Horse Abuse And Neglect


	Horse Abuse And Neglect

MorganLvr

4-11-2008 11:16 AM

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economy, abuse, hay, horses, slaughter

MorganLvr says:

How much of the current surge in horse abuse/neglect is really due to the closing of the slaughter plants?

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The DeKalb-based facility did not close until September 2007. Yet 681 horse abuse and neglect cases were reported to O’Keefe’s department, 38 percent of the department’s caseload that year — up from 461 cases, or 25 percent, in 2006.</DIV>
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“It’s cliché, but it’s also possible that we just hit the perfect storm,” O’Keefe said. “The slaughterhouses closed, grain prices are at an all-time high, hay is very difficult to get; now with this winter weather ... (it’s) crushing. Even without the slaughterhouses closed, we would be in trouble because of everything else.”</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9092F766-F7B3-44DB-AA75-3A04E4E78C97/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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