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well i dont see why it needs shootin, i think thats as cruel as neglect. i have two thirty year old horses, and just stood with a friend while she put a 42 year old one down. yes, the old ones i have are underweight, they just dont absorb their food that well, but the are happy, and sound, and loved.
i wish this were going to have a better ending.

Mary Krauss <lazykfarm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  Wow--nice to know lots of people care.  Here's the latest, yes the  
> owner's been offered $$'s for the horse, but he takes such offers as  
> compliments to his beloved best friend whom he'd never sell.  As I  
> told a couple of people in private emails, the only up-side is that  
> he truly loves the horse (who follows him around the property).  At  
> least there's no anger-related abuse.  The latest good news is that  
> the
>  only-slightly whacko son tells me he's going to shoot the horse  
> and tell his dad he found him unable to get up.  Yes, the son does  
> know how to put a horse down this way (packer/hunter).  I'm moved by  
> the crazy owner's bizarre affection for his old buddy, and by the  
> son's decision to deal with a painful reality.  I'm really pissed at  
> the local tax-funded animal welfare people however and have already  
> written a letter of complaint.  I can't wait to visit their office in  
> person as suggested by my usually uninvolved-in-drama husband.  He  
> says he almost feels sorry for their employees.  ;-)
>
> I'll send a brief update when the deed is done.
>
> Mary K.
>
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