Comments on: Congress Addressing Horse Slaughter Cruelty in Federal Legislation

By: Clarissa

Clarissa — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:49:33 +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: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:53:35 +0000

you people are sick minded. i hope you get slaughtered and tell me what it feels like. What these horses go through.

By: Carly

Carly — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:49:37 +0000

could someone please give me an address to a horse slaughterhouse?

By: mary

mary — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:01:34 +0000

What if the United States upgraded there old slaughter houses, Killed in a humane fashion, in a clean enviroinment wouldn’t that help, I believe in slaughter, because there are to many horses that are being treated inhumanely because people are stupid sometimes, and don’t realize that thier underfed, crippled up horses need to be put down. How many people out there can afford to have a vet come out and put there friend down, not at 500 dollars plus the cost of taking the carcus off the property, what another 200 dollars, I guess the government isn’t smart enough to figure out a pretty simple proccess of smart slaughter.

By: Janice

Janice — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:22:38 +0000

The slaughter of horses as we see it in 2009 is cruel and inhumane. The transporting across US Boarders is worse than slaughter houses in the states. Those plants and the methods of slaughter were not acceptable here either. The transporting of horses in cattle double decker trucks need to be stopped and the laws enforced. Slaughter in itself is not what irks alot of people ti is we have no Humane way to slaughter the horse as the captive bolt is not deisgned for horses and there is no head restraint used.slinging live horses up by the leg and cutting them up is not ethical or humane. If anyone wants to look at it go to the Web. Its all on there from slaughter plants in 2005 in Texas and Illinois to 2009 in Canada and mexico.Canadian plants are bad too. Do the research and you understand what the answers are.

By: John

John — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:40:50 +0000

Ok Horse lovers i hate to ruin your ill informed little minds. But the truth is that horses dont want love they wanna be running around free in a herd where they can go wherever they want to, when they want to with no man to mess with them at all. If yoe really care about these horses, then you need to get your congressman to write a bill banning all cars and forcing people to tear down all types of fences so that we can be living in the old days when that many horses could live free and on their own. Its rediculous huh? Ya well so is the slaughter ban.

By: John

John — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:30:25 +0000

You people need to get real and get your heads out of this fantasy world where everything gets to live a long happy life. I know that sounds mean but its just the truth, there is no way around it. I personally use to haul horses to the plant in Fort Worth, for a former employer. We hauled approximately 35 horses per week. Now that sounds like alot but when you have a over 1000 head with and interchangeable 750 head per month its not. When i unloaded at the plant there was fresh alfalfa in every pen and every stall, fresh water and so many USDA inspectors you couldnt breathe. Im not so ignorant to think that i could ever change the minds of you idots. You people posting your anti-horse slaughter BS dont even know what your talking about. I come from a long line of breeders and have been in the business for along time and we run a large operation. Ik every in and out of the business and i can tell everyone of you that says the horsesalughter is cruel and its torture are flat out wrong. Like i said ik i cant change the ignorant mind of a animal rights activist. But there is a American Government given right to decide what you do with your own property. Now im not saying that Michael Vick should be able to fight dogs as long as he owns them. But slaughtering horses for export is a business and its not any more cruel than the thousands of cows and pigs that we slaughter and most of you hypocrits devour that meat everyday with not a thought to it. So if you can slaughter your cow for food than by god i should be able to slaughter my horse. The fact that we can’t do that anymore unless we ship to mexico, which by the way mexican slaughter houses offend me cause they have no regulations, so they just kill them however they can. The fact that we cant slaughter our horses for consumption no matter where it is being consumed, is sad and its an injustice to our rights as U.S. citiznes

By: rebekah

rebekah — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:58:37 +0000

i think that the killing of horses is inhuman my shetland was bought from a sluaghter house for $20 and was given to a friend who gave lessons on him before giving him to us where he lived for an other 4-5 year before passing away last week. he lived much longer than anyone exspected him to and had a very happy and full life. PLEASE RESCUE HORSE THAT ARE SOLD TO THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE. THEY CANT TALK SO WE NEED TO STAND UP FOR THEM. MOST OF THE HORSE ARE PERFECTLY FINE ALL THEY NEED IS FOR SOMEONE TO LOVE THEM.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:42:20 +0000

Caitlyn from Ohio – EDUCATE yourself, please on what actually goes into the process of slaughtering a horse. From the terror to the physical pain, it is inhuman to treat horses this way. The slaughter process is ineffective with regard to making a horse senseless before it is hauled upside down, its throat slit, and skinned while still alive. Is that worth some uneducated, unskilled person’s job?! HELL NO. Let them find work doing something that contributes to society instead of contiributing to animal torture.

By: Caitlyn

Caitlyn — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:18:27 +0000

I am 100% for the slaughter of horses in America. There is not enough jobs to circulate money to care for the animals that are unwanted, or cant be taken care of so why not slaughter them just like every other animal. Cows’ and pigs’ are pets also i dont know what all the fuss is about. Closing down the plants in the states was a lead to a new economic crisis. Thousands of people lost their jobs, as well as many horses are just left to starve now, would u rather see them die quick or let them suffer by not giving a dam about them?