that's noy my point at all, I merely suggest that some animals are better suited to be "pets" then are others. I love horses too, grew up on uncles and grandparents farms. We adopted animals all the time, named the chickens, named the pigs and ate them both. The horses were, at that time, retired and put out to pasture, they did pretty much as they pleased. The cows, on the other hand, (just as gentle and noble as the horses) were sold to slaughter. What's the difference???? The cattle were raised to give milk and eventually beef. The horses were raised to provide pulling power and eventually left to die alone and underappreciated...so sad. Do you realive how much meat is represented by 1,000,000 horses that weigh 1300 lbs each?????what about the starving masses, what about the children ??? I agree that horses can become kind of a pet, but they are not the same as cats and dogs and parakeets and goldfish. There are "pets" and there are animals that one becomes fond of.....besides, horses taste better than cats!
I value a horse as a pet just as much as a cat or dog. If your family took care of their retired horses, then they didn’t die alone. Some might have been old and died during the night, but that happens to dogs/cats too. I like cows, but they are not like horses. Nobility has nothing to do with it.
There are no starving masses where this meat is headed for. The “for the children” comment is silly and reactionary.
I’m sure Obama appreciates your support. One day, when wild horses are spoken of in the past tense, you can be happy that you had a hand in it. Perhaps you can start a business raising horses for slaughter. Tell me how you felt when you looked into that horse’s eye as you went to kill it.
I have Mark Levin on my side. Nuff said.