Friends of Equines, Foes of Equine Slaughter

can I send " trainer of the year runs horse to death: petition to California govenor since CHRB states they will do no investigation of Heavenly Perfect?
mccutcheonrose@yahoo.com

This is ridiculous... thoroughbred meat is tough, it would never be used for slaughter. Those horses live and die by racing, they aren't used for barely ever.

Pick your battles, protest outside of a slaughterhouse or a restaurant, not at a race track that has nothing to do with slaughter.

This is like PETA protesting outside of an Animal Shelter.

What do we consume that is horse meat?

Insideprofile wrote:

What do we consume that is horse meat?

you never know. what do you eat when you order chinese? LMAO

Insideprofile wrote:

What do we consume that is horse meat?

we don't. they sell them abroad. and then those formerly glorified racers are slaughtered like cows.

To those who judged my comment as "spam" and "nuts": have you read the article? here's quotes from the original article:

"Slaughter is no longer allowed in the U.S. since three plants in Texas and Illinois were closed last year, but horses are still being exported to facilities in Canada and Mexico."

"America is the greatest exporter of horses intended for human consumption," said Christine Jubic of the "Friend of Equines" group.

please, people, read up before clicking a button.

i don't understand what the big deal is. meat is meat.if it tastes good you can eat it.

I really don't understand why they are protesting the slaughter for "Human consumption" as the rest of the article states. Last I knew the only thing that contained actual horse meat was dog food, no? Can anyone tell me what we as humans eat with horse meat?

I dont want horses to be killed ,i want to rase them

Horse Country wrote:

Do you really know what is in hamburger meat
Many different meat is recycled

meat is recycled... brilliant! how exactly do you recycle meat?!

rrrrrr wrote:

i don't understand what the big deal is. meat is meat.if it tastes good you can eat it.

exactly! horse meat actually tastes really good. it has this exotic taste to it. YUM!!!

racing fan wrote:

This is ridiculous... thoroughbred meat is tough, it would never be used for slaughter. Those horses live and die by racing, they aren't used for barely ever.
Pick your battles, protest outside of a slaughterhouse or a restaurant, not at a race track that has nothing to do with slaughter.
This is like PETA protesting outside of an Animal Shelter.

This is like the dumbest post I have ever read!
Grow up!!

Le le wrote:

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This is like the dumbest post I have ever read!
Grow up!!

oh, yeah? eat my poop.

Now look what has happened as a result of that petition, but we are NOT afraid!

Hollendorfer Stables 2 Sue Friends of Equines;

http://unnecessaryevils.blogspot.com/

CJ, Founder,
"Friends of Equines FOES of Equine Slaughter"

To the further detriment of the treatment of horses and the equine industry, H.R. 6598 passed the House Judiciary Committee by voice vote on September 23, 2008.

We, the equine industry, did not stand up and fight when Congress distorted the definition of the horse from livestock to pets. We did not stand up when Congress stripped away federal funding for inspectors of slaughter plants. We were not loud enough when Congress decided to make horse slaughter for human consumption illegal.

Now Representative John Conyers is trying to pass a bill to make it illegal to transport our horses. The same horses we have dedicated our lives to caring for.

This bill, misnamed the “Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008,” should correctly be called the “Anti-Horse Care and Transportation Bill.” If this bill passes, and you or I decide to transport our horses without proof of where we are going, we “shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years or both.” Do you want to be pulled over and subject to arrest every time you decide to go trail riding?

The equine industry is simply not being as loud and as heard as the animal rights activists who are not only destroying our way of life, but putting our horses through needless suffering. Animal rights activists may have decent intentions, but they do not truly understand our issues.

Through their “good intentions” they are:
&#61607; Preventing viable protein source from being exported to nations that want it,
&#61607; Destroying a whole industry and jobs of American workers,
&#61607; Banning a major export,
&#61607; Causing over crowding at rescue facilities who –all together- can only handle a maximum of 7,000 horses (we’re talking about over 100,000)
&#61607; Causing needless suffering of the influx of horses that have been abandoned, neglected, and left to starve slowly, or that have been set free to be a hazard on U.S. highways due to recent legislation, and
&#61607; Making our animals financially worthless.

We are letting the animal rights groups obliterate an honorable way of life. They have shattered the lives of good and decent people who had dedicated their lives and resources to the well being of these horses.

Basic economics will show you that when you take away the base value of a market, the product loses value. I went to a horse sale in Montana last October. Horses that should have easily brought six or seven thousand dollars barely brought four or five hundred dollars. Equine professionals and your average horse owner can NOT survive such loss of value. Your average person cannot throw away money on expensive grain as the value of their product diminishes with each introduction of terrible legislation. What are people supposed to do when Congress takes away their freedom of options?

Horses are part of business plans and they have jobs. They require time, fuel, maintenance and equipment. When horses can no longer perform their job, they should not be “set free” to starve and destroy private and federal lands. That is genuine animal cruelty. Horses deserve the respect to be put down in a quick, humane, REGULATED way. Euthanizing them only means over dosing, and if they have an allergic reaction that pain can be worse than slaughter. If you do not like how the slaughter was performed, fix the real problem, the regulations.

Have Americans decided to let Congress legislate what we eat? To everyone who is against horse slaughter for human consumption, I want you to know that your hamburger, your bacon, your chicken nuggets, and your ice cream are endangered foods.

Do not think that it’s impossible either. The equine industry thought such bills were so ridiculous that they would never pass, so we did not worry about it.

Look at us now.

We can not allow this to become worse! Join the United Horsemen’s Front at www.unitedhorsemensfront.com to get legislative updates on equine issues.

Have Americans decided to let Congress legislate what we eat? To everyone who is against horse slaughter for human consumption, I want you to know that your hamburger, your bacon, your chicken nuggets, and your ice cream are endangered foods.

Horses are part of business plans and they have jobs. They require time, fuel, maintenance and equipment. When horses can no longer perform their job, they should not be “set free” to starve and destroy private and federal lands. That is genuine animal cruelty.
Horses deserve the respect to be put down in a quick, humane, REGULATED way. Euthanizing them only means over dosing, and if they have an allergic reaction that pain can be worse than slaughter. If you do not like how the slaughter was performed, fix the real problem, the regulations.

Megan from Missouri wrote:

Horses are part of business plans and they have jobs. They require time, fuel, maintenance and equipment. When horses can no longer perform their job, they should not be “set free” to starve and destroy private and federal lands. That is genuine animal cruelty.
Horses deserve the respect to be put down in a quick, humane, REGULATED way. Euthanizing them only means over dosing, and if they have an allergic reaction that pain can be worse than slaughter. If you do not like how the slaughter was performed, fix the real problem, the regulations.

I disagree with you. Horses deserve the decency of not being discarded when your "business plan" for them is no longer profitable for you!
The real problem is the almighty dollar!!
And, looking at where greed has gotten the race horse and has also gotten America- Change is coming !!
Wake up people!!
WOO-HOO!

Horse Country wrote:

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Hi Riverman Mare,
How are you??
:)

Le le wrote:

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Hi Riverman Mare,
How are you??
:)

As an internet rule, I never click links provided here or anywhere.
Why was post #21 removed??
What did HC/RM post???
HMMMMMM...
RM, I hope you are ok.
Truly!