http://www.endhorseslaughtering.com
List of supporters of horses: Celebrity Supporters Shane Barbi-Wahl
Sia Barbi
Barbara Bosson
Bruce Boxleitner
Jeff Bridges
Christie Brinkley
Rita Coolidge
John Corbett
Alex Cord
Catherine Crier, Court TV
James Cromwell
Tony and Jill Curtis
Ellen DeGeneres
Ron Delsener - Ron Delsener Presents
Bo Derek
Clint Eastwood
Mike Epps
Will Estes
Shelley Fabares
Morgan Fairchild
Mike Farrell
Morgan Freeman
Kinky Friedman
Melissa Gilbert
Whoopi Goldberg
Jane Goodall, PhD.
Merv Griffin
Arlo Guthrie
Merle Haggard
Jack Hanna, Director Emeritus, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Columbus, Ohio
Daryl Hannah
Tess Harper
Tippi Hedren
Mariel Hemingway
Laura Hillenbrand - author of Seabiscuit
George Jones
Ashley Judd
Toby Keith
Eddie Kilroy, Program Director, "Hank's Place" XM 13
Carole King
Kris Kristofferson
Chief Arvol Looking Horse - 19th generation keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe Bundle and holds the responsibility of spiritual leader among the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota People
George Lopez
Mrs. Roger (Mary) Miller
Steve Miller
Mary Tyler Moore
Sir Paul McCartney
Ali McGraw
Jesse & Joy McReynolds of Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys - Entertainer, Member of the Grand Ole Opry, Bluegrass Music legend
Connie Nelson - Outlaw Management
Willie Nelson
Olivia Newton-John
Alexandra Paul
The late Richard and Jennifer Lee Pryor
Keith Richards
Kid Rock
Theresa Russell
William Shatner
Paul Sorvino
Mira Sorvino
Bernie Taupin
Billy Bob Thornton
Rob Thomas
Marisol Thomas
Shania Twain
Ken Wahl
Dwight Yoakam
Yeah, I make all my important decisions based on what Christie Brinkley, Whoopie Goldberg and Ellen Degeneres think. The heck with the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and the American Veterinary Medical Association. They have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to livestock.
It's all well and good for the celebrities to add their names to a piece of paper. What they really need to do is fork over the money to create sanctuaries for the horses. There is no need to stop horse slaughter, horses bought for slaughter are the bottom of the market, they are bought by killer buyers because no one else is willing to pay for their upkeep. There is no need to change the law, the people that want to save the horses need to put their money where their mouths are and buy property, set up sanctuaries and then go to the killer buyers and offer them more for the horses than the slaughter houses are offering. It's that simple.
I get so tired of folks wanting solutions to problems like this to be so easy. Easy for them- just sign your name or call your elected representative. The problem is that does NOT solve the problem that created the horse slaughter market to begin with. The root cause is unwanted horses- between 60,000-100,000 horses per year. Who is going to take care of them??
This country has already been here and done this on a smaller scale. Protestors and petition signers stopped the gathering of wild horses for money and the slaughter of unwanted wild horses and now the federal government has feedlots set up to care for those unwanted horses. The taxpayers are paying every month to feed and care for them and there is still no solution what to do with them.
I strongly believe that anyone who wants to make these changes is free to do so, but why not put up their own money to do it??
I love horses, we keep all of our old horses and care for them until death. We are willing to pay the price of their upkeep and have taken in horses that others would not or could not care for. We have saved horses that were literally in the trailer on their way to a killer buyer. The difference is that is our decision, we get to decide how many we can afford to care for, we get to decide which horses to care for. I would never choose to make that decision for all taxpayers and neither should the folks fighting to end horse slaughter.
I am against stopping horse slaughter until there is a real workable solution of what to do with all the unwanted horses. The funny thing is, when that issue is solved the slaughter houses will have to close from lack of product, there will be no need to outlaw them.
I'm certainly glad we live in such dull, safe times, that this is of critical importance for Congress to consider.