Become a Member ![\\"snopes](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\"/) Search My Profile Logout Submit a Rumor Latest Trending News & Politics Entertainment Fact Checks Quiz Sections Latest Trending Fact Checks News Collections More Contact Us Submit a Rumor Archives Quiz FactBot Newsletters About Us Categories News & Politics Entertainment Science & Technology Lifestyle Free accounts support our journalism Become a Member Login My Profile Logout ![\\"republican_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/republican_symbol.png\\"/) Snopes fact-checked the vice presidential debate live! Read more here ![\\"democrat_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/democrat_symbol.png\\"/) Fact Check # Do 52 Thoroughbred Horses Need New Homes Due to COVID-19? ## A plea that dozens of horses are destined for slaughter if adopters are not found for them soon is inaccurate and long out-of-date. ### David Mikkelson ### Published June 7, 2020 ![\\"](\\" Image courtesy of Olga_i / Shutterstock.com Claim: 52 thoroughbred horses whose owner died from COVID-19 are destined for slaughter if adopters are not found for them soon. Rating: False About this rating A plea for adopters to take in 52 thoroughbred horses destined for slaughter after the death of their owner due to the COVID-19 coronavirus disease, began circulating on Facebook in June 2020: ![\\"\\"](\\" Advertisement: This plea was in fact a variant of an item that had begun circulating over nine years earlier and had nothing to do with COVID-19. As we explain in our original article on this topic, the \"52 thoroughbred horses\" message originated in 2011, and although it had some truth to it back then, homes were quickly found for all of the displaced equines. The coronavirus-related variant reproduced above is both inaccurate and long out of date. ### By David Mikkelson David Mikkelson founded the site now known as snopes.com back in 1994. Recommendations Advertisement: ![\\"Snopes.com\\"](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\") Company About Us FAQs Contact Us Submit a Topic Navigate Home Search Archive Newsletters Random Sections Latest Top Fact Checks News Account Join Login Game FactBot Like Us on Facebook Follow Us on Twitter © 1995 - 2024 by Snopes Media Group Inc. This material may not be reproduced without permission. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com Terms of Use Privacy Policy DMCA Policy
52 thoroughbred horses whose owner died from COVID19 are destined for slaughter if adopters are not found for them soon