"Unwanted Horses"

I had someone comment on one of my posts and asked "What will we do with all the unwanted horses if slaughter is banned?" There is no such thing as an unwanted horse. Every horse, at some point in it's life, was wanted. It would not exist if it was not wanted.




"Bear" (in picture on left) was left to starve. His owner, quite simply, didn't have time for him, but evidently she wanted him at some point, or why would she have him? "Fly" (on right)previous owners paid a lot of money to breed their mare to get this filly, she was wanted very much, but alas, she had medical issues they were not prepared to take on. And no, you aren't seeing things, Fly was caught in mid-air in the picture. She lives up to her name!




I'll say it again, there is no such thing as an "Unwanted" horse. People apply that title to horses they can no longer afford, or are unwilling to care for them properly simply because the horse no longer benefits them, for whatever reason.




Do you have a story about an "Unwanted" horse? Send it to me and I will post it here.