Re: RC: FW: RE: Re: Horse slaughter

[Sheila <tondi313@yahoo.com>]

We lost our Welsh pony mare to a gut rupture suddenly
a couple of years ago.  We had had a lovely ride the
day before and nothing seemed amiss.  When we found
her in shock in the pasture and rushed her to the
vet's, they did a belly tap and wanted her to go on a
three hour drive, to another hospital, for surgery.  I
knew she wouldn't make it(she was collapsing), so we
chose to put her down right there and we stayed with
her until her last breath.  Then the vet office
allowed me to stay on their phone, on a Sunday, July
4th weekend, until I could find someone to come dig a
hole for her on our property.  The vet office had a
hand load her on their trailer and take her out to our
land.   Then we had a funeral and the backhoe driver
and the neighbor that covered her with an old
bedspread and my two daughters and I cried and cried.
But, I felt relief that I was there for her and my two
daughters and that we know where she is today.

Hard to lose good ones, but part of reality.  

she
--- Jennifer Layman <jlayman@escripinc.com> wrote:
> I have a girlfriend that had her beloved family pony
> cremated at UC Davis.
> I have no idea what it cost, but I do know they
> offer the service.
> 
> Because the pony was so small they were able to put
> him down in a trailer
> and she hired someone to drive him up.  FYI.
> 
> Jennifer - No. Cal. 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bette Lamore [mailto:woa@stormnet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 9:52 PM
> To: C Eyler
> Cc: Ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC: RE: Re: Horse slaughter
> 
> 
> Dear Cindy
> We have strict laws in CA against burying in the
> back yard and no
> cremation available nearby that I am aware of. The
> vet gives the shot.
> The rendering truck is common in our area. I haven't
> had much of a need
> of it, but when I have, I remind myself that the
> soul of my friend is no
> longer in the carcass. He/she will always be with
> me.
> Bette
> 
> C Eyler wrote:
> > 
> > I couldn't have my horse buried at home because
> he's boarded at a small,
> > family-operated farm in a county where it's
> illegal to bury animals on the
> > property.  But I would never send him on the long,
> unhumane, terrifying
> > truck ride to a slaughter house.
> > 
> > If his health is so bad that he must be put down,
> he will be euthanized by
> > the vet, and then I will have his body cremated. 
> That's part of my
> > responsibility to him.
> > 
> > If you can't afford euthanasia and cremation, then
> you can't afford to
> keep
> > a horse and should not have one.
> > 
> > Cindy
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Maggie Mieske
> [mailto:mmieske@netonecom.net]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 8:55 PM
> > > To: Susan; Ridecamp@endurance.net
> > > Subject: RC: Re: Horse slaughter
> > >
> > >
> > >  <it would be wonderful if we could all have
> > > our animals peacefully put to sleep and buried
> on
> > > the home farm - but that is unrealistic for the
> > > majority. >
> > >
> > > Just curious....why is it unrealistic to bury
> one's horse on the
> > > home farm?
> > >  Just wondering...
> > >
> > > Maggie Mieske
> > > Mieske's Silver Lining
> > > 10601 S. Richards Rd.
> > > McBain, Michigan 49657
> > > http://www.netonecom.net/~mmieske
> > > mmieske@netonecom.net
> > >
> > > ----------
> > > > From: Susan <smw@sos.net>
> > > > To: Ridecamp@endurance.net
> > > > Subject: RC:  Horse slaughter
> > > > Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 8:24 PM
> > > >
> > > > I had hoped to avoid this thread since it is
> not
> > > > really endurance related, but it seems it is a
> > > > passionate issue with many.
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to share a recent first hand
> experience
> > > > with you.
> > > >
> > > > At a local sale yard there were the usual 30
> or so
> > > > horses being offered for sale. There were also
> the
> > > > half dozen already condemned to die - kept in
> a
> > > > feedlot until the day they would be shipped to
> the
> > > > packing house. They were well fed and cared
> for,
> > > > although they were just tossed into a strange
> > > > environment with strange animals.  At least
> half
> > > > of these horses had no 'visible'
> defect.........in
> > > > fact, one was a very striking bay, tall,
> athletic
> > > > looking, kind of eye and alert.
> > > >
> > > > A mother and her two children were discussing
> > > > these horses, unaware that they were not being
> > > > offered in the regular sale. They were
> seriously
> > > > considering bidding on the 'gorgeous bay'. As
> a
> > > > kindness, I informed them that these horses
> were
> > > > all unsound and would not be going up for sale
> -
> > > > they were to be sent for slaughter. You would
> have
> > > > thought I had murdered the woman's children on
> the
> > > > spot! She went into hysterics - screaming for
> > > > anyone that was near - trying to marshall a
> group
> > > > to 'storm the office' and stop them from
> > > > destroying these beautiful animals.......
> > > >
> > > > You see, her heart saw but her mind did not
> > > > comprehend. She did not (could not) know that
> the
> > > > bay suffered from incurable navicular - and
> that
> > > > any movement at all caused him excruciating
> > > > pain.....and the owners had opted to put him
> out
> > > > of his misery rather than prolong it with
> drugs or
> > > > nerving.
> > > >
> > > > She could not know that the two of the other
> > > > horses had incurable illness'......her
> untrained
> > > > eye could not even tell that one of the horses
> was
> > > > so arthritic his hocks no longer
> functioned......
> > > >
> > > > Should she have been 'allowed' to rescue these
> > > > horses? Should anyone have the right
> (uninformed
> > > > and uneducated) to step in and override the
> > > > decisions that had been made after numerous
> hours
> > > > of heartbreak and in many cases the
> expenditure of
> > > > large amounts of cash for veterinary treatment
> > > > that is unsuccessful?
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps there is a more humane way to deal
> with
> > > > this - it would be wonderful if we could all
> have
> > > > our animals peacefully put to sleep and buried
> on
> > > > the home farm - but that is unrealistic for
> the
> > > > majority.  And I personally don't have a
> problem
> > > > with providing a meat source to foreign
> countries
> > > > - its no different than our consumption of
> beef in
> > > > America! In India cows are sacred......whats
> the
> > > > difference?
> > > >
> > > > Sorry this got so lengthy - but its important
> that
> > > > people understand BOTH sides......
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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She

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