Deputies: Horse Beaten with Sledgehammer, Remains Fed to Dogs

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[ConservativeMind]

Life without parole please.

For slaughtering his own animal? It may not have been the way you'd have killed your own animal, but it was his animal.

Have you ever willingly killed a rat or mouse? Do you eat meat that others slaughter, animals that they own which they slice the head right off and carve off chunks of meat for you to buy in the store?

Get real. God cares much more about humans because only humans have souls. Worry about aborted babies, instead.

[Chet 99]

you didn’t have to count very long.

[Concho]

When he gets sent to jail, make sure the other inmates know what he did. They will take care of him. That stuff does not go unpunished on the inside.

[a real Sheila]

A good friend has some and they are like huge dogs.
They want to be petted and given a carrot.
They are usually very sweet.
I keep a fence between them and myself though.

[ElayneJ]

I can’t read the posting - just had to express my revulsion and disgust. Anything that gets done to him is OK with me.

[ConservativeMind]

That is your choice, and frankly, I'd pick a gun, too.

But that wasn't my animal with which to have my way.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If do-gooders hadn't shut down all the horse slaughterhouses, this wouldn't be happening.

[ConservativeMind]

It was his animal.

Have you ever killed a rat or eaten meat that was slaughtered?

[ConservativeMind]

Do you or your kids eat meat of any sort? Ever wonder how animal flesh winds up on your plate? It’s an animal owned by someone who then slaughters it. You encourage this inhumane practice by buying meat and worse, eating it.

I wouldn’t have killed my horse that way, but with a gun, as Chet said in a post, but it wasn’t my horse.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Horses are livestock,

C'mon, don't inject fact on such an emotionally charged issue.

I miss good horse steaks and burger meat.

[ConservativeMind]

I’ll bet you are a meat eater and don’t mind eating many different animals that had to be slaughtered for your stomach.

You have undoubtedly killed mice or rats in your life. These are fellow mammals. Who made you God such that only your hand in killings was deemed “acceptable?”

[ontap]

Fact of life some people can't afford to hire a vet to cure an animal let alone to pay to have one put down. While I would have preferred that he used a gun he might not have had one. I don't know if the ASPCA would have taken the horse or not. While it is against the law to sell horse meat I don't think it is against the law to have one slaughtered for your own use.

[OB1kNOb]

According to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, the horse's owner, Jack Ziniuk, called deputies Sunday afternoon to "put down" his horse, saying that it had been badly injured by attacking dogs and that it was suffering from seizures.

Folks seem to be overlooking this important fact in favor of feeling righteous indignation. If the deputy didn't show up until much later and the guy didn't own a gun, what was he suppose to do? Let the horse suffer? One good whack to the head and the suffering stops.

[ConservativeMind]

Spoken like someone who has never encouraged the killing of animals for food or killed animals pests of any sort.

[ontap]

Excellent point!!!

[Veto!]

There, there. You worry about what worries you. I don’t care what that might be — it’s your business. No point wasting your valuable time worrying about whatever it is that worries me.

[ConservativeMind]

These are the same people who think that having the “Humane Society” killing countless animals is perfectly fine, along with killing for food or killing of pests.

Totally inconsistent logic, but it suits their selfishness and emotional maturity levels.

[Chet 99]

and our society would be even worse off than it already is if everyone took the position that we’re not going to care about Evil B because Evil A is allowed to go on.

[netmilsmom]

Me too!

They are pretty and when we stop at a local stable, they love the apples we bring, but my girls are braver than I am. They feed them and pet them on the nose. I smile and stand back.