TRF, others refute misrepresentations in Drape smear

[somerfrost]

The road to hell is paved with good intentions....and lack of money!

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

The road to hell is paved with good intentions....and lack of money!

Or the shortsighted fact that they made horse slaughter illegal and farmed it out to foreign countries where it isn't regulated.

[Riot]

Owner could still take responsibility, and pay $200 to have their unwanted horses euthanized, rather than trying to get a final $250-500 for them at a killer buncher.

Or do as some of the farms used to: line up the unwanteds every spring in the back pasture, humanely shoot them, and bury them on the farm.

The problem is that people don't have the guts to take responsibility for their animals. It's difficult, I agree. Who wants to put down a horse that's 10 years old but nothing but a pasture ornament, so no longer wanted? So they sell it to a "good home" - which is a buncher.

If you are going to be in livestock, you have to be willing to be tough and humane.

[SuffolkGirl]

Is there a typo in there? Reduce the per diem TO $3 - who can feed a horse on $3 per day?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by SuffolkGirl

Is there a typo in there? Reduce the per diem TO $3 - who can feed a horse on $3 per day?

Nobody. It's disturbing, the pattern of not paying for their horses, over time. If they can only afford to pay for X number of horses, that's what they are going to have to do. It's heartbreaking to say, "No, we can't take another horse, sorry", but you can't let them starve trying to be a do-gooder.

[richard burch]

thats why i'm going to the farm tomorrow and feed them myself.

[otisotisotis]

Overbreeding at work again.

[jms62]

I was in Costa Rica over the holiday and quite a bit of people there still use horses as their main transportation. I'm sure quite a few unwanteds would get a good home, the only problem and it is a huge one is the logistcs of getting the horses there.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by jms62

I was in Costa Rica over the holiday and quite a bit of people there still use horses as their main transportation. I'm sure quite a few unwanteds would get a good home, the only problem and it is a huge one is the logistcs of getting the horses there.

Yeah, trying to insure they would get humane treatment etc, but we need to think outside the box and ideas such as that deserve consideration...good idea!