Horse Slaughter
- USDA, FSIS Promotes Eating American Horses!
- Euthanasia Procedures
- PA Rendering Companies
- PA Dead Animal Act -PA Law regarding Removal of Dead Animals-Is it Against PA Law to Bury Your Horse?
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Did You Know?
"...regarding the slaughter of horses, especially for human consumption. You can rest assured that Farnam as a company, and Rick (Blomquist) as a horse owner and animal advocate, does not believe in that."
Rick Blomquist of Farnam & Farnam Companies, Inc.
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Horse Auctions - The "Killers" Drop Off Pens
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How do horses end up destined for slaughter?Horses are not raised in the United States for food and fiber. When owners breed horses they are dreaming of the next TripleCrown winner or the next National Champion, not their next steak dinner. |
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The majority of horses destined for slaughter are purchased at non catalogued horse auctions held throughout the United States any day of the week.Owners or dealers bring their horses to these auctions where they may be purchased by agents for the foreign owned horse slaughterhouses. Dealers answer classified ads in the paper. Very few pleasure horse owners who place an ad to sell their horse would knowingly sell their horse to slaughter. Dealers promise the owner a good home, often telling the owner a time honored story of a good home with green pastures. The dealer makes certain they tell the owner exactly what the owner wants to hear.In contrast to the pleasure horse owner, the Amish owner is generally well aware of the final destination of the carriage or work horse that can no longer perform. Many people believe that Amish owners love their horses and are wonderful horse owners. Being Amish is no guarantee to either. |
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The caretakers of Thoroughbred and Standardbred race horses are well aware of the potential for these horses to be purchased by "killer buyers" and slaughtered for human consumption. The horse's owner though may or may not be aware of the horses' fate. Owners make the decision to sell the horse, sometimes on the recommendation of their trainer. Rarely do they ask where the horse is going. It would be even rarer for the trainer to tell the owner of the possibility that the horse may be purchased by "killer buyers" and sent to a slaughterhouse. If the trainer did inform the owner of this possibility, the owner would be assured that the process was humane. |
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Save America's Horses!
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Please send your tax deductible donation to: Equine Protection Network, Inc., P. O. Box 232, Friedensburg, PA, 17933 |
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