Thursday, September 27, 2012

Breaking News: 30 Nevada Wild Horses Rescued from Kill Buyers and Slaughter « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Breaking News: 30 Nevada Wild Horses Rescued from Kill Buyers and Slaughter « Straight from the Horse's Heart

esterday, as dusk settled over the Fallon Livestock Exchange, 30 terrified wild horses — 23 adults and 7 foals by their mothers’ sides — were put up for auction. For years, the mustangs lived peacefully on state lands in the foothills that surround Reno. Now, after being captured by the Nevada Department of Agriculture, the horses were being sold by the pound, in grave danger of being purchased by kill buyers who would ship them for slaughter in Canada or Mexico.

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