Guest guest Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 rawfood , " INFO @ Vibrant Life " <VLinfo@e...> wrote: > The sun fuels all life on this planet. Not one animal in Nature in the known > history of the world has ever suffered from sun cancer, or even from sun > burn, due to sun exposure, except for us humans, and then only in very > recent time. Melanoma was never an issue from an historical perspective. Actually, some animals can and do get sunburned: http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/ask/?quid=336 " Just as clothing and shade protect against sunburn in humans, the coats of animals such as dense hair and wool do the same. Animals with very little hair covering such as pigs and their relatives, hippopotamuses and warthogs are particularly at risk and they often coat themselves with mud to act as a sunscreen. Rhinoceroses use the same strategy and elephants give themselves dust-baths. Light-colored animals, newly shorn sheep and other animals that are clipped can suffer from sunburn and the parts of animals that normally lack hair cover can be sunburned. " They can get skin cancer, as well: http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/cvmtoday/archive/winter2000/cancerinanimals.htm " Horses sometimes suffer from skin cancer because they are outside in the sunlight for most of the day. Grey-colored horses are the most frequent victims of melanoma. Some cattle, such as whiteface Herefords, which don't have as much protection from sunlight as other breeds because of their white hair, also have a higher cancer rate. " -Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 In a message dated 3/24/2005 5:40:40 PM Pacific Standard Time, sapphireflies writes: > They can get skin cancer, as well: > > http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/cvmtoday/archive/winter2000/cancerinanimals.htm > > " Horses sometimes suffer from skin cancer because they are outside in the > sunlight for most of the day. Grey-colored horses are the most frequent > victims > of melanoma. Some cattle, such as whiteface Herefords, which don't have as > much protection from sunlight as other breeds because of their white hair, > also have a higher cancer rate. " > > i havent read the article..so im asking... might the skin cancer in the horses have anything to do with their diet being altered by humans? or their environment? would not a horse in its natural environment seek shelter long before it ever got to cancer? are the horses being discussed " owned " horses? i just have a very, very, hard time believing that the Creator would allow such a thing as skin cancer to be natural to animals in their natural settings. sure rare occasions are possible, but would it happen in any numbers near what occur now? considering that humans have managed to screw up even the ozone, it wouldn't surprise me that animals would *begin* to get diseases such as that, at this point in history. i suspect we'll be seeing a lot more of it, even in the wild. peace anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 Hello everyone, I dont really want to get into this too much but I do know of cats, dogs, horses and pigs that suffer from cancer but all the animals I know of that do get ill in that way are eating cooked foods in some degree. Dogs that I have known have had their lives cut short from all sorts of cancers and were all fed on heat treated (cooked) foods as are most farm animals these days with supplements from all sorts of weird sources - just look at mad cow disease and what caused that. Love Lynne ---- sapphireflies 03/25/05 01:34:29 rawfood Re: [Raw Food] sun exposure - animals and sunburn rawfood , " INFO @ Vibrant Life " <VLinfo@e...> wrote: > The sun fuels all life on this planet. Not one animal in Nature in the known > history of the world has ever suffered from sun cancer, or even from sun > burn, due to sun exposure, except for us humans, and then only in very > recent time. Melanoma was never an issue from an historical perspective. Actually, some animals can and do get sunburned: http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/ask/?quid=336 " Just as clothing and shade protect against sunburn in humans, the coats of animals such as dense hair and wool do the same. Animals with very little hair covering such as pigs and their relatives, hippopotamuses and warthogs are particularly at risk and they often coat themselves with mud to act as a sunscreen. Rhinoceroses use the same strategy and elephants give themselves dust-baths. Light-colored animals, newly shorn sheep and other animals that are clipped can suffer from sunburn and the parts of animals that normally lack hair cover can be sunburned. " They can get skin cancer, as well: http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/cvmtoday/archive/winter2000/cancerinanimals.htm " Horses sometimes suffer from skin cancer because they are outside in the sunlight for most of the day. Grey-colored horses are the most frequent victims of melanoma. Some cattle, such as whiteface Herefords, which don't have as much protection from sunlight as other breeds because of their white hair, also have a higher cancer rate. " -Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 horses get melanoma and do not eat cooked food that i know of. maureen Lynne <niklyn wrote: Hello everyone, I dont really want to get into this too much but I do know of cats, dogs, horses and pigs that suffer from cancer but all the animals I know of that do get ill in that way are eating cooked foods in some degree. Dogs that I have known have had their lives cut short from all sorts of cancers and were all fed on heat treated (cooked) foods as are most farm animals these days with supplements from all sorts of weird sources - just look at mad cow disease and what caused that. Love Lynne ---- sapphireflies 03/25/05 01:34:29 rawfood Re: [Raw Food] sun exposure - animals and sunburn rawfood , " INFO @ Vibrant Life " <VLinfo@e...> wrote: > The sun fuels all life on this planet. Not one animal in Nature in the known > history of the world has ever suffered from sun cancer, or even from sun > burn, due to sun exposure, except for us humans, and then only in very > recent time. Melanoma was never an issue from an historical perspective. Actually, some animals can and do get sunburned: http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/education/ask/?quid=336 " Just as clothing and shade protect against sunburn in humans, the coats of animals such as dense hair and wool do the same. Animals with very little hair covering such as pigs and their relatives, hippopotamuses and warthogs are particularly at risk and they often coat themselves with mud to act as a sunscreen. Rhinoceroses use the same strategy and elephants give themselves dust-baths. Light-colored animals, newly shorn sheep and other animals that are clipped can suffer from sunburn and the parts of animals that normally lack hair cover can be sunburned. " They can get skin cancer, as well: http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/cvmtoday/archive/winter2000/cancerinanimals.htm " Horses sometimes suffer from skin cancer because they are outside in the sunlight for most of the day. Grey-colored horses are the most frequent victims of melanoma. Some cattle, such as whiteface Herefords, which don't have as much protection from sunlight as other breeds because of their white hair, also have a higher cancer rate. " -Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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