Submitted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Kw
Ellensburg
U.S.A.
The horses that are adopted out by the CBER are purchased or "rescued" from the feedlot in Buena and then sold for profit. CBER is worse than any feedlot I have ever seen, horses in a kill pen are generally there for a reason. The kill buyer is not to blame for the misguided attempts at rehabilitation, he is simply doing a job that no one else has the stomach for. Selling badly abused, starved and damaged horses to people who do not understand the work and commitment involved in this type of undertaking is criminal. CBER is nothing more than horse trading at it's shadiest if you want to rescue a horse go directly to the feedlot the owner there is a straight shooter and often has good horses available.
He also is careful about illness, and the horses are treated with respect and kindness in their last days. Most of all people need to wake up and realize that owning a horse is not a part time job, the horses that end up at the feedlot had homes once with owners who either got tired or bored or lost interest. Horse traders cannot do business if they can't find buyers, and the feedlot and rescues would not be full if people took their responsibility to their animal seriously.