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I need moral suport and maybe more than that... calling on my REAL friends! So this weekend is the big Hermiston fall auction... I was not going to go there based upon the fact that I cannot come home without some poor souls.... This sale is mostly known for the nice performance horses selling Saturday. Less known for the huge slaughter horse market Sunday morning, when hundrets of horses are being sold by the pound, litterally, you bid a per pound price. I went there in May, I helped for 2 days with Elizabeth Trammell Berkenkamp to evalutae the lose horses, take pictures, guess age, health and level of handling. 95% of the horses in th elose pens in May were bought by kill buyers. It wa so crushing, so few people from the rescue front were there. The ones who did show did their best, including me. I took 2 of them, a drop in the bucket... One particular feedlot owner does allow purchases off the feedlot once the horses get there. he bought about 60 head in May. I followed that very closely, about 40 of them did find homes after they had been sold to slaughter because so many folks saw the posts we helped get the information for prior to the auction and identified certain horses at the feedlot. But there were so few people there gathering this information, giving these lost souls a face on hte internet... it looks like this time there will be even fewer volunteers... So... I need moral support. I am willing to drive down htere and go through the heartwrenching task of evaluating the slaughter horses once again, hoping that if only I can help save one of them it`s worth it... I am ashamed it took me so long to come to this decision, but now I need help. Who could go with me? I cannot do this alone. we would either leave later on friday to make it to at least Tri Cities or by 6 am saturday. stay overnight in Hermiston ( if one can still get a hotel) or go to Pendleton, come back late Sunday. i can not take a horse trailer unless I have someone committed to taking and paying for a horse. You can trust me to pick a good one, prices will be anywhere from $ 150 to $ 500 for the lose horses depending on size , age and condition. If we can get sponsors I can probably find homes, I am full right now, but even if we don`t go with a trailer, we can do some good! anybody with me???? These are my rescues from the May sale... all happily rehomed!
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 03:50:27 +0000

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