PMU Industry and Horse Slaughter... Go Hand in Hand!

by Tina Westrope
(Wesson, Mississippi)

It is my opinion that the PMU industry is a type of horse slaughter. PMU mares are lined in facilities and gave little water to survive on, while people receive the urine from the mares to produce Premarin and other hormone drugs for women.

The less water that is given to each horse, the stronger the urine is when harvested. This means more money for the industry.

When a horse does not receive enough water into there body, they are not able to digest food properly. Sometimes the food that they do receive, (which is mostly grass or hay) will turn into concrete inside the intestines. Eventually nothing can move through the intestines and they will colic and die.

This process does not happen overnight. I cannot imagine any animal living under these conditions. It horrifies me to know what happens to the mares, and how they are crammed into stalls that are not even big enough for a goat, in my opinion.

These horses are used as lab rats, and because of improper care they in turn die a slow and horrid death. If that is not enough, their colts are taken and either killed at birth, or taken at six months of age and sold to "Kill Buyers" that will take them to slaughter for meat (which is a delicacy in some countries). Some are even sold for their skin.

Pony skins which are used for nonsense items such as purses, coats, etc... These items are worthless to me, but if you go on Ebay and other sites you will see that these purses and shoes will cost you a lot of money.

There are a few colts that will see tomorrow thanks to horse rescues. My heart goes out to those men, women, and even children that sometime stay up all night to nurture these beautiful creatures.

I had a colt that did not take to her mother for the first 5 days of her life and we took turns feeding her so she would get the milk to survive.

It is hard taking care of one colt, much less 20 or so that these rescues take into there facility at a time.

These facilities are an inspiration to me. I am proud that GOD gave each one of these people a heart big enough to love and care for each colt, and a big enough heart to let go of that colt when he or she finds a permanent home.

Women, there are other alternatives to these medicines. Please talk to your doctor on your next visit and he can prescribe something that will work for you. You can help save these horses.

I hope that people remember these are the animals that carried our fore-fathers on their back and help found our nation and make it what is today. I wonder, have most people forgotten this fact?

Thank You,
Tina Westrope