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For anyone looking for Christmas cards I've found this website of links to charities you can buy cards directly from. I'd far rather buy directly from them as many of the charity cards you see in high street shops giver very little to charity.

http://www.christmas-cards.org.uk/
 
I bought some fantastic Christmas cards from the Countryside Alliance stand yesterday. They had some lovely cards on the stand - from traditional hunting scenes to wintry scenes with the pheasant flying, or a stag surveying the area. The ones I bought were of steaming horses after a day's hunting - it was a great piece of artwork used & you could feel the atmosphere in it.
 
I've already bought mine. I've got some from North Clwyd Animal Rescue Centre and also Cats Protection. If anybody is thinking of buying Cats Protection cards can they please buy them directly from their local branch otherwise all the profits go into the head office coffers instead of locally where it's needed :) I should imagine it's the same situation with RSPCA cards too.
 
Theres a guide to the horsey ones in this weeks Horse & Hound. Quite a few racing related ones include:

Grass sickness fund "Persian Punch"
Sir Peter O'Sullivan Charitable Trust "Three winter Kings"
Spinal Injuries Association "Newbury racecourse"
Moorcroft Racing Welfare Centre "Racing Regardless"
TRC "Winter at Whinney Hill"
IJF "Snow before Breakfast"

Also, those who missed Race Country, the BBc program about Lambourn it will be available on dvd from Equestrian Vision I have them all on video but I think i'll add it to my santa list!
 
Originally posted by Ardross@Nov 14 2005, 05:46 PM
So not the Countryside Alliance for you JUlie ?
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No James, as I've said umpteen times before, I don't, and never have, supported the Alliance. I went on one march as an 'independent' as I support some forms of hunting but not all. I am happy to permit the Taunton Vale Harriers to hunt across my land within the parameters of the Hunting Act and they have already done so. I don't support mink hunting with hounds or stag hunting or competitive hare coursing.

I do support natural forms of coursing (ie where the quarry is resident on its own home territory and not imported for the purposes of competitions), properly run shoots which raise game under strict guidelines and don't operate mass slaughter days and where the guns actually buy and eat the birds they've shot. The local beagle pack also gets my support as they are excellent at keeping the rabbit population under control.
 
Talking of beagles, and completely off topic, I met a lady whilst I was walking Barney on Sunday afternoon who had a lovely collie cross rescue dog with her. It transpires her previous dog had passed away that she had had for 15 years. She adored it and trained it and it was her absolute perfect companion. I was quite surprised to hear it was a beagle. She had been warned that they were completely untrainable as they were clearly pack animals, but she obviously managed with hers.
 
Originally posted by Kathy@Nov 15 2005, 09:27 AM
Talking of beagles, and completely off topic
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Continuing to talk about Beagles, and roaming even further off topic, I feel compelled to share this thought with you all.

Beagles make me think of the wonderful Half Man Half Biscuit song lyric:

"When I'm dying for a cigarette,
I think of all the free ones that I'd get,
if I killed myself and came back as,
a Beagle".
 
If anyone on here ever wants a Beagle and would like to know where to get one from a reputable breeder (as the KC would say!), one of my best chums is a top Beagle breeder and Champ Show judge. She's also a brilliant cook and getting a puppy from her often involves a great lunch or supper! As Kathy says, they make great pets and they are perfectly trainable if you put the time in. Mainly because they will do absolutely anything for food!

Steady, H Tom, it's OK, she doesn't cook Beagle.... B)
 
:P

Dog coat.....


Actually, as she says herself, she's a real Essex girl - was a blonde bombshell in her twenties, judging by the photos I've seen! Unfortunately, three kids and three decades later, matters have slipped somewhat!! Lovely person, as Krizon will confirm!
 
Julie, is FarmAfrica like 'Send a Cow' (or a goat, or chickens, or seeds)? I supported that in the past, and would like to draw attention to these 'teach a man to fish' types of charidees, which don't just chuck stuff at people and then walk off feeling pleased with themselves.

The 'Send a Cow' organisation teaches excellent animal husbandry and best farming practices, as well as providing animals and seeds which now help to support Africans ravaged by the cruelties of wars (how can your husband till his crops when some bastard hacked off his arms?), or by the equal cruelty of AIDS.
 
Yup, that's pretty much their ethos as far as I can gather - ie imparting skills and practical help in order that those in the poverty trap can aim for self-sufficiency and hopefully develop their own businesses long-term.

Practical and, whilel I suppose dignity isn't high on your agenda if you're borderline starving, maybe in years to come that will count too.
 
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