Miscellaneous Comments

I just had a few questions about your horse slaughter artical. First off do u happen to own any horses. Obviously your a writer, but what’s your profession? Do you have any idea how much it cost to PROPERLY care for a horse and that many horses Owned in the U.S aren’t properly cared for, causing neglect even in the slightest form? And do you realize you remark about farmers getting subsidies and make a profit was extremely ignorant? Do you realize that the suffering caused at a slaughter plant is far less suffering then what is caused by them being shut down? Horses are starving to death And being turned loose to fend for them selves when they don’t have that natural survival instinct that a mustang would.

You made a comment in your artical about people and journalists letting the unwanted horse coalition do thier research for them. You sir should take your own advice. Come on out to Nevada, head out to the calico range or hell head out right to palomino valley down by whiskey springs. You will find your self some sorry looking horses, be able to count every rib on them and see foals with birth defects because there were not enough nutrients around when the mare was caring it. You speak so poorly of the round ups, or ranchers and farmers, and you do realize that because of them America runs? Ag type jobs employ over half of America. And you realize that with out those subsidies you complained about that the farmers and ranchers get, you would have a very poor selection of food at the grocery store. Now one more question for you, have you ever spent an extended amount of time out of the city, have you ever worked on a ranch or farm? My guess is no. Or else you would know that any rancher, farmer, or true horsemen cares more about the well being of an animal than anything. If an animal is suffering they do everything in thier power to make the suffering stop, and sometimes that animal has to go through a second more suffering to end all suffering it’s going through. So before you go running your mouth do a little more research actually get out of the city and travel out to where your trying to debate. Live our lives before you go telling us how it is, and wrongly educating people who have no idea and filling their head with misinformation.

Yes…no horse, not one, deserves slaughter, no matter how long they’ve been in one’s life! That’s not how I meant to come across 🙂 Holly

Hi Vickery,
Thanks for mentioning Leaping Bunny in your Forbes article from February 3. I am the Communications Manager of the Leaping Bunny Program and I just wanted to give you a bit more information on the program and how it differs from PETA’s, since both entities were mentioned in the article.

*We are the only internationally recognized cruelty-free logo. Leaping Bunny is administered by both the CCIC and the ECEAE. The U.S./Canadian side is called the Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics (CCIC) and the European side is called the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE), the entity largely responsible for the EU Cosmetics Directive.

*The differences between the Leaping Bunny Program and PETA’s Caring Consumer program are the following:
-Leaping Bunny requires companies to gather individual statements of assurance stating no animal testing will be conducted from a fixed cut-off point going forward not only from the companies making the finished product but all ingredient suppliers as well.
-Several companies on PETA’s ‘don’t test list’, i.e. Smashbox and brands owned by the Limted say that while they don’t test on animals now, they reserve the right to do so where required by law. There is no law in the US that requires animal testing. The FDA only requires companies to assure that a product is safe for consumers (http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/ProductandIngredientSafety/ProductTesting/ucm072268.htm). Leaping Bunny requires companies to adhere to a fixed cut-off date guaranteeing products to be free of any new animal testing so companies using this loophole would not be eligible for the program.
-Leaping Bunny requires companies to annually recommit to being certified as cruelty-free.
-Leaping Bunny requires companies to be open to independent audits to assure that they are in compliance of our Standard.

*Our Cruelty Free app is available for free download for both Android and iPhones and it lists all of our certified companies by company name as well as product type.

If you have any questions or need any additional information on our program, don’t hesitate to contact me!

Thanks again,
Kim Paschen
Communications Manager, Leaping Bunny Program

Hello, my great uncle Ramon Fowler my have been in the same plane with your uncle Bennett. Would you like to share info on their squardron and that sad day in the Pacific? Best to you. Chip Fowler