unwanted horses

[deltagulf]

this ap article ran today.

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles...90001?cid=2449

[MISTERGEE]

interesting but sad dilemna

[Left Bank]

The next thing that will happen,IMO,is someone will start a business where people will pay them to take their horse,then they will just drive them to the middle of Wyoming and let them go.This is the brilliance of our politicians.No solutions or funding,just an emotional law and who ends up suffering?The animals they think they are helping.

[AngelSita]

It's a bogus article.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by AngelSita

It's a bogus article.

The premise is very shaky. I have not heard of any problems and they didn't exactly come up with the greatest sources of info.

[AngelSita]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The premise is very shaky. I have not heard of any problems and they didn't exactly come up with the greatest sources of info.

I hadn't heard of any problems either. To me it's obviously a pro-slaughter article to stir up trouble. And quite frankly I think they jumped the gun a bit as slaughter is still going on and horses are still being exported to Canada & Mexico for slaughter.

[LARHAGE]

I agree, the article is full of ****, I know we don't have a problem with stray, wandering, starving horses out here where it's been illegal to slaughter for a while, not to mention we have the second largest horse population behind Texas, who also doesn't seem to have this problem. I think the pathetic idiot lamenting the fact he can't feed all his horses should maybe quit breeding them. Horses are a luxury to own, they haven't been beasts of burden for decades. I can smell the bulls&%$* from here.

[Thoroughbred Fan]

How about a tax on horses sold at auction to be used to help take care of the unwanted horses?

I really think, with regard to thoroughbreds, the breeding/sales industry is way out of whack. There is never a reason to breed an unraced mare by a stallion who stands for less than $25k. Period. There is no reason to breed a mare who didn't win an allowance race and is by a stallion that stands for less than $5k. If the stallion farms were a bit stricter about the types of mares they accept, the number of foals would go way down. It is up to the racing industry to save itself.