Hawaii: abandoned horse issue.

The anti-slaughter crowd has the audacity to claim that these dozens, even hundreds of cases of abandoned horses are just "made up" to further the cause of reinstating slaughter. They claim their researchers have found every case to be unsubstantiated.

Expo will shed light on horse abuse [link]
Karin Stanton, AP | Aug 10, 2008

KAILUA, KONA, Hawai'i — The brown and white painter horse had been abandoned in a Hawi field for more than a year when the Humane Society got a call this summer. The horse had a weepy eye, but otherwise just seemed in need of some good care before he could be adopted... Organizers of the Hawai'i Horse Expo 2008 in Waimea hope to raise awareness about horses like Amigo, one of a growing number of horses that are being abandoned, abused, neglected and mistreated on the Big Island. Proceeds will establish an Equine Fund to care for abused and abandoned horses on the Big Island... Veterinarians diagnosed the 10-year-old with cancer, which started in his eye and spread throughout his head. He was euthanized on Wednesday. Jones said the cancer may not have spread as far and become terminal if Amigo had been properly cared for. [edited for brevity]

I'm pretty sure Amigo is pretty real to the people who cared for him in his final days.

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