Where is sugarcreek horse slaughter

Many of the horses were Standardbreds and appeared to be former buggy horses. Despite the fact that there were numerous empty pens, workers put horses together in the smaller pens at the back of the barn, causing some horses to kick or bite. No water was available in any of those pens. The sale started early at pm. The workers moved the horses closer to the ring in groups of , which caused the horses to panic right before the entrance to the ring.

The handling was very poor, the worker mercilessly hit the frightened animals with his whip, even across their faces. Kill buyer Fred Bauer was buying most of the horses, Fisher Livestock from Pennsylvania also bought several. Help us keep this coverage going in Whether it's a one-time acknowledgement of this article or an ongoing membership pledge, your support goes to local-based reporting from our small but mighty team.

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Most Popular Most Read. What about the money you have to pay every time some on comes in there with a bad check that you have to cover? Most Livestock facilities are barely making enough money to keep the doors open. It must be nice to have enough money to provide a safe haven for these animals.

But, for the rest of the working class we barely have enough money to feed our families let alone a horse that eats 4 times as much as we do.

I would rather see my animal go to auction then watch it starve in my backyard. One has to wonder why a family who could barely feed itself would have a horse to begin with. Kit — I find fault in your first sentence, though I may agree with the rest of what you said. A family owning a horse when they can barely feed themselves may be a product of buying a horse when they could still amply afford to have one.

Many families have financial downturns through no fault of their own and have to make very tough decisions. You guys fight to close down Sugarcreek, think about the damage you will be doing, other animals are sold there- beef, sheep, pigs….

The Bakers are good people. That way you could ensure better methods of slaughtering, but no you pushed it out to Mexico where the US has no control over their methods. People need to step back and think before you destroy American Agriculture! There is nothing wrong with expecting the agricultural community, everyone for that matter, to be humane.

No one is against agriculture; but everyone should be against this blatant animal abuse. Hey Vivtoria only half of those horses were sent to Flordia, which Baker even trucked for you, the other half stayed here in Ohio, in which you payed a veterinarian to care for and due to the lack of health at the time of purchase half of those horses died.

In turn the veterinarian had to file a lawsuit against you to get his boarding and medical costs back. And as for Sara we do support Leroy Baker and we have a very well established farm and if you buy meat out of the stores…your welcome. And Sara also any piece of meat you have ever indulged upon has went through a sale barn. I am constantly amazed when I read the moronic opinions of you extreme leftests. So you outlaw horse slaughter, now you frame a guy cause hes shipping them to Mexico.

Thats about what I would expect from you, cant see the forest through the trees. I have one question that I would like all you do-gooders to answer….. I am going to assume most of you, I would be alot more concerned with the eternal effects of killing babies than horses.

I have been to sugar creek on many occasions. I actually have pictures of 2 DEAD horses in the sale barns. The condition of those horses was deplorable. I can not personally attack Mr. Baker, as I do not know him or his values.

I also understand that if a mostly dead horse is dropped off, it is not his fault. I have found homes for many horses off of the track and I currently own a retired racehorse. I think that responsibility is the issue.

If Mr. Baker is transporting the horses, and he is guilty, than the fines should be paid. The economy is only going to send more horses to the auction and if no one is buying them….. I make alot of money, but even I am hesitant to got another horse.

The price of hay has tripled in the last 2 years, and many loving horse owners are finding themselves unable to pay for farriers and vets. If you think that there is a better feasible way, than try to do something about it. I am aware of the horrifying inhumane way that horses are treated when they go to slaughter, but until such a time that people can work together to solve this problem, than it is going to continue.

Just a note of clarification: As the article states, there are no longer any slaughterhouses for horses open in the United States. The fines levied against Mr. Baker are for infractions between Perhaps ALL living beings have souls. And complete lack of compassion, if you know what that is. Horses are livestock just like pigs and cattle. I have been to your auction house and have no problem with your operation. As a matter of fact, I appreciate your services!!!

When will people wake up and realize animals do NOT have a higher priority than people?! As a nurse, I have seen people treat their own family worse than they demand an animal be treated!

Why would they wait six years from the time it started to put any charges against him? Answer that. Guess that automatically makes me a crazy leftist. And leave the discussions of eternity out of this—this is simply about not being cruel and abusive to horses, period. Horses need a place to go too.

Not every animal lover is going to put their horse to sleep when it comes their time. You people are not saving the horse, you are prolonging their death. Broke down,blind ,mean horses need to go to slaughter.

You want them to stand behind the barn and starve to death because no one is going to feel sorry for them. This is the real world folks. You are fooling no one but yourself. Then take all the unwanted ones in and feed them. You are a joke. I was their the day the animal rights people were buying all the horses. They sat beside each other and bid the prices up on each other. I just shook my head. What a joke. Do gooders. Leave Leroy alone. Not too many people are going to bury old Betsy. You are just making the horse situation worse.

Shame on you. Think about it…. What a joke you are. I support horse slaughter and feel the peta people have a rude awakening coming in the near future. What happens to the horses now the they are not sold at Sugarcreek? Someone is going to fill this void and with no oversight? Or will people just leave them with in fields to fend for them selves to die of starvation like the 29 in Washington Pa, Which is the lesser of two evils?

I hope that when I am old and decrepid that there is somebody like Leroy that will put me out of business! Well Mr. MJ good for you, do you want a cookie for not eating beef?

Do you think everyone is like you? Do you morons not understand how many people that will effect? For one it is going to effect our farm because as I stated above we buy almost all our cattle from there?

You morons that think the USDA is god…. They haul the horses for them same as they did for Victoria. Also do you all know how She was able to afford all those horses?? I am not an activist or an advocate ,instead i am a college graduate holding two master degrees and the owner of one of the largest independent petroleum companies in our Nation. This is something that has to be done.

You all who disagree just view them as pets. Yes they are however what do you call the d 4h steer that a teen becomes attatched to then sells. Are you going to cut them down now. How is that any different. Its not. Congress will still have two year old western pleasure classes and cattle will still be branded.

Welcome to life glad you could make it. This country was built using horse powered equipment and for you to critisize their culture is wrong.

You have no common sense what so ever and live in a fantasy world. Are you saying my deer and bear hunting is wrong. Are you going to cut that down now. Leroy I strongly stand beside you. I have a horse who is approximately 6 years old. His name is Kenny and Pure Thoughts rescued him from a tortorous death at Mr.

Now, he is happy living in my backyard, contently grazing when I let him out. I also have a Standardbred named Renagade who was rescued by Pure Thoughts. The two fight alot but they are best buddies. If they were slaughtered, they would never would have met me, my old pony Blessing we sold her , or eachother. See what I mean? I am againts the idea of horse slaughter and you should be, too. I am thankful that Pure Thoughts rescues at laest some. I strongly support Brad, and the rest of the Pure Thoughts crew.

I know horses are considered as livestock, but the law clearly states that Americans should not butcher horses. The law states that horses cannot be slaughtered in the United States. They are being slaughtered outside of the U. What happens to the horses on the way to or from the auction cannot be blamed on him. For those of you on the horse slaughter kick, shutting down the facilities in this country was one of the worst things that could have been done to the equine industry… the plants here were monitored and much more humane than the plants elsewhere.

Are you a Vegetarian? Stop blashing Baker, what is the next auction barn you all are going to go after? You people against horses being sold at sugarcreek are stupid for thinking that there is a better life for some of them. I personally owned over horses in my lifetime and of those 3 of them had to be sold at sugarcreek because they were a danger to the public.

I have trained horses for 25 years and always had great sucess except when those horses are crazy. Would you prefer I just turn them loose to run in your fields? As far as what the amish do to their horses. Who are you to judge them anyway? Are you god? Which also means you should not judge Mr.

It states in the bible thou shall not judge! So therefore I am taking this into account and saying you are no god, nor do you have the right to judge. Horse meat is just the same in other cultures as beef, pork, and chicken is to ours!!!!! To all you people that think that slaughter is cruel it not it is not any different then pigs or cows. You all wonder why our econ is bad well look at all the slaugther houses you all have bitch about and all them jobs lost.

And not only that people worry more about animals then they do the human race when there are millions of childern starving in this country and all anybody can worry about is these poor animals. Well when it come to starving or eating your going to eat no matter what is so all you animal rights people are out of your minds.

So what it boils down to is people who can spend on horses and not take that money and feed some of the starving kids in the US or make new jobs for people then there morals are totally wrong they only out for one thing and that is fame for what they did.

I have owned and raised horses all my life. It is a sad truth but horse auctions do serve a purpose. Some do go to good homes, but I am sure a great many of them do end up going to slaughter. The horse market has had the bottom fall out of it.

I cannot even give away horses now. So what am I to do? There is a time and place when auction is appropriate and yes, slaughter too. We are pampered, spoiled people in the USA. Other countries do not have the stigma of consuming horse meat. Why is it not OK for them to have a final purpose rather than just digging a hole and wasting them.

I have delt with several horses that really were not fit to be people companions, these are large animals that can HURT or KILL you if their minds are not right. They are livestock, plain and simple, and there is a time and place for some to go to auction.

I am not saying there could not be improvement in the slaughter process, with ALL animals, not just horses. This would be more human than having to travel clear to mexico. I have invested thousands of dollars in horses, only to see the market get so bad that you get a bill for selling them. So I guess I can thank legislation and activists for making it impossible for me to find homes for my horses.

Slaughter horses set the BASE of the industry, without it, the rest of the industry crumbles. In a way, they have given me no choice BUT to send them to auction. What is the next step, no human consumption of Beef, Pork, lamb, goat, or poultry? Since when is their lives any less important? Shut up you cornheads. You are cold and heartless just like you other dubbed monkeys. I want horse slaughter to stop. The mares being ripped from their foals.

Loaded in the back of a truck. Broken hearts. No food. No water. The foals stay behind crying for their mothers. Wondering who is going to care for them, who will love them, how they will live. Their death at the human hands will soon come. They will be skinned for their hide or fattened for a tortorous death to come. You fat faces can go on YouTube and watch horse slaughter videos all day long. I hope you got my message.

Why are you friends with a slaughterhouse pest? I have heard many sad stories about horses that were slaughtered.