How many freaking horses has anyone ever seen swimming in their lifetime? These people need to be stopped!
Janine Sikes - UF's Professional Animal Torture Apologist
by Nathan Crabbe (Gainesville Sun)
A horse died recently during a training exercise for a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine team created to save large animals in emergency situations.
The horse drowned April 29 at Lake Wauburg during a water-rescue training exercise conducted by the UF Large Animal Technical Rescue Team, university spokeswoman Janine Sikes said Thursday. She said the horse was owned by the team leader, UF veterinary college administrator John Haven.
“It is a heartbreaking accident … and it occurred only moments after successfully demonstrating the same training with a different horse,” Sikes said.
Haven declined comment. The team was created to help save horses, livestock and other large animals in crisis situations. It also trains veterinarians and other emergency responders on moving injured animals and rescuing large animals in water and other emergencies.
The team had conducted at least six water-rescue training exercises without incident in the past three years, Sikes said. She said protocols of the training were based on similar programs around the country and reviewed by UF’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.
The committee is intended to ensure UF follows federal law related to the use of animals in research and other cases.
Sikes said the university is reviewing whether protocols were followed in the horse’s death, but she said she’s not aware of any criminal investigations into the matter. She said she could not provide additional details about the incident.
“The incident is under review, and it would be premature to comment further,” she said.
i dont think so……no accident here…its disquesting if nothing else…this is what we teach students….wonderful world we live in