A love letter is a way to express feelings of love in written form.
I’d like to kick off a project that will need the help of the horse community. The next time you’re at an auction, please snap a picture of the love notes sent along with the horses.
What is a love note? A love note at an auction is the note that the previous owner has sent along with their horse. Most owners do not accompany their horses to auction. So a note is all that they have to tell potential buyers about the horse, its breeding, training, personality and health. The hope is that a new home purchases them for top dollar. The hope is that the note will keep them out of the slaughter house.
Not to worry, I’ll remove any personal information from the notes. I’d like to share what is said in these notes, the commonalities between them and what people hope will sell their horses at auction.
If you know if the horse ended up being purchased by a home, dealer or a meat buyer, that would be handy to know. Although it is not a requirement. My first priority is to the letters.
Please email them to: LoveLetterProject@gmail.com
If you could please share this widely, I’d like as many “love notes” as possible, it would be greatly appreciated.
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Sorry, I have no idea what a love note from an auction is??
she just explained it. It’s telling you about the Horse!!! and hoping it gets a good home because of it and doesn’t go to Slaughter because nothing is known about the Horse!!! Make Sense now ??
Hi Elaine,
I’m sorry I wasn’t more clear. I have added the following paragraph:
“What is a love note? A love note at an auction is the note that the previous owner has sent along with their horse. Most owners do not accompany their horses to auction. So a note is all that they have to tell potential buyers about the horse, its breeding, training, personality and health. The hope is that a new home purchases them for top dollar. The hope is that the note will keep them out of the slaughter house.”
I hope that helps!
tHANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
i AM ONE OF THOSE WHO WENT THRU THAT
AS A WAS 16 YEARS OLD, MY STEP MOTHER NO LONGER WANTED US
SO I BECAME HOMELESS, AND MY BELOVED LADY WENT TO AUCTION
I WISHED I HAD A CHANCE TO SAVE HER BUT I COULD NOT EVEN SAVE MYSELF
I KNOW SHE WENT TO SLAUGHTER FOR I WAS TOLD MY CHAMPION TWH WENT 275. 00 DOLLARS. MY HEART IS STILL BROKEN . SHE WAS MY EVERYTHING . PLEASE KEEP UP WHAT YOU ARE DOING . FOR EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW WHAT THE AUCTION IS.
HEAVEN AND HELL IN ONE BUILDING.
FOREVER BROKEN
YOUR FRIEND
That is such a sad story. I am so sorry you and your horse had to suffer like this. You use that sadness to work towards a better world for our horses and for children that are not wanted. Only someone like you can understand this kind of suffering.
I have seen these love notes too. However, the EquineRescueNetwork is implementing a Registry & Recovery program that scans horses at risk (Auctions and Killpens). If a horse is found with a chip, we contact ALL previous owners from our database and let them know their horse is at risk. If at auction, ERN will actually bid on the horse to raise the price above meat price ($325) to make sure horses in our database don’t get purchased by killbuyers. If the horse is owned by a killbuyer in a killpen, we offer a $500 reward for any horse that is matched to our database. This is $200 more than the killbuyer can get shipping a horse to Mexico/Canada.
That’s a good approach Janine. I’m not sure why you said “however”, since it’s not related to this post, but I hope your program is effective for you.
Great Idea and calling it a Love Note is Awesome”))