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Comcast Cable™ recently visited Bright Futures Farm to do a piece for Your Town, On Demand™. On Demand™ is the nations leading video-on-demand service with a growing video library of over 7500 programs available each month to their subscribers to view at any time.

This piece will help raise awareness about the plight of unwanted horses, and what you can do to help. Please be sure to view Bright Futures Farm on "Your Town" On Demand™ in the Pittsburgh, Ohio, West Virginia market.

A very special thanks to Jessica, Katie, Pete and Scott from Comcast. We appreciate your time and dedication to this project!

Thank you to Becky, Cyndy, Christine, Claudia, Denise, Ed, Jennifer, Josh, Kelly and Mindy for all of your help before and during their visit. Couldn't have done it without ya!

NOW, THE HORSES NEED YOUR HELP TO PERSUADE THE SENATE TO ALSO VOTE YES TO BAN HORSE SLAUGHTER.

Click below to read about the Kimzey Leg Saver Splint...the splint that was used to help stabilize Barbaro's leg after his horrific accident at the start of the Preakness Stakes in Pimlico, Maryland.

Dr. Dean Richardson of the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals at the Univ. of PA's. New Bolton Center will be live on Talkin' Horses a feature of The Blood-Horse tonight.

This special edition of Talkin' Horses (Wednesday, August 16, 2006) will be posted online beginning at at 6 p.m. EST

WYETH & NAERIC PURPORTEDLY STOP AID TO RANCHERS SELLING PMU HORSES TO RESCUES & RESCUES ATTEMPTING TO PURCHASE PMU HORSES/FOALS

It has been reported that Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and NAERIC (North American Equine RAnching Information Council) have changed their policies regarding the disposition of unviable PMU mares and stallions, and the approximately 30,000 foals born each year as a result of the demand for their products, Premarin™, being the most well known of their HRT's. The report purports that Wyeth has elected to no longer allow PMU farmers to sell their horses to rescue organizations. It is also reported that NAERIC has elected to reduce or eliminate subsidies which were previously available to rescue or placement organizations.

If you would like to sign the petition to 'demand' Wyeth and NAERIC cease enforcement of any current policies, and refrain from establishing future policies that would interfere in any way with the efforts of PMU farmers to sell these horses to rescues, go to:

In addition to their HRT's (Prempro™, Premphase™, Premarin™), some of the products Wyeth manufactures are:

Chapstick™, Advil™, Anbesol™, Dimetapp™, Robitussin™ & Preparation H™, to name a few

APPALLING SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY MAGISTRATE’S VERDICT WILL RETURN HORSES TO SQUALOR
and how YOU can help:

Susquehanna County Magistrate Peter Janicelli found Linda Jones-Newman and Kevin Newman innocent of all but one animal cruelty and neglect charge, and ordered that the PSPCA return the 73 animals seized because of unsanitary conditions and a lack of proper sustenance. Despite the horrific conditions on the property, and numerous animal cruelty violations, the owners of the horses and small animals were found not guilty, with the exception of four of the animals. The total fine for their neglect was $75.

This ruling comes six months after the Susquehanna County Humane Society officials raided the Newman's 44-acre property on Brownville Road in Thompson, PA. A team of PSPCA Officers and state officials assisted with the search and seizure; upon their arrival they found that most of the animals were already dead while many others had to be euthanized immediately. The majority of remaining animals needed immediate veterinary assistance.

These animals were severely undernourished and living in filthy, run-down conditions. No food, hay or water was seen anywhere near the animals. Further investigation revealed supplies that were stockpiled nearby in a huge trailer.

Most of the animals endured an unbearable existence while cruelly confined in piled-up filth and debris inside their stalls and cages. Some horses were found dead in their stalls, while three goats lay dead outside a barn. One pony had an open wound that had been left untreated for over a year; a resulting infection had spread throughout the pony's back.

All of these conditions were documented by photographs and supported by testimony from witnesses, yet the judgment was 'not guilty.'

The PSPCA is a law enforcement organization vested with statewide authority to enforce anti-cruelty statutes in order to protect animals from abusive owners. This judgment reverses the protection the PSPCA is obligated to provide in this case.

We are appalled at this terrible judgment.