I saw a video once of a horse being shot for slaughter and I didn't like it one bit! The horse was petrified rearing up as they put him in the cell to be shot,now I don't know if this was a video they put out there that wasn't typical (to get the public upset) or if it was.I wouldn't mind horses being used for meat if they were treated humanely but look at how meat animals across the country are treated at certain facilities it is awful! I was just thinking that that poor horse grew up his whole life thinking humans are good things then his life ends frightfully!
Like I said I don't know if this was a typical slaughter house,but I certainly wouldn't want a horses life to end like that. At the same time I am not against it,if it is done in a humane way.
Samara
From: "Flyingafarm1@aol.com" <Flyingafarm1@aol.com>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Eating Non-Traditional Meats
I am too. As a lifelong horse owner (with 24 horses still, including my 33 and 43 year old mares) I would MUCH rather see HIGHLY a highly regulated equine slaughter and slaughter transport industry here, than the current non-existent horse market, where these is no "bottom" center per pound price. THAT is what kept horse prices UP.
If a 1000 pound horse is worth $.80/lb at market, any $1000.00 horse is worth $600-$800. Now with the slaughter ban, there is NO bottom, which is why there are tens of thousands of horses starving and neglected in this country, people giving away quality breeding stock and healthy, sound yearlings and foals walk through the auctions for $10-$50...but a slaughter ban is BETTER for horses....right? NO, it's not!
Laura Undem
Morrow, AR
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Morrow, AR
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