As far as I can find, there is no proof that the horse was beaten with a sledge hammer. Killed, yes.
Please be advised that for many generations, cattle and horses were killed by blindfolding and then applying a hammer or axe to the skull.
Thanks to the political alliance between commies, enviro-whacko’s and animal rights freaks such as PETA, and gun grabbers, it is not illegal to shoot an injured or unwanted horse or other animal in many places.
Why, one asks, did the Vet Associations go along with these laws? Think money. Mr. Vet makes nothing if a hammer blow or a .22 between the eyes kills an animal.
So, what can be done? No chance of a horse slaughter house coming by to get the horse, Mr. Vet is too expensive AND doesn't remove the dead horse, anyway.
Ask yourself how you, and I do mean you, would cope with half a ton or more of dead horse.
Got Bulldozer? Got Backhoe?
I thought not. Now you know why my mother taught me it was easier to criticize than to be correct.
I thought not. Now you know why my mother taught me it was easier to criticize than to be correct.
Well, first of all, in answer to your question: “Ask yourself how you, and I do mean you, would cope with half a ton or more of dead horse.”
I wouldn’t own a horse if I didn’t have the means to care for it. That, after all, would be irresponsible.
“Please be advised that for many generations, cattle and horses were killed by blindfolding and then applying a hammer or axe to the skull.”
OK - and in the past, women were strapped to the plow in place of the horse. I, for one, think that’s an idea whose time has come and gone. Just like the idea of killing the horse in the way you describe. Some practices of the past need to be left there.
As to the cost of vet care - That’s beside the point. I don’t care what the motivation is,as long as the outcome is a good one.
I support humane treatment of animals. I didn’t realize this was a controversial point of view. But is seems to be.