People that are for horse slaughter please see this! Thanks!

I find it funny how most people have absolutely no problem at all eating a hamburger, shooting a deer, grilling up a steak, etc. etc. and then get all freaked out about horse slaughter.

Hypocrites....

agree with rockypony, as i said before, we need to regulate and control breeding, instead of legallizing slaughter. while people are breeding their cute perfect little mare in their backyard just to see what it would look like, horses that need homes are being killed, often grusomely. another huge problem is the PMU companies, who constantly breed their mares to collect pregnant mare urine for estrogen replacment meds. where do the thousands of foals go every year? slaughter. execpt for a few hundred that get put in rescues. the problem that needs fixing is BREEDING.

I fully agree. Livestock people. Shall we define Livestock?

n. Domestic animals, such as cattle or horses, raised for home use or for profit, especially on a farm.

I know this is a touchy subject, but I will say that I am against slaughter and always will be. I think it's wrong for any horse to die in a slaughterhouse, especially since many of them have worked hard all their lives and deserve much better. I would sooner euthanize an unwanted horse than send him to slaughter. I think there needs to be assistance for owners who have to euth their horses so they don't have to resort to sending them to market. If worst comes to worst, do it the old fashioned way and shoot them. If you can't do it yourself, find someone who knows what they're doing. It's much better to have them die in their own home and where they feel comfortable than in a completely alien environment and probably scared to death. That's just the way I feel and I would never personally send a horse to slaughter.

I agree. I have friends who raise cattle and sheep. They sometimes hand-feed them, but they are a crop. That means that when they are grown, they are sent off to market. They breed, train, show, adn bond with these animals, but it's a way of life.

I guess I'm a horrible heartless horse owner then, because I would prefer to see unrideable, old, or broken down horses be sent to slaughter than to stand in a pen, in pain, or starving because no one has any room for them.

Yes, if breeding were able to be regulated more, that could be an option, but since there is really no feasable way to do this, many horses are born each year who don't have anywhere to go; I don't like the concept of slaughtering a horse, but again, I'd rather see that happen than see the horse abused and neglected for a long life.

If adoption agencies start adopting the horses out for more reasonable prices, more rescued slaughter bound horses would be saved; yes, still do the rigorous back ground and reference checks, but asking thousands of dollars for often untrained, rescue horses? As much as I would prefer to adopt, I couldn't afford that in one shot, and many people are probably in the same boat; it's not that we don't want to adopt and save horses, we just can't afford a large sum of money in one shot.

I've made it known that I personally wouldn't send a horse to slaughter, but for the many thousands of horses that may not be in the best situation in the first place? Maybe that's (slaughter) the 'better' evil of the two. I wish there was an easier solution to the 'over populated' horse world, but there may never be. And I don't think this opinion makes me or anyone else who supports it heartless, or not dedicated to horses. My horses are always much loved, adored, and taken care of the best I can; but many horses aren't that fortunate.

There have been a few free euth clinics that have gone over well. But they're few and far between because SOMEONE needs to pay for it and what happens to the people who are euthanizing perfectly health animals?

No one is pro-horse slaughter. Unfortunatly, until people start being responsible, it becomes a necessary evil. Well bred horses end up in slaughter, show ponies that the owner thought was going to a forever home end up in slaughter. It's just not poor breeding though that does play a part. Rescues are over run and no one wants to do the training that actually gives the horse a chance. I'd love if no horse had to be killed and they all died happy in a field somewhere. Unfortunately, I don't see anyway of that happening.

Yeah and if Granny had balls she'd be Grandpa!! The world is what it is and horses are livestock and personal property. People need to eat and if there are excess horses then I see it as win-win as long as the horse is killed as humanely as possible.

Agreed 110%. This is the fact alone that makes me SO irate. These people start calling you names, screaming obscenities for anyone who is "pro-slaughter", all while the hamburger juice is dribbling down their dang chin.

I love horses, but growing up we had some pretty darn cute calves that would come when you called (ROFL, they were named Hamburger and Steak, my grandpa has a wicked sense of humour ), follow you around, stand to be petted and "brushed". Every animal is capable of being a pet. I will never understand how killing one is ok and killing another isn't.

I agree. Hypocritical to the max. Drives me insane as well. It is an emotional rather than thought through response.