[RC] Arabian mare(and others) in need - Tx Trigger
One of the animal shelters here in No.
TX has taken in about 40 horses over
the past six weeks. I have heard of some people just turning them
loose, or giving them to whom ever will take them. This shelter is
now seeking hay donations. When hay is so expensive and hard to find around
here, I am betting they will not be having as many donations as they would
like. Reading the note on the Arab mare in the previous post, from the
rescue site:
"Medina was sold at auction on 3/7/07
for 0.32 cents on the pound to the kill buyer, and is bound for slaughter. CTR
called her last owner and breeder. Her owner has never sold a horse at a
sale like this one, and was shocked to hear her beloved mare is bound for a
painful, agonizing death, possibly in a Mexico
slaughterhouse. "
So, this horse was saved....but
with the drought causing hay prices high in many areas, people getting rid of
horses how ever they can...where will they all go? Wake up folks.... this is not
gonna get better soon. We should be seeing our pastures starting to grow
here in TX, but right now, it looks like many will have to feed hay to their
pastured horses well into the spring, as they don't have any growth to speak of,
due to no rain.
Do a Google search for the words
STARVING HORSES in the news section, and you will get new stories fairly
regularly. Here are a few:
