What is the "Pipeline"
The "Pipeline" or the "Auction System" is a system in which horses end up in for many reasons. Approximately 80,000 horses are slaughtered each year - going across the Mexico and Canadian border. In 2005, horse slaughter houses were banned. This shut down numerous small businesses across the United States.
After this was shut down, these people who handled the slaughter houses became what's known as a "kill buyer". They go around to auctions all over the country, and they purchase horses in the auctions for the same reasons, just ship them over the border instead where it is legal.
After this was shut down, these people who handled the slaughter houses became what's known as a "kill buyer". They go around to auctions all over the country, and they purchase horses in the auctions for the same reasons, just ship them over the border instead where it is legal.
Kill buyers own a place called a kill pen. The horses are sectioned off into pens based on if they will be resold at another auction for a higher price or if they will direct ship them to slaughter.
Horses are not section by gender. This means that stallions can be in penned with other stallions, and mares can be penned in with stallions where breeding can occur.
It doesn't matter if horses are injured, pregnant, babies or sick. The kill-buyers see them as money signs and will buy them. Horses have been rescued and then given birth only a month or two later at the rescue. These horses would've have shipped. Orphaned foals who have been separated from their mother, or even horses with broken legs. Horses who came straight off a racetrack. No horse is safe going through these auctions.
Horses are not section by gender. This means that stallions can be in penned with other stallions, and mares can be penned in with stallions where breeding can occur.
It doesn't matter if horses are injured, pregnant, babies or sick. The kill-buyers see them as money signs and will buy them. Horses have been rescued and then given birth only a month or two later at the rescue. These horses would've have shipped. Orphaned foals who have been separated from their mother, or even horses with broken legs. Horses who came straight off a racetrack. No horse is safe going through these auctions.
How Does The Bureau Of Land Management Feed Into The Pipeline?
The bureau of land management owns 26.9 million acres of land in the United States. They own over 170 wild horse and burros herds on this land. Every year they round up hundreds of these animals and offer to them to the public with an incentive.
The incentive states that if someone pays $125 for an animal, they can take it home and then if they still own the animal in the year, they will receive a check for $1000.
This incentive allows 4 horse per person, some people will use their 4-person-family to bring in 16 animals at a time.
The incentive states that if someone pays $125 for an animal, they can take it home and then if they still own the animal in the year, they will receive a check for $1000.
This incentive allows 4 horse per person, some people will use their 4-person-family to bring in 16 animals at a time.
The loophole in this incentive is that people will purchase the animal and not care for them over the course of the year, and flip them at an auction after they have received the check.
In 2021, the BLM rounded up almost 14,000 equines and it costed them $112.273 million dollars.
The bureau of land management has been told multiple times by animal enthusiasts that there are other ways other than corralling these animals
There is a horse birth control that you can administer wild mares that will keep them from reproducing for five years. Instead of accepting this offer, they continue to use taxpayer dollars to do these roundups. These horses are held for multiple months at a time, terrified and scared in pens.
In 2021, the BLM rounded up almost 14,000 equines and it costed them $112.273 million dollars.
The bureau of land management has been told multiple times by animal enthusiasts that there are other ways other than corralling these animals
There is a horse birth control that you can administer wild mares that will keep them from reproducing for five years. Instead of accepting this offer, they continue to use taxpayer dollars to do these roundups. These horses are held for multiple months at a time, terrified and scared in pens.
What Happens At The Auction?
When horses arrive to the auction, they are sectioned off before they are sold. Normally the auction will allow you to meet with the owner and purchase it directly from the owner without it running through the sale.
Most owners, however, want their horses to go through the sale so that they can get bid up and they can get more money.
Kill buyers and horse flippers will out bid horses that rescues are interested in.
This means that rescues need to organize a secret bidders that they kill buyers will not recognize in order to win these horses.
The thoroughbred, racing industry requires that every horse registered in the Jockey club association gets a microchip in their neck.
The Jockey club registers about 20,000 horses a year, the AQHA over 70,000.
Out of the thoroughbred industry, over 7000 of them, end up in the slaughter pipeline every year.
Most owners, however, want their horses to go through the sale so that they can get bid up and they can get more money.
Kill buyers and horse flippers will out bid horses that rescues are interested in.
This means that rescues need to organize a secret bidders that they kill buyers will not recognize in order to win these horses.
The thoroughbred, racing industry requires that every horse registered in the Jockey club association gets a microchip in their neck.
The Jockey club registers about 20,000 horses a year, the AQHA over 70,000.
Out of the thoroughbred industry, over 7000 of them, end up in the slaughter pipeline every year.
Where and When Are Auctions?
There are hundreds of auctions happening all over the US. Some auctions run weekely, some run monthly. The auction that Ropin' Ranch stands behind is the Bowie Auction, located in Bowie Texas and OWNED by the Bowie Killpen. About 10 kill-buyers come to participate in this auction once a month.
On the first weekend of the month, starting around Friday-Sunday night the auction runs. Ropin' Ranch sponsors All Seated In A Barn, a rescue located out of Bakersfield California. Tahlia and her team make the trip every month to go and fight both emotionally and for the horses dropped off at this auction.
During this weekend, Ropin' Ranch donates 100% of our donations/funds from the game to ASIAB for the horses in need. We offer multiple incentives for players who cannot donate.
• Sharing posts straight from ASIAB will grant you 3 HS in game
• Sharing MULTIPLE photos from ASIAB will grant you 10 HS in game
On the first weekend of the month, starting around Friday-Sunday night the auction runs. Ropin' Ranch sponsors All Seated In A Barn, a rescue located out of Bakersfield California. Tahlia and her team make the trip every month to go and fight both emotionally and for the horses dropped off at this auction.
During this weekend, Ropin' Ranch donates 100% of our donations/funds from the game to ASIAB for the horses in need. We offer multiple incentives for players who cannot donate.
• Sharing posts straight from ASIAB will grant you 3 HS in game
• Sharing MULTIPLE photos from ASIAB will grant you 10 HS in game
Animal Angels
Animal Angels is an investigative organization known to go undercover and find out information from the trafficking of these horses. They have articles from multiple kill-pens, auctions, roundups and travels of these horses going to the border.
They mention kill-buy names, locations and other key details that really help rescue organizations know what places are being hit the hardest by horses that are unwanted and getting shipped.
What Does A Horse Endure While In The Auction System?
Horse is loaded onto a truck that head to the border are not allowed to be opened up by the driver
The animals are treated as livestock, and when they reach the border, they are finally allowed to have. The trailer opened.
Sometimes this is over 48 hours of a time. Without food or water, urinating, and deficafing on each other.
What kind of horses go to slaughter?
You will find a wide range of horses at the auction that are purchased by killer buyers.
Yes, they send babies, yes, they send pregnant mares, yes, they sell really really sick ones.
A lot of the horses will be drugged by the owners in order to try and look like they are not sick or to "mask pain" when they go through the auction pen ring
In real agricultural animals, like chickens, goats or cows, there is a waiting period between the time of their last vaccinations/pain medicine, and when they are allowed to be processed for human consumption.
Because horses horses are NOT inspected by the USDA in the United States (because it's illegal), horses are slaughtered sometimes a day or two after they have gotten these injections and processed.
This meat is been fed back to humann, which containing these chemicals, is extremely toxic
The animals are treated as livestock, and when they reach the border, they are finally allowed to have. The trailer opened.
Sometimes this is over 48 hours of a time. Without food or water, urinating, and deficafing on each other.
What kind of horses go to slaughter?
You will find a wide range of horses at the auction that are purchased by killer buyers.
Yes, they send babies, yes, they send pregnant mares, yes, they sell really really sick ones.
A lot of the horses will be drugged by the owners in order to try and look like they are not sick or to "mask pain" when they go through the auction pen ring
In real agricultural animals, like chickens, goats or cows, there is a waiting period between the time of their last vaccinations/pain medicine, and when they are allowed to be processed for human consumption.
Because horses horses are NOT inspected by the USDA in the United States (because it's illegal), horses are slaughtered sometimes a day or two after they have gotten these injections and processed.
This meat is been fed back to humann, which containing these chemicals, is extremely toxic
Estrogen Uses
Drugs like Premarin and PremPro and PremPhase are all drugs that use pregnant mare urine for the estrogen they have during pregnancies.
Women use this drug to help reduce the symptoms of menopause. This medication can be taken both as a cream.. and orally.
These places are estrogen camps where the mares are forced to give birth and pregnant over and over to harvest them for the urine.
Foals labeled as PMU Foals are babies who come from these mares and tossed to the side.
Women use this drug to help reduce the symptoms of menopause. This medication can be taken both as a cream.. and orally.
These places are estrogen camps where the mares are forced to give birth and pregnant over and over to harvest them for the urine.
Foals labeled as PMU Foals are babies who come from these mares and tossed to the side.
Zebra Hunting
Zebras are now a new recent part of horse slaughter. Private land and lodges especially located Texas profit thousands of dollars to allow people to stay and hunt their "prized zebra" on the land.
These zebras are hunted for sport and pictures.
The animals that are “over population” are thrown into the auction system for high dollar prices.
Illnesses that are specific to zebras are starting to get to horses and vise versa.
These zebras are hunted for sport and pictures.
The animals that are “over population” are thrown into the auction system for high dollar prices.
Illnesses that are specific to zebras are starting to get to horses and vise versa.
Donkeys For Medicine
The newest thing with donkeys is “donkey Tea”.
Their hides are used for a traditional, yet unproved tea remedy in China.
Hides on the donkey can go for as little as $40 a hide. Donkeys have an extremely lower chance of being rescued and almost all of them, end up going to kill pens.
Their hides are used for a traditional, yet unproved tea remedy in China.
Hides on the donkey can go for as little as $40 a hide. Donkeys have an extremely lower chance of being rescued and almost all of them, end up going to kill pens.
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