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> Note that the ruling states over 10 years of age OR if the animal has
> been to  adoption at least 3 times.  Meaning that young, healthy horses
> will  potentially go to slaughter too - lots of them.  That's the part
> that is most  disturbing to me.
So, if they are crippled, rank, or otherwise unsuitable for adoption, they
should be held in holding pens until they are 10 years old?

I notice that it says "at least" three times--so it is not a strict "three
strikes and you're out" sort of thing.  Looks like there is plenty of
wiggle room in there for those in charge of adoption to say, "Hey, this is
a perfectly sound and loveable youngster, we will hang on for awhile until
the right person comes along."  But for the ones such as one poster
described, with the noodle legs and the club feet, if they are passed over
for adoption for such reasons, they don't have to spend the rest of their
lives crippling around a pen.

The only other alternative, since there are not enough adopters, and since
there is a steady supply of new horses that need to be brought into the
facilities, would be to build more and more holding pens, for which there
is neither money, nor labor to staff them and care for the animals.

Heidi



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