tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post2475242699759892546..comments2024-01-16T03:59:50.183-05:00Comments on U.S. Against Equine Slaughter: "The Saratogian" Pro-Slaughter SlantMz.Many Nameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03024590325712635526noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post-36523949758268427982008-10-09T15:31:00.000-04:002008-10-09T15:31:00.000-04:00To the further detriment of the treatment of horse...To the further detriment of the treatment of horses and the equine industry, H.R. 6598 passed the House Judiciary Committee by voice vote on September 23, 2008. <BR/><BR/>We, the equine industry, did not stand up and fight when Congress distorted the definition of the horse from livestock to pets. We did not stand up when Congress stripped away federal funding for inspectors of slaughter plants. We were not loud enough when Congress decided to make horse slaughter for human consumption illegal. <BR/><BR/>Now Representative John Conyers is trying to pass a bill to make it illegal to transport our horses. The same horses we have dedicated our lives to caring for. <BR/><BR/>This bill, misnamed the “Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008,” should correctly be called the “Anti-Horse Care and Transportation Bill.” If this bill passes, and you or I decide to transport our horses without proof of where we are going, we “shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years or both.” Do you want to be pulled over and subject to arrest every time you decide to go trail riding? <BR/><BR/>The equine industry is simply not being as loud and as heard as the animal rights activists who are not only destroying our way of life, but putting our horses through needless suffering. Animal rights activists may have decent intentions, but they do not truly understand our issues.<BR/><BR/>Through their “good intentions” they are:<BR/> Preventing viable protein source from being exported to nations that want it, <BR/> Destroying a whole industry and jobs of American workers, <BR/> Banning a major export,<BR/> Causing over crowding at rescue facilities who –all together- can only handle a maximum of 7,000 horses (we’re talking about over 100,000)<BR/> Causing needless suffering of the influx of horses that have been abandoned, neglected, and left to starve slowly, or that have been set free to be a hazard on U.S. highways due to recent legislation, and<BR/> Making our animals financially worthless.<BR/><BR/>We are letting the animal rights groups obliterate an honorable way of life. They have shattered the lives of good and decent people who had dedicated their lives and resources to the well being of these horses. <BR/><BR/>Basic economics will show you that when you take away the base value of a market, the product loses value. I went to a horse sale in Montana last October. Horses that should have easily brought six or seven thousand dollars barely brought four or five hundred dollars. Equine professionals and your average horse owner can NOT survive such loss of value. Your average person cannot throw away money on expensive grain as the value of their product diminishes with each introduction of terrible legislation. What are people supposed to do when Congress takes away their freedom of options? <BR/><BR/>Horses are part of business plans and they have jobs. They require time, fuel, maintenance and equipment. When horses can no longer perform their job, they should not be “set free” to starve and destroy private and federal lands. That is genuine animal cruelty. Horses deserve the respect to be put down in a quick, humane, REGULATED way. Euthanizing them only means over dosing, and if they have an allergic reaction that pain can be worse than slaughter. If you do not like how the slaughter was performed, fix the real problem, the regulations. <BR/><BR/>Have Americans decided to let Congress legislate what we eat? To everyone who is against horse slaughter for human consumption, I want you to know that your hamburger, your bacon, your chicken nuggets, and your ice cream are endangered foods. <BR/><BR/>Do not think that it’s impossible either. The equine industry thought such bills were so ridiculous that they would never pass, so we did not worry about it. <BR/><BR/>Look at us now. <BR/><BR/>We can not allow this to become worse! Join the United Horsemen’s Front at www.unitedhorsemensfront.com to get legislative updates on equine issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460941708854974581.post-86878195227227973412008-08-14T16:48:00.000-04:002008-08-14T16:48:00.000-04:00Dear Mr Post;Horse Slaugher: A "Necessary Evi...Dear Mr Post;<BR/><BR/>Horse Slaugher: A "Necessary Evil" or UnNecessary Greed? <BR/><BR/>Your article is complete and utter pro-slaughter GARBAGE! It is<BR/>horse slaughter that perpetuates horse cruelty and neglect, NOT lack<BR/>of it! It is the SLAUGHTER PIPELINE that leaves seriously injured<BR/>sick and suffering horses like the horse "Regret" we have found<BR/>standing "on three legs" in a killbuyers* feedlot , suffering<BR/>endlessly day after day while waiting to be shipped on a long haul to<BR/>slaughter;<BR/><BR/>http://www.thepetitionsite.com/113/petition-to-shut-the-killbuyers-<BR/>down<BR/><BR/>If you dont know what a killbuyer is, here is a good description;<BR/><BR/>"KILL-BUYERS" or "BUNCHER'S" are unscrupulous people who act as<BR/>middlemen for the $slaughterhouses. These are the people that will<BR/>outbid you at auction while you are trying to buy a cute little horse<BR/>or pony for your grandchild, these are the people that will answer<BR/>FREE TO A GOOD HOME ads for your horse and will promise to provide<BR/>a "forever loving home" to your beloved animal - and take him<BR/>directly to $laughter. These are the people that CHOOSE to earn their<BR/>living bringing horses, yes, even "good" horses, to $laughter as a<BR/>way of life. They travel all over the country and keep 'kill-pens" or<BR/>feedlots at various locations throughout the U.S., Canada & Mexico.<BR/>These are the people that will keep seriously injured, sick and<BR/>suffering horses alive that SHOULD BE, NEED TO BE euthanised RIGHT<BR/>AWAY but keep them alive anyways and let them suffer because they<BR/>know a horse must be alive and standing "on at least three legs" to<BR/>go to $laughter. These are the people that realize and exploit the<BR/>fact that there is a BIG demand abroad for horsemeat and BIG money to<BR/>be made right here in the good ole' USA supplying that foreign<BR/>demand.<BR/><BR/>If horse slaughter were outlawed, there would no killbuyers anymore,<BR/>and owners would have to find other, more humane methods to put their<BR/>horses down or to find them different homes. The horses would NOT be<BR/>allowed or left to suffer for any lengths of time, as IT IS AGAINST<BR/>THE LAW to allow any animal to suffer. Moreover, think about this<BR/>when they say slaughter is a necessary evil because of all<BR/>the "unwanteds" that will "flood the market" if we cant slaughter<BR/>them; only 1f the 9.2 Million horses in America are slaughtered.<BR/>There is NO WAY that that 1f any PRODUCT can flood a market or<BR/>cause a problem for it. The numbers will be absorbed. As for the kind<BR/>of horses going to slaughter, studies have shown that nearly 90f<BR/>them are young and healthy and sound, and not all of them<BR/>are "unwanted." Lots of them are those that the killbuyers have<BR/>outbid someone else on, who was looking to buy a riding horse or<BR/>a "kid safe" horse for their child. . Many are stolen as is a<BR/>lucrative market with little or no regulation. Others are once "Free<BR/>to a Good Home" horses that the kill-buyers have taken from the<BR/>original owners on the promise that they would give them "forever<BR/>loving homes." However, nearly half of all the American horses going<BR/>to slaughter are "industry cast-offs." The American Quarter-Horse<BR/>Association (AQHA) alone is responsible for producing over HALF of<BR/>all American Horses going to slaugher. The Racing Industry is the<BR/>next largest slaugher-horse suppliers. Yes indeed folks, bringing<BR/>horses to slaughter is a dirty business, motivated solely by the<BR/>money to be made, NOT out of necessity to "dispose" of "unwanted"<BR/>horses. Before you believe the pro-slaughter claims that slaughter is<BR/>a necessary evil for horses, consider that there are many<BR/>alternatives to slaughter, like HUMANE EUTHANASIA by painless<BR/>injection or even a 25 cent well placed bullet to the head is better<BR/>than a slow tortuous ride and a traumatic and painful death in a<BR/>slaughter-house. The problem is that slaughter PAYS while the other,<BR/>more humane methods COST. Please DO NOT let the pro-slaughter camp<BR/>insult your intelligence with this "so many unwanted horses with no<BR/>place to go CRAP!" Smart people know its all about the almighty<BR/>DOLLAR and nothing else. Just take a look at who is for it and you<BR/>will see, SOMEHOW they are the ones also profiting from it or who<BR/>would like to profit off it, ...for instance, our own government<BR/>now, is standing in line WAITING to profit from it. How many people<BR/>know that America is the WORLDS LARGEST exporter of horses to be<BR/>slaughtered and sold for human consumption abroad? Did you know that<BR/>it is a 29 million dollar industry but only a handful of people in<BR/>the U.S. profit from it. Most of the profits go to the foreign<BR/>slaughterhouse owners and THAT does not sit will with our gov't or<BR/>the pro-slaughter folk in the U.S. , specifically, the killbuyers &<BR/>cattlemen who so want our wild horses off our public lands - but they<BR/>are also the ones with the most money to lobby congress to keep the<BR/>slaughter going. Our gov't is also in CAHOOTs with the cattlemen /<BR/>lobbyist as well as now with the Canadain & Mexican governments now<BR/>and their slaughterhouse expansions. Our government, that is "the<BR/>powers that be,"...would LOVE to expand our own equine slaughter<BR/>industry by supplying even MORE horses into the slaughter pipeline by<BR/>letting our wild horses go too! There are plans underway right now to<BR/>remove all of our wild horses and replace them with BIG GAME so to<BR/>generate mo' money not only from the slaughter of our wild ones, but<BR/>to generate even mo' money from the selling of big game permits. Dont<BR/>believe it? Read all about the "Big Buck Wild Horse Betrayal" here;<BR/><BR/>http://www.freewebs.com/saveourwildhorses/bigbuck.htm<BR/><BR/>It is a plan for extinction of our wild horses since our government<BR/>realized what a lucrative market the horsemeat business is in other<BR/>countries.<BR/><BR/>How many of you know that due to things like mad cow disease and<BR/>horse meat supposed to be "better for humans than beef," that the<BR/>horsemeat industry today is rivaling and darn near surpassing that of<BR/>the beef industry itself? Its sad but true,...there is BIG MONEY to<BR/>be made in the horsemeat market for "smart investors."<BR/><BR/>All the governments "ducks are in order" to expand the horse-<BR/>slaughter pipeline. It Started not long ago with the creation of our<BR/>governments "Security and Prosperity Pact" we have made with Canada<BR/>& Mexico as part of the "North American Union" created for MUTUAL<BR/>PROFITEERING off of anything they can squeeze a dollar from,<BR/>including off of the blood of our American Horses, wild and tame.<BR/>Read all about the unholy alliance here;<BR/><BR/>http://www.spp.gov/<BR/><BR/><BR/>We are even building a SUPER HIGHWAY that leads directly to those<BR/>places in Canada & Mexico to make it easier for the killers to mass-<BR/>truck the horses to and fro - much to the chagrin of the peoples whos<BR/>lands they are taking through EMINENT DOMAIN to do this, and you can<BR/>read all about that story here;<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/2lhmvu<BR/><BR/>So dont believe the hype people, when they tell you horse-slaughter<BR/>is a "necessary evil." Dont let them insult your intelligence. Do<BR/>your own homework and you will find,. its all about unnecessary<BR/>greed.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Christine A Jubic, Johnsonville, NY <BR/>aka "MuleKist"Mz.Many Nameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03024590325712635526noreply@blogger.com