Santo Domingo.-The country’s animal protection activists won a major battle Thursday, with the publication of the Animal Protection Act, from the Law which bans the use of animals for hauling carts or other vehicles in the sale of foods.
The measure, considered a great step forward for Dominican society, provides shelter to victims of human cruelty, vendors and other social sectors argue that the piece fails to solve the problem of the more than 1,500 families who depend on draft horses.
Gabriel Pimentel, head of the Mercado Nuevo’s farm product vendors grouped in Los market Caballitos, said in 2007 the organization created a project which trains and capitalizes its members to replace the carts with trucks.
He said the project was carried out with the support of various government agencies and city councils, Taiwan’s Government and Interior and Police, and Public Health ministries.
Pimentel said the initiative aims to finance the trucks with RD$192,000 per vehicle, while the City councils will have the authority to confiscate the carts and horses on their thoroughfares.
Written by: bernies, 24 Aug 2012 8:54 AM
From: United States, key west fl
It is about time that we start moving on the right direction.
From: Dominican Republic
I like seeing hosres still working around the world, the only problem is the treament and conditions these amimals have to live with. I have yet to see any health looking work horses here, so this may just be the only way of fixing the problem..
On the flip side it just means more badly driven, unmaintained, smoke belching trucks with on brake lights or indicators, fulling the streets...
From: Cuba, La Havana, Que Viva La Revolucion
Damn it...
Josie just lost her limousine ride...
Written by: DomRat, 24 Aug 2012 10:54 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Great another nail in the coffin of the little guy. Now get a motor driven unit, gas/oil/mechanical maintenence to pay for or cobble together and then wonder why there are accidents. If the animal rights activists were really worrying about animals we would be with out the chicken fights ah pardon me Gallaros, but then again what about the crowded farm chicken coop, need free range chickens, and the poor pigs - killed (fresh) alongside the pot they are to be cooked in, Get a life - going to go after the ox drawn plow next? What is the end plan Soyelent Green? F' all these do gooders. Much better to help the guy with the cart by teaching some animal husbandry, if that doesn't work there are certainly ordinances that could be worked against inhumane treatment. Only good thing this does is get the horse shit off the road, hope Danilo can clean the stables of bull shit in the Capital.
Written by: anthonyC, 24 Aug 2012 11:02 AM
From: United States
I wish these so-called "animal rights" activists cared more about the rights of man more.
Written by: RonEvane 
, 24 Aug 2012 11:49 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Anthony C.. Is that a "C", as in "Cretin"?...Because that's pretty much the impression I get with your constant asinine comments!
If you only had a brain, it would seem clear what this means for animals and those that will get a truck to ply their wares, with!
To wit:..No more suffering for these overworked, underfed and mistreated animals!
The merchants get a vehicle,(hard to come by in DR), that they can use as they see fit.. I'll gladly trade a horse for a truck any day!.
You're just like Josea,the jerk..No matter how good the report, there's always something to complain about!..Jeez!
Written by: RonEvane , 24 Aug 2012 11:58 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Dominican Rat.
I'm impressed with your reference to "Soylent green". It means you're old enough to, perhaps, understand life a little better, but disappointed that you do not!
You're another Dumb Dominican who seriously needs to examine life and try to find out what went wrong along the way. Or is it too late!?...Tragic!
From: Brazil, Cuba, Venezuela, DR, Latin America Unida, Que Viva la Revolucion Carajo!!
RonEvane,
AnthonyC "C" stands more for "CABRON" translation in English "HOMESEXUAL"...
Everything that comes out of Anthony's mouth is Fecal Matter that has been anal-fed through his mouth and vomits it right out with making stupid comments...Does he stands for anything else more than the Capital model of everything for themselves and no compassion for the human or animals race?? It is easy to understand how diabolic his mentality is and evil desire for the distruction of the poor masses...If this guy was ever a Dominican, our founder fathers will spit in is face but obviously he is not because this was the case he will have more compassion towards our people...Shame on you!!
From: Cuba, La Havana, Que Viva La Revolucion
Anthony C = Come Salami
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Written by: zooma, 24 Aug 2012 4:07 PM
From: United States
This is a law that does not fully address the issue of horse drawn carts, it is too narrow.. Because of the high street visibility of the horse drawn carts the government can make issue of it to demonstrate its power. The proper way to address the matter would be to fine owners of abused draft animals and remove the abused animals from their custody. Allow the use of animals in good health and treatment. It is heavy handed to ban the use horse drawn carts completely from vendors who's only economic recourse is to use the animals as they cannot afford motorized transport. Will the law ban horse drawn carts from rural areas, mountain paths, locations where four wheel transport cannot access ?
I believe this law is the legal fallout of an agenda of the farm product vendors to rid competition. Hint, why not address horse drawn junk, paper, mattresses, ect.
Written by: anthonyC, 24 Aug 2012 4:32 PM
From: United States
Written by: RonEvane,
"If you only had a brain, it would seem clear what this means for animals and those that will get a truck to ply their wares, with!"
Of all the arrogant statements you Limousine Liberals make yours has to be near the top of the list!
Sure. Add more regulation. They can afford it. Raise Taxes. They can afford it.
Yep That poor guy is using that rickety old cart and pulling it with a horse because he is too cheap to buy an air-conditioned truck and fill it with fuel pay the registration, Tax and tag.
Tell you what. Why don't you Buy the trucks for them? You are all so quick to spend other people's money. lets see how fast you are to spend yours!
Written by: DomRat, 24 Aug 2012 5:02 PM
From: Dominican Republic
At Roy:
So happy to have your high regard, perhaps. Living as you apparently do, in Gaithersburg you perhaps, commute to Langley. I will match wits, education, worldliness, commonsense, and knowledge of animal husbandry with you anytime. I am not born and bred Dominican but in spite of that lack of credentials I take issue with your characterization of Dominicans as dumb. Perhaps you should do a rethink. This is a rugged land, horses and donkeys are indispensible, cruelty is not. You and a few of the others characterizations of some of us whom you disagree with borders on bullying, a form of cruelty. What special attributes do you possess to enable you to be so ‘cocksure’ of yourself?
From: United States, Bay Area, CA - (Dei sitio)
The country’s animal protection activists won a major battle to protect animals to be used for hauling food carts. Now, who's going to protect them from becoming food?...Seems like all the sudden the salami industy has more options for their product BOMs.
From: United States
Are you telling me that Hipolito Mejia won't have to pull wagons anymore?
Se salvó Hipólito carajo!
Written by: anthonyC, 25 Aug 2012 12:02 AM
From: United States
Mafioso02,
There is no vice in being “selfish” with what is yours. Only in being “selfish” with what is not.
But of course a person who chooses a screen name like Mafioso wouldn't be able to grasp that.
Written by: dolo1, 25 Aug 2012 12:03 AM
From: United States
!!
What is happening to the DR ? Where do these communists,statists, and fascists come from suddenly ?
Banning horse drawn carts - Are people INSANE ?
Doesnt anyone think about the economic consequences ?
So the poor platanero or coco guy now gets a motor cart or auto
-he has to:
maintain it with parts and insurance
buy fuel - which produces pollution
create noise pollution
Many self sufficient business men will be put out of business - the increase costs will kill already meager profits - the environment made worse !
-Horses are bred to: race or WORK
they eat readily available and cheap/free grasses weeds
they waste they produce is biodegradable -
can handle any terrain - important in a country with sketchy infrastructure
Who is stupid enough to propose this ? and dumb enuf to pass it ?
Unemployment goes up, poverty increases, crime goes up, capital formation more difficult.
"Animal Rights" ? What about "Human Rights" - to work, make a living, a
From: Dominican Republic
dolo1
"-he has to:
maintain it with parts and insurance"
So you haven't been on DR road lately then?? If you had you would know that maintaining a vehicles (even public ones) is a very rare thing.... It's very surprising to see a truck/bus with indicators and brake light and even more surprising if they use them...
"they eat readily available and cheap/free grasses weeds"
but the don't eat pineapple tops, avocado/banana skins or garbage. A healthy horse needs good feed and grazing area, but there aren't many areas in SD to do this. Would any one of these horse owners be willing to pay for feed in the cities if it was available?...
I am sure if just one of these working horse owners could show a health, well looked after work horse, they would have a case to have this over turned and make this a case of just prosecuting those that miss treat their animals..
If they don't and can't maintain a horse you real think they will maintain a truck???
From: United States, Earth
If they want to IMPROVE the treatment and health of these animals then thats fine. But simply removing these horse drawn carriages clearly are important for many families. And personally I think it's pretty rich in culture to still be able to see a horse drawn carriage and it's conductor selling his produce etc. But what I don't get is how can they be so intolerant of these horse drawn carriages and yet the cock fighting is ok to do???
Written by: RonEvane , 25 Aug 2012 5:59 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Some people read, but don’t understand the message. This gets my goat and I react with anger and hostility. I do not identify with people who type in nonsense and idiotic comments.
If you had understood the report, perhaps you’d have agreed that this may be the best thing to happen to these vendors. You and other folks, who can’t see an opportunity if it slapped them in the face, should be applauding and celebrating, that now, in exchange for horses, they’re to receive a truck valued at over $5.000USD!
The nation of Taiwan, Public health ministries, the Interior and Police, and “various government agencies”, whoever they are, are guaranteeing this support for the horse abusers!
Now, if it were an outright ban without helping these folks, I would be just as angry. This not being the case, please go back and read the report and tell me if this isn't so. OK?
I didn't get to be as old and healthy as I am, by failing to understand directions and dosage in my psychosis medication labe
Written by: anthonyC, 25 Aug 2012 6:56 PM
From: United States
RonEvans,
WoooHooo Some will get a $5000 POS truck?
Have you any clue what a truck in the DR worth $5000 looks like? Of course you understand that it is valued at $5000 by the Dominican Government.
Oh and how the F*ck are they going to pay for the gas? the insurance? The Tax and Tag?
Then there is the whole issue of mandatory membership in the Truckers Union but you would probably welcome that.
But the real question is WHO THE FU*K ARE YOU OR ANYONE ELSE TO TELL ANYONE THAT THEY CAN"T USE A HORSE OR MULE FOR TRANSPORTATION.
Arrogant Schmuck. It is a Horse! I would happily beat 100 Horses to death if it would feed just one extra Dominican family.
Anyone who values the life of an animal over that of a human being disgust me. It is times like these when I wish i believed in Hell because there would be a special place for people like you!
Written by: dolo1, 25 Aug 2012 7:02 PM
From: United States
It doesn't matter how many times you repeat it.
A silly idea is a silly idea.
...so now "horse abusers" are a problem in the DR....... oh boy.
"The nation of Taiwan, Public health ministries, the Interior and Police, and “various government agencies”, whoever they are, are guaranteeing this support for the horse abusers"
more statist drivel .....bureaucrats who have nothing other to do than figure new and ingenious ways to waste other people's money.
If they want to help how about staying out the way of entrepreneurs, or offering 5K micro loans at reasonable interest ...., or a credit for vetenary care for the horses...if they really care about horses....
as if horses that have been bred for millenia to work and carry weight bearing loads are better off doing nothing or sent to the glue factory....
How about they donate the 5k to more pressing issues......dengue, cholera, illiteracy, charity for the unemployed.....leave entrepreneurs alone.
Written by: RonEvane , 25 Aug 2012 10:29 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
"Arrogant Schmuck. It is a Horse! I would happily beat 100 Horses to death if it would feed just one extra Dominican family."
No doubt you would, Mr. "C". It shows the kind of person you are. One without compassion, an inhumane savage. A typical Dominican moron with no formal or family education. One with no inkling as to what life is all about.. There are too many come mierdas like you everywhere who know nothing about our place in nature! With apes like you, it's no wonder our nation can't rise above water! You sicken me, spawn of scum!!
Written by: anthonyC, 25 Aug 2012 10:48 PM
From: United States
RonEvans is an ignorant (I am not Dominican) arrogant, jerk who values the life of an animal over that of a Human being including innocent children.
Shame on you.
Written by: DomRat, 25 Aug 2012 11:15 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Perhaps you’d have agreed that this may be the best thing to happen to these vendors. Perhaps, in exchange for horses, they’re to receive a truck valued at over $5.000USD! Perhaps, Gabriel Pimentel, head of product vendors 'aims' to finance the trucks with RD$192,000 per vehicle, while the City councils will have the authority to confiscate the carts and horses on their thoroughfares. Aiming to finance is not a guarantee and all horse cart operators are not horse abusers! So if you have some ‘suck’ with Pimentel you ‘may’ get a loan, no matter what, if you don't 'comply' you are going to either be shaken down regularly or have your livelihood confiscated. No outright ban; questionable help for these folks, if it was such a good deal the carrot would be sufficient without the stick or in this case a lethal club. This being the case please go back and read the report and tell me if this isn't so. OK? I didn't get to be as old and healthy as I am eating BS with a spoon.
Written by: RonEvane , 25 Aug 2012 11:37 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Mr. Rat. If you can read and understand Spanish fluently, log on to Listin Diario, "Economia&negocios" section, 8/25 edition.This report spells out exactly what the proposals are and what the intention is. It will answer all your questions and satisfy all perceived misgivings. Do so, and if there are any lingering doubts, get back with me, OK? I'll be happy to fill you in on the rest, if any.
One annoying trend with some here, is to type in nonsense without knowing fully, all the important details....What can be expected from pin heads!?.. Eh?
Written by: anthonyC, 26 Aug 2012 12:07 AM
From: United States
I don't give a rats ass if they are giving the people solid gold dildos.
Telling people they can't use Horses for transportation is wrong!
Putting the welfare of animals over that of Human beings is Despicable.
Written by: RonEvane , 26 Aug 2012 12:24 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
........says the idiot pseudo human!
From: Dominican Republic
The unfortunate part of this is that it seem to be easier to ban them using horses than to get them to feed and treat them in a humane way.
Yes horse have been used and breed to work for mankind for thousands of years, they have served us and have been instrumental in mankind's progression. So to treat them with such contempt when they are helping these people make their livelihoods and aren't feed, housed or treated properly makes me sick.
For this country is to move forward as a society and not look like neanderthals to the world, that can't even treat an animal that is working for us with so semblance of dignity, then this may just be the only way....
From: United States
When ever I see new laws coming out supposedly to "save" or "protect" a person, place or animal, I can't help myself but get cynical, particularly when some one else benefits from the implementation of such regulations. Don't get me wrong, I am very happy to see advancements made in the humane treatment of animals, but is the real intended purpose, protect the beast of burden or sell more trucks at the expense of the poor who are just as indefensive as the animal themselves ???
Written by: zooma, 27 Aug 2012 8:39 AM
From: United States
"particularly when some one else benefits from the implementation of such regulations"
Animal activists = farm product vendors = special interest group, is the reason why the law is narrowed to include only horse drawn food carts. If the animal activists and government have a true concern about the welfare of horses all draft horse would have been part of this act. It is plain as the nose on one's face the law was enacted to support the agenda of the farm product vendors to rid competition rather than an unselfish concern over the welfare of horses.
Confiscate the horses and carts, the horse cart vendors cannot afford trucks, equals no competition.
Consumers should be concerned about this action, those along the food carts routes, especially the homebound elderly and infirm that depend on the daily transit of the vendors.
Written by: DomRat, 27 Aug 2012 11:01 AM
From: Dominican Republic
To the small truck vendors: Watch out you are the next aim point so all will ultimatey be sold at chain) supermarkets!! I have had enough contacts with governments – and as I grow older and Governments grow larger the trend will continue. The visions of Gabriel Pimentel, head of the Mercado Nuevo’s farm product vendors is very short range, the populace must now buy from trucks or colmados (those still selling food stuffs rather than rum and beer) and vendors in the (super)markets. As far as aims and plans and projections,the stuff of dreams. Martin Luther King also (I) Had a Dream, a lot of it does not transform into reality. The horse drawn ban is not a dream but a reality. A vendor is dependent on his horse for takes care of it as he best can, some persuasion and education or even some outright assistance as in buying bulk horse feed and retail at cost to the cart operators, buying the horseshit as fertilizer so its value is appreciated and roads cleaner.
Written by: RonEvane , 27 Aug 2012 12:49 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Has anyone seen pictures of the deplorable conditions in which these animals are housed?
At the end of a hard day's work, they're penned up in a corral with no food or a dry place to rest on.
One can see the open wounds caused by the constant chafing of the hitch's gear. They smell bad from the infection and pus emanating from the painful sores. Shame on you, bastards!
To call some of the poster to this forum, "animals", would be an insult to these horses!
Written by: DomRat, 27 Aug 2012 2:21 PM
From: Dominican Republic
@RonEvane, your superior intellect comes shinning through most of your posts: …..Is that a "C", as in "Cretin"?... If you only had a brain,…Josea,the jerk…... You're another Dumb Dominican….
You and other folks, who can’t see an opportunity if it slapped them in the face, ….the horse abusers!
It shows the kind of person you are…without compassion, an inhumane savage. A typical Dominican moron with no formal or family education. One with no inkling as to what life is all about…… You sicken me, spawn of scum!!
What can be expected from pin heads!?.. Eh? ........says the idiot pseudo human! … Shame on you, bastards!
But I don’t have the benefit of those pictures “they smell bad from the infection and pus emanating from the painful sores” smell and even pain experiences. I guess the Gaithersburg – Langley commute is worth it.
Written by: DomRat, 27 Aug 2012 2:22 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Some people read, but don’t understand the message. This gets my goat and I react with anger and hostility. I do not identify with people who type in nonsense and idiotic comments. I didn't get to be as old and healthy as I am, by failing to understand directions and dosage in my psychosis medication labe………… Perhaps you had better get it read to you.
Roy, I am not a bully (anymore) I may have been considered such in my youth but was not aware of it until much later. Your end of sentence provides a lot of fodder for comment. Are you perhaps Henry Kissinger in real life, and as you look in the mirror decide you don’t much like humanity? Did you have some type of ‘relationship' with a horse? Your savagery towards any thought processes beyond your own would make a stable relationship difficult at best. Pardon the unintended pun, let me clarify ‘stable human relationship’..
From: United States
Father, please forgive him for he has sinned, he was once in a long term marriage that went sour and that is enought to make you crazy.
Written by: RonEvane , 27 Aug 2012 3:44 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Hey guys, thanks for the recognition! I am exactly what you picture me to be and wouldn’t change a thing, even if I wanted to! I don’t hate humanity, only those that can’t think rationally and sensibly.
One of my many faults is to react angrily at people who lack compassion, have no sympathy for, and/or kindness for our friends, the animals, which give of themselves unconditionally and suffer our inhumane treatment.
Some think I’m nutty. some mistake my kindness for weakness. Let them. Eventually, they'll realize a good intentioned and honest fellow, gone forever. This is why I can’t stand idiocy and failure to understand our niche in life. We, humans, are but a tiny part of this world’s fauna. Unfortunately, we have come to think to be masters and dictators of all that surrounds us.
In order to be successful and achieve the greatest degree of happiness, one must live in harmony with nature, in a symbiotic embrace which nurtures mind and soul! ...Continued.
Written by: RonEvane , 27 Aug 2012 3:48 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
People like you may never understand where I’m coming from. You don’t have that capacity, and probably never will. Unfortunately, there are too many of you and too few of those who see and understand fully and accurately, what life is all about…..tragic!
...And yes, Guillermone. I must confess that the divorce affected me greatly and am now a little crazier for it!..Thanks for your concern.
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I like seeing hosres still working around the world, the only problem is the treament and conditions these amimals have to live with. I have yet to see any health looking work horses here, so this may just be the only way of fixing the problem..
On the flip side it just means more badly driven, unmaintained, smoke belching trucks with on brake lights or indicators, fulling the streets...
Damn it...
Josie just lost her limousine ride...
I wish these so-called "animal rights" activists cared more about the rights of man more.
Anthony C.. Is that a "C", as in "Cretin"?...Because that's pretty much the impression I get with your constant asinine comments!
If you only had a brain, it would seem clear what this means for animals and those that will get a truck to ply their wares, with!
To wit:..No more suffering for these overworked, underfed and mistreated animals!
The merchants get a vehicle,(hard to come by in DR), that they can use as they see fit.. I'll gladly trade a horse for a truck any day!.
You're just like Josea,the jerk..No matter how good the report, there's always something to complain about!..Jeez!
Dominican Rat.
I'm impressed with your reference to "Soylent green". It means you're old enough to, perhaps, understand life a little better, but disappointed that you do not!
You're another Dumb Dominican who seriously needs to examine life and try to find out what went wrong along the way. Or is it too late!?...Tragic!
AnthonyC "C" stands more for "CABRON" translation in English "HOMESEXUAL"...
Everything that comes out of Anthony's mouth is Fecal Matter that has been anal-fed through his mouth and vomits it right out with making stupid comments...Does he stands for anything else more than the Capital model of everything for themselves and no compassion for the human or animals race?? It is easy to understand how diabolic his mentality is and evil desire for the distruction of the poor masses...If this guy was ever a Dominican, our founder fathers will spit in is face but obviously he is not because this was the case he will have more compassion towards our people...Shame on you!!
Anthony C = Come Salami
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This is a law that does not fully address the issue of horse drawn carts, it is too narrow.. Because of the high street visibility of the horse drawn carts the government can make issue of it to demonstrate its power. The proper way to address the matter would be to fine owners of abused draft animals and remove the abused animals from their custody. Allow the use of animals in good health and treatment. It is heavy handed to ban the use horse drawn carts completely from vendors who's only economic recourse is to use the animals as they cannot afford motorized transport. Will the law ban horse drawn carts from rural areas, mountain paths, locations where four wheel transport cannot access ?
I believe this law is the legal fallout of an agenda of the farm product vendors to rid competition. Hint, why not address horse drawn junk, paper, mattresses, ect.
"If you only had a brain, it would seem clear what this means for animals and those that will get a truck to ply their wares, with!"
Of all the arrogant statements you Limousine Liberals make yours has to be near the top of the list!
Sure. Add more regulation. They can afford it. Raise Taxes. They can afford it.
Yep That poor guy is using that rickety old cart and pulling it with a horse because he is too cheap to buy an air-conditioned truck and fill it with fuel pay the registration, Tax and tag.
Tell you what. Why don't you Buy the trucks for them? You are all so quick to spend other people's money. lets see how fast you are to spend yours!
So happy to have your high regard, perhaps. Living as you apparently do, in Gaithersburg you perhaps, commute to Langley. I will match wits, education, worldliness, commonsense, and knowledge of animal husbandry with you anytime. I am not born and bred Dominican but in spite of that lack of credentials I take issue with your characterization of Dominicans as dumb. Perhaps you should do a rethink. This is a rugged land, horses and donkeys are indispensible, cruelty is not. You and a few of the others characterizations of some of us whom you disagree with borders on bullying, a form of cruelty. What special attributes do you possess to enable you to be so ‘cocksure’ of yourself?
Se salvó Hipólito carajo!
There is no vice in being “selfish” with what is yours. Only in being “selfish” with what is not.
But of course a person who chooses a screen name like Mafioso wouldn't be able to grasp that.
What is happening to the DR ? Where do these communists,statists, and fascists come from suddenly ?
Banning horse drawn carts - Are people INSANE ?
Doesnt anyone think about the economic consequences ?
So the poor platanero or coco guy now gets a motor cart or auto
-he has to:
maintain it with parts and insurance
buy fuel - which produces pollution
create noise pollution
Many self sufficient business men will be put out of business - the increase costs will kill already meager profits - the environment made worse !
-Horses are bred to: race or WORK
they eat readily available and cheap/free grasses weeds
they waste they produce is biodegradable -
can handle any terrain - important in a country with sketchy infrastructure
Who is stupid enough to propose this ? and dumb enuf to pass it ?
Unemployment goes up, poverty increases, crime goes up, capital formation more difficult.
"Animal Rights" ? What about "Human Rights" - to work, make a living, a
"-he has to:
maintain it with parts and insurance"
So you haven't been on DR road lately then?? If you had you would know that maintaining a vehicles (even public ones) is a very rare thing.... It's very surprising to see a truck/bus with indicators and brake light and even more surprising if they use them...
"they eat readily available and cheap/free grasses weeds"
but the don't eat pineapple tops, avocado/banana skins or garbage. A healthy horse needs good feed and grazing area, but there aren't many areas in SD to do this. Would any one of these horse owners be willing to pay for feed in the cities if it was available?...
I am sure if just one of these working horse owners could show a health, well looked after work horse, they would have a case to have this over turned and make this a case of just prosecuting those that miss treat their animals..
If they don't and can't maintain a horse you real think they will maintain a truck???
If you had understood the report, perhaps you’d have agreed that this may be the best thing to happen to these vendors. You and other folks, who can’t see an opportunity if it slapped them in the face, should be applauding and celebrating, that now, in exchange for horses, they’re to receive a truck valued at over $5.000USD!
The nation of Taiwan, Public health ministries, the Interior and Police, and “various government agencies”, whoever they are, are guaranteeing this support for the horse abusers!
Now, if it were an outright ban without helping these folks, I would be just as angry. This not being the case, please go back and read the report and tell me if this isn't so. OK?
I didn't get to be as old and healthy as I am, by failing to understand directions and dosage in my psychosis medication labe
WoooHooo Some will get a $5000 POS truck?
Have you any clue what a truck in the DR worth $5000 looks like? Of course you understand that it is valued at $5000 by the Dominican Government.
Oh and how the F*ck are they going to pay for the gas? the insurance? The Tax and Tag?
Then there is the whole issue of mandatory membership in the Truckers Union but you would probably welcome that.
But the real question is WHO THE FU*K ARE YOU OR ANYONE ELSE TO TELL ANYONE THAT THEY CAN"T USE A HORSE OR MULE FOR TRANSPORTATION.
Arrogant Schmuck. It is a Horse! I would happily beat 100 Horses to death if it would feed just one extra Dominican family.
Anyone who values the life of an animal over that of a human being disgust me. It is times like these when I wish i believed in Hell because there would be a special place for people like you!
A silly idea is a silly idea.
...so now "horse abusers" are a problem in the DR....... oh boy.
"The nation of Taiwan, Public health ministries, the Interior and Police, and “various government agencies”, whoever they are, are guaranteeing this support for the horse abusers"
more statist drivel .....bureaucrats who have nothing other to do than figure new and ingenious ways to waste other people's money.
If they want to help how about staying out the way of entrepreneurs, or offering 5K micro loans at reasonable interest ...., or a credit for vetenary care for the horses...if they really care about horses....
as if horses that have been bred for millenia to work and carry weight bearing loads are better off doing nothing or sent to the glue factory....
How about they donate the 5k to more pressing issues......dengue, cholera, illiteracy, charity for the unemployed.....leave entrepreneurs alone.
"Arrogant Schmuck. It is a Horse! I would happily beat 100 Horses to death if it would feed just one extra Dominican family."
No doubt you would, Mr. "C". It shows the kind of person you are. One without compassion, an inhumane savage. A typical Dominican moron with no formal or family education. One with no inkling as to what life is all about.. There are too many come mierdas like you everywhere who know nothing about our place in nature! With apes like you, it's no wonder our nation can't rise above water! You sicken me, spawn of scum!!
RonEvans is an ignorant (I am not Dominican) arrogant, jerk who values the life of an animal over that of a Human being including innocent children.
Shame on you.
Mr. Rat. If you can read and understand Spanish fluently, log on to Listin Diario, "Economia&negocios" section, 8/25 edition.This report spells out exactly what the proposals are and what the intention is. It will answer all your questions and satisfy all perceived misgivings. Do so, and if there are any lingering doubts, get back with me, OK? I'll be happy to fill you in on the rest, if any.
One annoying trend with some here, is to type in nonsense without knowing fully, all the important details....What can be expected from pin heads!?.. Eh?
I don't give a rats ass if they are giving the people solid gold dildos.
Telling people they can't use Horses for transportation is wrong!
Putting the welfare of animals over that of Human beings is Despicable.
........says the idiot pseudo human!
The unfortunate part of this is that it seem to be easier to ban them using horses than to get them to feed and treat them in a humane way.
Yes horse have been used and breed to work for mankind for thousands of years, they have served us and have been instrumental in mankind's progression. So to treat them with such contempt when they are helping these people make their livelihoods and aren't feed, housed or treated properly makes me sick.
For this country is to move forward as a society and not look like neanderthals to the world, that can't even treat an animal that is working for us with so semblance of dignity, then this may just be the only way....
"particularly when some one else benefits from the implementation of such regulations"
Animal activists = farm product vendors = special interest group, is the reason why the law is narrowed to include only horse drawn food carts. If the animal activists and government have a true concern about the welfare of horses all draft horse would have been part of this act. It is plain as the nose on one's face the law was enacted to support the agenda of the farm product vendors to rid competition rather than an unselfish concern over the welfare of horses.
Confiscate the horses and carts, the horse cart vendors cannot afford trucks, equals no competition.
Consumers should be concerned about this action, those along the food carts routes, especially the homebound elderly and infirm that depend on the daily transit of the vendors.
Has anyone seen pictures of the deplorable conditions in which these animals are housed?
At the end of a hard day's work, they're penned up in a corral with no food or a dry place to rest on.
One can see the open wounds caused by the constant chafing of the hitch's gear. They smell bad from the infection and pus emanating from the painful sores. Shame on you, bastards!
To call some of the poster to this forum, "animals", would be an insult to these horses!
You and other folks, who can’t see an opportunity if it slapped them in the face, ….the horse abusers!
It shows the kind of person you are…without compassion, an inhumane savage. A typical Dominican moron with no formal or family education. One with no inkling as to what life is all about…… You sicken me, spawn of scum!!
What can be expected from pin heads!?.. Eh? ........says the idiot pseudo human! … Shame on you, bastards!
But I don’t have the benefit of those pictures “they smell bad from the infection and pus emanating from the painful sores” smell and even pain experiences. I guess the Gaithersburg – Langley commute is worth it.
Roy, I am not a bully (anymore) I may have been considered such in my youth but was not aware of it until much later. Your end of sentence provides a lot of fodder for comment. Are you perhaps Henry Kissinger in real life, and as you look in the mirror decide you don’t much like humanity? Did you have some type of ‘relationship' with a horse? Your savagery towards any thought processes beyond your own would make a stable relationship difficult at best. Pardon the unintended pun, let me clarify ‘stable human relationship’..
Hey guys, thanks for the recognition! I am exactly what you picture me to be and wouldn’t change a thing, even if I wanted to! I don’t hate humanity, only those that can’t think rationally and sensibly.
One of my many faults is to react angrily at people who lack compassion, have no sympathy for, and/or kindness for our friends, the animals, which give of themselves unconditionally and suffer our inhumane treatment.
Some think I’m nutty. some mistake my kindness for weakness. Let them. Eventually, they'll realize a good intentioned and honest fellow, gone forever. This is why I can’t stand idiocy and failure to understand our niche in life. We, humans, are but a tiny part of this world’s fauna. Unfortunately, we have come to think to be masters and dictators of all that surrounds us.
In order to be successful and achieve the greatest degree of happiness, one must live in harmony with nature, in a symbiotic embrace which nurtures mind and soul! ...Continued.
People like you may never understand where I’m coming from. You don’t have that capacity, and probably never will. Unfortunately, there are too many of you and too few of those who see and understand fully and accurately, what life is all about…..tragic!
...And yes, Guillermone. I must confess that the divorce affected me greatly and am now a little crazier for it!..Thanks for your concern.