[Hollylane]

Originally Posted by Toughy

I will be willing to bet horse will be on the menu of some fancy dancy $$$$$$$$$ restaurant soon. And I would be willing to bet many a farmer/rancher/poor person has eaten horse particularly in those hard hard times.

They are being slaughtered most likely for dog/cat/? food and glue (hooves) and for their hides. At least historically that has been the uses of slaughtered horses.

I think ALL, EVERY slaughter house should be humane and clean. ....many in the country are not.

Originally Posted by betenoire

Your American horses were being slaughtered anyway - except they had to endure long trips to Canada or Mexico first.

I agree completely, every slaughter house should be humane and clean. Most are not.

When I posted this link, it was because it was breaking news. Posting this does not mean I am ignorant to the atrocities that are happening to other animals, or the fact that these practices were and are being used with horses and other animals shipped from the U.S to countries with more lenient policies, or that I value the humane treatment of one species over another.

Bottom line... This is just another horrifying practice involving animal abuse for the sake of $$.

Occasionally I lose hope in our ability to evolve. Devolving seems too often the characteristic of modern humans.