B.S. that there are enough people to “adopt” all the horses that go to slaughter. Keeping a horse is a lot more expensive than a dog or a cat, and you have to have acreage or the ability to pay board for the horse. (1) The economy has not recovered much in the past decade, so there are fewer people who can afford to maintain a horse purchase price is usually the least of the costs); (2) There are a good many horses that, frankly, should go to slaughter (dangerous temperament, health issues that require way-high vet expenses to maintain, etc.); (3) Horses are NOT pets in the same category as dogs or cats, but instead are considered livestock, as they should be. I’d sure like to see *reliable* statistics on horses that go through auctions, as to suitability as a riding mount (or even safe to be around), eventual outcomes of horses that are bought from kill buyers by “rescuers”, and the original source of horses and why they went to auction in the first place (usually economic reasons).