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[RC] backyard breeders, slaughter - A. PerezI've been 'into' equine rescue for a couple of years, in terms of reading the websites and seeing what is available for adoption. My impression is that most horses going to slaughter are not 'surplus' resulting from indiscriminate breeding, as is the case with dogs and cats, but they are unsound, often due to hard use or injury. The fact of the matter is that many owners cannot afford to keep an unrideable horse around as a yard ornament. Add to that the problem of people who cannot bear to have a horse put down, so they send it to auction... where it gets bought by a killer buyer and ends up in a slaughterhouse. Horses don't have litters like cats, and not to many people keep a stallion around, so over productions simply isn't the big problem. If it were, there would be far more sound horses out there for adoption. Horse racing (flat and harness) put far more horses into the pipeline than does backyard breeding. ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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