Horse rescue from being Slaughter!?!

Question

I was wondering where I could rescue a horse that may be slaughtered?

And maybe already broke!

Answer 1

I rescued a little filly who's mother was going to slaughter she was about 3 months old the Vet said.  I had to pay a hole $ 3.50 for her not 350.00 but $3.50 She looks better then my other horse that has good blood lines and that cost me a fortune... Go save a horse they are worth every penny

Answer 2

Go to sales, there is bound to be one near you and the horses only get sold for about £60 ($120)

which is really cheep, because no one wants them.

They will often peform well for you too, when theyre broken in.

Answer 3

Many slauget buyers buy their horses at sales yards auctions. I am pretty sure they don't use the internet to buy these horses(ps they are not as hearless as you my think). Many horses that goto slaughter are bought at auction yards and not from private sales. That would be the first place I would check.

Answer 4

a slaghter house that specilizes in horses.

Answer 5

There are some horse rescues that post their animals on www.petfinder.com.  Keep in mind that horses in any riding condition at all are usually not slated for slaughter.  Most that end up in auctions are too elderly, sick or frail to be ridden and therefore have no economic value.

Answer 6

The best place to find a "rescue horse" would be at a rescue stable. Most rescue stables get their horses from auction. They also work with their horses there, so there's a possibility that it may already be ride-able (barring weight, hoof, teeth, or other problems).

Here are some sites:

http://www.unitedpegasus.com/

http://www.equus.org/

http://www.rerun.org/

http://www.canterusa.org/

Answer 7

It may put a bad taste in your mouth to have to deal with a "killer buyer", but they would rather sell a horse for a little more than they would get at the kill plant and see it live, believe it or not.  Contact all local sale companies and see if you can get some names/numbers of some killer buyers, and don't act judgmental, just see if they have anything that you can use and what do they want for it...they will let you try the horse out or show you how it rides...riding horses bring more than killer horses, so they would rather sell one as a rider than a killer...cold hard facts, if you are serious about what you say, that is the route to take.

EDIT*****The time to bring your trainer to help you assess a purchase is not AFTER the purchase is made, but BEFORE.  Once the sale is completed and a "few hundred pounds are put on a horse", you have a different horse than the one that you bought several months ago.  For over 30 years I have purchased more horses than you can imagine, OVER THE PHONE from killer buyers and trust them more than ones that I have bought directly, face to face with someone who either has no ethics or doesn't know better in the first place.  Killer buyers fill a need, perform a function that we all have, in one way or the other, helped to create.  I don't know why they are treated like the bottom feeders of society and can't be trusted.  Trust this:  any buyer would rather sell a horse as a rider and companion animal rather than put them on a trailer (on which they are going to lose weight and lose money) and drive them hundreds of miles to a processing plant.  Frankly, there are many people who are running rescue centers who don't have a clue either as to which horse would be suitable for your particular situation or not.

Answer 8

Go to a horse rescue near you and check out what they have.  Most of the horses at rescue were either bought at auction or brought in by their owner.  I have a horse rescue and mine were slaughter bound i just got them before they got there.  Most rescues will check out the horse prior to adopting them out, all ours are evaluated, retrained or whatever they need before going to a new home.  Make sure you check the rescue out i have seen some who say they are "rescues" but they are actually horse traders.  Be careful.

Answer 9

i got mine from a organization in pennsylvania who goes to the auctions and looks at horses that they think would be rideabe or suitable for a home. They then wait and buy them when they are shown in the sails or buy them from the meat buyers after the sales.   I got my Mini Horse that way who was 1 of 300 going to the kill pens.  But also most every state in America has a Equine rescue group, i'm sure if you do a search for equine rescue organizations something will come up.

Answer 10

I am not pro-slaughter or anything, I'll have you know I am a horse lover and a vegatarian but most horses in slauhter houses are there for a reason. Most of them are there due to irrisponsible breeding and therefore the creation of a usless horse (others may be becasue of age, or injury but most are definately because of in-breeding) I would suggest not buying a slaughter horse but try to find other resuce horses from places like shelters, or mustang resues or something along those lines.

I think the key to stopping horse slaughter is first putting and end to In-Breeding!

Answer 11

Please go through a rescue agency.  My husband spent a week in the hospital with a fractured vertebrae after we bought a slaughter horse and brought him home and put several hundred pounds back on him.  We spent money on vet and farrier bills and had the horse looking wonderful, just to find out he was a world class, all four feet off the ground bucker, and a herd bully into the bargain.  He threw me, my husband and the trainer we paid to come out and assess him.  Horses are an important part of life, but a slaughter horse sometimes ends up there for a reason.  Broken bones are forever and so also the medical bills   A good rescue is set up to evaluate the animals and present the safest ones for adoption.

Answer 12

Here are a couple of links to sites where they have already saved from slaughter and are looking for homes so they can rscue more!!

The ones from Saddlebred rescue are ridden and re-trained until adopted.

http://forum.saddlebredrescue.com/forum....

Here is another site to look at.

http://www.ac4h.com/

Good luck to you on finding a mate and thanks for looking into someone that could use some TLC and a new home!!