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[RC] euthanization - Susan

My mare is only 7 and I hope to have her a very long time. However, I have been 
surprised with the cost to euthanize humanly horses in California. In my area 
it is against the law to bury animals on your own property. This gives an owner 
only a few choices; have the rendering facility pick them up or have them 
cremated. The closest crematorium is in the San Francisco Bay area and they 
cost of cremation and box for ashes is around $1,400. That does not include the 
cost of the euthanization nor the transporatation to the crematorium. I do not 
know the cost of rendering but I don't know if I could do that to my beloved 
mare. I thank God I can afford to have her cremated when her time comes, but, 
what does an owner do when they cannot afford to have them put down? Send them 
to an auction house where they will probably end up at a slaughter house.

Susan

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