Parx enforcing no slaughterr policy

[JJ_sLuckyTrain]

Here is a brief news story about an owner who is in trouble for having an injured horse end up at New Holland:

Parx Bars Former Smarty Jones Groom Over Equine Neglect

I am so grateful that groups like Turning for Home are there to look out for these horses. We still do not have a perfect aftercare situation, but it is a whole lot better than 20 years ago when I was going to New Holland.

This poor horse, Wolf King, had a humane death albeit a few weeks late (after standing on fractured sesamoid.) He was spared the stress of a long haul and trauma of the slaughter house.

Thank you to those who intervened on his behalf. I hope this leads to more protections, especially for injured horses who should not be allowed to disappear from the stable area.

[Gestalt]

Thank you Turning for Home! And thanks to Parx for following up.

[Flash44]

[QUOTE=JJ’sLuckyTrain;8352421]
Here is a brief news story about an owner who is in trouble for having an injured horse end up at New Holland:

http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/parx-bars-former-smarty-jones-groom-over-equine-neglect/

I am so grateful that groups like Turning for Home are there to look out for these horses. We still do not have a perfect aftercare situation, but it is a whole lot better than 20 years ago when I was going to New Holland.

This poor horse, Wolf King, had a humane death albeit a few weeks late (after standing on fractured sesamoid.) He was spared the stress of a long haul and trauma of the slaughter house.

Thank you to those who intervened on his behalf. I hope this leads to more protections, especially for injured horses who should not be allowed to disappear from the stable area.[/QUOTE]

That’s a shame. They deserve a peaceful, if not happy, ending. Not sure what the kill buyers pay, but is it so much that the owner took that option over humane euthanasia??

[Profidia]

Like everything else in Pennsylvania Racing…
It just depends who you are as to whether they enforce a no-slaughter policy or anything else for that matter.:rolleyes: