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I agree 100%   These people need to go and watch what really happens.   And it happens to all slaughter animals...cow, pigs alike.  But I still eat it.

 

Tiffany D'Virgilio <tiffshorse@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> let me get this straight, a woman who has a 30 year old horse that 
> served her family well, probably rode the kids around, and now 
> instead of paying for euthanasia, will run her through to auction to 
> save a few pennies. When I was working with the AHRN we'd see 35 year 
> old ponies who served their families faithfully, only to be dumped in 
> the feedlot with a horrific trip to texas ahead of them. That's 
> really sad, for me if I'm going to own animals I take care of them 
> until they die. It's one thing to euthanize a horse and another thing 
> to send them into
>  that hell for a few bucks.
> Who is that woman sparing the euthanasia on, her or the horse?I have 
> personally picked my horses out of Leonard's feed lot. Did your 
> friend tell you that this mare was likely held in this way before 
> slaughter? Lemme give you a taste. Over 200 horses shoved in a small 
> pen rampant with strangles and every other equine diesease, they get 
> the crap beat out of them over food, and by the time they ship they 
> are so sick with strangles they can hardly stand, packed into a 
> crowded truck trying to no go down under the rush. There are heat, 
> flies, bullies, diseases, etc.
> To me this is not the time to save a buck. I'm honored by the service 
> and friendship given to me freely by my horses, the least I can do is 
> see they leave this planet with dignity instead of throwing them away 
> for a few dollars
> AHRN.org
> Tiffany
>
>
> On Apr 13, 2006, at 8:03 AM, Amy Cieri wrote:
>
> > away slowly in their
>  backyards.
> >
> > I have a friend that would take her 30 yr. old blind mare to 
> > auction just to spare her the euthanasia. Plus, there is a cost to 
> > haul away an animal the was put down with drugs. Some people don't 
> > have the money. I don't think they should have the horses either 
> > but this is reality.
> >
> > I'm all for transporting these horses safely and humanely but for 
> > god's sake, we can't close down the auction barns. There will be 
> > more suffering, yo
>
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