Language that ended domestic horse slaughter and processing in the United States has been stripped from the Ag Appropriations bill approved by the House/Senate Conference committee. Dave Duquette, President of the United Horsemen’s group, calls that a huge victory.
“The Moran amendment that was on the House bill that was still – that left the riders on the bill — the House version, was stripped off in conference (committee). And, the language has already come out – and – there’s no riders prohibiting the inspection of horse meat,” says Duquette.
The Senate bill did not contain those riders. As soon as the bill would pass and be signed by the President, which Duquette expects will happen, he says the market for horses in the U.S. can resume, “What it means is we’re going to be – we could – soon, I mean, somebody will be able to process horses right away.”
Duquette says he’s been told by many people that horse slaughter would never return to this country, “Many people that didn’t believe that horse processing would ever come back to the United States are gonna have to step back and take a look.”
Duquette tells Brownfield he’s been getting calls, texts and emails, thanking his not-for-profit group for getting through to Congress. “You know, I mean, we’ve all done it for the love of the horse, not for the money, which the other side would tell you it’s all about money,” Duquette adds, “It’s not about money for us.”
The United Horsemen and others blame the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and other animal rights groups for getting Congress to approve those riders in 2007, effectively ending horse slaughter in the U.S. – which they say has led to LESS humane treatment of horses through increased abandonment and neglect. A vote on the ag appropriations bill is expected this week.
At the time of this posting, Brownfield had not heard back from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).
AUDIO: Dave Duquette (3:00 mp3)
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Try feeding horse meat to school children and watch how many of us parents pull our children from public schools! Feed it to the felons… No one cares if they die from the toxins! Try to put it in our grocery stores and you’ll have a tiger by the tail! Sick, twisted, and morally reprehensible!!! Don’t break your arms patting your sick selves on the back… It’ll take all the fun out of it for you bunch of (____)!
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Read this if you think horse slaughter will bring wealth tp the communities it is practiced in.
Right on Suzanne!!!! I am with you.
Paula Bacon, former Mayor of Kaufman, Texas response to “Slaughter of Horses Goes On, Just Not in U.S.”article written in the New York Times
My city was a doormat for horse slaughter with one of the last 3 horse slaughter plants operating in the US. They barraged us with 3 big problems– big environmental problems, stigmatizing the community and economic development–And the plant was a fiscal black hole, locally and beyond. As the mayor in 1986 said, “Quite frankly, we don’t want you here…. You’ve never made a dime for this city and you never will.” But thanks to their ability to outspend the city in order to continue operating no matter what, it took over 20 years to finally see them gone.
A horse slaughter plant is unlike a cattle slaughter plant since horses have much, much more blood than cattle, and that blood cannot be hauled off to be used in fertilizer because of drug residues, The burden on infrastructure by a horse slaughter plant is extreme. Environmental problems are easily quantified – the plant was in constant violation of laws and a taxpayer-funded mandatory $6 million dollar upgrade imminent. Not just with my city but the other places with horse slaughter plants also had a long history of big federal, state and local environmental violations, not paying their fines, etc.
BTW, horses in the U.S. commonly receive medications that are not intended for food animals and are known to cause blood disorders and cancer (even including horse aspirin called ‘bute’ [phenylbutazone] and several other regularly administered medications). Apparently the meat is not a good food choice and neither is it good for making fertilizer.
Also unlike a cattle slaughter operation, a horse slaughter plant creates a hugely negative stigma—understandable since 75% of Americans do not support horse slaughter in this country. Developers declined further interest in this community after asking, “What are all those horse doing there?” and looked very surprised when told. “Not a good fit,” was generally the reason given for their lost interest.
Fiscally, the plant never made the city a dime–WE paid. No sales tax, tiny property tax, Poor paying dangerous jobs, straining our hospital, housing stock and schools. And when their tax records were brought to light, they had paid a mere $5 in federal taxes on sales of $12,000,000. Tax returns for the previous five years showed their tax rate was 3/10 of 1%, which is like you or I paying $300 tax on an income of $100,000. The forensic accountant hired by the city said they sell to themselves overseas at a loss so that their profits only surface overseas.
There are many other serious negative aspects to horse slaughter, like the inquiries from distraught horse owners about stolen horses or family pets bought at auction by the self named ‘kill buyers.’ And then there is the USDA document covering 11 months of 2005 and containing a staggering 906 pages of graphic photos that show what was happening to the horses at the plant in my city and in Fort Worth. Behind the privacy fences were unthinkable, grim violations of federal and state regulations, from mares birthing foals to horses with eyes dangling from their sockets and legs ripped from their bodies.
It’s only Half Done—a GAO report says either make it legal or finish the job and make it illegal so the cruelty, irresponsible ownership and overbreeding are not supported by the safety net of horse slaughter on US soil or elsewhere. We need to pass the federal ban and be done with this ridiculously abusive and Un-American practice.
I don’t think the issue is what to do with our old unwanted horses and that is what people are not recognizing. Even if I think it is a good thing to bring back horse slaughter in the US so the horses don’t have to travel to Mexico or Canada, this doesn’t answer the number one question. Which horses are we going to slaughter in the US? There are already great concerns and new laws being pushed by the EU because they do NOT want our horses. So unless we are going to start breeding horses for meat here in the US, which horses will go to slaughter and who is going to eat them? Even IF I loved to eat horses, I would want to eat a horse that was bred for human consumption, not a horses that was bred in the US for sports etc and has been given wormers, lasix, bute, fly sprays etc. Who is going to eat those horses? Cattle are killed generally before the age of 2 and there is a reason for that. Most people in the United States eat beef.
I am friends with people in Belguim and the Netherlands where not too long ago they started riots when it was found that horse meat was filled with drugs that they were told was not there. People were in grocery stores throwing anything with horse meat in it on the floor. The horses that they breed are not the problem.. the problem is our old drugged horses entering into their food supply.
Then we enter the argument of what is humane.. Slaughter is NOT humane for horses
“In its 2000 report on methods of Euthanasia, the American Veterinary Medical Association stated that the captive bolt gun should not be used on equines unless head restraint could be assured. This is because of the relatively narrow forehead of equines, their head shyness and the fact that the brain is set back further than in cattle for which the gun is intended. It is difficult for an operator to assure proper placement of the gun.”No slaughter house ever found a practical way to restrain the heads of the horses, so by the AVMA’s very definition, the process was not acceptable. The result was a very large number of ineffective stuns. These misplaced blows undoubtedly caused severe pain until a stunning or fatal blow was delivered. ”
Many horses are slaughtered while still conscious due to these problems. Slaughter is NOT humane euthanasia.
“The captive bolt is not a proper instrument for the slaughter of equids, these animals regain consciousness 30 seconds after being struck, they are fully aware they are being vivisected.”Dr. Lester Friedlander, DVM & former Chief USDA Inspector
In Mexico they are sometimes stabbed repeatedly in the neck many times with a Puntilla knife until paralyzed. In Canada they are many times shot with a 22 and this has proven to be non-effective and the horses are seen trying to stand after being shot.
“Most people do not know the torture inflicted upon these intelligent horses. It is the ultimate betrayal to those which so trust and love us.
Not nice admin. If you are going to open the subject, you should allow both sides to voice their opinions and that includes allowing links included in posts for people to see for themselves. You can’t be biased when you open a can of worms to public comment.
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CHRISTINE!!! YOU ARE SO WRONGLY INFORMED!
Take your brain out of someone else’s pocket and RESEARCH this issue FOR YOURSELF!!!
EUTHANIZED equines CAN NOT BE SLAUGHTERED!!!
If you believe that they are going to kill horses in a “humane” way you are very, very wrong!
Ask them to show you the model for “humane” commercial horse slaughter and you will be ignored. The blanket statements the pro-COMMERCIAL slaughter people make are completely unverifiable and unjustified.
They use alarmist tactics to sway uninformed and misinformed people in the general population.
Educate YOURSELF!
The only way of killing a horse for harvest of flesh is with a very big, very sharp knife to the throat—which they cannot use inside a commercial equine slaughter facility because of the risk of harm to human handlers—or—a shot to the head. You know NOTHING about euthanasia to make the statement you did, Christine. Euthanasia is an intravenous shot administered, full of chemicals that stops the beating heart of the animal and it cannot be administered to animals being harvested for meat. In fact, they cannot give them anything to calm them even because it is dangerous for human consumption. The way they “calm” the horses is by restricting their access to food and water completely, making them weak.
Chrisitine!!! You seem like one of those people who got caught in the United Horsemen’s net and maybe paid them some money to be given their “talking points” they promote to people who have not done their own research and formed their own opinion… on their own.
Believe me, I’m telling the God’s honest truth when I tell you that I almost got caught up in their little web myself! When I began researching this issue over a year ago they almost had me believing their LIES until I dug a little deeper and EVERYTHING they say is unsupported and falls apart upon challenge with factual data. Even Dr. Grandin is distancing herself from this small group of people who want to make LOTS AND LOTS of money in a less populated state from the massive suffering of equines—AND FEED BAD MEAT TO PEOPLE! The meat IS POISONED by extremely high levels of adrenaline and cortisol!!!
Learn the FACTS for yourself: Google “Commercial Horse Slaughter.”
I agree with rita
ru serious! Im crying. THis is retarded
This just breaks my heart that once again, horse slaughter , and processing is likely going to be allowed. I shudder at the thought of those poor, trusting animals trying to get up after being cruelly stabbed, and shot, and such. I just think it is so morally wrong. This has to stop.
For those of you who are understandibly opposed to re-opening the horse slaughter industry. What is your solution to the increase in neglected and abused horses? What is your solution for the horses that no one can care for?? Also since our economy has declined, what is your solution for horse owners who due to job loss, or layoffs, can not afford to take care of their horses, yet they have a very hard time even giving good broke horses away???
Oh yes, and “horsemilk“ is a new product that will be served up, creating a whole new channel for horse slaughter – FOALS. Don`t kid yourself, this is not and has never been “about the horse.“ It`s about money and abuse of power..
I don’t like the whole killing horses for food thing…how about start at the ROOT of the issue.
Backyard breeders! They breed for the stupidest reasons, cos foals are soooo cute. Most stallions should be gelded. Breeding farms should be limited to how many they can breed every year. And especially those racing farms…way too many babies born when just one might make it…Im sure too often the money losers end up dead or if lucky, a new home. Premarin should be illegal as all those foals born (unless lucky to be homed) all end up dead.
I dunno..it’s such a screwed up issue, it’s insane. I love horses, they’re up on a pedestal to me, we’ve built this country on the back of a horse, personally we should respect and treat them much better than we do. Breeding just needs to be limited and highly regulated.
And yeah, they’re not fit for people to eat…all those drugs. blah……
I have horses and they are in their forever home. They do not need to worrry about being slaughtered. However, the reality is thousands upon thousands of horses are sent every week to be slaughtered in Mexico and Canada. Many more are starved to death. I am constantly begged to help find horses homes from owners who can no longer feed them. Right now, I need folks to step up to the plate and agree to adopt one or more of the little over three thousand horses that I am trying to find homes for. All of you anti-slaughter people please let me know how many horses you are willing to adopt in the next couple of weeks. I would love to see all of them placed in forever homes. There are horses of all shapes, colors, breed, sizes, some can be rode and some can’t. Please let me know how many each of you are willing to take. There are horses in each state needing a good home.
Slaughtering is never Humane, especially if it is for an animal that was born to be a pet as horses are in this country. Anywhere there are slaughter houses whether in this country or others, there is sure to be cruelty & inhumane treatment happening. Anything that is going to be killed for profit is subseptible to abuse !!!
I don’t think most of the people in this country want horses to be bred for meat nor the ones born as pets ending up slaughtered whether it is legal or not, it is WRONG! Not to mention they are exposed to chemicals in medications they may have received that is dangerous for consumption.
Horses historically were once our partner & main source of transportation in life, without them helping us we would not had been able to develop into the modern times that we live today .. They don’t deserve such treatment as in being slaughtered…They deserve to be honored for their part in our history of this country, not for meat, but as a companion!
Just because their are too many dogs & cats in this country that people neglect & abandon, does that mean we should slaughter them too? No, it’s not humane euthanasia & not appropriate, nor is it our culture to kill these animals for meat & profit…same goes for horses!!! Just sayin’ Makes me sick to think of this country legalizing horse slaughter… it would not be a solution, but only a worsening problem!!!
Please, I am still waiting for people to step forward and let me know how many horses each of the anti-slaughter folks can adopt. We can start placing horses with you within a week.
Let me give you some facts. I live one hour south of of Fort MacLeod which is the Alberta Canada slaughter plant. Due to the non med requirements of the E.U. horses are kept in feed pastures (up to 160 acres) and are very well fed. Before you scream inhumane, this is NO different than any riding stable. Horses stand around and are fed. They are given hay, and only grained when they move into the final stage. Again. there is no more stress than a boarding stable.
Horse slaughter is AN OPTION. Where I live, it costs $200 for a vet visit, $135 for the euthanization AND $195 for the rendering truck. This is money an owner without money can not afford and non of the anti slaughter seem to be able to come up with the money to help out.
Horses arrive into Canada on two certificates. One, a trailer load of horses and they MUST be killed in 96 hours and the rest on individual health certificates meaning they can be kept, feed and SOLD or slaughtered. The plant is very good about trying to help save mares, foals etc. IF they are on this type of certificate. It is the same certificate ALL horses need to travel to shows or for breeding.
There are feed farms in Montana and probably 30 in Texas. I would NOT want a horse to go to the U.S. Canada has strict guidelines and the kill floor is monitored not only by video but also inspectors from the SPCA . They no longer allow PETA as their reps through fire crackers at the horses in the chutes resulting in major injuries and breaks. They were filming and were going to say this was caused by staff of the plant.
The horses are killed in the same manner that cattle are. a DEAD BOLT to the brain. They are hit from both sides. They do NOT slice the throat while the horse is brain alive. That is a scare tactic put out by HSUS and its representatives.
The American Vet association members who stated the dead bolt did not work was primarily composed of the HSUS rep vets (those whose education has been paid for or grants given by HSUS in exchange for total obedience. This is the same group that refuse to euthanize a healthy horse.
The problem was chute design. In the past, (about 30 years ago) horses were killed at cattle facilities. That has not occured for a long time.
The horse does NOT gain ANY conscious state 30 seconds after a dead bolt to the brain.
I would like to add that the meat is NOT poisoned. AND with the new guidelines there will be a no med guaranty of SIX months. Adrenaline does NOT poison the meat. Horseback America is the usual plant from HSUS that start with..I was in favor of slaughter until I did my homework…THAT is the directive way that the HSUS asked their reps to put forth at the Baltimore Conference.
They do NOT restrict feed or water to make the horses weak. That would be counter productive. This is a person steating they know facts when in fact, what they are saying is nonsense. I am part of the watch dog group for the slaugher and I watch one day per month. I bet posters on this forum have not and if they claim they have I want proof.
Horses in Canada are NEVER shot with a 22 gun. There is a shotgun on the premises should it be required by it has not been used.
Dr. Grandin has NOT distanced herself.
This is an emoional issue and sadly, those who are against slaughter can not find an alternative. They would rather state breedrs need to stop producing and that will cure it (even if no horses were bred the market would still have over 1 MILLION) The anti-slaughter group quickly state SOMEONE MUST DO SO”METHING…but they have NO realistic suggestions other than to state no one should be allowed to own horses. I have worked in rescue for THIRTY YEARS. DEFHR and restitution based rescues are corrupt due to the amounts they charge for “boarding” the horses while they claim to find homes…they only do so when they seize horses from individuals with a home, a childs University Fujnd/././. Anything of value they can seize or lay claim to.
I would like those opposed to state here, on this forum, the IMMEDIATE SOLUTION…hay shortages, water shortages, and cold weather…take that into account…SHOW ME A SOLUTION
Thank God! It is terrible what the so called animal lovers have put our horses through!!! This has caused good people to starve their animals who would never have done that! The slaughter houses are a neseccary evil! I have been to horses rescues and have witnessed the cruelty that they have inflicted on animals…they cant take any more in, they are all at capacity and i have seen some horses at these rescues that needed to be put down! Quntity over quality of life is bull! People cant afford them and also cant give them away so because of all the bleeding hearts out there they arew starving!! I have horses and love them but they will get a bullet before I let them go to a rescue or starve!
I have read both sides of this issue, and I have seen the videos secretly obtained from slaughterhouses and posted for anyone to look at. There is no humane way to euthanize a horse. We give our horses ivermectin each month for worming, and I am not sure about bute, but I would bet that my horses former owners may have given him some at some point. Horses need medications for many reasons, and these medications make the horse unfit for human consumption. I also saw someone’s post on reading Leviticus, Chapter 11, and I have just realized that we are not supposed to eat pig’s either. As much as I love bacon and sausage, I don’t eat any other type of pork, and will now stop eating that also. Back to the horses. This is all about the money and don’t let anyone fool you. For those of you who think that slaughter is a good idea, get on you tube and watch some of the videos. I know firsthand that horses smell fear, and just like in humans, this increases adrenalin and cortisol in the horse before it is killed, or while it is being skinned, yet not dead. These houses can’t possibly be monitored the way they should be. Did you all miss the McDonalds issue where they had a video of the chicken house and the chicken was being swung around by it’s legs just to torture it. They thought it was funny. I don’t know yet, but I bet when McDonalds dropped them like a hotcake, they will now be out of business. It takes a very sick individual to work in these plants. Look at some of the downed cow videos out there. We have some of the sickest people in the world in this country, so hey, let’s open up some more venues so the sicko’s can have their fun torturing an innocent animal. My thought on this is, I bet 99% of Americans do not believe in eating horse meat. We don’t eat horse meat in the US. So, for the one that posted that he does eat horse meat, I suggest you all pack up your bags and move back to your country to do so. We also don’t eat cats and dogs, so those of you who do can also leave. Does this sound cruel? Perhaps, but our country was founded on certain things, and one of those was Christianity despite what the idiot leading our country says. Wake up people. We will be no better than Mexico, Iraq, Iran, China, and so many other countries that eat domesticated animals. I for one support my horse rescue friends 100% and will continue to help them monetarily as long as I can. I also work for a non profit greyhound rescue as VP. We have got to become a more humane society, but sadly, we have women killing their own babies so they can get their beauty sleep, so I think it may be too late to even save the US. This makes me feel sick thinking about it. This is not the country I grew up in and I am only 50. Please sign each and every petition you can find on this issue and sign it. Contact your congressmen and senators. Flood their inboxes, but also fax them. The numbers are easily obtained. I would love each of them to get in their offices after Thanksgiving and find thousands of pages of faxes from the outraged people of America.
Debbie Wooten I totally agree… Those of you who claim slaughter in the US would be humane are seeing through a blind eye… Just look at the evidence captured on YouTube videos of how animals are most often treated in slaughter houses and one can only imagine the stuff that never gets caught on tape. It will be no better for horses slaughtered in the future than the cruelty that most often happens to animals in the meat industry. Get real people, anything that is going to be killed for profit is susceptible to abuse, because the majority of people in that industry most often see animals as just meat & money, but not as the living beings they really are that have feelings !!! If horses had a say so they would not want to die for profit as meat (would you prefer to die like that?), and also the percentage of people in the US would be against consuming horse meat.
Those of you who think the dead bolt gun they would use on slaughter horses is humane are most certainly wrong. Horses are forced into a shafts extremely scared & panicking when there number one instinct is to be head shy trying to protect their selves, which often results in the bolt missing the mark because the horse moves when it is being shot , therefore it remains alive to suffer further to a gruesome death…
Those of you that don’t believe in horse rescues are completely ignorant… There are plenty of people who rescue horses including me that give horses quality of life as they deserve, so to say you would rather slaughter a horse or shoot them in the head before surrendering them to a rescue is ignorant. There may be a few rescues out there that are hoarders more than caregivers, but that is a minimal few.
Those of you who claim horse slaughter would be the solution to the over population is an ignorant notion… Horses will continue to be bred irresponsibly by people, neglected by irresonsible owners, & people will continue to buy horses irresponsibly without the knowledge or means to care for them… Animals will always suffer in the hands of humans like this & legalizing slaughter will not fix the problem, but open the door for people to breed horses for meat! Legalizing slaughter of horses is no solution to the current neglect of horses out there, but only a problem that will increase horses being abused onto their untimely death…
There are better things to do to manage the horse industry & population than slaughtering these wonderful creatures, like laws to restrict breeding, requiring breeding licenses, and the government creating regulations to provide low cost castration, euthanasia, & disposal when necessary.
Just because horses are currently being shipped to other countries to slaughter & suffer the journey, does not make it right to make it legal in the US just so they don’t have to go as far & suffer the same fate !! This is a ridiculous notion & it will only be a cause of increased suffering of horses in the future !!!
Until the law is laid down with breeding restrictions & regulations for steriling animals nothing will change for the better. If slaughter is legal for profit, then you can expect people to start breeding horses for meat just to make some money, and who in this country wants horses bred for meat? I would say the great majority would say it is WRONG ! Horses historically were once our partner & main source of transportation in life, without them helping us we would not had been able to develop into the modern times that we live today .. They don’t deserve such treatment as in being slaughtered…They deserve to be honored for their part in our history of this country, not for meat, but as a companion!
Just because their are too many dogs & cats in this country that people neglect & abandon, does that mean we should slaughter them too? No, it’s not humane euthanasia & not appropriate, nor is it our culture to kill these animals for meat & profit…same goes for horses!!!
I agree to some of the comments,however there are some animals been glorified to the point of stardom in a lot of peoples eyes, horses is one of them,,its true horses helped man kind to get where we are today,,but then again so did the mules,donkeys, and oxen (cattle) ,,we used them as a tool, as was intended even in the bible, however abuse of any kind to any living creature is also very wrong in the bible, some animals were ment as food, and some were ment as a helpful tool. Humane treatment is the key, I believe that they should open them up, as there is an overwhelming amount of animals that have no where to go,and not enough feed to feed them,,there has to be a counter balance, even in the wild there is a counter balance to keep from over population, when there is overpopulation look back in history there was plagues,and natural disasters, yes it can be sad but who are we to change how nature works,,without our counter balance who knows what it could bring about in the environment.
Don’t know about you but that could get diecy, are you willing to live thru the repercussions it could cause??
What new and horrible diseases are going to come outta this if we stop slaughter houses?
So if you are willing to take that chance, instead of just talk How much time and money are all yall will to put out personally to find homes from all these horses now and more to come,cause just like other animals they like to breed.
We have had to stop breeding quality show horses because the bottom of the market fell out. I have a family to feed and if the sale price of horses do not come back up ( with slaughter reopening) then you can call BULL !
Lets just wait and see …
Oh and PS , there are hundreds of illegal plants still operating in the US that are even MORE inhumane than the ones that you all forced closed !
What next .. stop the slaughter of all hoofed animals …. Ponder that over your next steak dinner !
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Brownfield Poll
Should horse slaughter/processing be brought back to the U.S.? Every poll I have seen reflects the same concensus.
Yes 23.94% (214 votes)
No 75.28% (673 votes)
I don’t care. 0.78% (7 votes)
Total Votes: 894
This from your own page……Congress did not listen. Shame, truly a shame.
I have owned horses for over thirty years, the saddest day of my life was Oct 19, 2001 when I had my gelding “peppers” humanely euthanized, well let me tell ya, there was no “humane” about the four injections it took to stop his heart while I laid across him crying! I had to put down a three year old filly this year that I raised and she went alot quicker with one 22 bullet, her death was “humane” and she provided meat ! I hope there will be a balance when the laws are passed, not one sided. If you look at the old westerns and during war, horses fed people when needed, and maybe miniature horses are “companion animals but horses are livestock! God bless all these people with their crazy dreams!
There is no humane way to slaughter, I wish people would stop saying there is stop and think about it figure it out people. No to opening horse slaughter plants. Hell no>
After signing petition after petition over the past 2 years against horse slaughter, against reopening horse slaughter plants, stiffer penalties on those illegally shipping horses out of the country to be slaughtered, writing over and over to my State Senator, and House Representitives, and even the President (who promised us he would never again allow horse slaughter houses to be reopened)…still somehow, someone had enough money to fill someones pockets to look the other way. Really!?!?!?
More than 70% of the US POPULATON OPPOSE HORSE SLAUGHTER! How can you stab us in the heart like this!?
Again, I have wrote all of the above to address the amendment set to be voted on. Again, I feel someone is going to get paid off to look the other way. How many times to we have to yell “WE DONT WANT HORSE SLAUGHTER IN THIS COUNTRY”? And it looks like other countries dont either, they are being misled into thinking this meat is fit for human consumption? What a horrible thing to do to other people!
I AGREE, I there needs to be limits on breeders heading to the house for votes. Limit the breeders, the biggest culprits like the Quarter Horse industry, Throughbred Racing Industry, The PMU Industry, and more. Just like in canine and feline breeding, there are limits, the horse industry should be NO DIFFERENT! The limits should still be strictor in Canine and Feline because our animal shelters are still overrun by unwanted pets, and ignorant pet owners and breeders. So should the Horse breeding Ranches. I love horses, raised some, sold some, bought some, and I am a horse trainer, love them so very much. And I cannot fathom the comments from Mr. Dork-ette for saying this has nothing to do with profit or money! Really, what are you doing when you dont want a horse….selling it! If you cant give it a good home you send it off to be killed! BUT YOU STILL MAKE MONEY ON IT DONT YOU! You and the breeders hate that you can only make a couple hundred on a horse going to auction (aka: slaughter) when before when slaughter houses were open, you made THOUSANDS! HECK YES IT IS ABOUT PROFIT! We are not stupid. Also, the HSUS has nothing to do with this, they only profit off themselves, they dont give to animals or shelters, they pocket the money for themselves. Pay them and they will say anything you want.
The Browfield Poll says it all. Keep the slaughter plants CLOSED! And lets all do something to make Washington here our pleas to keep the closed and put into law strict regulations on overbreeding. Ever since the PMU drug, Premarin has been exposed as causing Cancer in women, Most doctors wont even prescribe it…yet they are still making it! Why? This needs to be shut down and save thousands of mares and their foals. The BLM consistantly takes our Free Wild Mustangs off Public land in forced roundups, and dont even tell the public how many wild mustangs and burros actually get adopted, what about the majority of them going off to slaughter to Mexico? One semi loaded with horses bound for Mexico got busted…what happened to those horses? What happened to the drivers, and wasn’t it proven that they got paid by the BLM to do it? They are doing a lot of covering up out there. We need to help the horse rescuers that are taking on horses to prevent them from getting killed and it is much like animal shelters, it is overrun. They need hay badly yet hay is getting exported to China instead of to the horse rescues.
It is truely a sad time in our lives when our requests, our voices are no longer heard because money controls greed over ethics.
if slaughter is sooo humane, why use a word that is associated with the carnage of war. simple, because killing is never humane. if you are talking to a person who says “it is or can be possible”, they are lying, plain and simple. check out youtube and enter “horse slaughter” and watch a few of them. get back to me on that one, please!
everyone should know the meat from equines is tainted with chemicals that can impair your health, accumulate in the brain and over time kill the carnivore that consumes it. how many ways can we say this til it sinks in? but the “pro” ppl/group here seems blind to all the arguments on this subject, keep asking the same ridiculous questions, or put forth some stupid story line or “worry” about all the old, used up, unwanted horses starving to death in this economy. get real, if you want to kill horses you don’t care about them.
Yet, here they are on this page, why? because they are PAID to be here, google this for more info. this is the newest form of work at home for a lot of people that are broke, have a computer, time and no moral compass. the average is about $10 a post, if 10 posts = $100 for the day.
i mean, think about the bs that is being spewed on this page. never do they mention the over breeding of thousands of equines for the race industry or AQHA, etc. always the backyard breeders, shifting blame away from the real players,
just follow the money my friends, it never lies.