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Horse Auctions Role in the Collection Process For Slaughter

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Thoroughbreds in the drop off pen of a killer buyer for a Canadian slaughterhouse.The racetrack connection to horse slaughter-

Often at racetracks there is a dealer that is known as the, "meat man". Everybody at the track knows what day the "meat man cometh", and where they can take their horses to be loaded onto the horse onto the trailer for the trip to the local auction and receive payment for their horse.

In recent years there has been more of an effort to find alternatives to sending the racehorse that is too slow, or whose career has ended to the auction. The EPN has urged trainers looking for the next hunter/jumper/or dressage prospect to go directly to the racetrack and bypass the auction.
Horses in a killer buyer's drop off pen exhibit bite marks. Horses were destined for Canadian slaughterhouse.By bypassing the auction, the potential owner can talk to the trainer directly, and the horse is never exposed to the numeorus horses at auctions, many of which are carrying disease. The potential for injury is greatly increased at these auctions where horses are often tied up side by side with strange horses, or once purchased by the "killers" are turned loose into large overcrowded pens, often filled with their own structural hazards.
Two horses stand in the manure filled drop off pen destined for slaughter.The potential owner has a much better chance of obtaining the horse's correct Coggins Test and the registration papers that match the horse. Racehorses must have a negative Coggins Test to be on the racetrack. The horse must also be signed out of the track when the horse leaves the grounds.

Horses stand in the manure filled pen of a "killer buyer" drop off pen.

For the horses there is the added benefit of not being forced to travel from the track to the low end auction, sold, and then possibly trucked to another auction in the filthy dealer trailers and then stand in the manure filled drop off pens at another auction(s) until the killer buyer completes his load for the slaughterhouse. Nor are these horses subjected to the rough and sometimes vicious handling by uncaring auction workers and dealers.

For horses that once participated in the "Sport of Kings" these auctions are nothing more than a sewer.

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