ILuvCowparsely
Well-Known Member
Worrying to think some were signed out of the food chain.
Thank god they are safe. Hopefully they will keep more checks on this
Thank god they are safe. Hopefully they will keep more checks on this
I’ve seen a few of the rescue in America and it’s unbelievable that owners put their broken horses into an auction, some of them with broken legs , and so thin as well , how can people not have them put down at home, it’s so cruelTake a look at horse shelter hero’s on YouTube they are a charity in Tennessee in the US trying to stop as many possible from travelling to Mexico for slaughter .
Required watching for anyone who struggles with the concept of putting their own horse to sleep .
There a big very unpleasant trade in worn out horses travel usually north to south in Europe for slaughter .
WHW has those horses now if they can hang on them they are the lucky ones they will treated with dignity and kindness .
I follow them G regularly, also sent things out to them like horslyx, and also donated to them.Take a look at horse shelter hero’s on YouTube they are a charity in Tennessee in the US trying to stop as many possible from travelling to Mexico for slaughter .
Required watching for anyone who struggles with the concept of putting their own horse to sleep .
There a big very unpleasant trade in worn out horses travel usually north to south in Europe for slaughter .
WHW has those horses now if they can hang on them they are the lucky ones they will treated with dignity and kindness .
It does put the brouhaha about the ( imo ) over marking of a dressage test into perspective .
It's in a bit of the forum that a lot of people might not visit regularly - I know I don't. Other sections have more traffic. I don't think it's any more complicated than that.So do we all but this thread this criminal behaviour has had eleven posts since yesterday .
For me that’s telling .
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Horses being smuggled out of Dover highlight sickening threat to vulnerable animals - World Horse Welfare
A consignment of horses abandoned at a Kent holding yard when authorities discovered they were being smuggled out of the UK has been rescued by World Horse Welfare. The mixed load of 26 frightened and vulnerable animals had been crammed onto a transporter to be exported, possibly from Ireland...www.worldhorsewelfare.org
The fact that people haven’t posted doesn’t mean they don’t have an opinion. Personally I find it disgusting and unbearable and I wish live export for slaughter was banned.So do we all but this thread this criminal behaviour has had eleven posts since yesterday .
For me that’s telling .
Absolutely shamefulI’ve seen a few of the rescue in America and it’s unbelievable that owners put their broken horses into an auction, some of them with broken legs , and so thin as well , how can people not have them put down at home, it’s so cruel
I can still remember the front page of one of the papers showing a horse on the floor being pulled along to go on to the boat, I must have been very young but it’s never left me. That’s why I don’t look at some of the videos posted on here as I know I will never get them out of my head, just reading the description is horrific enough for meI remember all the articles and photos in the papers when I was younger about the live horse trade to the Continent. It was abhorrent then and still is.
I would imagine he was taking them directly to the abattoir. Someone used to advertise on H&H to do that or you could opt to have them put down at home. A better end than many get. There used to be quite a few horse abattoirs around. I took two myself once, not something I would do now but the cash I got for them paid a good few bills. They were put down while I was there and I could have stayed with them if I wished. I know how well they were treated and it was no worse than having them done at home.I once worked at a riding school and two big, old horses which had health problems once got picked up in a very old dodgy old lorry and the passports were handed over. I wasn’t that old at the time but I wondered where they were going and I’m pretty sure the YO had stopped giving them Bute a little while before. The lorry driver paid for them and off he went. The fact he paid makes me think they were going for meatit wasn’t the hunt definitely but I always wonder what happened to them bless them. I don’t understand how people can be so cruel and heartless.
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I so worried about how horses will get pts particularly my own if Labour win the next election and put an end to foxhounds .
I would imagine he was taking them directly to the abattoir. Someone used to advertise on H&H to do that or you could opt to have them put down at home. A better end than many get. There used to be quite a few horse abattoirs around. I took two myself once, not something I would do now but the cash I got for them paid a good few bills. They were put down while I was there and I could have stayed with them if I wished. I know how well they were treated and it was no worse than having them done at home.
I hope this is the case I really do as the rumour was they had gone for meat. But I hope you are right.
I hope this is the case I really do as the rumour was they had gone for meat. But I hope you are right.