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  • 24-01-2011 2:51pm
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    carraghsgem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭


    this was posted on another site, anyone who can help pm me and i'll give you her number!

    im looking at one myself, if you are looking for a horse please keep these in mind




    Horses

    I have a friend who has decided to give up horses.
    He is sending them all to the factory in just over a weeks time unless anyone might want to have one for meat money, well less I think.
    Theyre very well bred well handled and very quiet(some broken and ridden)and range from 10yrs to yearlings.
    Im so upset that this is happening, so if anyone knows of anyone who is looking for a horse, or a companion horse..please mail me,
    Thanks.
    Helena

    http://helena.imgur.com/horses


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    andreac
    Registered Users Posts: 8,000 ✭✭✭andreac


    I suggest you put it in the Equestrian forum on here, might get more people interested.


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    Eibhin
    Registered Users Posts: 152 ✭✭Eibhin


    The Irish Horse Welfare Trust might be able to help

    www.ihwt.ie is their website

    Or they might be able to advise you further


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    sionnaic
    Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭sionnaic


    carraghsgem wrote: »
    ...decided to give up horses.
    He is sending them all to the factory in just over a weeks time unless anyone might want to have one for meat money, well less I think.
    Theyre very well bred well handled and very quiet(some broken and ridden)and range from 10yrs to yearlings.
    Im so upset that this is happening, so if anyone knows of anyone who is looking for a horse, or a companion horse..please mail me,
    [/B][/I]

    God that's disgusting...like they were dance classes or something "oh I've just decided to give it up..."
    it just beggars belief!!

    Fair play to that girl for trying to rescue them. While I don't know how she can still call someone like that a friend, thank God for her efforts. I hope at least some of these poor animals can be saved.


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    easyeason3
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    Helena, you might not like what I'm about to say but I respect your friend for sending them to the factory. Too many horses are left starving or abandoned at the side of the road. If someone has tried to sell or rehome horses & are faced with no other alternative then I would prefer to see a horse destroyed than be mistreated.
    You're a very kind person for posting this thread. I'll ask around & see if I know anyone with the facilities to take one in.


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    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users Posts: 7,548 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    sionnaic wrote: »
    God that's disgusting...like they were dance classes or something "oh I've just decided to give it up..."
    it just beggars belief!!

    Fair play to that girl for trying to rescue them. While I don't know how she can still call someone like that a friend, thank God for her efforts. I hope at least some of these poor animals can be saved.

    I doubt very much he ''just decided to give it up'' as if he lost interest. Unfortuantly, horses are extremely expensive to keep and in this down-turn, people can't afford them.

    Although I adore horses, I praise him for sending them to the factor as they suffer the least. Majority of horses are abandoned and it has been my misfortune to see such horses. At least he is open to the option of selling them on.

    Selling any horse these days is next to impossible..


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    Tranceypoo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭Tranceypoo


    sup_dude wrote: »
    I doubt very much he ''just decided to give it up'' as if he lost interest. Unfortuantly, horses are extremely expensive to keep and in this down-turn, people can't afford them.

    Although I adore horses, I praise him for sending them to the factor as they suffer the least. Majority of horses are abandoned and it has been my misfortune to see such horses. At least he is open to the option of selling them on.

    Selling any horse these days is next to impossible..

    Do they not suffer when they're sent to the factory?


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    easyeason3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,104 ✭✭✭easyeason3


    Tranceypoo wrote: »
    Do they not suffer when they're sent to the factory?


    I'm sure they feel some pain but it would be nothing compared to being left to waste away in a field with no food, no water & no shelter.
    Or having some thug beat, stab or race a horse to exhaustion just for the fun of it.

    It is the lesser of two evils.


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    Cherry Blossom
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 6,935 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    carraghsgem wrote: »
    this was posted on another site, anyone who can help pm me and i'll give you her number!

    How about you just provide a like to this site please.
    carraghsgem wrote: »
    im looking at one myself, if you are looking for a horse please keep these in mind

    In the nicest possible way, more the fool you.
    carraghsgem wrote: »
    Horses

    I have a friend who has decided to give up horses.
    He is sending them all to the factory in just over a weeks time unless anyone might want to have one for meat money, well less I think.
    Theyre very well bred well handled and very quiet(some broken and ridden)and range from 10yrs to yearlings.
    Im so upset that this is happening, so if anyone knows of anyone who is looking for a horse, or a companion horse..please mail me,
    Thanks.
    Helena

    http://helena.imgur.com/horses

    Please read the OP very carefully folks, this is just somethinh the OP has copied from some random (unreferenced by the way) internet site, this is not his/her friend, it's a 'friend' of some person who posted something on the internet, that how it reads anyway. Funnily enough from those pictures this person keeps horses in a very similar to way to a lot of horse meat dealers.
    sup_dude wrote: »
    I doubt very much he ''just decided to give it up'' as if he lost interest. Unfortuantly, horses are extremely expensive to keep and in this down-turn, people can't afford them.

    Although I adore horses, I praise him for sending them to the factor as they suffer the least. Majority of horses are abandoned and it has been my misfortune to see such horses. At least he is open to the option of selling them on.

    Selling any horse these days is next to impossible..

    Yes the are and waiting lists for factories are a lot longer than a few weeks, this person is traying to off-load these horses to generate the maximum profit possible to their own profit. This is a completely disgusting attempt to pull on the old heart-strings for this persons personal gain. :mad:
    Tranceypoo wrote: »
    Do they not suffer when they're sent to the factory?

    No more than any cow, pig, sheep or chicken that gets factoried.

    Please don't get sucked in by this rubbish. I thought the advertising of live animals for sale was not allowed on Boards? ;)


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    http://www.irishfowl.com/talk/topic-9245.html?c=27


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