CNN iReport

May 25, 2008

This Friday Pure Thoughts, Inc Horse and Foal Rescue based out of Loxahatchee, FL went to the town of Sugarcreek, Ohio to the Sugarcreek Livestock Auction. The auction was featured on HBO's Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel this month during a segment on race horses sold to slaughter for profit. The were able to secure the safety of every horse that was at risk of being shipped to slaughter. Over 160 horses were saved Friday afternoon from a horrific end in a Mexican or Canadian slaughter house.

This is the largest one day save of horses from slaughter ever organized in the United States. The save was made possible thanks to a single anonymous donor who is funding the purchase of the horses and the ongoing care until each horse finds an adoptive home.

Several former thoroughbred race horses were saved from slaughter. With the recent tragic deaths of high profile race horses such as Eight Belle's, the Racing Industry as a whole has been put on notice to reform by the public and even members of it's own industry. The welfare of the horses in the racing industry has been held under the microscope for many reasons like medications, steroids, and the use of whips during racing. The largest killer of American Race Horses, slaughter for human consumption, has been vastly ignored in the mainstream media. During round table discussions about the safety of race horses on two different networks the day of the Preakness Stakes, the slaughter of thousands of former race horses was completely ignored by both panels.

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