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kakbarrelracer Reg. Dec 2003	Posted 2015-03-03 6:17 PM Subject: RE: Solutions: over producing/slaughter
Strong Willed Woman Posts: 6577 Location: Prosser, WA	The best thing for horses would be if horse slaughter was allowed in the US and if there were plenty of processing facilities. Also if it became an acceptable practice with Americans being horse meat eaters. You just don't hear the amount of stories of abuse about other livestock. It's perfectly acceptable to take cattle to a slaughter facility. So you don't hear of people letting cattle out in the wild to fend for themselves because some idiot feels that is nicer than slaughter.
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scwebster Reg. Mar 2013	Posted 2015-03-03 6:50 PM Subject: RE: Solutions: over producing/slaughter
Expert Posts: 2128	OregonBR - 2015-03-03 3:55 PM scwebster - 2015-03-03 1:08 PM OregonBR - 2015-03-03 2:23 PM Some things in life don't HAVE a solution that everyone is going to like and frankly there are LOT more important things to be concerned about than horse slaughter being stopped. This post was not created to find a way to "stop" horse slaughter, it was created to discuss (with others who share a concern) possible options to relieve such high numbers going to slaughter. To me producing thousands upon thousands of animals that there is no place for is a problem. People are being irresponsible, simple as that. Some of us here want to be proactive concerning this issue, and dont simply have an "oh well" attitude. There is no acceptable solution is what I said. Some people want everyone else to carry the burden no matter how impossible it is. There hasn't been ONE SINGLE advancement made toward stopping or slowing the unneccessary breeding of dogs and cats either. You might be able to legislate that in a town or city but the rest of the country is out of control. Dog & cats are being slaughtered on a daily basis as well. There is NO solution other that what is being done. Stoopid people need to be spayed or neutered as well. I agree to that! Lol
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cyount2009 Reg. Apr 2012	Posted 2015-03-04 9:30 AM Subject: RE: Solutions: over producing/slaughter
Expert Posts: 1898	kakbarrelracer - 2015-03-03 6:17 PM The best thing for horses would be if horse slaughter was allowed in the US and if there were plenty of processing facilities. Also if it became an acceptable practice with Americans being horse meat eaters. You just don't hear the amount of stories of abuse about other livestock. It's perfectly acceptable to take cattle to a slaughter facility. So you don't hear of people letting cattle out in the wild to fend for themselves because some idiot feels that is nicer than slaughter. ^^^This exactly! The Pyramid Lake Tribe in Nevada used to receive "unadoptable" horses from the BLM every fall to butcher. It was their sustenance through the winter and part of their contract with the government. They ate horses for generations. About a decade ago (I am not exactly sure on the date), some do-gooders put the kabosh on it, they said it was un-necessary and barbaric that the BLM would send an "American Icon" to it's death. Like it or not, the consumption of horse meat was their culture. Now they have lost yet another piece of their culture and a way to sustain themselves. Americans need to see cheval in the market.
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DLV Reg. May 2013	Posted 2015-03-04 11:55 AM Subject: RE: Solutions: over producing/slaughter
Expert Posts: 1432 Location: Never in one place long	Whiteboy - 2015-02-27 11:47 AM Slaughter is the solution to overproducing. There are always going to be culls with livestock. If you can't get rid of the culls someone will pick them up at the right price and perpetuate the problem. Even the shelters understand that with dogs and cats. If nobody wants them they are put down. Same thing must exist with horses. Honestly, I don't agree with the thinking on shelters... most shelter don't even TRY to find these dogs/cats homes... they dont' get them on social media or don't have good hours etc..... our animal shelter has a 95% save rate...since we started marketing our animals and getting the word out, staying open later etc... many of the dogs we get are purebred... there HAS to be a demand for dogs still because otherwise the truth is, no one would BREED them for $$. It's lucrative and that's why people do it because of demand...look at all the puppy mills out there. The only shelters I know putting down dogs left and right are because they are lazy and choose NOT to do the right thing and try to find a family that wants them. I've never found a dog I couldn't find a home for. Just pointing this out from my experience. Horses are a different matter because they are so much more expensive and require a large amount of space.
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DLV Reg. May 2013	Posted 2015-03-04 12:01 PM Subject: RE: Solutions: over producing/slaughter
Expert Posts: 1432 Location: Never in one place long	Swimmer - 2015-02-27 12:07 PM Yes let's become communist. Because people should not have the right to breed horses that they paid for and feed unless they have special licenses and schooling from the state and after you have all that licensing Suzy Q and John Doe must approve that the two horses that you own are quality enough to breed for your own private purposes. Ugh. SMH. I hold my tongue very well but I can't stand people that think individuals don't have rights. I don't like backyard breeders at all, but I LOVE that America is a free country and people have the right to do as they please with and on their own property. Let's not change that. that's the one downfall to a free Country.... many many lives are lost of harmed because of it... too many stupid people allowing harm to come to someone else. I love my freedom too but I'm so tired of the amount of pain and killing to animals that have no rights and people can do as they please to them!! Overbreed them then ship them off, abuse them and not be held accountable besides a slap on the wrist... animals can feel pain just as we can yet we allow it to happen everyday....I don't get it.
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