unwanted horses
Merry Horses asked: “People tell me there are too many unwanted horses - what are the underlying causes?”
tom....so i say unresponsbiel ownership, over breeding, Rebecca C.
over importing and the economy I agree with Mark. Horses are not trained and they are
Ariel T. dangerous. Not all Rescues are created equal. My expe-
Irresponsible humans, people who lost their job n can’t rience with a local rescue, was not about the horses or
afford them, ..? the safety, it was all about the $$$. Once you have been
Mark S. chewed up, used & spit out by the “leader” their is no
the ones we’ve rescued have been due to economics, use for you to return or participate.. some people are
but the ones who never find homes? I believe they are asked not to return ever. Not that we would want to.
improperly trained and not safe, so they get passed from Carolyn H.
owner to owner..... It’s all about $$$. People breeding mares just because
Edie J. they can. High cost of hay. People with no experience and
I’ll never understand the we have a stallion we MUST no idea how to care for their horses. People with obso-
breed him mentality. Geld him and he will be so much lete methods and ideas about horses. And, I agree, rescue
more desirable! the rescue horses.
Karen E. Melanie F.
I think the recent increase is probably due to the econ- People not understanding the commitment, not both-
omy. However, I do agree with the over breeding theory ering to educate themselves, irresponsible breeding...
which, in my opinion, got this whole mess started to Where humans are involved, there will be idiocy.
begin with.
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