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Has anyone ever given their horse to the zoo for the lions??

I took my children to howletts a few years ago and noticed they were feeling the lions horse carcass parts, so I am thinking that I can do that??

Apart from the hunt, cremation and the zoo...what else can you do with them??
 
our local slaughter house provides carcasses for the zoo, so i would have thought your horse would have to be put down by the slaughter house that would supply that zoo, because the body has to be prepared before it goes to the zoo.
 
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Taxidermy?
Or you could have one of those rugs with the head left on...usually for tigers and lions, I agree, but why conform?
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Keep him as an ornament?
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I think you may have disturbed a few people tankey
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[/ QUOTE ]Too bad
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He will be put down one day and I need to know what to do and who to call....
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All part of lifes rich cycle
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Put them in the freezer and eat them?

[/ QUOTE ]He is aged so may be a little tough I fear
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Slow cooker?

[/ QUOTE ]Hmmm, since there is a credit crunch on.......
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Why don't you just take him for a days outing to the zoo and then he doesn't come back? Saves loads of money I'd imagine.
 
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Has anyone ever given their horse to the zoo for the lions??

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Not sure whether they collect from private yards though, but I know they have a contract to pick up from some equine veterinary practices.

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Apart from the hunt, cremation and the zoo...what else can you do with them??

[/ QUOTE ] Some people bury them ... but there are questions over the legality of that. Otherwise you can feed the children for a long time on pony burgers ...
 
lol this reminds me of my mothers horror when I lost my first pony and as a 16 year old wanted his head stuffed and mounted in my room..........seriously!!!

They may feed them to zoos but not sure they would deal direct with public you would probs need to go via meatman for DEFRA paperwork to be complete etc.
 
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have him stuffed?

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someone down my last yard was serious about having this done to there horse when it was PTS
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I confess to phoning a taxidermist and asking for prices when drunk once.
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£800 for my 16hh mare (this was a few years ago though).
And he wouldn't do the shooting part, expected her to be deceased before he started.
He was quite excited, said they didn't get many 'big projects'.
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Would your local indian takeaway be interested?

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thank you for that...i've just spilled my drink.....

PMSL...
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Threatened to leave mine at the 'animal park' at kingston mauward college last weekend if he didn't behave. No lions I think but he didn't know that.

Worked, 2 fab drsg tests later I told him he could come home!
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We had our 4yr old pts due to tendon injury.
My daughter was 14 and he was her first horse so she wanted him to go to howletts Zoo.
The circle of life she called it.
He had to be shot and at the vets as they would not collect him from home. We had to pay £200 for them to collect him which I thought was a bit tight seeing as they got free food!
 
My boy went to London Zoo. We're based in Kent so my local vet arranged it all for me.

Oh - and I will say that this kind of post is so useful. My boy was ill for a while so I had time to research all of the options - but everyone should know the possibilities, as unfortunately with horses you just never know.

Its good to know 'the facts' so you are prepared! I knew to be out of the way when they actually load the body onto the truck as that part isn't pleasant ... but I wasn't prepared for the amount of blood .... and having to try and wash it all away after he's been taken away so not to upset the kids on the yard!

I also remembered to ask the vet to take one of his shoes off, and a lock of hair from his mane which I still have ... and which smelt of him for nearly a year afterwards!!
 
You could contact the vet schools though the carcass would be used as a teaching aid and not food.... However, they may only take the horse if they get to pts themselves due to the logistics and the fact that the carcasses are treated with something (god, I should know this having spent 2 years studying vet anatomy and dissecting these things!) to help preserve the tissue.
 
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You could contact the vet schools though the carcass would be used as a teaching aid and not food.... However, they may only take the horse if they get to pts themselves due to the logistics and the fact that the carcasses are treated with something (god, I should know this having spent 2 years studying vet anatomy and dissecting these things!) to help preserve the tissue.

[/ QUOTE ]That is very interesting, thank you
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Bell Equine at Mereworth kent 01622 813700 has an arrangement with Howlets.
My vet Karen Koumbe is very good(went to Hong Kong as Olympic vet)
She shot our youngster and injected our pony in Nov. He still had a mouthful of feed when he died. He didn't have a clue what was going to happen-it was that quick thankfully.
 
Bell equine in Maidstone. They were great! I didn't have to do anything at all - except phone them to arrange the vet to come out.

They dealt directly with Cherry Tree Pet Crematorium who came out to collect my horse to be taken to the zoo - it was about £140 back then. He was great too ... he parked up the road until the vet arrived (I spotted him, but i thought it was a nice gesture anyway) and she phoned him when she was ready for him to come and collect the horse.

http://www.bellequine.co.uk/faqs/frequently-asked-questions/euthanasia-of-your-horse.html
 
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