There is no other option for these horses and their owners. People just can’t afford to care for them any longer and the rescues are turning them away people don’t have the money to pay to have a vet come out, put them down and have them hauled off. The plants being shut down have destroyed the horse market, and more importantly, have destroyed the welfare of the horse. She was a well broke to ride 7-year-old in very good condition. I went to a horse sale here in Ohio a few weeks ago and a horse that should have sold for more than $2,000 sold for $345. This has got to stop - the animal rights groups and bleeding hearts have no idea what they have done. Out West the domestic horses are being turned loose with the wild mustang herds, some have even had the brand cut out and then turned loose. There are a large number of horses being starved to death, turned out to fend for themselves, turned loose in other pastures in hopes someone will care for them, tied outside of zoos and even tied to a post on country roads hoping someone will take them in. The horse industry is all but been destroyed since the processing plants closed in 2007. I would like to know when will people wake up to the problems American horses and their owners are facing.
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