That one line about a horse’s life reduced to a $2 bet in the racing industry is very impactful!!!!!
At the auctions where horse dealers buy “unwanted” horses that have injuries to their legs and hooves, possibly blind in one eye, very thin from lack of proper care and feeding, not useable as “good riding horses” for whatever reason and “nobody wants them” become what the kill buyers call “Direct Ship” horses. It’s all about the money. Only now that the borders are closed can you see more of these “direct ship” horses standing around and eating hay in the pens waiting for whatever happens to them next. (O’Dwyer Horses website has videos of horses available. Some are Thoroughbreds.)
Keep up the good work of speaking out for the horses. All horses deserve better than being used, abused, neglected, starved, and dumped/killed.
That one line about a horse’s life reduced to a $2 bet in the racing industry is very impactful!!!!!
At the auctions where horse dealers buy “unwanted” horses that have injuries to their legs and hooves, possibly blind in one eye, very thin from lack of proper care and feeding, not useable as “good riding horses” for whatever reason and “nobody wants them” become what the kill buyers call “Direct Ship” horses. It’s all about the money. Only now that the borders are closed can you see more of these “direct ship” horses standing around and eating hay in the pens waiting for whatever happens to them next. (O’Dwyer Horses website has videos of horses available. Some are Thoroughbreds.)
Keep up the good work of speaking out for the horses. All horses deserve better than being used, abused, neglected, starved, and dumped/killed.