Living in Integrity with Ren Hurst Episode 1 Is horseback riding vegan
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Hi,I'm stormy May,producer of the documentary,The Path of
the Horse.I'm here today to introduce you to my friend
Ren Hurst. We've been following
a similar path of horsemanship for the past few years and
I'm pleased,humbled,honored
to say that she lives in full integrity
with her message of not causing harm.
she does her best every day to create a better world.
I'd like you to help us by
sharing this video, talking about it with your friends, commenting
on it, reading her book, Riding on the Power of Others,
supporting her sanctuary foundation, the New World
Sanctuary and hum,
sharing kindness in this world.
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In a world where conformity rules,
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One woman
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A woman
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Living in integrity
with Ren Hurst.
Hi, I'm ren,this is the New World Sanctuary Foundation,
located in southern Oregon.
We're a vegan farmstay and horse sanctuary and i've come here today to
address the issue of horse and veganism
and answer the question: "Is horseback riding vegan?"
A lot of people don't make the connection between
horses and being vegan because they don't really understand
that veganism is more than a diet.
Veganism is a philosophy and a lifestyle choice
to not use non-human animals.
So, when
you're thinking about horse back riding, the quick answer to the question is "no"
Horse back riding is not vegan
because it's "using" the horse. And i know a lot
of people will probably get in an uproar about that because they think
of the magical friendship they have with their horse and how
that involves climbing on their horse's back.
Well, i used to be a horse trainer, i'm very proficient
in many of the gentlest methods that you've probably ever heard of
and that path and my journey
with exploring all the methods that were
available to have, this so-called "gentle" method
of relating to horses led me to becoming vegan and
to starting this sanctuary where the horse live in total freedom
and have actually truly become my friends finally.
This is Honey, she wants to be in the show.
To make you understand a little bit more
about what is harmful about
riding or what would make it non compliant
with the vegan lifestyle. There's so many facets
to that, i probably can't get into all of it in this one clip
so we'll probably just make a series.
We can address the science and the harm first
of all and that it's actually physically damaging
to the horses to be ridden. There's
an enormous amount of evidence to prove
that beyond any shadow of a doubt and i encourage you
to research it. From limited blood supply
to the tissues and muscles in the back
to the obvious weight on
an elongated spine to what equipment you
use to ride. If you're placing a piece of metal in
your horse's mouth and you've created a story about how that isn't
harming them, it really is a story, and there's
just so much evidence to show the harm that
goes into physically putting a human
weight on the back of a horse,
especially for a prolonged period of time.But we can get
into all the details of that or you can just consider the basic fact
that horses are conditioned to be ridden.
They're trained, they are taught to accept it.
This is not something that they come from a free place
and say :" Hey, climb up on me and let's go
gallivanting around." Thank you Honey.
So there's just so many ways that we can get into
this topic but at the end of the day,
horseback riding is exploitation at best and
i've documented my entire journey with horses
including all the different avenues that i explored ans learned
and put them in this book, Riding on the Power of Others,
for people to understand
what it's like to come to these conclusions after
truly being very much engaged
with the depths of the industry, i've trained hundreds
of horses. I've probably caused more harm
to more horses than any of you watching this will ever think about
so it's not coming from a place of judgement, it's coming from
a place of truly experienced truth
and i hope that anyone watching this
video that is interested in exploring veganism or being vegan
would have an open enough heart to explore this topic
more fully. And i'd highly recommend reading
my story at least and then doing a ton of exploration on your own.
You can order the book, Riding on the Power of Others,
on Amazon.com or through Vegan Publishers
or you can request it anywhere books are sold.
And depending on the input
i receive from this video, I would be very open to
continue a series of videos like this to answer
some of the more pressing questions in details, like "What is the harm in
riding horses?" and "Is it psychologically damaging?"
and i have a lot of strong opinions but most of them
are answered right here through my unique and very
in-depth experiences. Thank you for
taking the time to watch this today and getting
to meet a little bit of my herd and i look forward
to bringing more to you on this topic.