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[RC] Horse hell (was: ethics of slaughter) - k s swigartKathy said: What if you have found out something about the horse that was not disclosed to you and did not become apparent for a few weeks or even months, and that "something" makes the horse not saleable if you are honest & disclose that information to prospective new owners? Do you feel like you need to be responsible for it for the remainder of it's life, or take it to the auction and be done with it? I feel like I need to be responsible for it for the remainder of its life...and if the horse is a danger to self and/or others, then the remainder of its life needs to be really short. Horses that I can't keep and I can't honestly find somebody else to keep need to be shot. So no, I don't take it to the auction and be done with it. I would rather just take a horse straight to dead, than to let it be passed from owner to owner, each one more ignorant than the last having a miserable life along the way and making a bunch of people's lives miserable as well. THAT is my definition of horse hell. If I think my horse is "unsaleable" then the last place I should be taking it is to a sale. To do so would be unethical. Taking any unsaleable item to a sale to see if you can get some ignorant sucker to buy it is unethical whether the item is a horse or not. kat Orange County, Calif. :) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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