Sorry to hear that. But all living things have an expiration date and we can't avoid it.
Out of curiosity, how do you dispose of a dead horse in your state? It's a problem here since the nearest rendering plant is 150 miles away. If you have a way to move it, Idaho allows dead livestock to be dumped on state land as long as it's not in an obnoxious place. We used to raise a few goats and I've dumped a few that way. We have patches of state land scattered around the desert. You just need a GPS to make sure you're on state land, not federal. Moving a dead horse is a whole different thing than moving a dead goat, though.
For me is wasn't a problem because I have heavy equipment and enough property to put him in the ground. We don't have rendering plants in the state that I am aware of. The state does allow the burial of livestock as long as its not in a 100 year flood plain, high water table area or with in 100 feet of a well for obvious reasons.
