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Title 18, Section 5511
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PA Cruelty Law at New Holland, PA Auction
Young draft gelding shipped from NC displays injured left hind leg. A PA equine vet determined that there was no fixing this horse's injured leg. He was humanely euthanised.
No Enforcement
Down and bleeding inside a trailer with Maine license plates at a New Holland, PA auction. Reportedly the horse later died. No charges were ever filed. Blood was pooling on the ground under and outside the trailer.
The Downer Hall of Shame
Down Belgian was down all day at a PA horse auction. Several bystanders attempted to get the horse to rise. A vet was never called...
The Labor Day Mares
Severely foundered mare's face reveals the pain she is feeling. Mare was found down on a truck at a New Holland auction. Blood oozed from her coronary bands.
A Mule & 2 Standardbreds-
All Had Broken Legs & were Hidden on A Trailer
No Water
Water tank is empty, even though the faucets work..
The Horse the Killers Refused
& the vet passed.
Unfit Horses Sold at Auction
PSPCA allows sale - NHPD files charges, owner pleads guilty.
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Horse Cruelty
PA State Police Enforce PA Cruelty Law at New Holland Auction
September 27, 1999
Colorado State University in a report commisioned by USDA/ APHIS stated in her report regarding New Holland and published in The Horse in their December issue;
According to Dr. Temple Grandin,
" The New Holland sale will
not accept horses that are severely lame or
in very poor condition. "
and
The New Holland sale has
banned horses with severe
welfare problems from their
sale. "
Note this horse's left stifle area and the cannon bone area.
PA Anti-Cruelty Law, Title 18, Section 5511
(d) Selling or using disabled horse.--A person commits a summary offense if he offers for sale or sells any horse, which by reason of debility, disease or lameness, or for other cause, could not be worked or used without violating the laws against cruelty to animals, or leads, rides, drives or transports any such horse for any purpose, except that of conveying the horse to the nearest available appropriate facility for its humane keeping or destruction or for medical or surgical treatment.
Transporting this horse from North Carolina to PA to a horse auction and offering it for sale was in clear violation of the PA Cruelty Law. An auction sells horses, it does not provide medical or surgical treatment, it is not a facility for a horse's humane keeping, nor does it destroy horses.
And how in the world could this auction be considered the,
"nearest available appropriate facility" ???
An auction SELLS horses.
Look up the word "auction" in the dictionary.
Finally, the person(s) responsible for the cruel treatment to this horse
were
held accountable, made to pay a fine, AND the horse's
suffering was ended.
It is about time.
What true horsemen would condone the transportation of this horse from North
Carolina to PA to be sold for meat, and then transported to a holdover farm
in New York or New Jersey, before finally making the final trip to Texas or
Canada in an overcrowded cattle truck with no food, no water, no rest, and
not enough ventilation??
This whole process could last a week or more...
All this pain and suffering so some owner and a a few so called horse dealers
could squeeze the last few dollars out of him...
The Equine Protection Network extends their appreciation to thePA State Police for enforcing the PA Cruelty law. We hope you take the time to also thank the PA State Police and to make horse owners, dealers and haulers aware of the PA Anti-Cruelty Law.
The little filly who was also transported in violation of the PA law.
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