[JohnHuang2]

Thursday, October 16, 2003

Quote of the Day by Southack

[fly_so_free]

Here'a a link to a great organization that rescues horses , and is also trying to get the slaughter of horses to stop. Lots of info about this subject there. Also- If anyone in So. Cal area likes to be around horses but doesn't have the time or money to keep one , they are always looking for volunteers to help with care for theirs. They rescue the Premarin foals from Canada too. (I know alot of women on Premarin would probally freak if they knew where it came from.) Anyway visit the site, (if your interested)-it's nice and the place is run by a great group of people. Here's a link http://www.unitedpegasus.com

[white trash redneck]

Last year alone, more than 42,000 horses were slaughtered right here in the United States, not for pet food, but to satisfy the human demand for the delicacy of horsemeat in countries such as France, Italy, Belgium and Japan.

Public support for ending horse slaughter is great. A survey conducted earlier this year found 72 percent of Texans opposed to horse slaughter.

Is this article for real, or is it a backhanded swipe at countries that sanctimoniously castigate us for our death penalty?

[lysie]

My 20 year old daughter adopted a colt from here....Prism PMU foals.

We have had him for 10 days....

He's (Bentley) the one on the right..getting aquainted with our PB.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Last year alone, more than 42,000 horses were slaughtered right here in the United States, not for pet food, but to satisfy the human demand for the delicacy of horsemeat in countries such as France, Italy, Belgium and Japan.

BUMP

[stainlessbanner]

fyi

[HairOfTheDog]

Horse ping....

Nebraska Trail rider.... I know I don't know you, I just saw your name on another thread.... Backcountry Horseman (woman ;~D) here, and trail rider.... click my profile for pictures of mine on trail.

[John O]

Animal=property=food

I don't see what the problem is. Of course I wouldn't eat horse (probably more of a cultural thing than anything else) but if the person who owns the horse wants to butcher it for dinner who am I to interfere with his property rights.

Now if the treatment of the horse causes the meat to be inedible or dangerous then that treatment needs to be stopped. But it needs to be stopped due to it's effect on humans NOT due to it's effect on the horse

[fly_so_free]

The story of Ferdinand going to slaughter shocked alot of people in the horse racing industry. They are working on having contracts , that when a race horse is sold for stud to another country, the new owners will have to notify the previous owners in the US, if the horse cannot produce anymore .

The story was in the Racing Form. Basically it said that the person in charge of Ferdinand, did not bother to call anyone here in the US, to ask if they might want to take him back. But they also gave accounts of some of his Japanese handlers ,who were just as disgusted as people here ,that he was sent to slaughter.

The problem in Japan is that they don't have any room. The barns at the track are stacked on top of one another. The horses go down to the track in an elevator. Still, the article said there are some Japanese horse people trying to start a retirement place for their horses, out in the country. FYI

[South40]

Horses are people too.