Horse Slaughter
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Drop Off Pen - Food and Water?During research for the Here is a drop off pen at an auction. These horses and pony have arrived late on the day of the sale. |
 The pony searches for water in the empty trough. There is no hay in the rack or on the ground.
Conditions in the drop off pens and the kill pens at New Holland Sales Stables improved after the PA State Police, PSP, responded to complaints regarding the conditions at the auction in July 1998, only a week before USDA researcher Temple Grandin attended the sale. The enforcement action by the PSP resulted in changes that improved the conditions for the horses. |
These horses, including weanlings are in the drop off pens at New Holland Sales Stables destined for slaughter before the PSP responded to complaints. Previously when complaints were lodged with the local humane agents, the result was a conversation between the auction management and the humane agent . The Humane Society of the United States, HSUS also participated in a meeting with auction management to no avail. |
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"What can we do so you won't come back here anymore?" Within a few weeks Dr. Holt was hired. The next week horses were tied in the killer pens instead of being turned loose to fight. Hay was provided. The auction also launched a concerted effort to stop any documentation of the conditions at the sale. Conditions at the New Holland Sales Stables have continued to improve, which demonstrates that by enforcing current laws already on the books, unacceptable and cruel conditions at horse auctions can be improved. |
 This pony was purchased from the killer buyer for $25.00, rehabilitated and placed in a new home. The owner who neglected to provide her with necessary medical care was never prosecuted.
The killer buyer's associate told the interested buyers a tall tale about where the pony was headed and what a wonderful home the pony would receive. Of course he never indicated that she was going to be forced onto a double deck trailer with other horses, including draft horses, using whips and electric cattle prods. Nor did he mention that her final destination was a slaughterhouse where she would be hit in the head with a 4" nail, shackled by her hind leg and then have her throat cut. |
Commercial Transportation of Horses to Slaughter Act regulations, dealers stated to researchers that they have to attend several auctions to collect a full load, and that the horses have to be loaded and unloaded several times for food and water.
Auction management paid attention when the PA State Police first attended the auction in 1998. So concerned that auction management asked the PA State Police,
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