Ford bought 52 wild horses to save them and sent them to a preserve in South Dakota. I saw a story this morning on the news. Also, some random girl and her mom bought a pregnant horse to save it. We all have our 'pet' projects.
Exactly. What folks find is that it's expensive, and you can't just dump the cost on "others." It's expensive to feed a horse, and expensive to euthanise it and render the carcass when it gets too old. Slaughter for food is reasonably humane and makes a profit for the owner.
My family bought a sheep on mother's day to eat it. We all have our reasons for owning animals.