[Chet 99]

If I had to kill a horse, I think I’d be using a rifle/shotgun, not a freepin sledgehammer. But that’s just 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.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If I had to kill a horse, I think I’d be using a rifle/shotgun, not a freepin sledgehammer. But that’s just me.

I don't think this old guy was doing anything that he wanted to do, he was simply faced with a situation that overwhelmed him.

The horse was probably starving. He probably doesn't own a gun, and if he did and used it on the horse, they'd probably be charging him with a gun crime right now.

We all love horses. The fact is, horses cost a lot of money to take care of, and if your source of income has evaporated, there are no good solutions.

Slaughterhouses are a necessary evil, when it comes to horses.

What can you do with a horse who is thirty-something years old that you've owned for twenty and can barely walk anymore?

Even if you have a vet put it down, what in the heck are you going to do with the thousand-pound carcass?

You can't just take a shovel and dig a hole in your backyard.