Should American Horses be slaughtered ???

Question

If you don't think American Horses should be Slaughtered to be served in Japanese and some European Resturants?If not go to "The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act" websites and let your elected officals know .

Answer 1

What about cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, etc.?

Answer 2

Wow, I read some of the other answers you got, people are ignorant.

No, they should not be able to slaughter the American wild mustang to serve some pampered European or Japanese businessman a "rare delicacy". It's sick. These are wild animals, not domesticated livestock. To compare horses to cows--it's apples and oranges. If they were serving up tigers or puppies and kittens, people would be outraged, but horses, Oh it's just some big joke right? And there are huge, HUGE profits made on this sickness. They need to leave the wild mustang alone. Why do the American people think it's OK to just kill everything, and cut down all the trees, pollute the water? We are destroying this land and all the beautiful creatures that live here. It needs to stop.

Please let your elected officials know that this is not acceptable. Stop the slaughter of the American wild mustang before they are gone forever!!!!

Answer 3

They are reasons to slaughter them and also not to. I'd rather not, since I love them. But where would these horses go if we didn't? Would it amount to the overpopulation of dogs and cats? I have heard that their meat is full of protein as well. I've never ate horse, and really don't want to, but that is what I heard.

It's not right to keep an animal that has worked it's whole life or part of it for you and then when they aren't useful anymore just coldheartedly send them to be slaughtered. And it is done cruely.

It's hard to do this to an animal who has brought humankind a long way. The horse is like a national symbol in USA. Where would the cowboy be without his horse? That's why it is hard to stomach it.

Maybe there is another way, limit breeders or 'spay' mares. There should be laws as well against abusive owners, not just for horses, but all animals. So many are treated cruely, it just isn't right.

Answer 4

I signed that last week, it has been passed by the House and I think it is now in the hands of the Senate. Thanks for bringing this topic up and hopefully there will be more signers of the petition.

Obviously I don't think that they should be slaughtered. These animals go through alot of inhumane practices before they die. Their meat is also not used to feed poor countries that may have a famine crisis, it is used in expensive restaurants and tauted that it is from American Horses.
They aren't just talking about killing Mustangs, they are talking about all kinds of breeds of horses, like when people are just tired of being owners, or their race horse loses, or a mare doesn't produce as they want her to. There evidently is money in it, and all this is wrong.

Horses were not made to be eaten.

Answer 5

NO! Horses should NOT be slaughtered! We are already loosing enough due to PMU's and horse racing!

To Hetty: You say you own horses, but boy do I pity them! You are putting a thumbs up toward horse slaughter, and putting a bad name to cross bred horses. Cross bred horses ARE compleatly trainable for YOUR information! I currently own two cross bred mares, 6 years and 10 years of age, and they are so well broke, that we have put beginner riders on them! That does not include my well broke 4 other cross breds that I've owned in the past, or my friends cross breds that are also very well broke. It may suprise you, but a lot of famous horses are actually cross breds, or not even registered. My 10 year old mare is registered, and the horse Poco Bueno, famous cutting stallion, had some breeding on his pedigree that we would consider very bad. His grand, and great grand sire and dam on the dams side were related. Most of them were not even registered. That is what you'll find on a lot of the older famous horses if you ever look at their pedigrees.

Answer 6

We have too many unwanted horses here in the States!!! We can not afford to care for them all. The rescues are full, the BLM herds are over producing, and idiots breed their no account mares to no account stallions producing useless worthless untrainable crap because they can.

Unless you restrict and regulate breeding, slaughter is a necessary evil. As a trainer I have met horses that should be "Belgium Roast". They are not fit to ride due to poor conformation, cruel and inhumane treatment, abusive or ineffective training, and poor breeding.

Would you rather them starve to death, or be shot out behind the track and dumped in a ditch like the unwanted greyhounds? Because that is what's going to happen! Right now I am being TAXED 5 cents per bag of feed to support unwanted horses if this measure passes, that TAX will go as high as $2.50 per bag. That so some bleeding heart can MAKE me pay for race track rejects and breeders mistakes.

Get your head out of your hind end and really examine the issue! If 90,000 UNWANTED horses were slaughtered last year in 10 years that will equal 900,000 UNWANTED horses - where do we put them??? I sure as hell do not want them! If a horse costs a MINIMUM of $150 per month to support, and that is being VERY modest, that equal 16,200,000 in just one year to support that first 90,000 and a whopping TEN times that amount in 10 years!!! Where does the money come from??? My TAXES are high enough - Can YOU afford them?

My horses are of excellent breeding and quality they live useful and productive lives. They will never go to slaughter. But the same can not be said for all of them!!!

Answer 7

I do not agree with horse slaughter. It is an outlet for irresponsible over breeding and without the option of slaughter, over breeders will have to take personal responsibility with their foals instead of clearing their pastures for next years crop. Selective breeding will only make horses stronger and healthier and it will lower the population of unwanted horses in the long run.

People who are worried that all these "unwanted" horses will starve and be neglected rationalize that slaughter is a better alternative, however I wonder if those starving children in foreign countries would agree and would rather be slaughtered than be left starving and neglected in their current state?

The other argument of why not cows, pigs, chickens? I guess if we don't save them all, we shouldn't try to save one? Two wrongs make a right? Additionally, I don't have any moral problems with eating cow, pig or chickens when you buy kosher meats and free range chickens. I suppose the Jewish are corrupt in their kosher processing facilities? Doubtful.

It is time to ban horse slaughter and it is time for breeders to take personal responsibility for their crops before the government does it for them.

~Jenn

Answer 8

YES! I think it's fine to slaughter them. I have owned and shown horses all my life, and I regularly go to a horse auction that actual sells "meat horses". The ones they are killling aren't exactly the cream of the crop. Yes they still have a heart and soul, and I feel for them. But the truth of the matter is we have a HUGE surplus of animals.

The same goes for the mustangs. There aren't enough people willing to adopt and keep these horses. Their numbers have to be controlled. Their range land can only support a certain number of animals. If they are overpopulated, they will die slowly of starvation.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But if you don't like horse slaughter, what do you suggest we do with the thousands of extra horses?

Answer 9

I think horses should nt be slaughtered no matter what, but on the other hand in some countries they use them for meat to feed families. Horses are lovely animals and gods blessed us with many creatures, we are supposed to use them to our advantage! Horses have to die sometime in there life, but not our wild mustangs that rome the open ranges out west, that bullshit! people who have no reason to slaughter there horses at all are big a*******. I hate people out there that are like that! Im sure none of my horses will ever go for slaughter! they will live a long and joyful life!

Answer 10

Well I heard the White Castle restaurant serve horse meat and that all the weaving put in women hair do's come from horsey tail hair. So I don't know! I have naturally long hair of my own. I don't need the weave. But every now and then I could go for some White Castle Burgers!

So I'm stuck between a rock and hard place on this question. Sorry!

Answer 11

i don't have faith it became into ever a prepare to slaughter healthful horses. maximum had reached the tip of their .... "usefulness" , so which you should chat. Now, I comprehend that could sound cruel, yet maximum of those animals have been on their thank you to a bullet in the top , besides. right this is what mystifies me bearing directly to the whole undertaking. different international locations are * procuring and ingesting * the beef of horses that ought to've be placed down, besides. Gotta love Europe.