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Bill aims to halt killing of horses for food
But opponents say effort to impose penalties would lead to more abuse.
Lancaster New Era
Aug 19, 2008 09:41 EST
Lancaster
By RYAN ROBINSON, Staff

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Meat on a hoof, that’s going for $20.00 a pound in Europe. Horses are not cows. Horses are domesticated companion pets. Breeding horses for slaughter is a big money making business, which is disgusting. Un wanted BS. Deliberately breeding horses to get butchered for horse meat eating people. A company that is making millions of dollars, off our horses and guess what folks....they are from Belgium. All about money, no other reason. Most likely be abandoned horses, and abuse? What a crock...why is there a alternative for horses and not other domesticated pets.....MONEY. Horse slaughter can not be an option. When a cow can go to the Olympics, go on patrol with a police officer, pick up handi cap is the day I’ll keep my mouth shut.....Breeding laws and animal abuse laws for horses. That means the Amish too. Animal abuse laws being ignored when it comes to horses because of the bucks horse slaughter brings in DISGRACEFUL

WHOA
can we eat the amish ? if so how do you get rid of that smell ?
caitlinndad
The "unwanted horse" myth is perpetuated by individuals in the equine industry who overbreed animals for financial purposes and then think it's okay to dispose of them "as unwanted horses" through slaughter. Slaughter is not humane. The fact that some vets can endorse this brutal process as humane is appalling to me given the mission of their careers. All anyone with any sense has to do is view the many tapes or pictures available to see that slaughter is not humane. the whole process is terrifying and painful - from feedlot to slaughter. It's easy for people, ignorant of horses, to say "there only hoofed animals- big deal". But people who know them, respect them, and have had them as companions know they don't belong in slaughter or on the table. The bottom feeders in the horse industry that buy horses for slaughter and sell them for human consumption are missing something of substance in both their head and hearts as they are unable to see the horse as something other than a source to make them money. But equine advocates and most of the general public know better. These are peaceful animals who bring many positive things to lives of people all over world. Advocating slaughter is just another thing some people continue to fight for that is full of self-interest, misguided and an embarassment to our culture.
PMUHelper
18 Pa. Cons.Stat. § 5511© © Cruelty to animals-

(1) A person commits an offense if he wantonly or cruelly illtreats, overloads, beats, otherwise abuses any animal, or neglects any animal as to which he has a duty of care, whether belonging to himself or otherwise, or abandons any animal, or deprives any animal of necessary sustenance, drink, shelter or veterinary care, or access to clean and sanitary shelter which will protect the animal against inclement weather and preserve the animal's body heat and keep it dry.

The horse animal abuse right from when they leave their home. get loaded onto a truck. When they get to the auction, terrified, hit with whips, rods....crammed into a holding area, no food, no water....the ones that the KB buys,back on a truck....crammed again, can't lift their heads, falling on slippery surface. again no food no water....maybe rest at a collecting station and I am saying MAYBE.
Then loaded on a truck again for their final destination. On line at the slaughter house, smelling the death, hearing the agony, then their turn....captive bolt, hit or miss execution, stabbed in the spine...some hung up still alive......THE HORSE COMPANION PET ,GETTING ABUSED AND BUTCHERED. THIS IS IGNORED BECAUSE OF THE MONEY INVOLVED.....SAVE THE HORSES.

WHOA
Thank you Whoa. Maybe some of them will understand the truth of this disgraceful thing.
dgnct
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