Parelli ISN'T a real issue!!

[JanetGeorge]

The Catwalk incident showed him as a prat who can't practice what he preaches - but the outcry over Catwalk has been pretty extreme (even in the eyes of someone who can't stand Parelli!)

The APPALLING cruelty of wild horse racing is a MILLION times worse than anything Parelli could do at his worst - and it is going on constantly in the USA and elsewhere, no doubt!) sponsored by big business.

If HALF the energy expended on knocking Parelli could be put into stopping THIS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM1I8AnhGWY - then something could be achieved.

I'm not going to apologise to those of you who clicked that link and promptly lost your breakfast!

But once you've mopped up - and before you scream your outrage at me for posting something so hideous - please go to http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/endwildhorseracing/ and SIGN!!

Since this link appeared on H&H, only a few hundred signatures have been added - are you all ASLEEP?? Did you miss it because you were SO busy being outraged at a silly American in a Stetson showing how useless he could be at horse training??

PLEASE vent your outrage where it trulybelongs! And while you're at it, please e-mail the White House and ask the President to make an end to wildhorse racing a PRIORITY of his administration! http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

And please keep this thread UP!

 

[skewby]

Gosh well said.

Waiting for breakfast to go down a bit more before clicking link though (honestly).

 

[SirenaXVI]

I am one of those hundred or so signatures, made me sick to my stomach and needs to be stopped - pronto!

 

[tallyho!]

Thanks JanetGeorge.

Watched the film, well could only see 10 secs before tears clouded my vision.

Donated $10 and signed the petition at Whitehouse.

 

[Berpisc]

Signed previousely, but thanks for putting this thread up

 

[JessandCharlie]

Well said. Signed, but couldn't watch it after a few secs.
I can't believe some people can live with themselves.

 

[Jericho]

well said! Petition signed (sorry - missed it first time round!)

 

[stencilface]

Dear god

I'm not normally one for doing this but had to stop the vid before I cry in the office.

Couldn't watch the whole thing, that poor bay horse

Humans really are quite horrible

Signed

 

[JVB]

Signed the other week when you posted - awful

 

[eggs]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, awful as it was to watch. I missed it the first time round but have signed the petition now.

Agree with you re. Parelli too. I guess that when you see what goes on in America you can understand why he has his devotees over there.

 

[JulzS]

OMG that is horrendus!! off to sign...

 

[camilla4]

Signed a while ago, but bumping this again.

 

[Raych]

I signed, and i had to stop watching after about 30 seconds. Thanks for alerting this to us all, and i agree with you completley.

 

[tabithakat64]

That was horrific I've signed.

 

[SVMel]

Horrific. I will be signing.

However, I don't think that what happened to Catwalk and some other Parelli subjects is any less significant.

Cruelty is cruelty. So I signed BOTH petitions, relevant to each horrible practice.

 

[Chavhorse]

Janet Well said!

Watched the video when origionally posted and signed the petition.

With your permission I would like copy your post to another forum I use in the UK?

Will also get a Dutch translation done and get this up on some of the Dutch Forums.

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

Signed and bump

 

[Sparkles]

Signing.

I was doing 'ok' up until that leg of the horse was shown. Then I actually nearly puked.

 

[touchstone]

Good post JG; have already signed and agree with Tennessee that cruelty is cruelty, but this is sadly another level completely

 

[joeanne]

Already signed.
Disgusting....

 

[deicinmerlyn]

Signed.

Agree cruelty is cruelty but there are shocking levels and this is unbelievably disgraceful.

 

[nikkiportia]

An absolute disgrace.

 

[zefragile]

Well said. It's shameful and embarassing that the other issue is getting more outrage than something like this. Signed.

 

[Faithkat]

How come the American Humane Association, whose name is plastered all over film credits, isn't involved in stamping out this kind of very public abuse and cruelty then?????????

 

[martlin]

Have already signed the other day, but bumping anyway.

 

[saddlesore]

Signed This is truely stomach turning. An absolute outrage and I hope this petition takes off and has a positive effect. No animal should have to suffer like that - especially not for 'entertainment'

 

[V1NN]

Signed.. Sitting here in tears, how can some people be so bad to animals

 

[spike123]

signed! I feel sick to think that people take pleasure in watching something so hideously cruel.

 

[JenHunt]

well said JG.... I can't watch the vid as I'm at work, but am satisfied by your arguement enough to have signed the petition.

it isn't the NH movement that's to blame for the whole catwalk incident... it is only PP himself. What ever your thoughts on Parelli, NH or whatever, it was PP that was doing the demonstration and that behaved the way he did, no-one else prompted that. (That's not to say that anyone else wouldn't have lost thier temper or that anyone else could have made any better/worse job of it). My point is that people need to separate the outrage from the NH movement and Pat Parelli. and as JG said... there's much worse things out there to be outraged about!

 

[A1fie]

Have signed. Not sure if it has already been done but could someone link it in to facebook and send the petition around on there - sure to get a lot more signatures. (I would but am not on it).