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catbyte

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6. Kill pens are more common than you think.
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 09:57 AM
Mar 2025

There's a big one in Texas, but they're all over the country, especially in the South. They're usually Amish horses and donkeys that have outlived their usefulness, have injuries or medical problems so they just get rid of them There's a ranch in Amarillo called Fletcher Farms that tries to rescue as many draft horses and donkeys as they can. They hold rescue fundraisers to acquire the horses and donkeys, nurse them back to health, and let them live out their retirement years in peace. The unlucky ones get shipped off to slaughter in Mexico. It's brutal.

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Too cute Deuxcents Mar 2025 #1
She is adorable! New life is so cute. nt CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2025 #2
Such exuberance! 3catwoman3 Mar 2025 #3
Many THANKS to the good people who save these animals. Fla Dem Mar 2025 #4
"Kill pen" XanaDUer2 Mar 2025 #5
Kill pens are more common than you think. catbyte Mar 2025 #6
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