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RE: [RC] The Old Way (now slaughtering) - heidi

Like everything else, making for a new step towards humanity takes small  
steps.  So what I see is a small step towards humanity in attempting to  stop 
horse slaughter.  


Actually, it is a huge relapse into "inhumanity"--although we seem to have lost 
sight of the fact that horses are not "humans" and that what is needed is 
"horse welfare."  There is nothing even REMOTELY "humane" about preventing 
death so that horses can starve slowly instead of being killed quickly.  It 
boggles my mind how anyone can claim to love horses and not understand this 
basic premise.

I'm all for taking steps to ensure that slaughter is done in a humane way 
(which, btw, refers not to treating them as humans as "humanity" suggests, but 
rather treating them ethically because we as humans can do that), but there is 
nothing even remotely progressive about forcing unwanted horses to live 
miserable lives!

Heidi

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