[HairOfTheDog]

The slaughter option lets man's dependable companion, the horse, make one last gift to the human race, its own body.

If only it really happened like that you could put it in a Hallmark card. But it doesn't. My horse will be put down here at home with tears and a needle. Not shoved down a chute not comphrehending why his comfortable life has suddenly turned into a nightmare by people he will still try to trust.

I have no trouble with the rendered uses of his body if I have a truck pick him up. I may not want to watch... there is no dignified way to move a 1200 pound animal, but it is the mixing of live slaughtered horses and the disposed dead that keeps me from knowingly buying the products I can avoid, such as pet food.

[Criminal Number 18F]

Hey, if that works for you, and you are able to see your horse off gently, more power to you. The horses that wins up in the chute are the ones that no one wants (and I know, try explaining to a 13 year old that there are horses out there that no one wants), or at leat no one wants enough to spend money to take care of, or to spend money to euthanise.

Ask at an animal shelter in a suburban town if they have horse stories. They will.

I'm just pointing out that a loving home for every horse may be a pious sentiment, but it isn't remotely reality. Glad your horse is wanted and loved. I love horses (why else would I click on this thread?) but can't practically keep animals.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F