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Freedom Valley Horse Rescue

by Christine Markle-Welch
(Omemee, Ontario, Canada)

My husband & I started our horse rescue just over a year ago. since then we have saved 29 beauties from going to slaughter. They have ranged in age and breed, from pony to Clyde, less than 1 yr old to 20ish.

We saved our mare Georgia when she was 8 months pregnant, little Emma was born April 25, she already leads and picks up her feet for cleaning without being held at all.

We see so many horses that are the direct result of indescriminate breeders, who love to look at the little foal out in the field, but do not spend any time training it.

Just this last Saturday at our usual auction there was an 11 month old Belgian cross filly that was stunningly gorgeous but completely unhandled and bordering on dangerous. She was sadly purchased by the meat buyer, and at under a year old, this is where her once precious life ends.

Unfortunately the people who need to read this likely won't see it or still just won't care. It is those of us who see it happen in auctions that have our hearts broken by the situation and try to figure out a way to deal with it.

www.freedomvalleyhorserescue.com

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Freedom Valley Horse Rescue

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by: Anonymous

How do you think you are rescuing horses when people have to take them from you and fix them? They come to you sound and sane you are just to do a bit of work with them, by the time they leave the horse can not be handled or touched in that matter. The horse use to be great all around horse that anyone could do anything with and then in just a short time of you having it the horse is ruined. Was not wormed feet were not done and they are afraid of people and skinny. Can you please tell me how that is good for the horse when they leave your place worse then they came in????
I agree with your comments on slaughter
by: Brigit

It is disgusting how so many good horses end up in slaughter pens. I occasionally rescue a horse or two from that very fate.

Horse owners and breeders, especially breeders, should have to have a liscense for each horse they own or plan to breed.

Cat and Dog owners have to pay a yearly liscense and manage their pets habits and make sure they are contained or on a leash.

Horse breeders should not be allowed to indiscriminantly breed, breed, breed. If the horse cannot make it on the track because of lack of speed, then the horse should be donated to a rescue farm.

Perhaps having an established government law that states breeders can only breed this many mares in one season to this many stallions. Better still, Horse owners that send their horses to slaughter auctions should be made to accept the responsibility of putting the horse down, if it is so injured that there is no hope of recuperation.

Some horse owners are without conscience and some horse owners do care for their horses, but it so happens that there are just as many that would rather get a few bucks from the meat market than advertise appropriately to try to find a home for the horse they are about to discard.

At times it seems this world is of the delete, discard, dispose of, mind set. Do horse breeders really need to breed so many horses?

Brigit

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