My precious Cass came from a defunct PMU farm in Canada. I cannot say for sure she was actually used in the pee barns but I do know she was used as a baby machine. Her body cannot hide the long-term effects of assembly line births. I do my best to make up for it. She is one of the lucky ones, she got out alive. Her unborn (at the time) foal is one of the lucky ones, she is alive and well and about to turn 6! Her herd stallion, Marvin, is one of the lucky ones as we liberated him a year after her. The bottom line is, not only is this bad for the horses it’s unsafe for women.
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THE HORSES
Premarin mares are large bred horses such as Belgian—Quarter Horses crosses, prized for their large bladders.
For most of their 11-month pregnancies, these horses are confined to stalls so small that they cannot turn around or take more than one step in any direction.
The mares must wear rubber urine-collection bags at all times which causes chafing and lesions.
The mares are taken off the pee line a couple of months before they foal.
Once the foals are born, the mares are re-impregnated; this cycle continues for about 12 years.
Sadly, the foals born to these mares are usually worth less than the urine their mothers produce. To the PMU farmers, they are worth more dead than alive.
Just as the male calves born to dairy cows are considered to be a byproduct of the dairy industry, the foals of…
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