EDUCATION FOR ADOPTERS
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The simple truth is that there are more horses than people who want them.
In 2006, more than 100,000 unwanted horses were killed in slaughterhouses in this country. Thousands more were shipped across the border to be slaughtered in Canada and Mexico.
And every day, horse rescue groups across the country are deluged with calls and emails from people who no longer want their horses and hope to surrender them to the rescue groups. Most of these groups are full and have to turn animals away. No one knows how many of these unwanted horses end up becoming a slaughter statistic, or are left to die slowly of neglect in some distant pasture.
There are 9.2 million horses in the United States, based on a report prepared for the American Horse Council in 2005. That study found there are 2 million horse owners in the U.S., and 238,000 of them are actively involved in breeding their horses. So even as we struggle with the fate of thousands of unwanted horses, each year’s new foal crop adds more horses to the population.
- Before You Get A Horse.
- The fate of unwanted horses
- So You Want to Volunteer at a Horse Organization
- What to expect when owning a horse
- Checking your horses vital signs
© BonnieJeanne Gorden from tarafarmrescue.org.
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