I was shocked when I read the following article, has this country totally lost its mind? Our Government is sticking its nose into every area of our lives. We can kill our unborn children and I am sure that infanticide of aborted babies who survive the abortion process and euthanasia of the sick and elderly will soon be accepted practices.
The sanctity of human, God given life is no longer guarded or respected by our Government but the life and health of animals are becoming ridiculously guarded by our fearless leaders.
Oklahoma horse owners stampede Capitol | NewsOK.com
When you read the above article you will see that Oklahoma has made it a Felony to float a horse's teeth without a Veterinarian license. What you may not notice is that the law also includes shoeing horses and transferring embryos in cows.
A horse's teeth continue growing throughout their life and can get sharp edges, making it difficult for them to eat. This is corrected by a simple filing of the sharp edges. As far as shoeing goes, I don't know of any Vets who would even want to do that hard and back breaking job.
My Granddaughter currently has a loose tooth. We don't have to take her to a licensed Dentist to pull that tooth, we can pull it and it can cause her pain and it can bleed without being charged with Child Abuse or any type of felony. Oklahoma's horse owners cannot file their horse's teeth or hire someone other than a Licensed Vet to file those teeth. Floating teeth might be annoying to a horse but is not painful and there is no blood. What is wrong with this picture??
Can you even imagine a farrier being arrested and charged with a felony for putting shoes on a horse?
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OK, NOW THAT IS RIDICULOUS. I HAVE AN EQUINE DENTIST BECAUSE MY VET HAS A BAD BACK AND RECOMMENDED AN "EXPERT" IN EQUINE DENTISTRY. THIS GUY DOES THE FLOATING WITHOUT ANY ANESTHETIC, HE IS REALLY GOOD!!!
AND I HAVE A FARRIER (BLACK SMITH) TO DO MY HORSES FOR THE SAME REASON.. MY VET IS TOO BUSY TO COME OUT EVERY 6-8 WEEKS!!!
THIS IS JUST "NONSENSE"!!!!!
I THINK OKLAHOMA HAS TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS!! I USE TO LIVE THERE BY THE WAY...
KAREN
I don't think it is so we won't do those things, but instead yet another way to require new licenses. So, soon you'll see trucks with certified horse-shoe-er on it.
Part of that is due, I think, to some of those really expensive horses that had to be put down because of super bad shoe jobs. It was a sad story and those who don't really understand what happened might over react. Ditto with those horses that got confiscated and one had the most horrible absesses and got all over the news because of a REALLY badly done home float.
I don't think they are trying to prevent it being done, just over reacting and requiring licensing.
As for the other, well, that isn't a conversation I can engage in. An 11 year old having twins from being raped by her father and being excommunicated from the church because doctors performed the procedure to save her life, well, some things we all just need to stay out of and not judge so harshly.
ChristyABC, can you please direct me to an article where a horse has ever had to be put down because of a poor shoe job? Also direct me to information about a horse getting an abscess from a bad float job.
You would have to intend to do damage and it would take quite a while to file a horse's teeth down enough to do damage.
I have seen many bad shoe jobs but never one that could not be corrected with time. The only reason that a horse would have to be put down because of a poor shoeing would be because that horse was not worth the money and time that it would take to correct it.
As for abortion, it is easy to find an extreme case to argue for abortion involving a young innocent child but in reality we all know that these cases are not but a very small percentage. The largest percentage of abortions are done for women who aren't young, innocent or have live threatening situations.
O M G !!! How ridiculous is that!!! I'm glad I live where that rule doesnt exist..around here its hard to find someone to float teeth....It took me forever to even find someone to float,,he is licensed, but still!!!! The government sucks...dont get me on my soap box about animal rights activists who do more harm than good.. *sigh*
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