Obama legalises horse slaughter

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Hearing about the appalling conditions in Mexico and the long journeys to Canada (where hopefully the actual abbatoirs were at least humane) I am thankful that this has been agreed. I can only hope that humane treatment up to and including slaughter is enforced in the USA, but I have doubts. There will still be a long journey but at least not as long as going over the border.
 
Some of the comments on the article make a lot of sense.
It is better for the horses to be slaughtered in a regulated slaughterhouse nearby in the least stressful situation as possible, other than being transported to South America for hours, often with little care.

Also, I would rather have horse humanley slaughterd than being abused and straved to death.
 
BlairandAzria said:
http://technorati.com/lifestyle/article/obama-legalizes-horse-slaughter-for-human/

Forgive me if ive read this incorrectly, its late and im tired....but it seems like the article says that theyve re-instated the law stating its legal to slaughter horses for human consumption without the previous legislation which meant there were transport and welfare checks....


What do we all think?
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I'm not sure. Big words + late = ?? I'm only still up because my jammies aren't quite dry enough to wear so they're in the tumble.

But even if the new legislation is minus the checks it must surely be better than horses being transported all the way to Mexico for slaughter?
 
Yes i agree, the transport of horses to south america for slaughter is horrible, it is far better they have a shorter journey, a closer one, however the fact that they (the govt.) had the option to implement legislation to protect the welfare of the animals in transit and at the s.house yet chose not to implement it worries me. I assume it was cost related?..as in they dont want to have to fund it from the government. In words of my american friends.....it sucks...
 
Good that they have overturned the no slaughter thing but they really really need to have welfair policies in place as well.
Very tired must go to bed, sorry if i make no sense, will post again tomorrow!
 
Orangehorse said:
Hearing about the appalling conditions in Mexico and the long journeys to Canada (where hopefully the actual abbatoirs were at least humane) I am thankful that this has been agreed. I can only hope that humane treatment up to and including slaughter is enforced in the USA, but I have doubts. There will still be a long journey but at least not as long as going over the border.
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dominobrown said:
Some of the comments on the article make a lot of sense.
It is better for the horses to be slaughtered in a regulated slaughterhouse nearby in the least stressful situation as possible, other than being transported to South America for hours, often with little care.

Also, I would rather have horse humanley slaughterd than being abused and straved to death.
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^^ agree

if nothing else, the horses will have less distance to travel to meet the same fate, which can only be a step in the right direction
 
dominobrown said:
Some of the comments on the article make a lot of sense.
It is better for the horses to be slaughtered in a regulated slaughterhouse nearby in the least stressful situation as possible, other than being transported to South America for hours, often with little care.

Also, I would rather have horse humanley slaughterd than being abused and straved to death.
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I agree except to point out that Mexico is NOT South America. Mexico is CENTRAL America and many more thousands of miles (and at least 5 countres) from South America. The continent is VAST. South America, including Argentina, where I was born and lived for many years, certainly does NOT import horses from the US. In fact Argentina is the largest exporter worldwide, of live horsemeat for the european market. Shocking, but a totally different issue from the one described above.
 
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I'd rather see the slaughter allowed in the US than for the horses to be transported for 1000's of miles in poor conditions. It will also address the problem of the excess and unwanted horses that have not been able to be rehomed.

It is always sad that beautiful horses end up being slaughtered but there are times when we must be realistic - we eat many other animals without getting emotional about it - for those that eat horse meat I guess they feel no emotion about it. I really like farm animals, I also am a real carnivore and love meat - don't like veges though - I apologise to the seedlings when I thin them out!
 
Xmas In The Sun said:
I'd rather see the slaughter allowed in the US than for the horses to be transported for 1000's of miles in poor conditions. It will also address the problem of the excess and unwanted horses that have not been able to be rehomed.

It is always sad that beautiful horses end up being slaughtered but there are times when we must be realistic - we eat many other animals without getting emotional about it - for those that eat horse meat I guess they feel no emotion about it. I really like farm animals, I also am a real carnivore and love meat - don't like veges though - I apologise to the seedlings when I thin them out!
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I agree with this....appart from apologising to seedlings;)
 
amymay said:
Thank God.
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It is refreshing to see that everyone is open minded and understanding enough to see that this is a good move, and will prevent a lot of unnecesarry suffering for the horses destined for slaughter out there, True, welfare needs to be addressed and practices sharpened and improved, but this is a great step, thank god they were big enough to admit to their mistake, and rectify it.
 
The article I read on Yahoo! News (US version) said A plant may be opened within the next 30 to 90 days in Wyoming, North Dakota, Nebraska OR Missouri. It could handle as many as 200,000 horses a year, with most of the meat being shipped to Europe and Asia. The operative words here are A and OR. Even if abattoirs were opened in all 4 of the above mentioned states, the travel time to them is virtually equivalent to that which takes place in Europe. Yes, it is a step in the right direction, seeing as the distances to Mexico and Canada are colossal. But, the US is a vast continent and there are multiple thousands of horses in each of the 48 states which make up the continental US. By all rights, there should be, at the very least, 1 abattoir in each state.
 
Absolutely, RutlandH20. 200,000 is a hell of a lot. The most quoted annual figure for "unwanted" horses in the US is 100,000 a year.

I hope the abattoirs are better run than the Beltex plants that existed before the effective ban.

A lot of the anti-slaughter people seem to think that more abattoirs = more horses killed, but it wasn't as though horsekind was wiped out in the US before 2008. American horse numbers actually increased massively between the 1990s and 2008 – from six to nine million.
 
Thank god for that. Next step to ban export to slaughter and then have the abattoirs so tight for regs that very few horrors can occur.

Wouldn't it be great if the UK stopped export to slaughter for horses too?!
 
There should be a plant opened in every state that is heavily regulated.
Sadly all of the new plants that may open will be bombarded with protest and harassment.I can assure you that many of the opposed animal rights activists on this topic hardly represent actual American horsemen who are in support of this move. It is a step in the right direction.
Here are my comments from an SB thread and off of my FB..

I think being trailerd to Canada or Mexico where regulation may be far more lax is a far worse fate than winding up in a far closer American plant with regulations. It also would be a lot better than being neglected for years and it is proven this is happening. This IS the lesser of two evils to clean up the mess that irresponsible *******s create for horses. And if you consume meat of any other kind it is unfair to judge the meat eaten by other cultures. The idea does not make me happy but the reality of the alternative makes me weep far more.
 
Although the thought of slaughter upsets me horribly, I'm glad it's happening.

I'm being 'slaughtered' on facebook, after trying to explain to people why it's not a nice thing, but a good thing and will be better for the horses in the long run :(
I tried to explain that there are just too many unwanted horses and they'd have a better journey before the deed was done and untill humans get a clue about looking after the Earth (Since you know, apparently we 'own it') it won't stop.
 
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