Horses' deaths outrageEquine community holds crash-site vigil
October 30, 2007
By DAN MORAN DMORAN@SCN1.COM
WADSWORTH -- On the northeast corner of Route 41 and Wadsworth Road on Monday afternoon there was still evidence of Saturday night's semi-trailer wreck, including dozens of discarded road-flare caps and clumps of white detergent that was used to soak up vehicle fluids.
But more tangible evidence was found in a roadside display set up by area horse enthusiasts, who expressed a mix of sadness and outrage about the deaths of 15 horses being shipped in equipment designed for small livestock.
"It was horrible," said Kristine Guthrie, a horse owner who lives just east of the site and headed out to the scene after hearing about the accident. "There were just horses everywhere ... The one filly they had to put down was right there on the median."
Guthrie and about a dozen other visitors to the site spread out tributes to the dead equines, including flowers, show ribbons and a cluster of carrots. They also processed their anger by sharing theories and information about what might have transpired on Saturday.
The leading theory, which apparently has been working its way through the Lake County horse-country community, was that the 59 horses were being shipped for slaughter, allegedly after being bred to produce pregnant mare urine (PMU) for use in human estrogen treatments.
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