I remember when Fernando, the horse that won the Derby, was slaughtered in a horsemeat slaughterhouse. I don’t think it was the US, but I remember being disturbed by it, on a purely emotional level. I had watched the Derby he won.
If I recall correctly, a restaurant advertised his meat as a special meal. People find that distasteful.
I think that may have been the event that gave impetus to the legislation.
Ferdinand.
That was Ferdinand and before that the great champion Exceller. Both were slaughtered overseas. Ferdinand was slaughtered in Japan and Exceller was slaughtered in Sweden.
I am against horse slaughter for humane reasons. I am for stiffer penalties for animal abuse and for those horse owners who can no longer care for their horses, there should be places where they can take their horses to put them to sleep or turned over to horse rescue organizations.
To me, horses are not livestock and have plowed our fields, served us in battle and were beasts of burden. They deserve a better fate.
“I remember when Fernando, the horse that won the Derby, was slaughtered in a horsemeat slaughterhouse. I don’t think it was the US, but I remember being disturbed by it, on a purely emotional level. I had watched the Derby he won.”
Fernando was slaughered and eaten in Japan. They made sashimi out of him. What a shame.
That was in Japan