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

Wrong! I have signed a dozen petitions for slaughter. I have stayed nights in a freezing barns with a sick horses. Have helped neighbors with newborns dying. I'm a horse lover who happens to live in the real world. I think slaughter is the only route for some horses, majestic or not. JMHO

I am getting a little frustrated with all of the ignorance on this thread. No, horse slaughter is not a beautiful thing. Would I like to get rid of it altogether? Absolutely. I wish that there was no need at all for sending horses into salughterhouses, whether they be in the USA, Mexico, etc etc. What are the chances that backyard and unnecessary breeding will ever stop? Slim to none.

One thing we must all realize is that when animals are in pain or extremely tensed at the time of death their meat is spoiled badly. Now, what good is a slaughter house that is producing only spoiled meat? Not much. I've been to two different slaughter houses. One in the US(a few years ago), and one at the top of Mexico. From what I personally experienced, not much pain at all was being experienced from these horses. I did realize, though, that the one in the USA took the horse's pain and feelings more into account, which is the main reason that slaughter should still be allowed in the US.

Another thing I want to point out is that associations like PETA and other animal rights activist are only out to make humans look like a piece of crap. Sure, they claim to care about animals and claim that they are only trying to help the world, but in reality they are filling our heads with biased nonsense.

I am for horse slaughter because I care for the welfare of horses. Like I previously said, it is not exactly the most gentle way to keep the population of horses down, but it does prevent many horses from facing a longer life of starvation, neglect, pain, etc.

All I am asking is that you learn the facts before you come on here and start bad mouthing us that are pro-slaughter. And just for the sake of maturity, PLEASE use correct grammar. My eye twitches trying to understand what some of you are saying, which is sad, because I am about the same age as the other teenagers on here THAT ARE TYPING LYK DIS.

/ending my rant/vent/novel

Tennessee, If you are a teenager and can write like that you have a very promising future ahead of you. I bet you will get some great scholarships for college on essays alone.

When they shocked the pigs at the Jimmy Dean plant I toured everyone either laughed or was just like "really???." Their ears really stick up when you electricute (sp?) them!! It's morbidly funny then too because all you can think of are cartoons...

Tennessee: I hope you speak firther to people about this everywhere you go. You have a very good grasp, and we can all tell you have a very good way of putting it. :) Good job.

And I second the winning scholarships on essays (those are the best ones because not as many people apply too) ;)

Stereotype much? Not all breeders are bad. Responsible breeders breed for certain qualities in a horse. They don't breed horses that have certain diseases, bad conformation or poor attitudes.

Your argument is that if taking sperm and using it for AI for breeding wasn't done that there wouldn't be so many foals conceived? Are you serious? Do you think that horses are monogamous? Do you think that stallion would hesitate to mount more than one or two mares in a year? Stallions are like teenagers. Their mind is on one thing and one thing only when you get them around a mare. And it's not that nice mane you just combed out or their shiny coat you just groomed. Just as people can have many sex partners, so too can horses. Find another excuse besides AI.

We have an absolute glut of TBs on the market.

TBs cannot be bred AI, if they're to be registered with the Jockey Club.

So the theory that AI is the debbil and everything would be hunky dory if horses were only bred 'naturally', has no validity.

Tennessee, great post!

Only for a while. Once breeders stopped being able to make money off their excess horses they would stop over-breeding. The transition would be painful yes but it's an important one to make IMO.

(Having said that, it is true that the current situation hasn't solved anything because horses are just being transported to other countries).

I am not against eating horses either, but let's face it, truly humane slaughter is just as unlikely to happen as a halt to over breeding. For that reason I say no-slaughter is the least-of-all evils option.

The thing is the people who cut back breeding are the people who breed quality. The people who keep breeding crap keep breeding and those are the horses who either can not find a home or sell for $100. To me those are the people who do not need to cut down on breeding they need to STOP. I have no problem selling foals in the $25K range. However I do not produce a lot of foals each year.

So until every horse has a good home are they are not starving then slaughter IS a necessary Evil like it or not. I would much rather see a horse humanly slaughtered then starve to death.