Anyone took a horse to a slaughterhouse?

I don't think there is anything wrong with horses going to the slaughter house, as long as its quick. Like I said earlier-I wouldn't do it but everybodys situation is different & IMO, once they're dead, they're dead.

As for the pony in the clip...who knows where it may have ended up - travelling to Belgium or even further in a cramped lorry for days on end...I know which end I'd choose.

We all seem to overly humanise horses (myself included) when it comes to euthanasia but how many of us have sold horses on, never to hear where they've ended up?

Personally my horses are with me for life - I find it far easier to PTS when the time comes than to worry where they are & if they're being looked after.
 
Always at home when the time comes for us,
but an expert slaughterman , not vet injection,
Does not have to be that expensive if no extras like cremation are required, eg local hunt service
So half and half answer
yes to slaughterman, not vet
no to slaughterhouse
 
i used to be very againest slaughter but over the years my opion has changed

I'm going to get shot down in flames here, but after ging to some of the hill sales, IMO its about time some of thes hill farmers took there own poor quailty colts to slaughter themself, in a ideal world they would stop breeding, but i cant see that happening any time soon.

these poor colts go through the ring at £20-30 a time, one after another, ok some find good homes but alot dont, they are either brought by the meat man so not only have the stress of the sale but also transported with lots of other wild ponies by a strange person to slaughter, or they get brought and go from sale to sale, or end up in a home with no idea about owning a pony, kept in the garden shed.

I would rather take them myself to somewhere like potters and know they have been destoryed in a humane way with someone they know than some of the other opions out there.

If they stopped horse slaughter what would happen to the many unwanted poor quality foals bred year after year
 
I also could not go through with taking my horse there (although i threten her some times) i have actually been there and experiened it there was a horrible smell and lotsof waiting horses in what looked like cattle pens just awaiting there turn listening to the gun shots which i think must be stress full for them i didnt know why any of them were there but just wondered if everything had been ruled out b4 taking them to such a place.
 
My personal choice would be to PTS at home but then I have only ever had one horse and he was a pet. Having seen the Potters video I can fully understand why for some people taking them there is a humane option. Far better than being sold through the sale ring to an uncertain future. I have never been to an abattoir but to me the horses in the video certainly don't appear stressed and the people handling the horses do so firmly and quietly. I was pleasantly surprised by the level of professionalism shown in the footage as I had always imagined far worse. I am sure worse exists but this is the standard to aim for and they serve a very important function.
 
Personally I never could. I would never ever send my animals away to be killed or even send them to a slaughterhouse after they had been PTS. And I certainly would never send them to kennels as I dont support fox hunting and also the thought of dogs ripping my horse apart is awful!

I think they're just an easy way out for a lot of people. Lets me honest, it takes away the hasstle of having the horse PTS and its disposal. I personally will have a vet do it and have all my horses buried here on my own land.
 
I'd prefer to have my horse pts at home in familiar surroundings, but I can see why some people would send them away. Mind you, my old mare was put to sleep on the M5 (although that was exceptional circumstances obviously). Personally I prefer a bullet to an injection, but everybody has their own preferences and it does certainly seem to be harder for the humans than the horses...
 
Thanks everyone for sharing
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