Uruguay | San Antonio | Horse Auction | Horsemeat Import
Weak and extremely emaciated gelding.
Exhausted, thin horse lying on the ground.
Horse holding up his hind leg in pain.
Most horses are loaded on the day after the auction.
Horses of different sizes transported in the same compartment.
Weak and extremely emaciated gelding.
Exhausted, thin horse lying on the ground.
Horse holding up his hind leg in pain.
Most horses are loaded on the day after the auction.
Horses of different sizes transported in the same compartment.
Weak and extremely emaciated gelding.
Exhausted, thin horse lying on the ground.
Horse holding up his hind leg in pain.
Most horses are loaded on the day after the auction.
Horses of different sizes transported in the same compartment.
We return to the auction site on the day after the sale at 6:40. Most horses are still in
the holding pens, a few are on the pastures. At 7:20, the first transporter backs up to
the loading ramp and immediately starts loading horses. Dogs are seen chasingthem down the raceway from the pens to the loading ramp. The auction employees use long sticks with white flags to guide but also to hit the horses. We note that at least 10 foals are loaded together with the adult animals, which would be prohibited in the EU. 43 horses are loaded onto the truck.
On a pasture next to the auction building, we notice the extremely emaciated chestnut gelding that we saw the day before going through the auction ring. He is weak and moves very slowly. We also note a thin black horse that is lying down and resting his head on the ground. The horses are completely exhausted from the stress of the sale. A brown horse holds up his left hind leg and appears to be in pain. Several transporters, small and large ones, arrive at the auction site and pick up horses. At 10:20, the truck of Richard Prego, one of the main suppliers of Clay, backs up to the loading ramp. Again, dogs and long sticks are used to load the horses.
Loud barking can be heard. The trap-doors of the truck are very low and the horses have to lower their head to walk through. We see that a trap-door is lowered onto ahorse’s back when being closed.
