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From: guest@endurance.netSent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:51 PMTo: ridecamp@endurance.netSubject: RC: Arab Slaughter Horse Looking For a HomeSuzanne Boyd sboyd1@neo.rr.com
Maybe things are different here in the midwest(Ohio) but on just about any
given Friday you can go to the local(Sugarcreek) meat sale and find a few
nice Arabs in the meat pen. These horses can generally be had for $600 or
even less. While I will agree that not every horse in the meat buyer's pen
should be rescued, you would might have a hard time believing some of the
ones that are there. I don't understand it myself. For instance, in the
last year I have gotten: 1. a 6yr. old registered Bask bred gelding that
is now ridden by an 8 yr. old girl on the local show circuit. 2. an 8 yr.
old registered Half-Arab gelding that is now doing training level dressage
at a prominant local dressage barn and jumping 3 ft. with his 12 yr. old
owner and 3. an 11 yr. old registered Bask bred gelding that is
re-aquainting his 50 some year old owner with trailriding--------------------------------------------------------------------------
As far as I'm aware, there is no slaughter house in Florida. I think there might be one in Georgia somewhere. For me, this is an exceptional way to buy a horse. You save a life, and get a great deal. Can't beat the price anywhere.
I would have a hard time entering a slaughter house filled with horses. I think they'd have to haul me away in handcuffs. I can just picture me standing there screaming, "Why, Lord, why, are we killing these beautiful creatures? For dog food? To feed the French?" I would lose it totally, and since I'm half nuts already I know something like this might push me over the edge.
Life has so many horrors; so many wrongs, so few rights. This scene is a nightmare to me. But I bet you cherish the horse you save. I know I would.
cya,
Howard (thanks for listening to me rant about the generators; I feel better now. lol)
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