Horse Rescue

37chief · Nov 1, 2012

My daughter reads on the net. there are a bunch of horses being sent to Canada to be processed into food. Someone started a, rescue the horses page on the net. My Daughter buys one, for 750.00. The plan was the horses were going to be shipped close to here for pickup. Now that has fallen through,for now, and she will need to drive 10 hours one way to pick up her horse. I tried to talk her out of it, as you can see that didn't work. She already has two horses at my place. looks like I am going to have another. The daughter was in 4H in the 80's,and raised a couple feeder steers. She knows some animals are for food. It's something about horses being made into food just doesn't set right with horse people. I like horses, but there is a time to let loose of something. Stan

Anonymous-0 · Nov 1, 2012

Sounds like more of a scam playin on the bleeding hearts... 750 bucks is prolly quite a bit more than they would get for slaughter (especially after paying for transport).. I could see real clear... Some bubba with the space taking in a bunch of horses for rescue or whatever name you wanna give it for cheap or free.... Gettin a bunch together and switching faces to the "Oh boohoo, they's gonna kill em........ But YOU can help!"
And that 50 buck nag just jumped to 750 bucks.. Bubba prolly ain't even got a trailer to get em to Canada, that's why it ain't bein delivered as promised.....
Have fun, hope you don't end up with a freak that hurts one of you.......

Kansas4010 · Nov 1, 2012

Dave's right. You can't even give them away around here. I'm kinda in the same situation myself with my sister. I have 4 of the things here though.

danofarming · Nov 1, 2012

There is a Horse sale every tuesday night in Cookeville, TN. Triple W horse and mule sale. If you go there with a trailer it is wise to lock it up or you could end up with extra horses to take home. There have been lots go through the sale that do not bring enough to pay the sale bill. I think that she is being scammed. Does Canada have horse slaughter? The few in this area going to the killer market are bound for mexico, Google "Three Angels Farms". The owner is (Cuban?) anyways not a benefit to the killer industry.

ericlb · Nov 1, 2012

i understand her need to rescue the horse, but one tends to lose site of one of the bad habits horses have, they like to eat, and that costs money, we're down to 3, with 2 more for a friend who had a real bad fall [ 30 feet] and is recovering, but wont be able to care for his horses for some time, hay is expensive even here were we have some, to buy reasonably its a 200 mile trip each way, are these wild horses or abandoned horses? abandoned horses might remember some training, if there running wild, good luck lol

dcarp · Nov 1, 2012

Second Dave2. Horses in Texas headed to slaughter go to Mexico. Huge problem of how to dispose of them. Don't have nursing homes to stack them in like we do with people. You want a old, sick horse here somebody will give it to you free or pay you to take it. Her heart is in the right place but her checkbook & yours are gonna suffer for it. & some jerk is gonna rake it in.

JRSutton · Nov 1, 2012

Not sure, but from what I've heard that price is probably twice what it's worth to a slaughter house.

Add in what she's saving them on transportation, and she's really getting a bad deal.

Of course, you can't talk your daughter out of it NOW - or she'll feel like SHE'S killing the horse by backing out!

She got taken by somebody playing on her emotions. Hopefully she'll learn from the experience.

My daughter's the same way - heart's three sizes too big.

But, I suppose there are much worse things they could be than too caring.

jackinok · Nov 1, 2012

worst thing that happened to the horse buisness in the US was closing the slaughter buisness! Luckily in one of the very few politicaly smart moves lately,its been restarted. Oddly enough without very little to any opposition. Your BUYING rescue horses???? how many do you want? man, some folks are WAY too easy!!!! look in your local paper and you could probably pick up 5-10 within thirty miles of home ,and most folks will bring them to you.put a sign up on your front lawn that says horse rescue ,and they will show up like magic.

Nancy Howell · Nov 1, 2012

I understand how your daughter feels.

James and I have taken in many animals over the last 20+ years, but there comes a point when you have to walk away. You can bankrupt yourself taking in strays.

I see animals almost every day that need a home. One of the hardest things I have to do is keep going and not pick them up, but you have to.

John A. · Nov 1, 2012

jackinok, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. Here in Texas junk horses are worthless. They get run through the local auctions and the Auctioneers just waot for some one to open the bid,,,usually $5 to $5o dollars and that will not cover the commission! Horses are still being cut loose on deserted county roads, so where ever they wind up those people now own them.
The destruction of the Slaughter horse market has wrecked Grade using Horse values.
Later,
John A.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 1, 2012

Last night saw a doco on the Amish, they were buying horses for $2.

cd1 · Nov 1, 2012

100% correct, the ban on horse slaughter only created more starving horses. They are animals, not people, no matter how attached you get they will always be animals.

Spook · Nov 1, 2012

Yeah, Canada has horse slaughter. A lot of horses used to be shipped from Michigan to Canada, most of the meat went to Europe.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 1, 2012

Buying the horse id the cheapest expense she (you) will have. Wait until the pasture, hay and vet bill come due, then she can go to the bank for a loan. My neighbor used to say the he would buy a horse for anyone who wanted one. The only stipulation was that they had to buy the hay for the horse from him. Never had any takers.
Bud

pete black · Nov 1, 2012

Want to change the color of your underwear? Goggle for the amount of tax dollars is being spent on the feed and care of wild horses.

donjr · Nov 1, 2012

Had a girl come in yesterday and got two bales of hay. She skawked some about $60 a bale, because they have so many to feed. Thats $180 a ton, and hay is now going for over $200 around here. Plus she still owes me close to $400 for straw she got last summer. Like I told her, (she has boarders), horses will keep her poor for a long time. She may want to feed them, but don't expect me to.

I read where it costs about $1500-2000 a year to keep one, and that on the cheap side. Let's see- vet checks, farriers and feed, tack, room, pasture, grooming, and lord-knows-what-else....that may be on the low side.

And, according to the horsey set, ya can't eat 'em. And I always figured I was kinda dumb for playing nursemaid to a bunch of cows....

greygoat · Nov 1, 2012

YOU"LL BE SORRY ! My sister got one of those
"bureau of land management" "Rescue Horses".
It was mean, and wild, and never would settle
down...and the VET BILLS ! ! It had every kind
of worm that a wild horse could get, plus lots
of other problems, and threw her many times
amounting to great pain! She finally sold it,
passing the problem to someone else! It was a
good candidate for Slaughter Horse !

jackinok · Nov 1, 2012

thats the very reason horse slaughter was reinstated in my opinion. years ago there was literally hundreds of them went through the okc stockyards to slaughter.regardless of what anyone says,they are not all able to be saved.most of the ones we saw were either so old they could barely go,so mean they would tear the fences up trying to get to you,or so sickly you couldnt have worked or rode your money out of them in fifty years if you paid the vet bills.best of them were saved to use by the ranches that rounded them up,and they got progressively worse as they were picked over in various places. when the butler bros rodeo folks allowed how they were too bad to handle,the very folks who made money from unridable stock, you certainly didnt want to play with one,or trust them around your kids.

alg · Nov 1, 2012

I have two draft horses and it cost me almost $11,000 to keep them last year.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 1, 2012

(quoted from post at 11:01:34 11/01/12) I have two draft horses and it cost me almost $11,000 to keep them last year.

you got em in a penthouse on broadway?????? Or do just have the privilege of buying hay from the crooks??

Seriously tho....
Are they that hard to keep?

Kirk Grau · Nov 1, 2012

They will keep you poor.

Have 4 in the barn here.

$3000/year hay.
$3600/year grain (wife won"t go cheap here).
$2500/year bedding (shavings or straw).
$1200 for annual shots.

?? other unforseen vet bills.

It"s really depressing when I add it up, but helps me justify staying out in the country and having a few tractors to play with.

Kirk

Bill in Colo · Nov 1, 2012

Last year in October I went to a sale in Steamboat Springs,Co bunch of horses and mules in the sale, word was spread around that a slaughter buyer was going to attend, rescue buyers took real shellacking, I think some of the hay farmers may have pushed the bids. Last fall hay in the area was in the 80's this year it's about 280.
I live in a county that has a real feral horse problem.

shaun wallace · Nov 1, 2012

Here in West Tx they take them to Persido and if got anything wrong with them they wont take then then got to haul back home or dump them and not get caught.

Hotflashjr · Nov 2, 2012

I was just talking to my buddy about this last night. His wife's horse cost them $6,000 per year to board, feed, and vet bills. She wants to rescue a horse so it doesn't go to slaughter. She rides the one she has like 4 times a year. I told him if she gets it to run out and buy a hot rod or Harley.

JR Frye · Nov 2, 2012

We have no one to blame but PETA and the the people that breed horses just to see a pretty baby .
and brag about what they can not see because they are asking to much money.
JR FRYE

JR Frye · Nov 2, 2012

Sorry about the misspelled word { SELL }
JR FRYE

Anonymous-0 · Nov 2, 2012

Folks must really love them horses.... we're gonna winter this year with 11 for the first time in a few years(last year was 16)... Can't remember ever spending more than maybe 5k in a year (not counting related building/maintenance and paying the idiots that do the manual work of course) Just talking feed, vet and farrier (do the hooves myself mostly and all shots and wormers and the horses just don't get sick)....

Maybe I'm neglecting them.. Poor things....

Traditional Farmer · Nov 2, 2012

Dogs love horse meat almost as much as deer meat.

Leroy · Nov 2, 2012

All these horses no one wants and I just asked my Amish friend today about how much a buggy horse will sell for and $1,200 his answer. I would think a lot of them if breakable could be sold at reasonable prices to Amish for buggy use.

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