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Can they be bought from abbitoirs anymore? Because I thought passports had to state whether they are for meat or not. Benn watching rather graphic videos on youtube and planning a rescue mission
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You seriously shouldnt buy from a slaughter house.
Theyre there for a reason. Whether that be obvious or not, they are.

Oh and I doubt the creditability of the vids on youtube
 
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Why? There is usually a very good reason why they're there in the first place.
 
I thought some horses were bred for slaughter, as there is a section in passports where you have to state whether they are for eating or not?
 
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I thought some horses were bred for slaughter, as there is a section in passports where you have to state whether they are for eating or not?

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Not in this country. The passport is just to indicate whether it is safe to enter the food chain - i.e non medicated long or short term.
 
OK, but what about other countries? And I doubt I would be buying any anyway, a nice 10yr old mongrel for hacking would do me.
 
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Yes - the Netherlands for one. But that's no different to us breeding cattle etc.
 
Reality is that lots of horses go to the abbotoir every day here and abroad. Not alot that the individual horse lover can do about it.

Best thing is to aviod watching nasties on youtube and remain blissfully ignorant.
 
are you planning your "raid" in America or europe?, because you certainly wouldn't find any of that going on in british abbatoirs.

and as others have said, these animals are there for a reason
 
I know it wouldn't happen in Britain, and I know they are there for a reason, I havent got a problem with them being used for meat as it IS the same as cattle etc, its just the way they are treated.
 
As I said, I wont be buying from a slaughter house, I was just curious as to wether your could anymore because of the passports.
 
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As I said, I wont be buying from a slaughter house, I was just curious as to wether your could anymore because of the passports.

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All that you do is tick whether it could go for human consumption or not and sign. It's then up to the owner- if they want it to go for meat, it can. If they dont, there's no obligation just because you've said it could!!
 
They are probably treated the same way as cows, pigs and sheep are - to the abbittior worker they are just another animal to be 'processed'.

It's an unpleasant fact of life and all of us who eat meat or feed it to our pets are in part responsible.

Can't you find something nice to watch on youtube instead? Pity the saddo who filmed and uploaded it anyway!
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Ok thanks, I just thought maybe because the horse is intended for slaughter, as said on the passport, a vet couldnt give it any medication.
 
I didnt search for it! Just came up on the related videos box and I clicked on it, YouTube is not the only source from where I know how the animals are treated.
 
You can buy them over here straight from the feedlot.....however it isn't advisable as there is generally a reason for them being there.....and to be honest, they aren't even that cheap as they are priced per lb so here you could still pay around 600 for a meat horse.

When the passport is signed to allow the horse into the food chain, it doesn't mean that it is destined for there in the immediate future, just at some point it can enter it. It means that certain drugs cannot be administered to it if the horse is close to the point of death. Most drugs have a date for how long they remain in the body and if the horse has been treated with these then they have to wait the appropriate length of time before the horse is killed.
 
Some are bred for meat but there really isn't a humongous market for this as there are soooooo many substandard horses around anyway - the slaughterhouse doesn't have to look very hard to find meat horses.
 
sorry I just type in the little box at the bottom of the page... You're the last person who I would think off with a Placard in the rain outside some slaughter house
 
Yes, I believe we had a large discussion about them a week or so ago. Equine slaughterhouses are a necessary evil in this country, it would be a disaster if they were forced to close.
 
Just to point out that there ARE, in the UK, folks who breed fairly indiscriminately in the knowledge that if they cannot sell as kids ponies they can send for meat. In my eyes there IS a meat trade in the UK.
 
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