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To: shield

I don't see what the big deal is. Horses are not used for transportation anymore and are not prevalent as pets. Should they be accorded more rights than, say, pigs?


8 posted on 09/02/2006 11:32:12 AM PDT by billybudd
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To: billybudd
are not prevalent as pets

I can see you've NEVER had a horse you've loved like a cat or dog. They are some of the finest pets ever.

10 posted on 09/02/2006 11:33:56 AM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: billybudd
Should they be accorded more rights than, say, pigs?

that's the thing, they shouldn't be, and both should be able to be slaughtered for meat.

The thing is, that folks like PETA see this as an 'in' to stopping meat consumption. After all if they can convince americans to stop slaughtering Horses for consumption, then their next step would be to sue somewhere and make that law apply to cows, pigs and chickens...
13 posted on 09/02/2006 11:35:22 AM PDT by Kidan (Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: billybudd
Horses are not used for transportation anymore and are not prevalent as pets.

What?!? And you claim to be from Texas.....

14 posted on 09/02/2006 11:36:04 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: billybudd
I don't see what the big deal is. Horses are not used for transportation anymore and are not prevalent as pets. Should they be accorded more rights than, say, pigs?

The history of man and horse goes back thousands of years. The horse has transported us, tilled our soil, harvested crops, carried us into battle, been a companion; basically every thing we've asked the horse to do he's done, even if reluctantly.

We owe Horses a better legacy than the slaughterhouse.

22 posted on 09/02/2006 11:42:10 AM PDT by AFreeBird (If American "cowboy diplomacy" did not exist, it would be necessary to invent it.)
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