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<blockquote data-quote="clampitt" data-source="post: 328854" data-attributes="member: 2594"><p>I know since I'm not one of the educated crowed,What I have to say don't mean much on here.But the effect will be more devistating than the animal rights and the liberal know it alls think.They have never come up with a plan for,What are you going to do with these horses.When people can no longer afford to feed one because of a job loss or the owners health reasons or their kids just don't want to ride any more.The packer horse market does set the value in the majority of the horse martket.The high dollar horse will to a small degree be effected not as much.When it gets to where people just can't feed or take care of one like needs to be.This has come up a few times in just visiting at the feed store or an event.This is a thought there might be more just turned loose on the section line and abandoned and when they walk out on the road and a family hits them running 70 it will be like hitting a wall,I have seen a car hit a big cow and it is not a pretty sight.The feed stores,vets,banks people borrow money to buy trucks and trailers,tires,all this will be effected.I have a cow buying customer that also buys a lot of killer horses.He sends most of his to Mexico now.There are no regulations there as to the welfare of one before it is processed.They just unload and get the money.When the individual horse owner goes out it will take out so much more than is imagined.They are like any thing the small business man is the real backbone of the economy.Same here the amature horseman spends Billions of dollars every year.There are around 90,000. horses processed every year thats a bunch to have to deal with and then next year another 90,000 or so is coming along.Ask them what you going to do with that many.They have no answer because they don't think that far.All they know is it makes a factinon happy that will bring in several thousand votes for me.There are more of them than horse owners.Its all about controll and greed.Course like I said i don't know much</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="clampitt, post: 328854, member: 2594"] I know since I'm not one of the educated crowed,What I have to say don't mean much on here.But the effect will be more devistating than the animal rights and the liberal know it alls think.They have never come up with a plan for,What are you going to do with these horses.When people can no longer afford to feed one because of a job loss or the owners health reasons or their kids just don't want to ride any more.The packer horse market does set the value in the majority of the horse martket.The high dollar horse will to a small degree be effected not as much.When it gets to where people just can't feed or take care of one like needs to be.This has come up a few times in just visiting at the feed store or an event.This is a thought there might be more just turned loose on the section line and abandoned and when they walk out on the road and a family hits them running 70 it will be like hitting a wall,I have seen a car hit a big cow and it is not a pretty sight.The feed stores,vets,banks people borrow money to buy trucks and trailers,tires,all this will be effected.I have a cow buying customer that also buys a lot of killer horses.He sends most of his to Mexico now.There are no regulations there as to the welfare of one before it is processed.They just unload and get the money.When the individual horse owner goes out it will take out so much more than is imagined.They are like any thing the small business man is the real backbone of the economy.Same here the amature horseman spends Billions of dollars every year.There are around 90,000. horses processed every year thats a bunch to have to deal with and then next year another 90,000 or so is coming along.Ask them what you going to do with that many.They have no answer because they don't think that far.All they know is it makes a factinon happy that will bring in several thousand votes for me.There are more of them than horse owners.Its all about controll and greed.Course like I said i don't know much [/QUOTE]
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