Comments on: The last U.S. slaughterhouse is ordered to close

By: D

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:44:40 +0000

It would be much better to slaughter a mean dangerous outlaw horse that would hurt a human being , rather than taking a chance on it hurting someone.

By: Carly

Carly — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:01:12 +0000

Also, just kind of a food for thought… What is the difference between a “horse lover” and a responsible horse owner. Someone who had 30 horses and lost all of her money and watched her horses slowly die of starvation (this actually happened about a month ago), she loved her horses and did not want to do the responsible thing, like euthanasia (that costs money, which she did not have)….. Now can you tell the difference between a “horse lover” and a responsible horse owner?

By: Carly

Carly — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:55:26 +0000

I agree with you Sadie.

By: Sadie

Sadie — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:17:25 +0000

So you people don’t agree with euthanization or slaughter, but you’ll agree to let a horse slowly starve to death because its owner doesn’t have enough money to feed it, because they’re beautiful animals? I have horses of my own, and I love them to death, but I would put them to sleep if it meant it was what was best for the horse. In fact, one of mine has a disease called DSLD, and I’m willing to keep her until she needs to be euthanized, which I’d rather do than let her suffer. I’m willing to bet that any of you who think horse slaughter is simply a cruel practice and NOT a neccessary evil didn’t do your homework. I am not saying that I want horse slaughter, but better to put them out of their misery rather that letting them suffer their last days because people like you find it horrifying. Did you know that cattle are killed the same way in order to get their meat? And yet we eat hamburger. And no one thinks twice about putting a cat or dog to sleep if it’s what’s best for them. And, although horsesare seen as pets to most people, they are legally considered a livestock animal.

By: ?????

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*never

By: ?????

????? — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:00:10 +0000

Paying for an unusable horse is something that you wouldn’t understand if you’ve ever had a horse.

By: Sadie

Sadie — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:57:34 +0000

Yeah, Horses are beautiful animals, but if we don’t slaughter them, they won’t be so pretty when they’re starving to death, now will they? H.R. 503, the ban on horse slaughter, doesn’t address care. Think about this. It costs around $2,000 dollars a year to care for one horse. About 100,000 are slaughtered each year. lus, horses can have a thirty year lifespan. Do the math. Do you guys plan on paying that?

By: wendy

wendy — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:14:00 +0000

hurray!!!! Finally this NOT necessary evil is going to close! Lets keep fighting people, so stupid cavel doesn’t even dream of reopening, and if I had an unridable horse, I’d love it until the end, so what if it was unrideable.

By: Haley

Haley — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:29:32 +0000

I loved this article because I am such a huge animal lover and the biggest horse lover in the world. Now the article is just amazing because slaughterhouses shouldn’t have been allowed in the U.S in the first place. But thankfully the last open slaughterhouse is ordered to close so that is a really good thing for all horse and animal lovers out there. So the what I am trying to tell you is that I am happy that the last slaughterhouse is being ordered to shut down. Thank you!!!:)

By: john

john — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:32:19 +0000

I personally would not eat horse meat. However, I do not believe I, nor anyone else, has the right to tell others that they can not. This country was based on keeping the citizens free. Now rights are being extinguished left and right. The only way to keep horse stock strong is to allow animals that are not of use to be disposed of. What is to be done with a 20 year old gelding that can no longer be ridden? It is foolish to think that everyone will just pay to keep this animal until it dies of natural causes and then pay to dispose of it. The dark side of life is death. A horse could be killed and butchered or left to starve. Kill facilities are a necessary evil.