Just a Quick update

Posted by thomenda7xx on Wednesday, December 19, 2012

We have had 3 new horses come into care - 3 year old OTT TB which needs a spell due to injury. We had xrays done and will spell him for 6-12 months. 9 Year old TB gelding and a 20 year old emaciated 14hh of unknown breeding.

Also, we are opening a new care facility on the Gold Coast on the 18th of Jan 2013 and will be looking for some new volunteers to help run this facility. Please email saveahorseaustralia@yahoo.com.au if you would like to help. We are holding an orientation day in Feb 2013 which will be an all day event and will include a natural horsemanship lesson so that volunteers can learn how to handle our horses correctly. The date is yet to be set.

We have held our AGM and have elected a new committee. Details will be updated in the new year.

We also have some amazing fundraising ideas and will be looking for volunteers to help with fundraising, if you have some ideas or would like to help please email me.

Our 2013 calendar was an amazing success and we will be planning the 2014 in March. We are looking for some sexy men to model for us and each month will have a special theme with a different rescue horse. It will be a funny calendar so if you think the 2013 one was awesome just wait until the 2014 one is released! Fun times ahead!! :-)

Now we have been working so super hard all year and I have decided to close our admin office over Chrissy to give all of our committee a well earned break. This means that no one will be answering emails or inboxes or voicemail messages from the 21st of Dec - 5th  of Jan. If you have an urgent message you can text 0428333044 but only very urgent issues will be dealt with during that time. We need a break as well. In this 2 weeks we will not be taking in any new horses, adopting any out or putting on any new foster homes or volunteers.. Please wait until after the 5th of Jan for this.

Merry Christmas everyone and have a safe holiday and stay turned in 2013 for so much exciting news and updates. We are very excited to be opening the new Gold Coast Care facility in Guanaba on the 18th of Jan 2013. :-)

Much Love Amanda Vella xxx

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We need your help

Posted by thomenda7xx on Tuesday, November 27, 2012

We need your help…. Rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming these abused, neglected, unwanted and slaughter bound horses is a commitment that I have promised to see until the end… Myself and my team work tirelessly around the clock to make sure these horses get everything they need to better help them find a lifelong loving home. Running a charity is a full time job, it’s like running a business that we don’t get paid for and on top of running this organisation I am also working a full time 50 hour per week job. Fundraising is our biggest challenge at the moment due to being so time poor but funding is the most important part of keeping our doors open for the horses in need. Cash flow is what we need the most and this doesn’t necessarily mean lots of massive donations, we need regular donations no matter how small. I have a challenge for you… We have over 6600 people on our Facebook page and if everyone donated just $2 per week we would have more than enough to rescue twice what we are rescuing at the moment. Sadly I am turning horses away with owners taking them to the knackery because we just don’t have the funding to rescue more than what we currently have. So here is my challenge: 5% of our members committing to donate $2 per week.. That’s 330 people donating $2 per week… Think about what that $2 could by you? A can of coke? No… a coffee?? No… not even a packet of chips these days. It costs over $2 just to use an ATM machine that doesn’t belong to your bank. But that $2 goes a very long way in helping us rescue more and more horses. At our Sanctuary in Thagoona we have 2 spots for 2 more rescues but our funding won’t allow us to take any more on. Please, will your $2 per week help us save more lives? Our challenge is to have 330 people sign up for $2 per week.
Set up a periodic direct debit on your internet banking today, I have posted bank details below and please email saveahorseaustralia@yahoo.com.au with your full name so that I can personally thank you and for the tax receipts. You honestly have no idea how far your $2 per week will go and I look forward to sending you massive thank you emails… all 330+ of you, don’t forget to use your surname as the reference… Thank you and much love ~ Amanda Vella
BSB: 084852
ACC: 189538671
Name: Save A Horse Australia
Bank: NAB


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2013 Charity Calendar is on sale

Posted by thomenda7xx


Finally after months of preparation, photo shoots and designing, the 2013 charity calendar is on sale. We have had some amazing models, talented photographers and our wonderful volunteers donate their time to help make this calendar a success. "Hotties for the horses" is a calendar a little different from most and my aim was to have a rustic country theme with a touch of romance. The photos are all different with 6 wonderful photographers putting their special touch into each month and some of our rescue horses are gracing the calendar with their presence as well. The calendar's are $25 + $3 postage with 100% of the proceeds going to Save a Horse Australia which is a fully registered and sanctioned horse rescue charity. Please deposit your money into the account below. Please note that this account is different from our every day donations account. Please use your surname and "2013" as the reference. Once you have transferred please email saveahorseaustralia@yahoo.com.au with your full name, address and how many calendars you are buying. Thank you so much for your ongoing support and I hope that you enjoy your Hotties for the Horses 2013 charity calendar.


BSB: 084852
Account: 123317905
Name: Save A Horse Australia
Bank: NAB
Reference: Your surname and 2013



 
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New Rescue Standerbreds

Posted by thomenda7xx

We have had two new rescues come into care at our Thagoona Sanctuary. Storm and Anzac are both beautiful boys however Storm is recovering much faster than Anzac.

Storm - is a 14 year old Black 16.1hh STB gelding who has gained weight well and is responding to treatment quickly.

Anzac - is a 10 year old bay 16hh STB gelding who is having the same treatment as Storm but isnt recovering as quickly. They both have had their teeth done and Anzac will now be treated for ulcers. Anzac also has some back issues which we will be working on.

Storm on arrival

Arrival

2 weeks in care

Anzac on arrival

2 weeks in care
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Update on Promise

Posted by thomenda7xx

Promise was bought from the slaughter pens at the Gympie Dogger Sale in Mid October, she had a nasty infected cut on her leg which was old and infected. The wound is healing well however the leg is swelling when not strapped and x-rays have shown some issues with the bone. We will be taking her to the Gold Coast Equine Centre for treatment to see what is going on inside her leg.

At the Gympie Sales



Her leg at the sales

After we cleaned it up
 


Healing well

After a groom and 1 week in care

Healing well

3 weeks in care, looking and feeling much better
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Update on Kaluah

Posted by thomenda7xx

We had a little Appy Pony surrendered in October 2012, she just needed a little weight, health check, teeth and hooves done and she was re homed to a young girl to learn to ride on. She is such a stunning little pony.





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Update on Marley

Posted by thomenda7xx

Marley has been one of our longest residents. He came into care in December 2010 with chronic laminitis and really badly cracked front hooves. Over the next year one of his hooves healed perfectly but sadly the other hoof was growing cracked. After 3 different very good specialist farriers were unable to fix him the vet suggested putting him down... But we still had one more avenue. I took Marley to the Gold Coast Equine Centre and under the care of their specialist vets and amazing corrective farrier Mark Oleary. On arrival they weren't really sure if he could be fixed and if he could be fixed they didn't think he would ever be ridable, but they didn't give up and now, just 4 months after taking him to the hospital for his monthly sessions they are confident that he will be sound enough to be ridden again soon. I am so happy and after 2 long years in rehabilitation we can finally see some light at the end of a very long tunnel, however his rehabilitation isnt over yet. We still have a little way to go.

MASSIVE THANKS TO: The Gold Coast Equine Centre who provided us with hope and provided Marley with the best care available. We are so grateful and Marely goes back for his 5th appointment on Thursday the 29/11/12.

Cracked hoof on arrival

First farrier visit in Dec 2010

Marley was abscessing monthly

Still one year in care with no improvement
 

Such a beautiful young horse we couldnt give up


Marley at the Gold Coast Equine Centre

After surgery

With no hoof wall the farrier glued a shoe on

YAY results.

First x-ray 13/12/10

First x-rays at the GCEC

Second x-rays at the GCEC you can see the hoof wall growth

Third X-rays... Look at that growth!
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Update on Hope

Posted by thomenda7xx on Monday, November 26, 2012

Hope was rescued in July 2010 as a weanling sized rising 2 year old. She was saved from the Slaughter House for $100 and was a wild as hell little horse who was scared of everyone. We turned her out for a while just focusing on getting her healthy and then started on her training. Hope is now 4 years old and standing at 15hh. She is currently at the breaker and will be ready for adoption very soon.

Hope on arrival, barely 12hh and timid



Hernia surgery


Hope as a stunning little 4 year old TB mare

Currently at the breaker
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Update on Lucky

Posted by thomenda7xx

Lucky came into care in emaciated condition and quite sick with lunge issues and a horrible tooth root abscess. The first photo was taken on the 1st of June 2012 and the second photo was taken Mid November 2012. He is currently in foster care and we are considering retiring him with us. Lucky is a 28 year old STB gelding.


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The Eyes Have It for the Best Wrinkle Cream

Posted by thomenda7xx on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

The Eyes Have It for the Best Wrinkle Cream
The best under eye wrinkle cream has been something akin to the Holy Grail for women the world over. No one likes to see bags and dark circles forming on their face and adding years to their looks. But with the right product on your side, you can erase those blemishes and restore a smooth, youthful appearance.

So what constitutes the best under eye cream? That's easy; it's all in the ingredients. No matter how many popular brands may claim to work miracles the fact is that using synthetic compounds and chemicals provides a quick fix at best and in many cases it can actually cause more harm. The only way to get proven long lasting results is by using products made entirely from natural ingredients.

And the formulation of those ingredients is just as important. In order to provide deep healing, your skin needs proper nourishment and that means getting the right ingredients in the right amount. The best under eye wrinkle cream will be specially formulated to do just that, helping to soothe, soften and brighten the most delicate areas of your skin.

When considering the best under eye cream, you want to look for ingredients like Babassu, Vitamin E, Active Manuka Honey and Nanobelle Coenzyme Q10. These are the kind of natural healers that can reach beyond the surface of your skin to promote lasting healing. Working in combination, they represent the kind of total treatment your skin deserves.

By far the most important ingredients when it comes to the best under eye wrinkle cream are Eyeliss and Haloxyl. These two ingredients target the main causes of puffiness and dark circles, namely a build up fluid and waste products. Both Eyeliss and Haloxyl work to flush these excess substances from your body, thereby reducing swelling and restoring proper skin color.

The other natural ingredients are a collection of emollients and antioxidants that not only smooth and soften your skin but also help to flush out built up free radicals that can severely hamper the health of your skin. By combining all of these ingredients, the best under eye cream not only improves skin tone but also works to promote good health for your skin and your whole body.

What makes this approach so effective is that it works from the inside out instead of just applying a thin layer of protection on the surface of your skin. That's what sets the best under eye wrinkle cream apart from the rest. It's a healing you can count on and one that comes from the very heart of nature, relying on nothing but wholesome goodness to give you the results you want.

When it comes to your skin, you can't afford to settle for anything but the top of the line. So make sure you do your homework and find a product that contains only 100% natural ingredients so you can be sure you're getting the treatment you need. The result will be softer, smoother, more youthful looking skin, which is really something to smile about!

Ling is a dedicated researcher of skin care health and products. She shares her research on her website http://www.healthy-vibrant-skin.com. If you have unwanted wrinkles, fine lines and damaged skin, visit http://www.healthy-vibrant-skin.com now to learn about the skin care line Ling personally recommends and the skin care tips Ling provided.

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What's really in vaccines? Proof of MSG, formaldehyde, aluminum and mercury

Posted by thomenda7xx on Monday, October 29, 2012


What's really in vaccines? Proof of MSG, formaldehyde, aluminum and mercury

(NaturalNews.com) Have you ever wondered what's really in vaccines? According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control's vaccine additives page, all the following ingredients are routinely used as vaccine additives:

• Aluminum - A light metal that causes dementia and Alzheimer's disease. You should never inject yourself with aluminum.

• Antibiotics - Chemicals that promote superbugs, which are deadly antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria that are killing tens of thousands of Americans every year.

• Formaldehyde - A "pickling" chemical used to preserve cadavers. It's highly toxic to the nervous system, causing blindness, brain damage and seizures. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services openly admits that formaldehyde causes cancer. You can see this yourself on the National Toxicology Program website, featuring its 12th Report on Carcinogens.

There, the formaldehyde Fact Sheet completely neglects to mention formaldehyde in vaccines. This is the "dirty little secret" of government and the vaccine industry. It does state, however, that "...formaldehyde causes myeloid leukemia, and rare cancers including sinonasal and nasopharyngeal cancer."

• Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) - A neurotoxic chemical called an "excitotoxin." It causes brain neurons to be overexcited to the point of death. MSG is toxic even when consumed in foods, where it causes migraine headaches and endocrine system damage. You should NEVER inject MSG into your body. But that's what health workers do when they inject you with vaccines.

• Thimerosal - A methyl mercury compound that causes severe, permanent nervous system damage. Mercury is highly toxic to the brain. You should never touch, swallow or inject mercury at any dose. There is no safe dose of mercury! Doctors and vaccine pushers LIE to you and say there is no mercury in vaccines. Even the CDC readily admits vaccine still contain mercury (thimerosal).

In addition, National Toxicology Programs admits in its own documents that:

• Vaccinations "...may produce small but measurable increases in blood levels of mercury."

• "Thimerosal was found to cross the blood-brain and placenta barriers."

• The "...hazards of thimerosal include neurotoxicity and nephrotoxicity." (This means brain and kidney toxicity.)

• "...similar toxicological profiles between ethylmercury and methylmercury raise the possibility that neurotoxicity may also occur at low doses of thimerosal."

• "... there are no existing guidelines for safe exposure to ethylmercury, the metabolite of thimerosal."

• "...the assessment determined that the use of thimerosal as a preservative in vaccines might result in the intake of mercury during the first six months of life that exceeded recommended guidelines from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)..."

• ..."In the U.S., thimerosal is still present as preservative in some vaccines given to young children, as well as certain biological products recommended during pregnancy. Thimerosal remains a preservative in some vaccines administered to adolescents and adults. In addition, thimerosal continues to be used internationally as a vaccine preservative."

The report then goes on to say that the FDA studies thimerosal and somehow found it to be perfectly safe. It also states that vaccine manufactures are "working" to remove thimerosal from vaccines, but in reality it's still being manufactured right into the vaccines.

By the way, this report also reveals that the FDA requires preservatives like thimerosal only in so-called "multi-dose" vaccines -- vials that contain more than one dose of the vaccine. Drug companies could, if they wanted to, produce "clean" single-dose vaccines without any mercury / thimerosal. But they choose not to because it's more profitable to product mercury-containing multi-dose vaccines. As the report admits, "Preservatives are not required for products formulated in singledose vials. Multidose vials are preferred by some physicians and health clinics because they are often less expensive per vaccine dose and require less storage space."

So the reason why your child is being injected with vaccine boils down to health care offices making more money and saving shelf space!

"Mercury in vaccines is a conspiracy theory!
I've been told by numerous "skeptics" and doctors that there's no such thing as mercury in vaccines, and that any such suggestion is nothing more than a "wild conspiracy theory." That just goes to show you how ignorant all the skeptics, doctors and health professionals really are: They have NO CLUE what's in the vaccines they're dishing out to people!

All they have to do is visit this CDC vaccine additives web page, which openly admits to these chemicals being used in vaccines right now. It's not a conspiracy theory, it turns out. It's the status quo of modern-day vaccine manufacturing!

And just in case the CDC removes that page, here's a screen shot, taken October 22, 2012, showing exactly what was on the CDC vaccine additives page:


Feel that headache after a vaccine? That's the feeling of chemicals eating your brain
Now, consider this: The most common side effect of a vaccine injection is a headache. The CDC admits that over 30 percent of those receiving vaccines experience headaches or migraines. Gee, think about it: What could possibly be in vaccines that would cause headaches, migraines and brain damage?

Ummm, how about the mercury, the formaldehyde, the aluminum and the MSG!

Even if you believe in the theory of vaccines as a helpful way to train the immune system to recognize pathogens, why would anyone -- especially a doctor -- think it's okay to inject human beings with mercury, MSG, formaldehyde and aluminum?

The argument of the vaccine pushers is that each vaccine only contains a tiny dose of these highly toxic substances, and therefore it's okay to be injected with them. But this argument makes a fatal error: U.S. children are now receiving over twenty vaccines by the time they're six years old! What's the cumulative effect of all these vaccines, plus the mercury from dental fillings and dietary sources? What's the effect of injected mercury on an immune-suppressed child living in a state of chronic nutritional deficiency?

Scientists don't know that answer because such studies have never been conducted. So they pretend that nothing bad will happen and keep pushing more and more vaccines on infants, children and even expectant mothers. They're playing Russian roulette with our children, in other words, where every injection could cause a seizure, coma, autism or death.

Why doesn't the vaccine industry offer "clean" vaccines free from all toxic additives?
If vaccines are supposed to be good for you, why do they contain so many additives that are BAD for you? You wouldn't want to eat mercury in your tuna fish. You wouldn't want MSG in your sandwich, and you certainly wouldn't want formaldehyde in your soda. So why would you allow yourself to be injected with these deadly substances?

And just as importantly, why wouldn't the vaccine industry offer CLEAN vaccines? Without any brain-damaging additives?

Think about it: When you buy health food, you want that health food to have NO mercury, NO MSG, NO aluminum and certainly no formaldehyde. No sane person would knowingly eat those neurotoxic poisons. And yet, astonishingly, those same people literally line up to be INJECTED with those exact same brain-damaging poisons, with the justification that, somehow, "This injection is good for me!"

Absurdly, the vaccine industry says these toxic ingredients are intentionally added to vaccines to make them work better! Yes, that's the reason: Mercury makes vaccines work better, they insist. Click here to see a video news report actually claiming mercury makes vaccines work better, granting children "improved behavior and mental performance."

No, I'm not making this up. The mainstream media literally claims that mercury is GOOD for babies. Vitamins might kill you, they say, but mercury is good for you!

But hold on a second: I thought the theory behind vaccines was that weakened viruses would give the immune system a rehearsal so that it would build up antibodies to the real thing. Where does mercury, MSG or formaldehyde fit anywhere in that theory? Does your body benefit in any way from exposure to formaldehyde? Of course not. The very idea is ludicrous.

So are there such things are clean vaccines? I challenge you to try to find one. They simply don't exist for the population at large. Nearly all vaccines for the masses are deliberately formulated with neurotoxic chemicals that have absolutely nothing to do with the science of vaccinations, but everything to do with autism, Alzheimer's disease, early-onset dementia, immune suppression, and the mass dumbing down of brain function.

Vaccines are designed with chemical additives to poison the population, not to protect the population
That's the real purpose of vaccines: Not to "protect children" with any sort of immunity, but to inject the masses with a toxic cocktail of chemicals that cause brain damage and infertility: Mercury, MSG, formaldehyde and aluminum. The whole point of this is to dumb the population down so that nobody has the presence of mind to wake up and start thinking for themselves.


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Health alert: Why you DON'T want ripped abs if you hope to survive the coming economic collapse

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Health alert: Why you DON'T want ripped abs if you hope to survive the coming economic collapse
(NaturalNews.com) You show me a guy with ripped abs, and I'll show you a guy very unlikely to survive the coming economic collapse. There are three scientific reasons for this:

#1) Having "ripped abs" is only achieved by shedding excess body fat and achieving a dangerously low body fat level (such as 5% for men).

#2) People with ripped abs (i.e. very low body fat) have virtually no excess calories to keep them alive if access to food is suddenly limited.

#3) People with ripped abs have no built-in insulation from the cold. A person with very low body fat is extremely vulnerable to hypothermia. This may be a life-or-death matter if an economic collapse arrives during the winter months and electricity or heating fuels are not available for extended periods of time.

Having very low body fat is dangerous to your survival
It's almost comedic that men are running around the gym these days, trying to build up their biceps and shed body fat. Neither of these is useful in a collapse scenario. They are purely a cosmetic reflection of today's cultural fashions. (For hundreds of years, for example, being plump was considered a lot more attractive than being lean.)

In a collapse scenario, you'll wish you had some extra body fat. Obviously you don't want to face a crisis as an obese person, but carrying around 15 - 20 percent body fat (for men) or 20 - 28 percent body fat (for women) is actually a smart survival strategy, especially if combined with regular physical fitness and resistance training.

A 6' tall man weighing 215 pounds and carrying some belly fat, for example is a lot more likely to survive hard times than a 6' tall man weighing 175 with ripped abs and virtually no body fat.

Scenarios where you'll wish you had body fat
• If food is suddenly in short supply and you have to survive with a prolonged calorie deficit.

• If you're forced to travel on foot for extended durations (such as days or weeks). You'll burn fat along the way. If you don't have sufficient fat, your body will start breaking down and burning your muscles.

• If you're forced to sleep outside, possibly in a tent, where you need thermal protection from the elements.

• If you're sleeping in a home or apartment, but the heat is cut off in the winter.

In each of these scenarios, some spare body fat actually adds to your survival potential.

Don't use this as an excuse to pig out, though
Of course, you probably don't want to carry around more than 25 - 30 pounds of extra body fat, even if you're preparing for hard times. Don't use this article as an excuse to pig out this holiday season. I can just see sometime stuffing their face with ice cream and declaring, "The Health Ranger said this was a good way to get prepared!"

That's not what I'm saying at all. In fact, if you do carry around some extra stored body fat, make sure it was built with the healthiest foods you could find. You want body fat derived from healthy foods and healthy oils, for example. Not "junk food fat."

You want to be healthy, fit and well-fed but not obese. For men, obese means 25% body fat or higher. For women, it's 32% or higher.

The bodybuilding "health" myth
As you consider all this, remember that people who have "ripped abs" are really sporting a temporary fiction. Body builders, for example, are in terrible overall health. They spend months over-feeding themselves, gorging on calories to build muscle, then they spend a month or two "cutting" calories through planned starvation so that they shed all their body fat by competition day.

A day or two before competition day, they then force themselves through a grueling dehydration regimen, to the point where they're about to pass out during the competition itself. The body you see during bodybuilding competitions is, technically, very close to death by dehydration, starvation and mineral (salt) deficiency. That is not a healthy body. We should not strive, in any way, to look like those bodies. Even bodybuilders don't look like that, day to day.

Immediately after bodybuilding competitions, the participants drink so much water and salt that they can gain as much as 30 pounds in 24 hours. They also begin to eat huge portions again, bringing themselves back from the brink of starvation. In just 72 hours after a competition, a typical bodybuilder looks nothing like their on-stage performance. That was a "performance," not a lifestyle.

If an economic collapse were to occur the day before a bodybuilding competition, those participants would quite literally find themselves on the verge of death and need to take immediate action to rehydrate and intake mass quantities of salt and calories just to get back into functional shape again.

Do you see how silly it is to wish to have "ripped muscles" when the global economy is on the brink? Or when a Fukushima-scale nuclear accident could happen at any time?

That's why I encourage you to take care of yourself and carry around a reasonable quantity of spare calories. Stay fit, eat well and exercise regularly, but don't try to drop so much body fat, salt and water that you put yourself at risk in an uncertain world.

And of course, in addition to storing a bit of extra energy around your waist or hips, also store some preparedness foods in your home. When today's world such an uncertain place, it only makes sense to keep you and your family ready for whatever might be coming our way.
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