After Saving Two Horses from a Kill Pen, Stewart Talks About America's Slaughter Problem 

Absolutely

Unfortunately these people who are former owners are about the bottom line and want to get as much money as possible.

People in this industry don’t care about the animals. They only care about the money they make!

@@tammywooley2635 it doesn’t need to be up to them. Each ticket sold could/should have a fee that goes toward the retirement of all race horses.

@@carolro6673 Where though?

You made the right choice...selling for meat money is a decision anyone should make....a friend let her horse go off with a guy in a truck...when he could no longer be ridden...because she couldn't cope with having him put down...we've had our older ones put down at home....never nice....❤

My connection was a lot like yours. Igot my horse when I was 16 and he was 10. He was a former racehorse, and he and I were together until he was 30 years old when he went to Horsey Heaven due to a stroke. Even during my most broke days, I would never consider getting rid of him, and he always was fed well and saw the vet when he needed it, oh yeah, and shoes. He was a member of the family. I still miss him terribly.

But there are instances that humans should not receive kindness, they abuse anything be it human or animal those people will never learn kindness unless they experience the same exact treatment they chose to use. You get what you dish out. Zero tolerance.

@@user-rl2vr2qt8c thank him for saving these 2 but if the former owners aren't shown and given the same exact treatment then how many more horses are they going to abuse that someone may get there too late to save. Zero tolerance. You get what you dish out.

Great comment Rita

❤❤ Thank you for saving these magestic and loving souls!! ❤

The whole industry is disgraceful. It should be abolished!

Thankyou

Horse plus is a fantastic organisation! I've just watched their latest video, they rescue many horses.

I sent this video to Horse Plus Humane and I hope Mr. Stewart contacts them as well.

Thanks for your reply as I did not know about that organization and it is helpful information.

but they are never offered for sale at low prices and it's hard to find the auctions.

So do appreciate your prospective. There are Retired race horses who have earned much $ on the track for their owners and still end in the kill pen.

So, you stopped breeding them…

Or broodmares that can't have foals anymore.

It's not just racing. It's show horses too. Any breed you can think of, ends up in the slaughter pipeline when they are of no use anymore. TB's Standardbreds, pure Arabians, QH's, TWH, Saddlebreds, Mustangs(and those awful feed lots are another story), Belgians, Percherons, Hafflinger,etc,etc.

@@juliaforsyth8332 So very true and so very sad.

I agree. When the 3 American horse slaughter plants were shut down it just made the 'problem" of where these horses lives end farther away. The one in Ft Worth, TX killed them the day they arrived. Now the horses endure days of stress while being transported out of the US to Canada or Mexico but they aren't all killed there. Those countries live ship to Europe so they can be slaughtered closer to where they will be consumed. Also, many, many Americans don't believe people eat horses. I had to educate a doctor who wanted to prescribe me Premarin in the early 2000's when I asked for an alternative. He was completely flabbergasted when I told him about the premarin farms in Canada. How many doctors write scripts for women who also don't understand the ugly reality behind their little pills. Premarin (Pregnant Mare urine) has two victims: mares have to be constantly pregnant and fitted with apparatus that captures their urine and the 'byproduct" of all the foals born, especially colts. One stallion can impregnate a lot of mares, especially using artificial insemination. The rest are sold at auction. Fillies have a better chance to live longer because they can replace mares that can't conceive anymore but eventually they too will end up in the slaughter pipeline. I'm sure there are a few lucky ones who end up, somehow, in good homes but the vast majority will end up in a kill pen.

​@@nyxcin1Australia is the biggest exporter of horse meat in the world but we also have a lot of Off The Track incentives, each state has their own programs including some big prize money shows. An OTT horse from WA just stepped up and went clear in Olympic eventing after one of the Aussie horses pulled up lame on the xc course. There's plenty of horses doing OTT classes and open classes in the 3 English sports, but at the same time there are a lot of brain fried and outright dangerous horses in the wrong hands that would be better off being shot. Did these two deserve to be shipped off to Mexico for not being claimed? Absolutely not, they look rather sweet. But for the most part in Aus, if they're a bit older and in those knackers yards, it's probably for a good reason. 🫤

If you can't have a horse of your own due to allergies, you could help by sponsoring a horse at a sanctuary.