[ Poll ] Horse Slaughter

What are your views on Horse Slaughter?

For		50.0%	[ 1 ]
Against		0.0%	[ 0 ]
Its cruel and inhumane		0.0%	[ 0 ]
I'm not sure		50.0%	[ 1 ]
Please tell me more, I'm interested in what you know.		0.0%	[ 0 ]

Total Votes: 2

[Luxxfere]

bump

[Satanic-Goddes]

I have horses , I won't let them die weakened and old! I'll wait until they are in a certain age there the horse risks feeling permanent pain. then you can slaughter it , but I won't slaughter it in a verry mean way or to explot it! ( got expensive horses)

[Luxxfere]

Satanic-Goddes

I have horses , I won't let them die weakened and old! I'll wait until they are in a certain age there the horse risks feeling permanent pain. then you can slaughter it , but I won't slaughter it in a verry mean way or to explot it! ( got expensive horses)

errrr sweatdrop Not really sure you understand the situation.

But thank you for your input!

[Pickleswithastick]

What's the difference between sending a horse who died of old age to a rendering plant and a live horse to a slaughterhouse? They end up in the same place, and quite frankly, I don't see any difference.

Anti-slaughter people love telling us that the number of horses needing homes hasn't increased since slaughter was banned, but I'm not seeing it. I think it's more of a case of Suzy X dumping Apple in the middle of nowhere. At any rate, there is NO reason slaughter should have been banned in the US. There is obviously a market for it (anyone been keeping up with the thefts and butchering in Miami?), it's a healthy meat, it can be regulated properly, horses don't have to travel as far, and plenty of horses won't starve or suffer because someone couldn't afford to euthanize and take care of the body.

[Luxxfere]

Pickleswithastick

What's the difference between sending a horse who died of old age to a rendering plant and a live horse to a slaughterhouse? They end up in the same place, and quite frankly, I don't see any difference.

Anti-slaughter people love telling us that the number of horses needing homes hasn't increased since slaughter was banned, but I'm not seeing it. I think it's more of a case of Suzy X dumping Apple in the middle of nowhere. At any rate, there is NO reason slaughter should have been banned in the US. There is obviously a market for it (anyone been keeping up with the thefts and butchering in Miami?), it's a healthy meat, it can be regulated properly, horses don't have to travel as far, and plenty of horses won't starve or suffer because someone couldn't afford to euthanize and take care of the body.

heart

Unfortunately, the rendering of horse carcasses is slowly disappearing. I know that of the one place that always seemed to accept a horse carcass in the Texas panhandle, no longer does. The Hereford rending plant finally said no to horses a few years ago.

Here is a list of ways that a horse carcass (or any carcass of a large animal) can be gotten "rid" of.

1. Rendering
2. Incineration (costly depending on size of animal, and going rate of fuel at the time) [also has to be in compliance with environmental codes]
3. Burial (Requires a large amount of land, backhoe, flatbed truck or tractor, and can not be around any sort of water supply. If you hit water while digging the hole, oh well)
4. Compost (my university is currently doing studies on this, all in all very good EXCEPT for, horses who have been euthanized with isopentalbarbital can not be buried, or composted for the chemicals leech into the ground)
5. Bio digestion (essentially a large vat of alkali chemicals that "eat" the carcass. little to nothing is left of the body when the process is complete. very expensive, not many places the public has access too. dangerous as well.)
6. The Dump (landfills are supposed to have a license to accept the body of an animal, especially something as large as that of a horse. Many do not have them, so technically can not accept the carcass of a horse, but that doesn't always stop them. Drop offs take place mostly at night and money is exchanged "under the table" wink

[Kilomech]

Mr Butthurt

Envy Gilead

I'm pro-horse steak..
The s**t tastes good, and the only moral difference is that cows aren't held as ridable animals.

Cows also don't often star in interspecies erotica clips.

Oh, I don't know about that.

[Wocki-chan]

Since it's been a bit necro'd...
Try resisting THIS.

[Dr.Wind.Weaver]

I don't make a habit of eating horse meat, but I think horses should be catagorized the way other livestock is. Yes, we tend to use them for sport rather than food in this country, but no, that doesn't mean they're smarter, more sentient or feeling, or somehow more special than cows, pigs, or sheep. If anything, pigs are smarter and should be the "special ones."

So, unless you want to ban all forms of animal slaughter, stop making horses special because you like them better.

[little_boy_luke]

Poor ponys! crying crying crying

[Luxxfere]

little_boy_luke

Poor ponys! crying crying crying

stare

[17bubble]

i love horses

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NoblesseOblige00

Mr Butthurt

Envy Gilead

I'm pro-horse steak..
The s**t tastes good, and the only moral difference is that cows aren't held as ridable animals.

Cows also don't often star in interspecies erotica clips.

well not the ones you are watching, clearly.

http://static.funnyjunk.com/pictures/came1.jpg

[Highlord Smiley]

NO NOT THE HORSES!


http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Amazing+Horse/


WE NEED THEM!

[Librarian Sand]

Look people how many of you guys realize how much time it takes to be GOOD at cleaning a carcass? I’m not just talking about the horses here but any big animal takes a lot of practice to be able to butcher it fast and clean. So why not leave it to the pros and not joe the sadist who gets paid by the breeder to cull his stock.

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High Lord Smiley IV

NO NOT THE HORSES!


http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Amazing+Horse/


WE NEED THEM!

Ooo that's dirty.
(p.s.- shutupwomangetonmyhorse.com)