Last night was the auction down at the Heart of IL Arena. They had 170 head of horses advertised. There were over 250 horses that went through. We have our Bible study on Thursday nights and Mike had a board meeting but once the meeting was done he headed over just to see what people were bringing to sell. He got there around 9:30pm and the sale was already OVER. Mike said a man from Canada bought them all. We all know what that means, the packing factories to render horse meat are still open in Canada AND get this: he only paid $20.00 to $30.00 per horse!
My heart goes out to each one of those poor horses, getting shoved in a trailer, hauled for hours, then ending up where the smell of blood and death permeates the air. When the United States' rendering plants were open, we had regulation on how the horse was treated and brought in. I know the animal activist think they are doing a great good by having them all shut down but this was so much worse for these horses than they would have had.
PLEASE be a responsible horse owner or breeder, don't put these animals in a situation where the only option is a Canada or Mexico rendering plant!
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