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RE: [RC] Reality bites - Smith, DaveLinda: Why not post your letter so that others of us who feel as you do can use it as a template and email our federal legislators also? --Dave -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Linda Marins Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 10:23 AM To: ridecamp Subject: Re: [RC] Reality bites Rather than wasting any more of my time trying to persuade the unpersuadable on this forum, I've decided to compose an email in favor of horse slaughter in the United States, under controlled and humane conditions, and fax it to my federal congressman, and my two federal senators. We need to let our reps know that the question is *NOT* horse lovers vs. the slaughter industry. Rather it is a *FEW* highly vocal, highly organized, well-financed anti-slaughter groups led by Bo Derrick and PETA who have succeeded in mobilizing a certain small segment of horse lovers to political action. The law against using any USDA funds for inspecting horses for human consumption in the US that they succeeded in getting passed has backfired on *them*, but it has also backfired and harmed the very horses they were trying to help. In an effort to cut off the flow of slaughter horses to Mexico that *they created*, the radicals' next "solution" was to cut off funding of all USDA activity inspecting horses coming into and out of the US. Again, as the American Horse Council warned, this would also have completely ended all *legitimate* transportation of stock in and out of the US for activities such as horse breeding and international competitions like racing, show jumping, and *endurance*. I'm going to let my reps know that I do not support Bo Derrick and PETA and their minions. I do not want them voting in favor of "Horse Meat Prohibition" legislation. It isn't working, and like the original Prohibitionists, it is a "cure" that is worse than the "disease." Linda Marins =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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