Is this true if so I will cry?!

[Boyd]

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it's been going on for as long as I've been alive (probably a lot longer too!)

We took in a quarter horse who was blinded in one eye and was going to be put down. He ended up being one of the best trail horses I've ever had.

 

[BluegrassSeramas]

Ask these guys, they may know for sure.
http://www.oldfriendsequine.org/
They are just down the road from me, really nice people.

Ferdinand was.........http://www.oldfriendsequine.org/ferdinand.shtml
I think Charismatic is in Japan and War Emblem is in the US still...?

Who knows if they were slaughtered for food to make a buck, or euthanized....

There is a huge problem with the horse industry, with more horses then owners and more being bred every day..some registered...some "backyard junk"...TONS of unwanted horses...I could go on about this FOREVER.

 

[Emzyyy]

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What I have seen they are injured and considered "worthless" and sold for slaughter, even though their likely to be adopted to a nice family.

 

[Boyd]

The problem is they don't take the time to look to see if someone wants them

 

[EweSheep]

Yes they were put down or what the Japanese did "dispose" of him. It can be either way of human consumption or dog food.

From what I read on Fern, he didnt do well as a stud nor did he produce winners. It is not unusual to find TB ended up in Japan and later "disposed" of when they are not up to their expectations or too old or infertile.

Sad, isn't it but its the $$$$$$$$ that moves owners to sell their prized stock or winners to the Japanese breeders. It is not unusal for US TB breeders to put their TB down too if they dont find homes for them or sell them down in Mexico.

It would be much kinder to put horses down rather than starved to death or filthy conditions.

 

[BluegrassSeramas]

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Think about it from their point of view...maybe he was hurt, and instead of spending lots of $$ to fix it ...or even the lots of $$ it costs to euthanize and dispose of a horse....
They decided to pass him on (to another person, maybe a horse slaughter buyer) and make some $$. They are business men!

This happens all the time. Go to a horse auction and see for yourself.

You get dream horse for 3,000...on a trial ride she gets stifle injury and can only give kids pony rides, or you can pay for an 10,000 surgery that might work.
You decide that you want a horse that you can ride, and instead of spending more money to euthanize her, you take her down to the stock yards and make 300 bucks "of your money back" and hope it was to a good home and not the meat man.

 

[ChickenWisperer]

Yes, all those are successful (and well known) racehorses that have been sent to slaughter.


But there are so many, many more that are unknown, work just as hard, and are sent as well. Not only do they work hard all their life, but they arent even killed humanly, are starved, and neglected almost always when sent to slaughter.


Its sad that these people think about nothing more than money - not even for the horse, or their morals.

 

[TillinWithMyPeeps]

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I read that completely wrong.

 

[Boyd]

if I hadn't of had a couple of pops...........

 

[luvarabhorses]

I want to share a story before this gets too crazy.
I inadvertantly wound up with an old foundered shetland pony that I enjoyed for several years before she had to be euthanized because of chronic pain from founder. The vet arrived, and gave "the shot" based on the old ponies weight. Instead of her going peacefully to sleep, the pony started going bananas. I had to lay on top of her while the vet ran to her truck to get more drugs. Shetlands were bred to pull coal carts out of coalmines, they are tough. It was very unpleasant for me and I had nightmares about it for a long time.
Years later I purchased an enormous Belgian mare at an auction with the idea of breeding her to my Arabian stallion. She also was very foundered, but all I needed was ovaries I told myself. Three babies later and the founder had advanced to where she was laying down all of the time and in a lot of pain. This time I got a phone number from my vet for a man who for $125, picked up my giant friend, took her to his house, put a hood on her, and shot her directly in the forehead. She then went to a RENDERING PLANT. I don't understand in the course of all of the slaughterhouse hoopla this isn't ever brought up. Rendering plants take recently deceased animals. For this horse, almost 18 H, it made the most sense. Death was painless and instantaneous. She wasn't hauled to Canada or Mexico with no food or water, crammed in a trailer with as many other horses as can possibly shoved on. She was a wonderful gentle giant, and I miss her.