Clinic
Clinic Dates:
2-10-10
at Look Ahead Vet 10:30 - 3:00
If the funds are raised, we offer 7 horse owners a free hardship euthanasia gifts each month at the euthanasia clinic for those who can not afford
to give their
faithful friend the last gift of love.
Other horse owners are offered a low cost
euthanasia with a total cost of $150 for the horse owner.
Since November of 2008 we have
been holding euthanasia clinics for horses on a monthly
basis.
If you have need of this service please
contact us.
Funds for Hardships
Thank-You!
Natalie K. - Laura C. - Donna A. - Sheri B. - Pamela N. - James G. -Laurie
D. - Jean S. -
Patricia M. - Sally H. -
Ann P. - Molly K. - Barbara B. - Pat B. - Lisa S. - Cindy M.
Euthanasia Clinic Fund - This fund provides owners of horses that need to
be allowed to pass on gently, with love and compassion, the opportunity to give
their beloved equine pet the ultimate last gift of kindness: a peaceful death.
Each month we hold a free euthanasia clinic for horses. Each horse that is
brought to the clinic is evaluated by our staff and veterinarian for its
condition of life and
adoptability. If the equine has a good quality of life and is adoptable,
we bring it into our rescue organization. This program keeps each of these
animals from being sent through an auction, sent to slaughter, etc.
We would like to
share the following video with you, it shows how truly peaceful humane
euthanasia really is. It is a far better way to pass on than the horrific
transportation and slaughter
Sugar was brought
to our euthanasia clinic, blind and frightened. After evaluation by our
veterinarian and staff for quality of life, she was humanely euthanized by our
vet. She was sedated and then given the euthanasia solution. She fell asleep
very peacefully.
We produced this video in hopes of educating people that euthanizing is
truly a peaceful ending, and that when the time comes, please make the right
choice and have your beloved horse friend euthanized by a licensed vet instead
of letting them suffer a lingering death, or even worse, sending them on to
slaughter or dumping them at a livestock auction.
Please note: the video is not graphic in any way, she merely lays down
peacefully. We have a lot of people ask us what it is like when a horse is
euthanized. This video shows how truly peaceful it is, and how the horses pass
away with love and dignity. This video is for educational purposes only.
Euthanasia means "good death" peaceful and calm. Sadly to say
there are hundreds of horses suffering a horrible death in slaughter houses
every day. Every 5 minutes an American horse is slaughtered. In
Northern California around 400 horses are shipped out to slaughter every month.
The economy is literally killing horses in droves. People are having a very hard
time feeding their horses with the
high price of hay and feed. We get calls almost on a daily basis, "I can't
afford to care for my horse, what do I do?" We try our best to help out,
but with these hard times it is impossible to take in every horse we get a call
about. What happens to those horses? Neglect?Abandonment?
Abuse?
Starvation? Slaughter?
It is hard times for most
people but the killer buyers are having a economic boom.
It used to be that killer buyers would be
happy with any horse they could get their hands on, as long as it was not too
skinny. Now the killers are able to pick and chose what horses will make them
more money from the meat on their bones. Too thin, let it go, they like the fat
ones.
Hundreds of horses are being sent to
auctions as a last resort after their owner try to give them away.
For example,
let's say there is a horse named Old Nelly. She was the family's long time
pet, all the kids had learn to ride on her, sadly now they no longer have any
money to feed her. The family starting looking for options for Old Nelly.
First they place an add to try and sell her, that does not work. Then they call
a rescue with high hopes that they will take Old Nelly in, they hear the words
"I'm so sorry, we get calls like this all the time and we do not have any room
for Old Nelly, Sorry." They call rescue after rescue and get the same
response. After a long take they call a vet to find out about putting Old Nelly
time sleep, the vet says "That is going to cost about $250-$500" sadly they say
"Ok thank you". They do not have the extra money, they might be losing their
home soon and cannot spare $250-$500. Then they call an auction, "How much
does it cost sell a horse at our auction?" "That will be $75.00, tell me about
your horse." "Well, she is sweet, loves kids, about 19 years old, she does have
some lameness...." "Is she fat or skinny?" "Oh we have taken really good care of
her, she is in good condition." "Good, sound like she would sell for more then
$75.00, bring her to the next auction." They get off the phone relieved that
they have somewhere to take Old Nelly. Then someone tells them about horse
slaughter and that killer buyers go to auctions. The day of the auction they
load up Old Nelly in the trailer, heart sick about the killer buyers and hope
that someone else will buy her. They say good-bye to Old Nelly and drive away.
Sadly Old Nelly was bought by a killer buyer and a few brutal days later Old
Nelly was killed
in a Mexican slaughter house. There are hundreds of horses just like Old Nelly
who are brutally killed
because the owners felt they had no other
way out.
All this brutal
killing of horses must stop!
We have been thinking long and hard about
this, in order to save horses like Old Nelly we have decided to have our first
ever clinic.
At the clinic people can bring their
horses to our vet office and have the horses
humanely euthanized. With your help we cover all
the cost of
Euthanasia and disposal for hardships cases.
It takes $125-$150 in donations to provide this service per horse
and keep them out of the slaughterhouse.
NorCal Equine Rescue
P.O. Box 6108
Oroville, CA 95966
530-282-5565
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Hundreds of horses are being sent to
auctions as a last resort after their owner try to give them away. 
