Sunday, October 25, 2015

Corrupt Horse Deal by Matthew Homsher 9th



Summary: A livestock hauler, Tom Davis, bought nearly 1,800 horses from the Bureau of Land Management and transported them illegally to Mexico to be slaughtered. He bought each of the horses for $10 and made thousands of dollars in profits off of their slaughter. The BLM claimed that Davis promised not to kill the horses when they were sold. However, they never produced any solid evidence to support this claim for lack of documentation. Davis argued that they should have known he was going to slaughter them based on the size of his purchase. The BLM were convinced that he was buying the horses as part of a tax write-off for wealthy friends, and were justifiably upset after spending $140,000 to have the horses transported to Davis for the deal.  In the end, the BLM lost 122,000 dollars.

Synopsis: I could care less about the money. It just pains me to hear about animals being put to death for profit. I hope that Davis gets a large fine, at the very least, and maybe a long jail sentence. The BLM sold him the horses because they thought he would care for them, and the fact that he misused that trust against them is sad. The reason government organizations like the BLM exist is to maintain order and benefit the people. They even cut him a great financial deal, but he abused that privilege as well.

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