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Off to the dog food factory!

 

man thats sad but you got to do whats best for them, i work at a race horse breeding farm the owner never puts any of his race horses down unless they are going to live the rest of there lifes in pain

 

I told myself after reading this mornings paper that he prolly would not make the next few days and then I hear a few hours later that they did the right thing. Give credit to the owners for giving it the all American effort, I am sure they have a fortune in vet bills. Many years ago I had a horse founder in the front feet and he never really recovered.

 

I can't even begin to guess how much money they lost in vet bills! Got to give them credit for trying. Most people would have put him down on the track that day.

 

I am sure that everyone vets included learned more about how to handle broken legs at the owners expense and even tho I said a fortune in $$ I would guess the owners are not concerned about the money part.

 

It's easy to believe the owners only wanted what was best for the horse, but I suspect they were somewhat motivated by the millions in stud fees Barbaro could have generated.

And bythe way Geico, I know you were kidding, but no more horses to the slaughter house thanks to the Gov. Couldn't send one that was already down anyway.

The city liberals that are behind the "no more horse killer houses" have no idea the injustice they've brought on both horses and owners.

Too bad about Barbaro though, I'd have loved to see him run.

RJ

 

I thought it was no more killer horses going as meat France and other countries. I could be wrong though, but I thought that's what I read.

 

Yea, actually I felt pretty bad, I was really pulling for him to make it. They really gave it a go, but in the end it was best to put him down.

Can they have been gathering his "seed" while he was alive? I know horse breeders don't like to use artificial insemination, but in this case....

I wouldn't worry about the vet bills too much. He was insured for many millions.

 

Can not collect seed as the thoroughbred industry only allows "live cover" on the mare, no artificial insemination.

The horse slaughter busuness is a whole nother issue that actually at the end of the day is the right thing to do. There are approx 90,000 horses each year that are unwanted and it costs approx $2500 per year at a minimum to keep a horse, where is that money going to come from? May not sound like that much money but it adds up. I understand the whole attachment w/ horses and the American history theme but unfortunately the reality of it is tough for some to accept.

 

The sad part is, that with the price of vet bills for Barbaro, they could probably have saved three million starving pygmies from tuberculosis...

Of course, the pygmies wouldn't have been as valuable if they lived...

 

I hauled a few rescues for a place in WV back in my hauling days. Some of their "Rescues" were better off being dead. The money they spent would have been better used going towards other rescues. It's really no different than cattle but there is the attachment and history part that get alot of people up in arms. It's really hard to fathom how much $ the gov't is spending on the wild horse population yearly. I'm not saying get rid of them all but at least get the population under control.

I had better quit before this gets sent to the political dumpster.

If you don't like the slaughter houses then:

"Feed the wild horses to the wolves then Shoot the wolves"