Bingo, you got it!!:)
My point. My post was a rant that we cannot get anything but imperfect information. That was my point:). How can we make informed decisions with the information we get. I'm sure the owners, vets, everyone did the best they could, they had the best info. My point is they made it public, but I don't believe the public was privey to the same information. But since they WERE giving info, it should have been.
We need to raise a ruckus not about what was or was not done for the horse, but for what we were or were not told about what was going on.
Becky
Cindydawg
P.S. Can I bring Paynoattentionmanbehind the curtain to take pictures? I have the darndest time with cameras lately
Talking to the media takes the participants' time and attention away from their work. The media often distorts, edits, and outright lies. And they're never satisfied - they want 15 minute updates so they can put something out on deadline.
This is not a matter of sunshine law or open government. Neither the vet nor the horse owners are my representatives or paid by me. They have absolutely no duty to waste their time organizing, writing down, and delivering information to me through the media.
Eventually all of the facts and the information they learned will be organized, written down, peer reviewed, and given to the folks who can actually use it - the vets. They in turn will pass it on to their clients, the horse owners. That's how the system works.
The alternative is to demand that these people give us for free all that information in real time "I want it and I want it now!". I can't in good conscience demand that.
It's like trying a case in the media. What good does it do? It just confuses matters.
I am glad to know as much as we were able to learn. And we'll find out whatever is useful for horse owners once it has made its way through the proper channels.