Horse slaughter

[Sandhusker]

It looks like the morons who thought horse slaughter here was inhumane had a plan that backfired....

From Drovers;

Horse exports to Mexico up over 300 percent

Since all three U.S. horse slaughter operations were ordered closed last year, the number of horses exported to Mexico for slaughter has increased 312 percent, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association. As of Dec. 20, 2007, 44,475 horses had been shipped to Mexico for processing for human consumption compared with 10,783 shipped at the same time in 2006. Citing inhumane treatment, animal-rights groups such as the Humane Society of the United States have called for a ban on exporting horses for slaughter. The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, currently pending in Congress, would prevent any horse slaughter facility from operating in the United States as well as prohibit the shipment of horses to other countries for processing. The AVMA and other opponents of the bill contend that actions of the anti-horse-slaughter coalition, led by HSUS, have, in fact, led to the current welfare crisis. Unwanted horses fared much better when they were transported under government supervision to U.S.-regulated facilities and humanely euthanized, they say

 

[knabe]

it didnt' backfare. it did what they wanted. elimination of animal ownership. they are doing this in a very organized manner. a short term loss of some of these animals doesn't matter.

next is property and utopia. think longer term, they are. you don't win by being silent while they keep moving the line. it's like lsu versus o. state. man against boys. ag is losing. small producers are losing. next,they will use nais and mandate your horse has a chip so they can see where you dumped your horse.

fits in well with people wanting to feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel good. i guess they will outlaw feeding horse to tigers and outlaw frogs eating insects.

 

[Choclab]

I have been reading this board for awhile and decided to register when I read this post and to agree with Sandhusker........

It is way more expensive to dispose of a horse through veterinarian methods. It ain't cheap to get rid of them.....When this Bill passed everyone knew Mexico and other countries (who's animal welfare laws are vituraully non-existent, would be flooded with un-wanted equine. So in-turn they have not only NOT stopped horse slaughter, but made the journey that much worse. They also made slaughter horses more of a commodity. As soon as something is hard to get, it's price goes up. Animals are no different.

Un-wanted horses will fare a far worse fate if they are not allowed to go to slaughter in other countries.....they will be dumped here and there, many will starve, many will simply be "let free" and many will wind up in a ditch in your public wilderness.

The funny thing about all this (which really shows the ignorance of the bunny huggers) is the whole premise of HSUS's argument is that horses are not a "food animal", but the reallity of it all is, horses have been used for food as long as they have been around.........oh well, thats the liberal mind for you.....

So thats my 2 pennies.....I'll post a new member thread later


Josh

 

[mrj]

Bad as this is, it is going to get worse if people with common sense don't unite against this nanny government type of legislation.

There is information in some 'horse owner' type magazines that claim it will be added, or maybe will use existing law to make it a crime to haul, even in a nice horse trailer, any animal that is lame, or 'in pain', among other things. And it is not clear who will determine that the animal is ' in pain'.

The thing few people have mentioned in this whole mess is that it is really, really arrogant to say that it is wrong for some cultures or people in other countries to consume species such as horses simply because the majority of US citizens do not.

The implication clearly is that 'animal worshippers' are superior, therefore somehow 'annointed' with the right to prevail over 'heathens'.

What will they 'protect' from the food chain next? Dogs? Cats? Cattle? Horse 'protection' very apparently is part of their larger agenda.

mrj

mrj

 

[Heads Up]

I find this whole subject very frustrating. I agree the plan of HSUS is not to stop here at all. I beleive it is high time to find a hero in congress on this issue. I've talked to my congressmen and they have this laid back approach, " yeah, that is a real bad thing." and then it is on to the next topic. We need someone ready to carry the water and put forth legislation making horse harvesting in the US legal and protected against the animal liberator type people.
Anyone else had any luck with their delegation??
I guess we have an election in 2008, we could demand some leadership in this area as well. One problem is the number of phone calls, emails ect. that congress receives from these animal liberation people on a daily basis. A midwestern congressional office told me once that their office receives hundereds on a daily basis.
We are too silent and complacent about issues like this.