Many chronically lame, poorly trained, unsuccessful or simply unwanted horses, among them ex-racehorses, adopted wild horses, and horses from riding schools, camps, dude ranches and backyards, do not live out their final days in peace and comfort. When they become a financial burden or an inconvenience, they are sold at auction or directly to a “killer buyer” and end up at the slaughterhouse, destined for foreign meat markets.
Some buyers for the slaughter market do not tell the owner where the horse is actually going, and some horses are stolen and sold to slaughter. After horse slaughter was outlawed in the state of California, a significant decrease in horse theft was reported.
Unfortunately, some equine industries and sports have come to depend on the economic crutch of always having a “buyer of last resort,” and feel threatened by national legislation to outlaw horse slaughter. When one can get a few hundred dollars for an unwanted horse, rather than pay for euthanasia and disposal of the remains, there is little incentive to curb irresponsible overbreeding or consider what will happen to the horses in their “retirement.”
There are alternatives to livestock auctions and slaughter for a horse you are unable to care for. A lot depends on the age, condition, training, and temperament of the horse.
- Look for a home locally through friends and other contacts. Tell your veterinarian and farrier that you need to find your horse a new home.
- Check the phone directory or search the internet for local SPCA’s, humane societies, animal control agencies, horse clubs, councils or rescues which may be able to provide advice or contacts.
- Be very careful about who takes your horse and why. Some good advice and ideas can be found at:
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- link - There are some retirement farms for horses. Payment is usually required and there may be a long waiting list. Search the internet for the terms "horse" and “retirement.” Ryerss Farm for Aged Equines ( link ) in Pennsylvania is the oldest and most established.
- Do not “donate” your horse to a horse rescue unless that is truly your only option. They are there for the neediest horses. Keeping an accurate list is hard because many equine rescues do not last long. Lists of rescue groups by state can be found at
-link -link
-Contact local colleges with riding programs to ask about donating your horse. IHSA directory of programs: link
- Some therapeutic riding centers may be willing to take a sound horse with the appropriate temperament. A directory of programs can be found at: link Some mounted police units accept donated horses. A list of programs is here: link Some breeds have their own rescues and placement networks. Check the internet, breed publications, and local sources.
- The National Thoroughbred Racing Association has a Racehorse Adoption Referral Program. For information, call 877-576-6872. The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation and ReRun have farms in several states.
Some buyers for the slaughter market do not tell the owner where the horse is actually going, and some horses are stolen and sold to slaughter. After horse slaughter was outlawed in the state of California, a significant decrease in horse theft was reported.
Unfortunately, some equine industries and sports have come to depend on the economic crutch of always having a “buyer of last resort,” and feel threatened by national legislation to outlaw horse slaughter. When one can get a few hundred dollars for an unwanted horse, rather than pay for euthanasia and disposal of the remains, there is little incentive to curb irresponsible overbreeding or consider what will happen to the horses in their “retirement.”
There are alternatives to livestock auctions and slaughter for a horse you are unable to care for. A lot depends on the age, condition, training, and temperament of the horse.
- Look for a home locally through friends and other contacts. Tell your veterinarian and farrier that you need to find your horse a new home.
- Check the phone directory or search the internet for local SPCA’s, humane societies, animal control agencies, horse clubs, councils or rescues which may be able to provide advice or contacts.
- Be very careful about who takes your horse and why. Some good advice and ideas can be found at:
- link
- link - There are some retirement farms for horses. Payment is usually required and there may be a long waiting list. Search the internet for the terms "horse" and “retirement.” Ryerss Farm for Aged Equines ( link ) in Pennsylvania is the oldest and most established.
- Do not “donate” your horse to a horse rescue unless that is truly your only option. They are there for the neediest horses. Keeping an accurate list is hard because many equine rescues do not last long. Lists of rescue groups by state can be found at
-link -link
-Contact local colleges with riding programs to ask about donating your horse. IHSA directory of programs: link
- Some therapeutic riding centers may be willing to take a sound horse with the appropriate temperament. A directory of programs can be found at: link Some mounted police units accept donated horses. A list of programs is here: link Some breeds have their own rescues and placement networks. Check the internet, breed publications, and local sources.
- The National Thoroughbred Racing Association has a Racehorse Adoption Referral Program. For information, call 877-576-6872. The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation and ReRun have farms in several states.
This is not a wide known problem, which makes it so much more of a problem. The Japanese claim its 'research'. But they are actually making protucts from the blubber of the whales, and somehow disposing of the rest of the whale. They catch and kill the whale by going in huge tarpoon boats. When they see a large whale, they send a huge spear into the side of the whale, and drag it up a huge ramp, into the boat. Watching this is a horrible sight. Please, to find out more information, watch 'Whale Wars' on animal planet, or go to AnimalPlanet.com and type in Whale Wars.
Way to go Kari!!!! So few are willing to gp so far to make a stand against such activity. Relentless on her arguments and petitions Alsu snapped at Kari provoking the catfight for a dog's life forum.
That was for a time a place where the two had some verbal catfights that could make anyone want to buy tickets to see them have at each other!
Alsu eventually dropped out of the forum and quit talking, likely due to legal advice. But with a two year sentence over her head she got off way to easy. Its a shame Kari did not have the chance to tear her apart.....yet any how! They may cross paths!
But I think its safe to say we have a winner!
Why dos this have to happen...
You hit me,
You punch me,
You kick me,
You lunge me.
Now I’m dead,
I’m passed,
I’m gone,
All because of you,
I didn’t live long,
I was still small,
Still little,
Still bitty,
I wanted to be your friend,
But all you did was hit me,
Now I’m not here,
Now I’m gone,
Do you now feel my pain,
That I felt for so long,
I just wanted love,
I just wanted a friend,
But because of you,
It is my end.
This poem is about animal abuse, and how people hurt their animals, who just want love. If you care about animals who are abused.
You hit me,
You punch me,
You kick me,
You lunge me.
Now I’m dead,
I’m passed,
I’m gone,
All because of you,
I didn’t live long,
I was still small,
Still little,
Still bitty,
I wanted to be your friend,
But all you did was hit me,
Now I’m not here,
Now I’m gone,
Do you now feel my pain,
That I felt for so long,
I just wanted love,
I just wanted a friend,
But because of you,
It is my end.
This poem is about animal abuse, and how people hurt their animals, who just want love. If you care about animals who are abused.
Bear Baiting is cruel entertainment and a money-maker for some people in Pakistan. Bear baiting requires bears to have their claws and teeth removed, then they are chained to a post being forced to fight off several dogs. When the fighting is over, bears usually come out with ripped mouths and noses.
Donate to the --->> World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
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I found a fox, caught by the leg
In a toothed gin, torn from its peg,
And dragged, God knows how far, in pain.
Such torment could not plead in vain,
He looked at me, I looked at him.
With iron jaw-teeth in his limb.
"Come, little son," I said, "Let be.....
Don't bite me, while I set you free."
But much I feared that in the pang
Of helping, I should feel a fang
In hand or face .......
but must is must .........
And he had given me his trust.
So down I knelt there in the mud
And loosed those jaws all mud and blood.
And he, exhausted, crept, set free,
Into the shade, away from me;
The leg not broken ......
Then, beyond,
That gin went plonk into the pond.