I need help on a horse slaughter speech?

Question

So I am giving a speech in a class and I have to argue for horse slaughter in the US. I can only find websites that are against horse slaughter and i was wondering if you guys knew of any websites that showed the other side of the issue... Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You will have the tough end of a debate here. You are going to be arguing from the non-popular viewpoint.

The other side is going to resort to pleas to emotion. They will talk about how beautiful horses are and things like that. You may even have someone talk about why we should go complete vegetarian.

I would start by learning more about horses. Do they grow faster? Are they easier to raise? Do they use less grain? What advantages are there over raising horses than than raising cows? If you can say that if we were to change over to eating horse meat then we could provide more food with less land and effort, then you might have an argument.

Try to find cultures that eat horsemeat. I would not be suprised if there some. Find out what kind of meals are made. Find out if there is a reason why those people do not eat cow. A lot of people have an aversion to eating horsemeat because they think of it as something bad. Like it is bad tasting or bad for you. If you can show that other people eat it and like it then you might be able to cast some doubt on that.

Also investigate on horses in the wild. How are their numbers maintained? Do they have predators that keep them from over-populating or are they culled? Horses are not native to the US. They are one of the few tolerated invasive species. They do not harm the ecosystem so that is good. However, if they breed out of control that could change.

I cannot provide you with any websites. I do not know of. Start with Wiki and try to branch out your research. If you really want to impress, spend some time at the library and look up magazine articles and books. A lot of teachers are seeing less and less sources cited that are not the internet these days. Some even say that you have to have a certain number of non-internet sources.

Answer 2

If you're going to be arguing about why the slaughter should be legal, there's a whole other angle you can work from. Each year in the US 100,000 horses are slaughtered. Sad but needed, unfortunately.

The same thing has happen to horses that has happened to dogs and cats. There are too many indiscriminant breeders out there, producing horses that are riddled with conformation flaws affecting their long term health. Some are perfectly good horses, that simply couldn't find a home due to over breeding.

It is not uncommon to find a nice registered horse in a stock pen.

It's more common to find old, lame horses that have simply been used up and disposed of, since selling at auction is cheaper than the $1500 to euthanize and remove.

Horses are not cheap pets. So when they get injured, or go lame, or come up with a genetic disorder, instead of facing thousands of dollars in vet bills, the owner will simply run them through the auction house.

Now tell me, if slaughter is banned, what will happen to the 100,000 horses each year? Who will take them? The over crowded and poorly funded rescues? The responcible horse owners who already have more than their fair share? All the famous rich people who oppose slaughter? Surely Willy Nelson has a spare 10,000 acres.

There are not enough rendering plants for 100,000 euthanized horses. Burrying them will polute the ground water.. they're simply too large. Even Kentucky, the horse state capital, only has one facility in the entire state that will cremate a horse.

And what about all the broken down race horses? All the ones who leave the track too lame to ever be ridden again? Ban racing... yeah... like that'll happen.

There is not enough money to care for all these horses. There are not enough resources to do anything but slaughter them.

If slaughter is banned... then there will be increased cases of abuse and starvation. Horses simply left on a dry lot, or turned loose, or tied to the gate of a farm in abandonment. There isn't even enough land for the mustangs.

I wouldn't doubt that "wild" horses will pop up in Texas, Alabama, Kentucky... from careless individuals who would have sent them to auction.

Not to mention the financial crash of the equine market. The prices are based on the meat prices. If a 1,000 pound horse goes for $500, then any 1,000 pound horse is worth atleast that. If it's ridable, then $1,000, if it's papered, then $1,500... if it's well trained, well papered, and conformed correctly, then $2,000 on up into the tens of thousands.

With the closing of the plants in Texas, leaving Illinois the only one open.... horse prices have fallen dramatically. You can't auction a weanling colt for $70. And people are still breeding for horses that have no value!!

End slaughter.... alright... then what? What's the plan for those 100,000 horses and the industry as a whole? Let's ban animal shelters from euthanizing dogs and cats... then what? They number in the millions. Who will take them then?

All that needs to happen, is regulations need to be put into place on the method of slaughter, the transportation of live horses, and their care in general during the whole ordeal.

If we ban slaughter, the horses will just be sent to Canada and Mexico. Mexico? I wonder how they operate the slaughter houses there? Very humane no doubt....

Answer 3

go to www.youtube.com the in the search type Horse Slaughter

Answer 4

The only reason I can think of for proslaughter is: There are too many people breeding irresponsibly and not enough homes to provide for them.