Re: [RC] OT-Big win for horses in the House! - Julie Gelderman
I have to side
with Diane on this one. I don't have a problem with slaughtering horses
for human consumption. If horse slaughter is outlawed in this
country...what are we to do with horses that are not healthy enough to
live? I am not naive, I understand that many able-bodied horses
find their way to the slaughter house and this is unfortunate, but to outlaw the
slaughter of horses opens up a whole spectrum of problems from economic issues
to moral issues of keeping horses alive that are miserable and ill just because
the owners can't afford to have the vet come out to put the horses down and then
the rendering truck to come and pick up the body. In many parts of the
country (including my area) it is illegal to bury a horse on my property.
Another result
of outlawing horse slaughter is it will drive the price of horses even lower
than it already is. Picture this scenario. Janie and her Dad go to
the local horse sale. Even though Janie has never ridden a horse or been
around them Janie has always wanted a horse of her own, the bidding begins and
this wonderful little 2 year old filly is brought in and the bidding stops at
$100.00. Janie's Dad buys this wonderful filly for his precious daughter
BECAUSE HE CAN. Off they go to find someone to trailer it home to their
30'X40' back yard where it will probably be neglected and mishandled for a
good portion of it's life. I realize this is a generalization, but each
and every one of us has seen this scenario played out in their home town.
If the price of that horse had been more like $500.00 Janie's Dad probably
wouldn't have bought the horse and maybe, just maybe put that money into lessons
for his daughter instead.
I believe this
issue, more than any other, has been blown completely out of
proportion.
Subject: Re: [RC] OT-Big win for horses
in the House!
Hi Raven,
Why is prohibiting the slaughter of horses for
human consumption a good thing?
Raven wrote: > Good news! The
U.S. House recently passed the American Horse Slaughter > Prevention Act
(H.R. 503), and we are closer than ever before to > preventing the
annual slaughter of nearly 100,000 horses in the United > States for
human consumption
abroad
