[ 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

[wolfves tears]

You say slaughtering horses is wrong. But what about all the cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, and many other animals that live such sad, unloved lives?!?!

I've tried to be vegetarian before...but yeah...it didn't work out so good. >.> *cough cough* But basically, in my opinion, people can eat whatever they want. They eat dogs some places in the world too so if some people want to eat horses they can. I'm not going to try and stop them.

[The Dark Archer]

If its for food and really don't see what is more important or better about horses then any other animal.

[Luxxfere]

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.

I don't understand what point you're trying to make here.

[Luxxfere]

The Dark Archer

If its for food and really don't see what is more important or better about horses then any other animal.

Because for whatever reason, in the United States horses are seen as companion animals versus livestock which they really are.

Because the US is relatively young compared to say Europe and Asia, we've never gone through the progression of horses being food livestock before becoming tools of war, and progressing to where they stand in today's world.

Horses were originally bred for food. Russia had more horses at one point than they had people. While at war, they were able to replace horse after horse without worry of running out of horses. Crazy huh?

[Miss-dark8607]

NoblesseOblige00

We use horses in competitive racing and as haulage power on carts and buggies and the like (well not as much now to haul things anyway) things in which they are often killed or injured terribly, and sometimes it is kinder to kill a crippled or maimed animal than try and rehabilitate it without any guarantee of success or better quality of life for the animal, and they are used for meat and in glue production after they are slaughtered, its not like there is a culture of killing horse en masse for no purpose than the killing of an animal.


And lets be real here, its livestock you can ride and pull things with, its like a muscular and fast cow, not some super intelligent almost person that's pretty looking, its a farm animal that is used alive and can also be harvested for its meat and other uses. People over-emotionalize the idea of horses being killed and cloud rational thought.

This! No one cares about all the millions of roaches and other pest that get taken out. I have yet seen PETA carjack a termiatx truck. So until then these animal rights groups can STFU! As I find it laughable how most of the time they only care about saving the cute, cuddley, and/or fashionable animals.

[PC vs MAC Troll]

Miss-dark8607

NoblesseOblige00

We use horses in competitive racing and as haulage power on carts and buggies and the like (well not as much now to haul things anyway) things in which they are often killed or injured terribly, and sometimes it is kinder to kill a crippled or maimed animal than try and rehabilitate it without any guarantee of success or better quality of life for the animal, and they are used for meat and in glue production after they are slaughtered, its not like there is a culture of killing horse en masse for no purpose than the killing of an animal.


And lets be real here, its livestock you can ride and pull things with, its like a muscular and fast cow, not some super intelligent almost person that's pretty looking, its a farm animal that is used alive and can also be harvested for its meat and other uses. People over-emotionalize the idea of horses being killed and cloud rational thought.

This! No one cares about all the millions of roaches and other pest that get taken out. I have yet seen PETA carjack a termiatx truck. So until then these animal rights groups can STFU! As I find it laughable how most of the time they only care about saving the cute, cuddley, and/or fashionable animals.

But They are Just Trying to Make the World Cuter!

[Sunstride]

Well I think I'm against it only because they are one of my favorite animals and I own one. razz

[Mistress of Delights]

little_boy_luke

Poor ponys! crying crying crying

Yup, that's it, they're slaughtering My Little Ponies for people to eat for dinner. The French especially love them.

[Mistress of Delights]

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.

I found a bestiality hentai once and it was about this family who raised show horses and they rewarded them by ******** them. IDK, the horse anatomy made me want to cry.

[Miss-dark8607]

PC vs MAC Troll

Miss-dark8607

NoblesseOblige00

We use horses in competitive racing and as haulage power on carts and buggies and the like (well not as much now to haul things anyway) things in which they are often killed or injured terribly, and sometimes it is kinder to kill a crippled or maimed animal than try and rehabilitate it without any guarantee of success or better quality of life for the animal, and they are used for meat and in glue production after they are slaughtered, its not like there is a culture of killing horse en masse for no purpose than the killing of an animal.


And lets be real here, its livestock you can ride and pull things with, its like a muscular and fast cow, not some super intelligent almost person that's pretty looking, its a farm animal that is used alive and can also be harvested for its meat and other uses. People over-emotionalize the idea of horses being killed and cloud rational thought.

This! No one cares about all the millions of roaches and other pest that get taken out. I have yet seen PETA carjack a termiatx truck. So until then these animal rights groups can STFU! As I find it laughable how most of the time they only care about saving the cute, cuddley, and/or fashionable animals.

But They are Just Trying to Make the World Cuter!

Yes but it's the cute ones that attack the most. Don't these people watch Animal planet and watch shows like when Animals attack? The majority of the animals that attack people are the cute and cuddley ones. Like Foxes, kola bears, wild cats, ect. These Peta people will doom us all.

[Luxxfere]

Sunstride

Well I think I'm against it only because they are one of my favorite animals and I own one. razz

I would assume you're thinking in terms of what would happen if you sold your horse before he/she died. How would you know he/she wouldn't end up at a slaughter house right? (Disregard the fact slaughter was deemed illegal in the US)

[Luxxfere]

bump

[Irahatam]

[Metalhead.Psycho]

I'd like to take over this old topic, which has died.

Horse Slaughter OP,OT

Views, opinions, questions?
If you don't know anything about this, except what you have heard secondhand, or read from petition websites, I encourage you to ask questions before having an opinion.
I'm an Equine Industry/Business major from West Texas A&M. Many of my professors and advisers have been on/ are on Agricultural Boards that discuss these issues at great length and write papers for the legislature to review.

I'm sorry. I can't watch another one of those links without losing my mind.
I hate that this animal has to suffer something as horrible as this because it becomes lame or useless to it's owner. I can't wait till the day the world realizes that the horse never lost it's usefulness. It's us who turned our backs on it for a more contaminating form of transportation.

[UnfunnyKitty]

Couldn't care less if I tried, just another animal, one that was historically eaten a great deal before it was ridden. We no longer need to ride them, might as well have a good use

[Luxxfere]

Irahatam

[Metalhead.Psycho]

I'd like to take over this old topic, which has died.

Horse Slaughter OP,OT

Views, opinions, questions?
If you don't know anything about this, except what you have heard secondhand, or read from petition websites, I encourage you to ask questions before having an opinion.
I'm an Equine Industry/Business major from West Texas A&M. Many of my professors and advisers have been on/ are on Agricultural Boards that discuss these issues at great length and write papers for the legislature to review.

I'm sorry. I can't watch another one of those links without losing my mind.
I hate that this animal has to suffer something as horrible as this because it becomes lame or useless to it's owner. I can't wait till the day the world realizes that the horse never lost it's usefulness. It's us who turned our backs on it for a more contaminating form of transportation.

The link was to this thread, so I don't know what you're talking about when you say "watch another one of those links".

You're a complete and total idiot when you interpret that horses go to slaughter because people no longer have a need for them, or because they go lame.

You're one of the people who doesn't understand why a horse can't just be left out to pasture when its old and retired and just live out its final days eating tall luscious green grass and chasing butterflies.

Do you have any idea, any idea at all how much money it takes to care for a horse, especially one who might be crippled or need some sort of special attention. How about one that needs to be rehabilitated due to previous abuse, or one that's so sick even if it does eventually survive, if it will ever be the horse it once was.

Horses are animals that need to earn their keep so to speak. A horse that isn't being ridden, or isn't serving any kind of purpose (this doesn't mean something like your first horse growing up as a child and you decided to keep it and care for it until it dies, even if you can't ride it anymore) is a money pit. They eat money, literally eat it and poop it out.



I'm not opposed to other options for unwanted horses, slaughter isn't the only one. There are horses that are sent to slaughter that are not lame, don't have an incurable disease or sickness, or have some horrible behavior problem. These horses are definitely candidates for re-homing, therapy horses, scientific research horses, donations to university equestrian programs (that's where all ours are from, but let me tell you, we know why each and every one of our 50 horses is at our horse center stare ) but there are some horses that have no other option.

As horrible as it sounds, its true. What do you do with a horse that hates humans, just has some unearthly rage when it sees a human being? You can't ride this horse, you can't use him for anything, you can't even touch the damn thing without fear of being bitten/pummeled to death by its hooves. What about horses so horribly neglected or abused they can't even stand up? Of course you could euthanize this horse, but then what do you do?


There are just so many un-thought of consequences with the banning of slaughter in the US.