, thinking they (the rescuers) are wonderful and making a video of it.

The horses were saved from one death only to face to another.

I loved the lion video, very touching and clear proof that animals are under estimated.

 

[ticobay831]

Thought the horse rescue was fantastic, what satisfaction those riders must have felt.
The lion, well incredible it bought tears to my eyes

 

[Box_Of_Frogs]

Anyone know what the music is that accompanies the rescued horses clip? It's fabulous.

 

[Ravenwood]

Oh God - first I cried at the lion, then I cried at the horse rescue

I don't care if they did go for meat, all horses are put down at some point and what does it matter what happens to their carcass - they don't know.

 

[Ravenwood]

I think it said Vengalis at the beginning of the clip.

 

[PapaFrita]

I'm getting a cute video about a lion. What I want to know is if he's a grown lad, with his own pride, why hasn't he got a mane? Anyone?
I did shed a tear when Christian and his old friends were reunited *sniff*

 

[PapaFrita]

I don't think the women who rescued the horses were the owners. In fact the owner was prosecuted for neglect. I think they did a great job.

 

[ISHmad]

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Very cynical saving the horses which are going for meat and then sitting back, thinking they (the rescuers) are wonderful and making a video of it.

The horses were saved from one death only to face to another.



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So you would have let them drown then would you? Can you not imagine how terrified those poor horses would have been long before the water finally took them.

Honestly.