Another beautiful Corolla Stallion, one of the many vital peices to this breeds survival, was taken at the hands of another careless person. Their ignorance.....or probably knowledge of what they were doing has resulted in the loss of Spec.
He is pictured above with his little family. After being run down by ATV's his hind leg was snapped in two after it was hit. He took himself over the dunes, a long ways away from where he was hit, with a broken leg.
He wasn't killed by the ATV's. He had to be put down. Spec didn't deserve this. He was just a horse, trying to live in the ever changing world around him, making little to no disturbance in the humans world. The horses don't mess with us. They get that it is our world. Why can't people get that this is their beach and they should leave them alone. Whoever did this wouldn't just leave him alone. They wouldn't just leave him with his family, on the beach, to live his life like he deserved.
Hateful, malicious, ignorant, and undeserving of forgivness are the only words for the people who did this. The breed can't stand on their own four feet for their rights to live on this beach, especially when someone is breaking them.
The Corollas are so magnificent and serene. Just the picture of a little Corolla foal brightens my day. I know that it is hard to understand that they mean so much, and especially to people who have zero interest in them. But I can promise you these horses are more than worthy of being saved. This is THEIR beach, NOT OURS. We can share it, they will very willingly share it PEACEFULLY, there is NO NEED TO INJURE OR KILL THE COROLLAS!!!!!!! JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!
Ask yourself this. Would you like to be lieing on the beach, after you were hit or shot, or a number of other cruel acts, thinking to yourself, don't let me die........?
It is great to see a young person standing up for these horses. Steve
ReplyDeleteI worry that our county commissioners think the horses should be relegated to a specific preserve area ... I have words from one that states this specifically...instead of regulating the motor activities of the public. That ATV's can operate in the dark, wee hours of the morning on the public beach is outrageous. What will it take? An SUV hitting an ATV? an SUV/ATV hitting a human? to get attention? (A car hitting a young girl in St. Augustine, FL, closed beach driving there permanently). Get the ATV's off the beach, first. Local newscasts today showed drivers speeding on the beach. How can we change the driving habits of locals and visitors that have everything but wildlife in mind as they race along or play tag with ATV's?
ReplyDeleteIt remains a mystery why people do the outrageous things they do. We can't leave it up to another fatal accident to grab the attention of these people. Suffering through tradgedy after tradgedy whether it be human or wildlife isn't the way to go about this and especially not by the ones with the power who are ignoring it. No one wants to see the beach lose vehicle access. It's the people who are careless that are eventually going to ruin it for us.
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