KEYBOARD WARRIORS ARE INCREDIBLY VALUABLE
I often have people tell me they wish they could do more, that they don’t own horses, that they “only” advocate via networking, and their key board.
So as I was reading the following post by Wendy Thomson, I was thinking about so many of you who are tireless with your networking efforts, who do make a HUGE difference in the world.
THANK YOU for being YOU!
Thank you for sharing via your social media accounts and for educating others as to what is going on with horse slaughter in Canada and beyond.
On average each Facebook user has 300 friends, so if you are among the camp who are sharing and spreading the word about causes you care about, keep in mind that each time you post, there is the possibility of, on average 300 people seeing your post, and being educated about “your” cause.
Then as even one or two of your friends share your post… each of their on average 300 friends have the potential to see the post, and when a couple of their friends share the post — and so forth and so on — you can do the math!
Now add in your Twitter account, your Instagram account, your Pinterest account and well hopefully you get the idea.
There is power in overlapping circles of influence and using your keyboard to advocate for the causes you care about.
I’ve pulled a few quotes from a powerful post by Wendy Thomson who I think hit the nail on the head.
Kudos too, to Meet Our Horse Meat in Australia who are firm believers that “language matters” — and that those who advocate for others in any way — are heroes.
Wendy Thomson writes:
Think twice before leveling accusations of ‘nothing but a keyboard warrior.’
You’d be amazed how much rescue advocates can accomplish on behalf of at-risk horses, without a barn full of their own horses to care for. All it takes is a love of animals and a passion to help rescue them. The more we expand our rescue army even beyond the horse world, the safer our horses will be.
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Later in her post she writes:
Every educational conversation is worth its weight in gold that warns owners of the dangers when transitioning their horse – both at auction where too many are sold for their meat or even giving a horse away without a contract. The horses suffer the consequences of our misplaced trust every time.
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A bit further down Wendy writes:
What we do not need is infighting. I’m often accused of having no value, because I own no horses. If it weren’t for a friend’s pull of six horses from a feedlot, I wouldn’t have joined rescue networking and horse advocacy. I had no awareness that American horses were still slaughtered. Once learned it had to be acted upon – we all have these stories, we all have value.
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Wendy ends her post with:
So many things can be done on behalf of our horses, especially by those of us not in a barn all day. Every front line team effort needs an entourage and helpers, so don’t dismiss keyboard warriors – horses need us all.
Wendy thank you for sharing this, I couldn’t have said it better myself.
AND to ANY ONE who feels they want to do more but who are worried that being a keyboard warrior is not enough, or to any one who is proud to be a keyboard warrior and wants to lock arms and work as a team to be even more effective, please…
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CANADA SLAUGHTERS HORSES FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
It may be hard for some to believe that tens of thousands of horses, including pets, are routinely slaughtered in Canada, for human consumption.
Some of the meat is consumed in Canada and much of it is shipped to the European Union and other markets, including Japan.
The barbaric slaughter of horses is currently not legal in the United States, BUT horses, including pets and ex-racehorses, from the United States are shipped to Canada and to Mexico to be slaughtered.
In addition Canada allows for the transportation of live horses to Japan, to be slaughtered for human consumption, and unfortunately the transportation of horses destined for slaughter within Canada, and by air, is far from humane.
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