Comments on: How humane is horse slaughter?

By: Chippy

Chippy — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:51:13 +0000

Thanks for posting that link!

By: Clarissa

Clarissa — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 23:32:43 +0000

Horse slaughter is not only cruel and inhumane to horses, it is harmful to humans as well. In its lifetime, a horse is given medications and other toxic substances that would be harmful to humans and animals that consume its meat. Horse meat is not sold in the United States, but it is exported to other countries.
Horses are beautiful, intelligent animals that bring joy and friendship into our lives. We need to protect these sensitive animals from being killed.
Horses can’t speak for themselves, but we can be their voice. Let congress know that Americans won’t stand by while these precious animals are butchered.
Please don’t be a bystander, be a rescuer! Follow this link to act today: http://act.wildhorsepreservation.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=13157

By: Louisa

Louisa — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 08:27:27 +0000

I hope the Reps and senators of all the states see our comments and start to think horse slaughter is wrong. Then I hope they will NOT vote for more to come to every state. I think this is one of the most disgusting things that ever entered my mind. Horses are sensitive and need love. It’s like would you want to be slaughtered? No I didn’t think so.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 12:11:36 +0000

I think the article is wonderful. Horse slaughter is wrong. We won’t even mention the severe abuse of the entire process and how they are killed and the horror that leads up to it and all else. It is a shameful blight that the law against horse slaughter was reversed. Obama should know that he is showing great unenlightenment by not preventing horse slaughter. If one of his daughter’s had one of theses great creatures, he would not allow the slaughtering of them. Please let us put into law a PERMANENT stopping of horse slaughter.

By: ashley

ashley — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:16:05 +0000

I am one hundred percent against horse slaughter. Horses spend their lives working and doing their best to please us and this is how we repay them? Calling horse slaughter “necessary” and “a way to help neglected horses” is a sick joke. Its horrible. We, as horse lovers, can’t let them allow this.

By: Jean

Jean — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:30:04 +0000

I’m against horse slaughter and always will be. The horses are panicked once they are locked in the kill chute, esp. with the smell of blood and the sound of the collapse and thrashing and slipping and sliding – not to mention someone standing above them holding something foreign. If Belgium and France want to eat their horses, let the barbarians kill their own. Not to mention US horse slaughter will divert USDA inspection personnel away from the mainstream slaughter industry.

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:03:58 +0000

Horse’s conditions didn’t get worse after slaughter house’s were closed. The old line of take the old/sick/injured/crippled/starved to slaughter is a lie. Over breeding and unresponsable horse owners are and have been the problem all along. Slaughter houses won’t take the starving, nor sick. If starving, there’s no good meat. If sick, then they’ve been given some kind of medication and can’t be slaughtered for 6 mos (and who’s minding that store?). The slaughter houses want your 3-10 yr olds, fat and able to get to the chutes as fast as they can.
If you do need to put a horse down and can’t afford a Vet to do it or won’t put the needle in yourself, a bullet, aimed correctly is just as fast.
Don’t give me the other line, puts a burden on farmers and ranchers. Please, they aren’t under any burden, there isn’t a person who doesn’t want a proven/solidly trained ranch horse. Ranchers get a whole bunch more money selling them to someone who wants a good horse then to kill buyers.
The slaughter house kicked out of Canada in years past might be helping with campaign funds this year. Even Canada didn’t want that slaughter house in their COUNTRY, kicked them out, even if the slaughter house still owed Canada millions of dollars in fines/penalties. Slaughter houses won’t help the financial economy of this Country. They won’t pay taxes, they will pollute the land surounding them, where do you think the sluaghter houses dump the “unusable” parts of a horse. Pollute the rivers/lakes/streams/wells for many miles and not be responsible for any clean up’s. Ignore any penalties/fines incurred and just think what the property value of any land surrounding it will be.
We don’t eat horse meat, we don’t need to supply Europe with additional horse meat, they have their own surplus problems.
Yes, let your Rep’s know how you feel. Your opinion counts, no matter if you are with me or against me on this issue. We still have freedom of speach.

By: ana

ana — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:45:19 +0000

The words humane slaughter is a lie in istelf. People have invented words like “Management” and “culling” so they can look in the mirror.
Anyone who thinks any slaughter of any sentient being, including humans can be humane, are IMO just scared to face the truth. They would have to become vegan. Havent they got enough chickens cows and pigs etc to feed the vampire. Hands off our horses. We will stop you!

By: .

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:14:13 +0000

Oh I totally agree. My horse isn’t the right color. Send it to slaughter. My horse’s blaze is off center – slaughter. My horse didn’t win a blue ribbon – sluaghter. Oh yeah, you’re a real horse lover. Uh-huh. The horse is “no good” or “at the end of the line” so why not starve it, shot is, stab it. Why not? Hmm. Oh yeah, maybe the fact that that’s called… I don’t know… CRUELTY. Really people, get real. This is how we treat our “best friends” our “babies” or “loves” Not I.
Have any form of a heart- STOP HORSE SLAUGHTER.

By: Julianna

Julianna — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:02:27 +0000

actually,katie there are thousands of dogs shipped to korea for slaughter every year. and is as, maybe even more brutal then horse slaughter. i will not tell everything there is to tell, but some of the ways they slaughter dogs is steaming them live(not steaming like steam bath but steaming in a large pot with minimum air) skinning them alive and also they believe the more they torture dog in life the braver and stronger the person who eats the dog will become(also only the golden dogs are edible according to them). the koreans have a law against abusive dog slaughter but do not keep this law, many police officers are caught eating dog in public places. they also do this with cows, cats, rare birds, turtles, chickens and rabbits. most people simply do not care!