MimzMum
Wise Old Thumper
While walking my dog this afternoon, I think I may have overheard a horse being put down in my neighborhood.
There were two sounds ... one was what was either distressed neighing or whinnying, the other was a muffled bang. It was horrible.
WHY in such an advanced society are horses still being shot to be euthanized? Can't this be achieved by ... I don't know ... some other means?
It just seems so brutal. I know it's the quickest and supposedly most humane...but it's disturbing in the extreme. I feel the same about how moose that survive being hit by cars are also shot, but it must be done by a state trooper which could take time to arrive at the scene of an accident. Meanwhile the animal suffers. If you dispatch the moose yourself, you get fined or jail time. It's not something I would want to have to do, but I suppose I'd have to and then live with the horror.
Anyway...just wanted to post to say, run free unknown horse. I pray you are feeling no pain any longer and the green fields of Paradise surround you. Beautiful creature, someone remembers you with sadness tonight.
There were two sounds ... one was what was either distressed neighing or whinnying, the other was a muffled bang. It was horrible.
WHY in such an advanced society are horses still being shot to be euthanized? Can't this be achieved by ... I don't know ... some other means?
It just seems so brutal. I know it's the quickest and supposedly most humane...but it's disturbing in the extreme. I feel the same about how moose that survive being hit by cars are also shot, but it must be done by a state trooper which could take time to arrive at the scene of an accident. Meanwhile the animal suffers. If you dispatch the moose yourself, you get fined or jail time. It's not something I would want to have to do, but I suppose I'd have to and then live with the horror.
Anyway...just wanted to post to say, run free unknown horse. I pray you are feeling no pain any longer and the green fields of Paradise surround you. Beautiful creature, someone remembers you with sadness tonight.