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Re: [RC] Desperate Times for Horse Owners and for Horses - Karen Everhart

My suggestions remain the same:
 
1-    If one has exhausted all options to continue the life of an unwanted animal of any kind, then have it put down.  The average cost for euthanasia and disposal, across America, is less than it costs to feed and provide care for a horse for a month- approximately $200 - 250.  This solution is not rocket science.
 
I don't know why you continue to refer to the wild horses, which have been protected for thirty years by federal law, which, as I have said before, have dwindled in numbers exponentially while the domestic horse numbers have grown continuously.  The issue of slaughter has very, very little to do with the wild horse and a lot to do with the domestic horse. 
The quarter-type horse is the most desirable meat animal.  The AQHA celebrated its 5 millionth registration last year. 
The Thoroughbred and Standardbred contribute in a large part to the numbers.  Some say that over 50% of all Thoroughbreds born in 2005 will be dead due to racing injuries or sent to slaughter before their 4th birthday in 2009. 
All other breeds of domestic horses are a part of the formula.
 
We horse people have lots to be proud of don't we?
 
Our economy has been in trouble many times in the past, and it will be again, in the future.  That alone does not justify slaughter as it exists today.
The people who will not humanely euthanize their unwanted horse in today's economy, are the same ones who would not do it when the economy was in a better place.
 
 
Karen Everhart MEd
Co-founder and Executive Director
Rainbow Meadows Rescue and Retirement, Inc.
Serving the equine companions who have so loyally served us...
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 Our economy is in serious trouble and what would you suggest we, collectively, do about the massive cost of taking care of unneeded horses - our own, or the excess BLM horses?
 
Barbara

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