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There is very much a sickening rush to suggest PTS on here when a poster asks for advice but has not suggested euthanasia.
Funny how the people who rush to suggest euthanasia can't recall them.
* If people think euthanasia is a good suggestion, why wouldn't they suggest it?
Some responses on this thread are just silly. NO ONE is saying that PTS when it is in a horse's best interests is wrong.
It is wrong when the owner is irresponsible and simply wants to get rid of an unwanted animal because they're bored. Or when they just want rid so they can buy and mess up another horse.
* If the horse is saleable and strongly likely to find an alternative home where its needs will be taken care of and it will be a good purchase for somebody else, this seems a better and more likely suggestion in those circumstances. If someone has a horse that wouldn't be an appealing purchase for someone else, except dealers, nutters and naive do-gooders and they no longer want to maintain it, then from my POV PTS is often the most responsible thing to do.
Horses may not know that they are about to die (unless they are packed off to a slaughter house), but does make it any more justifiable ? Is the life of any sentient being so worthless that it can be snuffed out on a whim ?
* Do you swat flies? Poison rats? Yes the lives of sentient beings are so worthless humans regularly snuff them out on a whim.