Ignorance

I have been stewing on this for several days now. Time to get it off my chest.








The other day I was in our local feed store and overheard a conversation between a customer and the retail clerk. The customer was saying that she just got a free stallion and since she has a mare that she turned the stallion loose in the pasture to breed her mare. The clerk asked if either horse was registered. Nope. The customer just wants a baby. Since the mare has never been bred before she thought it a good idea to have at least one foal from her. Then the customer left feeling all proud of herself. Hmmm, what are the chances that woman is going to keep the foal throughout his/hers entire life? Slim is what I think.








After a few minutes my blood began to boil. How ludicrous, stupid, irresponsible and thoughtless were my first thoughts. Which sent my mind racing. There are so many unwanted horses, dogs, cats, goats, donkeys, etc... in this world. A lot are due to irresponsible breeding. Quite a few horses and donkeys will be sent to auctions or listed for free which most of the time seals their fate. Kill buyers lurk at auctions. They look for free horses that are advertised. When they get enough horses, the horses are sent to Mexico or Canada for slaughter. Transportation is in itself cruel and disgusting what these horses have to endure. Some die during the trip. Some come off the trailer with broken bones and cuts. Their end is the cruelest of all. They smell death in the air with no escape from it. They are shoved into narrow chutes where they are whipped, prodded, etc... to where the killers are. In Mexico horses are stabbed in the neck and back until they fall, then they are dragged still alive and hung up having their throats slit. Not a nice end to a horse or donkey that has unconditionally loved their owner. And the owner has a clean conscience because they tell themselves that the nice guy who either bought their horse at the auction or came over and gave some bull story to get the free horse is going to give their horse a wonderful home.








Which brings me to another point. Free kittens everywhere. Personally I am sick of the lame excuses of, it's good to have a female have at least one litter or it's good for the children to witness life being given or it's," to get them spayed or neutered is too expensive. " There are programs available that help in the cost of spaying and neutering. A female does not have to have a litter of kittens. And please, little Tommy or Suzie could care less about the miracle of birth. They are too young to understand it.








One last thing I need to get off my chest. Free dog ads. There are gutterballs who search the free dog ads. They go to the house and lie through their teeth to the owners that they will give Fido a good loving home. Then Fido is taken away from his family forever. Possible to be used as bait for dog fighting. Or sold for medical experiments. All the while, the owner has a clean conscience. After all, the person or persons who answered the ad said all the right things.



What I am trying to say is, I'm not against breeding for the right purposes. For example, to keep certain bloodlines going that are exceptional. To try to keep a breed as pure as possible. When you choose to bring an animal into your life, it is just that, for life!


Sad we are such a throwaway society. We throw away our animals, children and elderly.


Okay, I am off my soapbox. The next blog will be a lot more lighthearted.


Until next time..................................