I'm for it just for these reasons: Many people who are against horse slaughter are against it because all they see is the death of a magnificent creature... many times, a creature they have never REALLY known personally. They've seen the good sides, a gorgeous blood bay shining in the sun running across a field of grass blowing in the wind.
They haven't seen the bad sides. The potentially terrifying horror stories that are possible with such a powerful creature. The expenses, the problems, behavioural, physical, mental.
Slaughter is needed because of quite a few reasons. Firstly... horses are expensive. Many people can't afford to keep a horse around that is useless. They are expensive to feed and keep. If a horse is beyond use, many people just can't afford to keep it. It's got to go somewhere. Again, not many people are willing to take a useless horse. Even rescues can't really afford to take something absolutely useless because they've got to be able to turn around and adopt a horse out to be able to keep taking in horses. So the horses would end up being abused and most likely starved to death by their owners.
Disposal of a body is even expensive. There are four main options... through euthanasia, you can either bury at a specific depth away from ground water... Rental of a backhoe and a means to get the 1200 lb body into the hole. Or cremation. Which is not overly common, requires a nearby facility, and a way to get the body to the facility. Donation to a large predator facility... trailer the horse there, employees put to sleep, end. Donation to science. Sometimes a University will pick up a body, but most times the body must be taken there. Lastly, the slaughter option. Another point is that most of the people against horse slaughter EAT MEAT. Most mammals are killed the same way, so why does everyone try to save the horses that are slaughtered?
2007-02-07
10:49:34
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Danielle
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