That is probably their line of thinking. I’m not saying I would do the same with a horse like that if it was mine.
Oh please. You didn’t pose your response as “they’re probably thinking…” You specifically said
There are SO MANY scenarios where an animal isn’t in immediate distress where euthanasia is appropriate to
PREVENT DISTRESS
good fucking lord this is the entire point of a kind end. To prevent distress.
This is one of the kindest things we can give our animals. An end free of distress.
Requiring suffering before considering euthanasia is so incredibly cruel. We as humans can do better. We SHOULD do better.
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I also don’t understand the angle of leaving him alive to experience “love”. He is a horse, their instincts are not to hit the ground and go to the nearest human for a hug. If anything, he needed his mother, which he was promptly ripped away from. This anthropomorphizing of animals borders on crazy. He was not born needing/seeking “love” from humans.
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I wonder why they won’t post of a video of him moving around. /sarcasm
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Right?!?!?! It’s all about the people
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I unfollowed after this one. Rescues need to be a bit more realistic in their allocation of scant resources (money, time, effort). I see a hopeless case here, that is taking away a limited resource from a horse that might have a future. Give him a bucket of milk, and put him down.
The nurse mare people did the right thing in refusing them, and so did the owner of the dam (who is a working horse). So many rabid commentors calling them (both parties) cruel and heartless… losing the foal “at birth” is infinitely better for the mare than developing a bond over a week or month, then having it ripped off of her. The dam’s owners should have had the foal euth’ed themselves.
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Amen to this. They are totally complicit in this, too.
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Yes, this is the part I get hung up on. And why we call it humane euthanasia.
From the rescue site’s own post: “We know all the things that may happen later” is an admission of the fateful end that’s coming. But in the meantime, they’ll shill him out for donations. It’s been stated that they are not directly fundraising on his behalf, but no one will convince me that this place isn’t utilizing his deformity to garner sympathy and money.
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This is so absurd and selfish.
Put the poor foal down and go SAVE something.
You know, rescue. As the word implies.
Nothing like prolonged suffering for the monetary momentum.
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I’m sick of these rescues pimping out doomed animals for money. How is this any different than old timey freak shows? The Elephant Man on display in a cage? At that time, they knew he was doomed. His life was prolonged at a hospital for a time. He was out of the spotlight and endured in peace for a time. That was his true rescuer. Not the butthole who put him on display. In this case, it’s put the freak out there as long as possible to get money. Never mind the tragic end that is coming. Never mind sparing the animal from that inevitable tragic end. Sick bast@rds.
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I found two interesting videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfZcA2Ms0xg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8BlDVOZlZU
note, neither horse looks more than yearling aged
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Well both those videos look awful.
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Second one looks like Seven, in how he carries his back end.
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Yes, those were just painful to watch 
And WHY?!?
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Well, the goats were nice…
Again, freak show.
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Such a good cautionary tale. These videos should be held up as “we do better than this now.” What a grim reality in keeping these foals going.
I think most people would say our humane treatment of animals has really progressed from the era shown in these videos, but uh…instead, it’s just the same mistakes again. For shame.
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Well considering the only videos she found were in black in white it appears as if we did evolve. But good ol’ social media has brought us back because now life is all about clicks & likes.
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I’m not sure what you mean. The path this foal here is on is the same as the foals shown in the videos on YouTube. That’s my point. We should do better than that.
Are you implying that since technology has gotten better, we’re better…? I don’t understand. Color pictures don’t relate to humane treatment.
I guess lack of more recent video could indicate most people do the right thing by foals born with this sort of deformity. But here we are with this one.
I meant lack of current video evidence potentially showed some evolution.
This is disgusting. I have had the good fortune to be able to make sure most of my animals have met a kind end before suffering or pain. Like I always say “Better a day early, than a minute too late.” I also have had the misfortune of having two euth’s with the horse thrashing and scared and in pain (to be clear - both were circumstances that were sudden, where a decision couldn’t be made sooner). It was traumatic for all involved - for the horse, myself as the owner, and for the vet and his staff. And if it can be prevented, there is no excuse to wait until that point.
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