January 16, 2012 ~As
posted on Camelot
Horse Weekly, this date:
REALITY CHECK ~
It has been brought to our attention that a horse dealer that
consigned
horses at Camelot in the past instead sold horses at New Holland today.
We are
told that most if not all of those horses DID sell to slaughter. This
information is upsetting, as we know that if Camelot were currently open
for
business, these horses would have run thru that venue instead and would
have had
a chance to be sold into a home or rescue and hopefully avoid the
slaughter
pipeline.
Many persons have slammed Camelot in recent months - along the lines
that
Frank is laughing all the way to the bank, that the rescuers are being
used and
fooled. That the horses being sold at Camelot are in no danger of
shipping to
slaughter because they lacked the necessary EID paperwork. Well, the
information
received today seems to indicate otherwise. As suspected, the losers in the Camelot situation are the horses.
Just because the dealers consigning horses to Camelot did not arrive
AT
Camelot with EID papers in hand for those horses did NOT mean those
horses
weren't really in danger. From what we're seeing, EID paperwork is NOT
that hard
to acquire. THIS horrible story shows how easily EID paperwork
materialized for
horses that had only been in this person's hands for days. (http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/every-one-of-them-is-dead/)
The reality check is that thru CHW's networking anywhere from 40-70
horses a
week were given a chance to avoid the slaughter pipeline each week at
Camelot.
Where are those horses going now? Sadly, I think we know.
We are a
27,000-strong group of dedicated horse lovers.
Although we cannot save
them all,
we can make a difference. Here are some ways to help, and feel free to
add your
own ideas:
- write to your congressperson and share your views on equine
slaughter
- research and support your local equine rescues
- stick to the FACTS and educate
- get connected with your local equine community through social
networking
and through attending events
- Consider your local livestock auction as a source for your next
horse; or
consider assisting your local rescue to pull a horse from that auction.
Every
horse purchased out of the auction-mill directly influences his life for
the
better
- visit the "what you can do everyday" tab on Camelot Horse
Weekly –
http://www.facebook.com/CamelotHorseWeekly?sk=app_7146470109