horses from auction

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i was wondering if anyone has ever gotten a horse from new holland auction? i was looking on the web and found sights about the horses that go through there and now i want to help. i know it may not be the best thing to do but my heart will not allow me to do nothing. they had a great saying on there page " man is to animals as god is to man "

-- renee oneill (oneillsr@home.com), June 13, 2000

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Renee: I have never heard of the new holland auction. Is it an on line auction, or where is it located? Need more info, please. Thanks, Jan

-- Jan in Colorado (Janice12@aol.com), June 13, 2000.

New Holland,Pennsylvania in Lancaster County...I've been to that auction a few times..do not pretend to be a horse expert at all, but the times that i was there, there were no horses who appeared to be suffering anything but old age or nerves....(I went in 1998,'99)...Many of the Amish bring their work horses there with the specific intent of selling them to a slaughterhouse which is quite difficult for non-Amish folks to comprehend....Horses, to us, represent large lovong pets who ought to end their lives in peace and quite or via a gentle and empathetic Vet...to the Amish, horses are work animals, period...there is no sentiment there...picture a cattle farmer selling hundreds of cattle for beef...is the cattle farmer callous and unfeeling (please Vegetarians,control yourselves here,it's just an analogy)? Not by popular standards...Since there are alot of Amish horses for sale at New Holland,you see alot of very tired, old horses who probably ought to be put down rather than made to work more...The Amish are trying to get top food dollar so they can get a new horse and on it goes...I never saw overcrowding or any animals which appeared to have been mistreated, although I did read in the paper last year that the trucks used to transport these horses were very inhumane..no water, too many horses, etc..it sounded pretty bad and the local horse people were vocal in their support for new laws regarding slaughter transport...

-- lesley Chasko (martchas@gateway.net), June 13, 2000.

here is more details,DO NOT ALLOW SMALLCHILDREN TO SEE THIS SIGHT!!! www.equinerescueresource.comm

-- renee oneill (oneillsr@home.com), June 14, 2000.

Carpe Diem Horse Rescue (http://www.equine911.org) is one of the not- for-profit organizations that rescues horses from this auction by the nonconfrontational method of outbidding the meat dealers by a few dollars.

I believe that Pennsylvania has just approved a new bill into law allowing the inhumane treatment of trucked horses to continue and even to get worse. The folks at Carpe Diem would have more information.

The organization rests and rehabilitates horses, often providing training, hoof trimming, and sometimes lots of vet care if they've been injured or neglected. They then adopt them out to approved homes -- free if unrideable, for a modest fee if rideable. Some horses are show quality.

I'm too far from New Holland to be a Carpe Diem foster home (I volunteered), but I'm now recruiting people to form a not-for-profit retirement home for "used-up" horses and ponies who can still teach newbies how to work with horses. I'll donate the use of my pastures and barn and will guarantee daily care when volunteers don't show up (does it show that I've worked with volunteers before, LOL?).

Dori Green Ash Grove Community Farm Corning, NY

http://www.ic.org/agrove

-- Dori Green (dorigreen00@hotmail.com), June 18, 2000.


I clicked onto your discussion during an attempt to find Amish-broke horses for sale, not realizing how bad these auctions are! My family had an Amish raised and trained Percheron/QH cross who was the sweetest old guy you could ever meet...unfortunately, when we got him he was almost 30 and had been badly neglected for years. I'm happy to say that we were able to give him a great home for the last year of his life, and then a dignified and peaceful passing. In return, he gave us many hours of fun with the children in our family, calmly letting them brush him and taking them for walking rides. I did not mean for this to be a story about my old friend..I was just showing why we are currently looking for another queit older horse like him. One person here mentioned a rescue group who gets the old ones from this aution...does anyone know how I can contact them? We may be interested in rescuing one ourselves, even if straight from the aution. Any info would be much appreciated!

-- Jenn Adams (mehorselover@usa.net), January 16, 2001.


hi, i bought a bay yearly stud colt there in july of 2000. it was not a pretty place to be. i paid $182 for him. i was in a fight with a well known killer there to get him. i watched them beat him after i bought him because he got scared and got loose by bracking his halter. after that he recived a chain around his neck. he was so scared when i removed him from this house of horrors. that when i went to load him for our 2hr. trip home he reared and landed on my shoulders. but he now is gelded ,vacinated and in progress of getting broke. and, ready to move on to a new show horse home so i can rescuce another needy animal. so please if you have the money and time please save one of these horses. also, if you know of anyone looking for a large division pony/horse for 3,000 please contact me. thanks, for caring

-- april szczepanski (george_dusty@hotmail.com), January 28, 2001.

Hi, My name is jessica and I plan to rescue a horse from the New Holland Auction sometime at the beginning of January. I'm 17 and already currently have a horse that I bought from a Race- Track owner who was sending him to slaughter. I'm working up the money to pay for the board, as well as purchasing of the horse, once that is completed I will be on my way to save a horse.

If anyone has any info on when the auction is, please let me know.

(Also: if anyone wants to assist in any way in getting the horse, feel free to contact me, any little thing can help since horses may be cheap but their upkeep is awefully expensive.)

Love, Jessica Dotter Lancaster, Pennsylvania

-- Jessica Dotter (adiyra@yahoo.com), February 12, 2002.


Just because a slaughter buyer buys a horse doesn't mean it will be slaughtered. These guys know horses and will keep the better ones for resale. Most slaughter buyers have a "good pen" for the better quality horses. If you know who the slaughter buyer is in your area, call him up. He'll have some good horses for sale very reasonably priced. Beats trying to outbid and you'll have more to choose from. Buying for "meat" has been pretty much at a standstill (except to pet foods) since the borders have been closed. That may have changed since last month tho.

-- Lee S. (trainrx2@swbell.net), February 12, 2002.

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