Subject: [againstslaughter] Re: Drug maker's cutbacks
send 20,000 horses to auction block
I am on my way to the auction now. I'll let you know what prices average and if
we have enough buyers to keep them out of the slaughterhouses. These horses are
beautiful and healthy, great weight, very unhandled. It will take a little time
but they tie great! These girls need homes with people who don't want just
profit from them. Beside the Atlanta newspaper, we made the Atlanta TV stations
too. I am hoping for a great turn out.
This is historic in our lifetime, to have all these PMU mares at auctions at one
time, to see the farms closing on a regular basis. The druggists I've tackled
with see a significant drop in the prescriptions for Premarin/Prempro.
Everything we have done, even what may seem insignificant, is making a
difference for the horses. I feel honored to be part of it all.
It was magnificent to walk among these 105 PMU mares in the field they have been
held in. I have some pictures of the mares on my website (www.savethehorses.org)
that I took last Sunday. Look at them, keep their faces in your heart and know
you are part of the solution.
Cheryl
--- In againstslaughter@yahoogroups.com, "Habitat for Horses"
<admin@h... wrote:
[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 1/2/04 ]
Drug maker's cutbacks send 20,000 horses to auction block
By BILL HENDRICK
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A decision made in a sterile, glass-and-chrome pharmaceutical
laboratory in New Jersey might affect horse barns in Georgia and other states.