/isabelacomments If you have visited&nbsp;<strong>Isabela (Abemarle)&nbsp;Island</strong>&nbsp;we invite you to <strong>review it&acute;s visitor sites</strong>&nbsp;and give your <strong>rating</strong>. http://www.galapagos-travel-advisor.com/isabelacomments/starving-horses-working-in-the-tourist-trade-at-isabela-island Dear All,I visited the Galapagos last summer. On Isabela Island, there are about 25 horses which their owner rents out to tourists to go to the Sierra Negra volcano.However, the horses are terribly thin, they eat practically nothing else except grass from the sides of the path. They do not get any cereals or vitamins.The path up to the volcano was extremely muddy and treacherous, so that the horses had to be careful at each step, so as not to break a leg. Especially coming down, this was very difficult and two horses actually fell flat on their stomachs from the weight of the person sitting on their back!The horses on the Galapagos Islands are small and actually only fit for children to ride. The locals rent them out to adults and care very little about the horses.It is up to the tourists to refuse to fund this suffering. If you see the horses, only let your children ride. Take water, a dish for horses to drink from, and guava fruit found in the region, which the horses like. Walk with your horse rather than ride, especially downhill. Demand that the horses are fed properly and receive water at the top of the volcano. Demand that the 'caretaker' stop kicking his horse in the ribs. Demand to see where the horses are kept. There is no animal welfare organization on the Galapagos, so it is up to you to refuse this. Take pictures of badly treated animals. You can send them to me: pianolakka@hotmail.com.American and European tourists bring a lot of money to the Galapagos, and have the power to ask that domestic and wild animals are well cared for. http://www.galapagos-travel-advisor.com/isabelacomments/starving-horses-working-in-the-tourist-trade-at-isabela-island 09 May 2009 07:42:16 GMT