Subject: [againstslaughter] Options for disposal and
cost where I live
In Columbia County, GA, you are allowed to bury horses on your
farm. Everyone here needs a deep well anyway, so there doesn't seem to be
any concern about ill effects on the water source. And the county landfill
will take them if you phone ahead so they can prepare a spot; charge is $10.
I have not used the landfill, but I called to check just in case I ever needed
an option.
I was trying to remember the exact amount, but I know it was not over $50 for my
vet to put a mare with a broken leg to sleep, and I could see she felt no pain
after the first shot, before he gave her the drug that actually stopped her
heart. There was no spasm, just slower and slower breathing until she finally
stopped breathing altogether. My vet stayed for a while, and checked her
more than once to make sure she was gone. He is a very kind man. I chose
to bury her on my farm, cost was $125 for a backhoe. I believe she
deserved that bit of dignity, and there is no way I would have tried to make her
travel to the landfill or anywhere else on that broken leg.
But for anyone in this area that would decide to use the landfill, and met the
vet there to put the horse down, it would cost about $60 total. It costs
me more than that to get a horse shod.
Marty in GA
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 17:05:51 -0000
From: "Tom Durfee" <laughinghorse@pmtnet.net<about:blank>>
Subject: Re: Horse slaughter prohibition bill aims for heart
In Pittsylvania County, Virginia it costs $80 to take a horse to the
landfill. If you want, the vet will meet you there and euthanize the
horse on site.
Sandy Level Soldiers,
Tom and Julia Durfee
--- In againstslaughter@yahoogroups.com<about:blank>,
"Duane L. Burright, Jr."
<duane_burright@y<about:blank>...>
wrote:
> In addition to the rendering plant option many landfills accept
> horses. We cannot bury on our property, but the local landfill
does
> accept horses. Our vet has met us there a few times over the years.
>
> Duane in California
>
> --- In againstslaughter@yahoogroups.com<about:blank>,
"Janine Starykowicz"
> <jrstark@b<about:blank>...>
wrote:
> > Yes, renderers take euthanized horses. They do not however,
> euthanize
> > horses themselves. If you can't bury a horse on your property,
most
> > people call a renderer and pay them to come pick up the body.
> >
> > Janine
Martha Hahn
Magic Hollow Farms
Appling, GA
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing."