09/10/2026
BIG Changes coming….
What caused the upcoming changes? On Wednesday, September 2, 2026 a truck carrying 25 horses was pulled over after several organizations collaborated with the NY State Police after investigating kill buyer, Rotz Livestock, of Pennsylvania. They found that the shipment was in violation of a law passed in 2023 banning the transport of horses to be slaughtered for human or animal consumption. The driver was arrested and the horses were seized. (Full article link in comments).
Every Monday many horses are purchased by the kill buyer to ship to the only remaining plant in Canadian, Richelieu. Because the Mexico border is closed this is the ONLY plant currently processing US horses. Each week Pipeline Pulls is boots on the ground winning bids and pulling auction/slaughterbound horse’s.
This past Monday the auction jokingly announced over the speaker “is there any drivers that could take a load to Canada, preferably with a straight load.”
The kill buyer said “They did me a favor”. “As for catching the next load heading to the plant they won’t be going through NY or MI.” The Boss has other plans that doesn’t include trucking.
For decades the kill buyers have purchased horses then sold them to the plant based on their weight, transported the horses to the plant and were then paid. However, knowing that this would be the first of many such stops many changes have been put in place.
What does this mean? Well for starters one big thing is that the plant isn’t going to sell to anyone. They don’t care if you want to rescue a horse.
We will continue doing what we have always done attend the sale and win bids, pulling auction/slaughter bound horses out of the pipeline.
Pipeline Pulls
Bernville, PA 19506
