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04. July 2017

Uruguay | Lavalleja | Estancia „Don Alcides“ | Blood farms for hormone production

[Translate to English:] Perdigóns Stuten in der Eukalyptusplantage auf dem Landgut „Don Alcides“.

In the evening, we meet with Alberto Jerez (name changed), an employee of the Spanish timber company Los Eucaliptus SA that leases land to Fernando Perdigón. Alberto is responsible of the eucalyptus plantations at the estancia “Don Alcides”. He explains that the mares were brought there mid-July of this year. It attracted his attention that they…

04. July 2017

Uruguay | Lavalleja | Estancia „Don Alcides“ | Blood farms for hormone production

Perdigóns Stuten in der Eukalyptusplantage auf dem Landgut „Don Alcides“.

In the evening, we meet with Alberto Jerez (name changed), an employee of the Spanish timber company Los Eucaliptus SA that leases land to Fernando Perdigón. Alberto is responsible of the eucalyptus plantations at the estancia “Don Alcides”. He explains that the mares were brought there mid-July of this year. It attracted his attention that they…

04. July 2017

Uruguay | Lavalleja | Estancia „Don Alcides“ | Blood farms for hormone production

[Translate to English:] Perdigóns Stuten in der Eukalyptusplantage auf dem Landgut „Don Alcides“.

In the evening, we meet with Alberto Jerez (name changed), an employee of the Spanish timber company Los Eucaliptus SA that leases land to Fernando Perdigón. Alberto is responsible of the eucalyptus plantations at the estancia “Don Alcides”. He explains that the mares were brought there mid-July of this year. It attracted his attention that they…

04. July 2017

Uruguay | Lavalleja | Estancia „Don Alcides“ | Blood farms for hormone production

[Translate to English:] Die in der Eukalyptusplantage gehaltenen Stuten Perdigóns sind sich selbst überlassen.

In the afternoon, we return to the estancia “Don Alcides” where Perdigón keeps some of his mares in large eucalyptus plantations. A pick-up truck with horse trailer is parked on the road near the farmhouse. We start a conversation with the man who is standing by the trailer and find out that he is not involved in the blood business. He is here with…

04. July 2017

Uruguay | Lavalleja | Estancia „Don Alcides“ | Blood farms for hormone production

Die in der Eukalyptusplantage gehaltenen Stuten Perdigóns sind sich selbst überlassen.

In the afternoon, we return to the estancia “Don Alcides” where Perdigón keeps some of his mares in large eucalyptus plantations. A pick-up truck with horse trailer is parked on the road near the farmhouse. We start a conversation with the man who is standing by the trailer and find out that he is not involved in the blood business. He is here with…

04. July 2017

Uruguay | Lavalleja | Estancia „Don Alcides“ | Blood farms for hormone production

[Translate to English:] Die in der Eukalyptusplantage gehaltenen Stuten Perdigóns sind sich selbst überlassen.

In the afternoon, we return to the estancia “Don Alcides” where Perdigón keeps some of his mares in large eucalyptus plantations. A pick-up truck with horse trailer is parked on the road near the farmhouse. We start a conversation with the man who is standing by the trailer and find out that he is not involved in the blood business. He is here with…

04. July 2017

Uruguay | Maldonado | Estancia „Las Marquesas“ | Blood farms for hormone production

[Translate to English:] Eine dünne Stute, die trächtig zu sein scheint.

We return to the blood farm of Fernando Perdigón in the hinterland of Maldonado. On the way there, we see groups of horses grazing on forest clearings. Among the mares, there are also a few stallions. Spring is the time of the year when the mares are covered. The new extraction season is about to start and some mares already look pregnant. We note…

04. July 2017

Uruguay | Maldonado | Estancia „Las Marquesas“ | Blood farms for hormone production

Eine dünne Stute, die trächtig zu sein scheint.

We return to the blood farm of Fernando Perdigón in the hinterland of Maldonado. On the way there, we see groups of horses grazing on forest clearings. Among the mares, there are also a few stallions. Spring is the time of the year when the mares are covered. The new extraction season is about to start and some mares already look pregnant. We note…

04. July 2017

Uruguay | Maldonado | Estancia „Las Marquesas“ | Blood farms for hormone production

[Translate to English:] Eine dünne Stute, die trächtig zu sein scheint.

We return to the blood farm of Fernando Perdigón in the hinterland of Maldonado. On the way there, we see groups of horses grazing on forest clearings. Among the mares, there are also a few stallions. Spring is the time of the year when the mares are covered. The new extraction season is about to start and some mares already look pregnant. We note…