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Thanks for the post. You are hard to figure out too... I don't particularly make a distinction between slaughterhouses that slaughter horses for human consumption and those that slaughter horses for pet food. The betrayal of trust is the same. Of those, there are a lot more of than just 3. There is one here in my state, and I would be suprised if there aren't some in every state.

Those opposed have peed around the edges of the problem, banning transport of horses in double-decker trailers designed for cattle, and things like that, but they exist because people sell their horses to them. Mostly old ones, but some young ones. They all hurt me, but the old ones really rip my heart out.

I have been to these sales, went religiously to every one in our area for awhile, helping a friend to find an old horse he sold and wanted back because he feared this is what had happened to her. How I got out of there without buying the lot is more a function of ability than any good sense. If they'd have taken my check, I'd have written it, just to get those old guys out of there.

Hard to figure out? Hmmmm...let's see

A food source is a food source. If they want to eat dogs, that's fine. If they want to eat cats, that's fine. If they want to eat horse, that's fine as well. A food source is a food source. A dog is a dog, a cat is a cat, a horse is a horse, a fish is a fish.

As much as I loved my dog, if it had come down to it, I would have eaten her rather than starve to death.

I've eaten fish that I've caught, squirrel that I've killed, venison, elk, dog, and yes, I've eaten horse as well (the beef supplier for the west coast military bases got busted for selling horse rather than beef).

Given the choice - does your family starve, or do you live off your animals?