US horse slaughter back?
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It was not regulated before,
It was not regulated before, what makes you think it will be now??
What has changed?
Nothing.
If slaughter is to work, it has to be humane. Since there is not one humane, dignified slaughterhouse in the world.....well, actually there are a couple, but not because of legislation, purely because the people running them choose to have them that way...BUT ...if they are going to be allowed they should be humanely handled. That applies to ALL food animals, not just horses. What gives these low browed morons, who cannot get a job anywhere else, the right to torture innocent animals just before their deaths??
This is not just America, it is a worldwide problem, so do not think I am having a dog here- it is just that, starting form ground zero, with NO slaughterhouses, surely this would be a chance to show the world how it should be done?
In order to make it work properly though you need two more laws, NO crossing of an International border for slaughter, of any animal.
NO crossing of state lines for the same reason.
And ban double deckers for cows and horses everywhere.
Why are these laws so hard?
I do not care if I put a thousand kill buyers out of business.
I do not care if I close down a thousand slaughterhouses.
My meat too expensive?
People meat has been too expensive for me since I retired- humans need about 2% of the meat they eat anyway- if you can't afford it you don't have it.
Simple as that.
I am not vegetarian, I have no problem with eating meat , I do not even have a problem with eating horses, I have met horses I would quite cheerfully barbeque on my back lawn- I have a problem with the way they are treated immediately prior to their deaths, and I think the objectors would get far more support if they stopped objecting to animals being killed for meat and started objecting to the fact that most states do not even uphold the laws they already have in place and they all need upgrading, anyway!!
We closed our borders her to live export years ago, and it worked fine. Any horses for human consumption go out in freezer wagons- also fine. Europe is WIDE open- miles to equal the US and not ONE single country with enough guts to uphold the humane laws in place, or to stop live animals being trucked across it's roads for days and days and days, with no let up, no food, no water.
THAT is what I object to.
I have never been able to
I have never been able to understand why people would think it is not OK to eat Trigger but it is OK to eat old Daisy, and that it is OK to transport Daisy, anyway you please, and treat her anyway you please before that, sucking her udders to the point where they brush the floor, and then sending her off for slaughter , just so people can put a totally unneeded product in their coffee or tea??
What is the difference, apart from sentimentality, between, a cow and a horse?
Either let them all be treated badly or do the right thing and make them ALL be treated as anyone with any human feeling at all knows they should be treated.
Wow RF
Jane, I also agree with most of your points (actually all of them pretty much) and I have during my lifetime abroad, eaten "meat" that 90% of the English speaking population would consider "unconscionable". I believe the monitoring and regulating of slaughter houses is paramount to humane meat production - no matter what the source of said meat (and please don't get me started on how they treat pigs & chickens ~x( .)
I have since heard that the "regulators" are expecting the Ag. agents to "pick up" the "slack" and inspect these premises as well as the ones currently on their dockets. :-t I feel sorry for the Ag. agents whose workload is increasing by a min. of 30% without an increase in assistance or hours...you know that something will have to go horribly wrong before Washington does anything to fix the problem (Congress is too busy feathering their own nest and voting in their own payraises while the rest of the country lanquishes - okay, I'll get off my soapbox)..... :BH
Edited once for grammer...oops
I'm so glad its back! At
I'm so glad its back! At least it will be regulated and horses wont have such a long ride to Mexico. As someone who raises animals destined for slaughter, I am all for it as long as its done correctly.