Oh, I am sure they are well aware that proof they were very wrong has been posted. It is not typical for them to actually comment on things that are not fitting their fun.
OK. I apologize to Eggbutt for attributing the quote about “boob fixing” to her. It was a different poster, GreenWithEnvy.
On the original issue as to whether anyone had ever made light of LKs injuries, I now revise my response to refer to this quote, by @GreenWithEnvy, not Eggbutt.
In that particular thread, it looks like Eggbutt did not participate. The big battle was LK vs GreenWithEnvy. I think my misremembering the author comes from remembering the quote and that it came from “the chief antiLK poster”, who in that thread was GreenWithEnvy, not Eggbutt. Since in the more recent threads I think of Eggbutt as team leader, I mis attributed to quote to her.
I apologize to Eggbutt for the misattribution.
I don’t really see how it’s sensible for me to delete the original mistaken post, as trubandloki will have already QFPed it and others have commented on it as well.
It’s interesting that at that time, it was MHM doing the QFPing rather than trubandloki.
I am so sorry about your mare. That is such a risky time - some animals do it with ease, some struggle a bit but are okay, and sadly a few end up fracturing something or blowing out a major tendon or something. (I know of one super promising young horse in Germany that broke his shoulder trying to stand after being castrated. He was expected by knowledgeable folks to fetch 150,000 Euros or more in an upcoming auction - and this was quite some years back, so would probably be even more these days.)
I think many of the large equine hospitals now use recovery pools, but the smaller hospitals can’t afford them so have to rely on standard recovery stalls - which even when padded don’t 100% prevent injuries.