Comments on: Help Unwanted Horses

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:42:31 +0000

I am interested in helping unwanted horses!! if there is any in missouri email me northtownclown417@yahoo.com!! will provide a wonderful home. I am very experienced with horses, we have one and looking for another.

By: kathy

kathy — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:16:46 +0000

my name is kathy i have rescued 2 horses my self one i paid 200.00 for she was so sick and so skinny,i was raised on a horse ranch when i was younger.i have a good working knowledge about horses. she the filly i bought i so beautful now she was 6mo,old when i bought her she is now 17 mo,old. i am looking for another 6to8mo old filly to keep.can any one help me out with another young filly?

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:37:01 +0000

Interesting!

By: Shawna

Shawna — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:47:04 +0000

My husband and I went to find a young horse for my daughter and we ended up with a 8 year old gelding that “picked us”. I have searched some of these rescue groups and found that they require home visits and want the pipe fencing and things of that sort. We own 5 acres that is fenced in straight wire and none of my horses are mistreated at all. They are used for Gymkhana, hunting, general pleasure and things like that. According to the rules that I have read we would not qualify under their rules. That also leads these places to be over run. We have decided to go back and to try and rescue a few more from that fate. We are not a rich couple but do provide a nice home.

By: Galadriel

Galadriel — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:13:16 +0000

I wish I had known about the survey earlier.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:46:16 +0000

This issue is very complex but I don’t believe slaughter should be an option. It makes it too easy for people to treat horses like disposable paper cups. And too often stolen horses end up in an auction house and later head for slaughter.
In California some veterinarians are holding low cost euthanasia and castration clinics to help out with the situation.
Humane euthanasia, responsible breeding(limiting the number of stallion bookings perhaps), education of the public on costs(long term) of breeding and raising a foal; and most of all making an organized, concerted effort to find homes and good placements for these horses. There are over 500 rescue/retirement farms in the U.S. Also horses could be donated to programs such mounted police , handicapped riding, hippotherapy, etc. There are farms/ranches in this country where horses are used as healers for abused children and women. Leadership programs are now using horses to teach communication and patience. Prisoner rehabilitation programs also use horses to train inmates for industry jobs later but relationship building as well. Let’s start some kind of clearing house for programs that need horses and perhaps each county in each state could have someone to help with placement or at least provide the public with these options as well as referrals to rescue and retirement farms.

By: Judy

Judy — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:59:10 +0000

As a volunteer at The Horse Shelter (THS), Cerrillos, NM, I see too many young, healthy, well bred horses that are auctioned and end up being transported to Mexico for slaughter. Last year THS rescued two pregnant thoroughbred mares. If the right person had not been at that auction, these mares and the filly and colt they gave birth to would have become meat.These horses have tatoos and are about 8 years old. One mare and her colt have already been adopted.Even elderly, unsound horses deserve better than a trip to Mexico or Canada and a frightening, painful death.Horse owners should have the decency to find a home for sound horses and they should provide humane euthanasia for unwanted horses.

By: cindy kimmel

cindy kimmel — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:32:08 +0000

horses depend on us to take care of them not kill them ,in my eyes their are no unwanted horses ,someone is alway willing to take them the owner need to seek out other ways to place their horses if they can no longer care for them but most take the easy way out and take them to auctions. we need more funding for retired horses also the owner needs to give the to someone who wants to give them a good home that should be payment enough knowing the horse you could no longer care is in a good home!

By: pam

pam — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:54:55 +0000

The survey is inaccurate, it did not address the irresponsble horse breeders of registered horses trying to get what they think is going to be a money winner. Is the public aware of what happens to the foals born that meet the “money requirements” ?

By: Kelsey and Morgan

Kelsey and Morgan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:48:31 +0000

i thnk it is wrong the way we kill them but letting them starve is not any better we need to find a plan of what to do with unwanted horses if that means puting them down in a humain way then that is deffentley a step closer from wear we r rigt now!!