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10-28-2007, 09:54 AM
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i cannot imagine eating a horse. to ban slaughter would be noble, but this quote from above points to the reality of the situation:
"But the sad reality is that we have a number of horses that, for whatever reason, are unwanted. Transporting them under USDA supervision to USDA-regulated facilities where they are humanely euthanized is a much better option than neglect, starvation, or an inhumane death in Mexico." you can't ban a happening, without an alternative to what has been going on. it's pollyannic to assume that by banning slaughter, these horses would suddenly be able to live to a ripe old age, fed and houses by loving, caring human beings, in a grassy field surrounded by a white picket fence. the change has to come from breeders, both large and small. too many horses, not enough homes. not enough responsible homes at that.
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10-28-2007, 10:00 AM
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from an article in yesterday's houston chronicle.....
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5250772.html In September, the San Antonio Express-News visited a municipal plant in Juarez, Mexico, where horses 90 percent of them from the United States were immobilized with knife hacks to the back, then hoisted upside down and their throats slit.
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10-28-2007, 10:52 AM
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no, don't be sorry. maybe if more people read stuff like that highlight you put up, things would change.
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10-28-2007, 10:59 AM
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10-28-2007, 11:39 AM
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 we're just shipping them further................. http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/AL_LS635.txt
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