Where can I find a horse...?

Question

I read an article about horse slaughter recently, and I want to rescue some horses destined for slaughter. I can't find anything on Google, so does anyone know where I could find horses that will be slaughtered in the CT or New England area?

Answer 1

if you go to petfinder.com and type in horses it will not only list horses for adoption in your area, but it'll show the rescue center that they came from.....no doubt you'll find ones that were saved from the slaughter house, or a rescue center that rescues only from slaughter houses....good luck and thanks for adopting and saving lives!!!!

Answer 2

it is a super nice thing that you are doing if i had the money i would too

Answer 3

Google 'Horse Rescues' in your area. These are the places that save the horses from the slaughterhouse and rehabilitate them to be good riding horses (if they can).

I think it's awesome that you want to rescue horses, and good luck!

Answer 4

on the top of the Yahoo page there is a search window...write in horse rescue...and a page of horse rescue operations will pop up...many many horse rescues there...

Answer 5

there are places in new england were horses get slaughterd only in texas michigan mexico canda and other countrys

Answer 6

1. i dont know how much money you have, i dont know how many years/training you have into owning/riding/training a horse, and i dont know much about you. so i'm going to give you my general answer. dont take offence to it, i just dont have all the facts to go on to answer better then this.

my answer:

if you dont know what you're doing, then you shouldnt take in horses that are going to slaughter..... the chances that you and the horses you "save" to get injured/damaged further goes up greatly when you have no clue. most people do not educate themselves/research about what they're getting into. i'd rather people who took the time to learn about horses/training go out and buy horses that are being sold to slaughter houses.... that way i know there's more of a chance for success for these horses.

dont go  rescue "some horses."  one horse is enough if you're trained, and none is enough if you're not. go donate money to a orginazation that helps horses if you really that touched. it'll go alot futher then trying to do it yourself.

Answer 7

The best way to help is to foster a horse for your local rescue organization.   I don't know who does rescue work in your area, but you can google and find a few places.

If you do go to a "meat" horse sale, budget an extrea $200-300 for immediate vet care, dental, and vaccinations.  Also -- you must quarantine the new horse 3-4 weeks away from any other horses to prevent the spread of diseases such as Stranges or EHV.

Also check you local Craigslist and Freecylce for freebie horses.   Killerbuyers LOVE to get free horses and will say anything to get free "inventory".

Please do not buy direct from anyone who says they will "sell to slaughter if you don't but the horse today".  This is a regular scam used to overcharge good people.   The true killbuyers get orders for X number of horses and they *will* find X number.  Buying direct from the killers is like "saving" a dog by buying it from a puppymill petshop  (Does that make sense?)

Just be sure you have the room & funds to care for them.    You can't pull them out of a killpen and expect a rescue to have room -- most rescues are already pretty full.   This is why I advise you foster for a rescue/shelter first and see how that goes.

THANK YOU for caring!

You can also help by volunteering for a horse shelter that is anti-slaughter.  (Not all horse rescues are against slaughter?!!?)     Your donations also help a good horse shelter provide the horses the care they need, a requirement to place current horses so they can save more.

Answer 8

Because of the fact that horse slaughter no longer takes place in the U.S... it's going to be hard for you to find a horse that is going to be rescued from it.

I'd recommend a general horse shelter, because there you'll find horses that were rescued from many awful things...

here' s a sight that i found to help you out

http://www.naturalhorsetraining.com/CT-H...

also, be ready for the extra medical bills that might come with the horse, because horses that were rescued often times weren't treated well, and can have A LOT of health problems that have to be taken care of.

good luck and god bless ♥

Answer 9

Please don't attempt resuce of horses if you haven't a very good understanding of their care.

Horses destined for slaughter usually are either rank, diseased or un-sound.  they've often had hard lives that require a lot of work to undo and make them viable prospects for horse owners.

Unless you're willing to open a retirement community where you just leave 'em to pasture and feed' em, you shouldn't do this if you can't fix their problems.

I am not a proponent of slaughter, but I know that these horses take a lot more care than one that you wouldn't likely find in a slaughter house.

I would suggest getting in touch with a local rescue organization to help someone that is already set up to properly rescue and recover these animals.  Contact your local animal control or any other animal rights activists in your area.  Even the local police should have contacts.

Not only do you have issues with getting these animals rescued, you have issues with taking ownership of them.  There are laws - and some states laws are pitiful.  I once knew of 4 gaited horses left in deplorable conditions - only fed once a week, I can't even go into it.  Our law at the time specified the animal had to be fed "regularly" not how regular - a very loose law which made it difficult to prosecute - the law has changed now, but I had to stand by and watch them starve for a good 6 months before the law could do anything about it.  I couldn't feed them because then the law couldn't prove by surveillance the animals were abused or neglected if they actually weren't.

I think you could use the resources available to you by contacting all the organizations possible to learn about the issue of slaughter - see the last answer to the post about how to abolish it - and learn all you can and educate people on where it's happening and why.

I know it's horrible to "watch" or know of animals going to slaughter, but you'll waste time in unsuccessfully saving those animals that could better be used by focusing on ones not sent to slaughter yet - take part - give your time to organizations geared toward fighting improper keep, care, breeding, etc of horses.

Wanna know what type of horses typically end up in slaughter?  Here's the type.

Little Suzie has a horse when she was a kid - mayb she goes and gets one now, even gets pretty good at interacting with it.  Then the horse starts getting old.  Suzie thinks, "I'll breed my nice horse and have another nice horse."  Not so - Suzie gets that colt on the ground and it learns to bite - she smacks it (even gently) to teach it not to bite, it gets head shy.  soon the horse reacts to the person reacting to possible injury and you've got a 1200 lb prey animals acting out of fear of humans biting or kicking only to keep from getting hurt by the human.  Soon Suzie thinks she is in danger and sells the horse.  The bad habits the horse has gained take 10X more work to fix than if it had been handled correctly - more often than not the cycle continues and the animals ends up where you're trying to save it.

Here's another - a person has a few really great horses - hey I can make like a thousand bucks off a foal if I breed a few.  They breed 'em, try to sell 'em without planning what the bloodline is best for - how will that baby be used?  What market are you going to sell that baby in?  Turns out they end up selling it for a few hundred bucks to whomever they can - and a similar cycle as above begins.

People who breed horses need to:

1.  Research the breed they plan to multiply.

2.  Plan what type of discipline the animal would be best suited for.

3.  Plan the best way to market the horse to the proper market to ensure it's chances of getting a good start in a good environment.

4. Plan how they'll interact with such a foal until the minium 3-4 months until it can be weaned and sold.

Ones who breeds a foal, sells it to just anyone without any training for a few hundred bucks are the ones contributing to the problem.

If you find a bike in the trash, take it and ride it, how much value is there on that bike?  Are you likely to take as good care of it as if it were a bike you just paid $500 bucks to get to go racing?

It's the same with horses - if I'm going to go buy one of certain breeding, expect to pay a high price for it in order to compete at a high level in a certain discipline, I'm going to value and put more money into meeting my goals and have a plan and give the horse a good environment than if I were an uneducated person getting into horses for the first time looking for a deal.

The old saying goes "it costs more to keep a free horse than it does an expensive one" - and that's usually because horses that are given freely often have physical or behavioural problems and people can't sell them for a lot of money - ergo they cost more in the long run....