Jennifer C. (JustJen) -
Very informative book. Anyone who loves horses should read this eye opening book.
I was generally aware of horse slaughter, but was amazed to learn that even well known track winners have ended up there. I never knew how many horses do end up there.
Informative, but sad to learn the demise of so many horses. No horse should end up being slaughtered and sold as human food!
I was generally aware of horse slaughter, but was amazed to learn that even well known track winners have ended up there. I never knew how many horses do end up there.
Informative, but sad to learn the demise of so many horses. No horse should end up being slaughtered and sold as human food!
Sue K. (Bossmare) reviewed After the Finish Line : The Race to End Horse Slaughter in America on + 306 more book reviews
This was an interesting book about the people who got laws passed to end slaughter in America. It is now against the law to send horses to slaughter. The laws are on the books, however, they are not enforced very well. In California there are still feedlots and sale barns that send horses to slaughter. The illegals come up from Mexico where there are slaughter houses, buy up horses at feedlots and sale barns and trailer them out, every day, every week, every month. Ask Joe who runs TB Friends, the people at Norcal rescue and they will tell you. People who hold horses to sell to mexican rodeos for tripping, OTTB's and foals, pregnant mares which is against the law. They will not sell these horses to rescue groups unless they decide too. Joe knows the names of all the illegals who come up to California to buy these horses and sometimes he will get a call to come and buy a TB gelding for 35 cents a pound plus transportation, for which they will charge more than the horse. He has recently bought a lot of horses from Mexican rodeos that are in poor shape. Skinny, scared and scarred. The laws are there and in place, they really need to be enforced. Look at the TB friends site on the net, it will change your mind and want a horse very badly. Thank goodness these rescues are out there to save our horses from European tables. Europe will buy no more horsemeat from slaughter plants in Mexico and Canada starting in April 2010, it's tainted and full of drugs that we use in our horses, wormers, etc.
