AR-News: (US CO) CSU horse auction controversy still in the saddle

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

By Carl McCutchen
March 02, 2004


Three months after Fox 31 in Denver aired a segment alleging CSU sold horses 
for meat in Europe, the controversy continues.
On Nov. 14, CSU held an auction for 81 horses that were no longer needed at 
the university, as per state law requirements. Approximately 300 people 
attended the auction, and all 81 horses were sold at an average of $600 each.
On Nov. 25, 11 days later, Fox 31's Tom Martino reported that some of the 
auction's horses had been sold indirectly to slaughterhouses, which then sent the 
meat to Europe.
CSU has faced the claim that slaughterhouse providers were buying the 
auction's horses.
Martino reported that "killers," a term described by him as "a slang given to 
buyers who turn around and sell horses directly to slaughterhouses in Texas," 
attended the auction and purchased 30 horses.
Will French, a freshman equine science major who attended the auction, said 
actual "killers" were not at the auction, but there were horse traders who 
purchase horses and sometimes resell them to slaughterhouses, as well as to dude 
ranches and other safe homes.





full story:

http://www.collegian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/03/02/404429d60b0a6 
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