Wednesday, July 3, 2013

It's Official, Slaughter in Iowa

The USDA approved a slaughterhouse in Iowa. Sigourney Iowa to be exact. And if you get out good old Mapquest, you'll notice Sigourney is only a hop, skip, and jump away from Kalona, Iowa which is a major auction house and many loose horses run through.

This is a total blow to the horse. Two slaughter houses being granted approval in a week. This slaughterhouse is in our backyards folks! Our beloved horses are in peril. I felt safer knowing that the horses in the midwest wouldn't be as prime candidates (I'm dreaming I know) for slaughter but now that we have one in our backyard, the horses in South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska are NOT safe.

Your beloved horses are no longer safe. Until there is a ban on slaugther and transporting to other countries, your horses are no longer safe.

My blood is boiling and my skin is crawling. Sigourney Iowa is only about six hours away from the Sanctuary. Of course there is a feed lot less than an hour away from the Sanctuary too. That thought alone drives me insane with fury, especially knowing that my hands are tied.

I need ideas! How can we open our doors to a few more well deserving older horses to protect them from going into the pipeline and heading to that awful slaughterhouse in Iowa? What type of fundraisers would be fun to participate in? I need your help. The horses need your help.

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