On the subject of colour trends. Fancy these?

[Enfys]

www.spotsnstripes.com

 

[jesterfaerie]

LOL, love the picture of it sat down.

 

[Tia]

I'm sorry but those people are completely off their heads in my opinion.

 

[JadeWisc]

I imagine these people have a large amount of disposable income.............

I cannot imagine what the animals in their menagerie cost

 

[Fairynuff]

what will these people think of next? Too much money and time on their hands

! M.

 

[Enfys]

To be honest I didn't even read the blurb, just saw the photos of the zebra in hand at a show and thought how bizarre. Aren't there enough types of horses out there already? Somehow it doesn't seem dignified, a little, to my mind, like lions and tigers jumping through hoops in circuses years ago. This all came about because of something I read on another forum about the NH (Ross and Heather Simpson) people having to get permission to have a herd of zebras on their land in Wales.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/6945782.stm

www.naturalanimalcentre.com

 

[Donkeymad]

Don't agree with bringing a her of Zebra to Wales, it's not a natural habitat for them, sort of contradicts what the Simpson's aim at.

 

[Bright_Spark]

Just had a look under the for sale section- a zebra they have had from 6 weeks old?

Please tell me he came with his mum

Link:
http://www.spotsnstripes.com/ZebraSales.htm

 

[Enfys]

No Jags, the foal did not go with its' Mum. From what I can gather they are taken off the mare very early, and bottle/bucket reared with a pony foal. They seem to do quite intensive training, one was pictured at a first show (by herself) at two weeks old. I may have read that wrongly, but I am sure they said WEEKS in the text.

A trained yearling (lunges, and has carried a saddle and harness, it said in the spiel) apparently will go for $16,000.

Actually I have no problem with the saddle bit, as mine will have had rugs and a saddle on her back before her first birthday too.