Calendar Update

A big thank you to Miller's Equestrian Center and Sanctuary and to Ride Nipomo for sending us their dates for upcoming events. They will be added to the calendar shortly. We are changing to Google Calendar so that you can download events directly into Outlook, iCal or your own Google Calendar. Thank you also to Kayla at The Wagner Ranch for sending the last news item and for adding SLOHorseNews to their links page. The SLO Horse Newsletter will soon be sent out and if you would like to be added to our mailing list, just enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the blog.

Varian Ranch Shootings Update

We've heard that SLO County Crime Stoppers is collecting reward money in order to help find the shooter(s).

Please help if you can. We don't want this to happen again. Here's an article published on theHorse.com yesterday with a link to Crime Stoppers.

"Police in San Luis Obispo County are hoping the public can help them identify those responsible for shooting two Arabian horses at the Varian Arabians horse ranch in Arroyo Grande, Calif., last Wednesday night.

Ranch staff discovered the two wounded mares in their pasture early Thursday. Both animals sustained gunshot wounds, said San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department Spokesman Rob Bryn. One mare was euthanized at the scene. The other is undergoing treatment at a nearby equine medical center.

The shootings appear to be deliberate, Bryn said. He declined to disclose further details.

If caught, those responsible could face felony animal cruelty charges and penalties including significant jail time.

Anyone with information about the incident should visit the San Luis Obispo County CrimeStoppers Web site or call CrimeStopers at 805/549-STOP (7867). All tips are confidential."

SLOHorseNews.net Online

Happy New Year! Having a few extra days off has given me time to put together a temporary website for SLOHorseNews. There are links to a calendar of equestrian events, my personal website, and this blog. I am learning as I go but nothing ventured, nothing gained. I'm expecting 2010 to be an amazing year. Wishing all an exciting, productive and successful New Year.

PS Please fill out my brief online survey. You can find the link in a previous post.