RESCUE GROUP OFFERS HORSES FOR ADOPTION.Byline: Angie Valencia Staff Writer MOORPARK - Ginger Crossfire A multi-GPU interface from ATI for connecting two ATI display adapters together for faster graphics rendering on one monitor. CrossFire machines require PCI Express slots, a CrossFire-enabled motherboard and, depending on which models are used, either a pair of ATI Radeon adapters or one , an 11-month-old filly adopted by Ludwina Kartio of Newbury Park this past week, is among the lucky ones. The alternative for the filly - and hundreds of other young horses and the mares bred to produce urine for the hormone replacement drug Premarin - was the slaughterhouse slaughterhouse: see abattoir; meatpacking. . ``We're trying to save as many animals as possible,'' said rescuer Carilyn Simmons, manager at the Spirit Dancer Ranch in Moorpark, where Ginger Crossfire and 14 stablemates are up for adoption. ``I love these horses and they should all have a home.'' Today from noon to 4 p.m. is the final opportunity to purchase the 11- to 12-month-old horses at the ranch, 6397 Gabbert Road. The Spirit Ranch orphans are part of a group of foals auctioned off in September to the United Pegasus Foundation, a nonprofit group that has been rescuing Premarin horses and their offspring since 1996. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the foundation's Web site, in 2002 there were 450 contract farms in Canada and 50 in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. with about 60,000 mares. With new medical findings discouraging the use of hormone therapy Hormone therapy Treating cancers by changing the hormone balance of the body, instead of by using cell-killing drugs. Mentioned in: Breast Cancer, Thyroid Cancer hormone therapy to ease the symptoms of menopausal women, many farms have been forced to cease operations, with their animals facing sale for $1 a pound to slaughterhouses. ``These mares are out of a job,'' said Helen Meredith, president of the Pegasus Foundation. ``Farmers don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what to do with them other than sell them to meatpackers.'' Their offspring, she said, suffer the same consequences. The foundation has about 100 foals ready to be adopted. Horses for sale today in Moorpark have a $750 to $850 adoption fee. This is the first time that adoptions have taken place in Ventura County. Other rescue facilities are located in California, Pennsylvania California is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, along the Monongahela River. The population was 5,274 at the 2000 census. It includes the campus of California University of Pennsylvania. and Virginia. ``I wanted them in an area where people can see them and take advantage of them,'' Simmons said. ``I would consider doing this every three months if there's enough interest.'' For more information about adoptions call (805) 341-8463. For more information on the foundation visit www.unitedpegasus.com. Angie Valencia, (805) 583-7604 angie.valencia(at)dailynews.com |
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