Obama Signs Horse Slaughter Bill
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 4:35 PM
Maybe it’s part of his job’s plan?
(ASPCA)
Barack Obama restored the American horse-slaughter industry this month.
The Washington Times reported:
President Obama earlier this month quietly signed into law a spending bill that restores the American horse-slaughter industry, just a few months after a government investigation said the ban on slaughtering for human consumption was backfiring.
The agriculture spending bill Mr. Obama signed the week before Thanksgiving did not include a ban on the inspection of horse meat — a backdoor prohibition that had, since 2006, effectively halted the U.S. horse-slaughter industry.
In June the Government Accountability Office, Congress’s official investigative branch, released a report saying the ban had shut down U.S. slaughter, but that only depressed prices for horses here while causing many of the animals to be shipped to “foreign slaughtering facilities where U.S. humane slaughtering protections do not apply.”
In unusually blunt language, GAO suggested Congress and Mr. Obama reconsider the ban.
The options facing Congress were to further ban export of horses for slaughter or to lift the domestic slaughter ban. Congress chose the latter.
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gee! commented:
Where’s PETA at when the poor animals need them………………Ashley Judd are you listening ………….
Adirondack Patriot commented:
The original Anti-Slaughter bill was wrong to begin with. Here in New York, people can’t slaughter the horse, so the horse wastes away and then the owner is charged with animal cruelty.
It was a stupid “feel-good” bill to begin with.
Now, as far as Obama: Screw him and horse he rode into town on.
listingstarboard commented:
Hello Ashley???? Hello Pam Anderson????
bigkahuna commented:
Well Obama has killed the economy, killed healthcare, killed the american spirit, killed oildrilling, killed jobs, killed the oil pipeline and 25 thousand jobs and his OWS goons kill capitalism
why not lill the helpless horses..
I mean I see so many people asking for horse burgers.
cutlers bad thumb commented:
Michelle had better not wear her hair in a ponytail anymore, she would be mistaken very easily and end up on someones dinner table.
Kathy commented:
The ban on horse slaughter has devastated the horse industry. For once the government has reversed a terrible policy.
Jim commented:
One of the very few things this group of idiots got right! Some horses are better off going to slaughter houses rather than starving to death or being abused, some horses just have no use and some are extremely dangerous animals that could cause injuries or death to folks that are foolish enough to get near them. Before I am ridiculed let me point out that I am a horse lover and a horse owner.
Alec Rawls commented:
This is a good thing. Government should not be banning horse meat!
greenfairie commented:
Flicka: it’s what’s for dinner.
Multitude commented:
It’s my understanding President Obama profoundly supports the slaughter and eating of horse, given its allegorical importance for progressives in conveying the ultimate destiny of the middle class. As illustrated in George Orwell’s important work, Animal Farm, the progressive pigs ultimately run out of enough “other animals money” that they are forced to sell their hard working middle class horse Boxer for the few dollars necessary to buy more alcohol for the pigs parties.
Michelle and Barry have more date nights, burger runs, and separate 747 Air Force One runs to take and we all know what this nation’s checking account and China loan obligation looks like. It’s time to sell the horse!
Trialdog commented:
My little daughter cried when I told her Obama wanted to eat her pony.
aprilnovember811 commented:
Obama kills horses and babies. Oh, and I forgot grandma and grandpa with death panels. Dr. Death Obama.
Gary Gross commented:
President Obama shouldn’t do that. I’d think there’s a part of horses that he empathizes with. LOL
Walt R. commented:
#6-Do they make a knife sharp enough to eat that?
feduptoo commented:
So will they now wipe out all the wild horses?
owl commented:
A first. The first thing The Man has done that I agree with. Yep. He screwed up. If I think he finally made one right decision, the left must really hate him for this. Yeah.
People really should know something about a subject before condemning it. This is like everything else. It is PC for horses. Only it is NOT. Horses eat. When you can not buy the supplies, the market is the lowest in history and you can not sell them, what do you think happens to those horses? People turn them out on the roads after they are half starved to death. They can not give them away. Really. They can not find anyone to take them. How do I know? We can not take even part of all that are offered. The county sheriffs are looking and begging for someone to take them. If not, they must take them to the vet and spend about $400 each to kill them. Then bury, etc. What a mess that happens when people mess with things that they are totally clueless about.
For the first time in my lifetime, there is zero horse market. People with horses normally treat them very good and really like horses. I have watched very good, nice horses that would normally sell for a nice price and find a good home go to the killers. Where? Mexico. We giving away our jobs and killed the market and the poor horses. Why? Stupid people and stupid policies.
robert commented:
This is wrong!
Gary B. commented:
I think that is what they fed us in basic training in ’69.
Nancy T commented:
Many of you are not aware of how they kill horses, in Mexico they knife them to death through the spinal cord until the horse falls to the floor and drowns in it’s own blood, Canada and the U.S. use a gun that shoots a large slug into the horses head, often they miss the crucial spot and the now real-ling animal is either shot at close range or if it is stunned enough they let it get yanked up and sliced up while still alive. I don’t believe in being a vegetarian but I’m not against the killing of animals for food; but I am appalled at the cruel methods we use and the additional cruelty in the slaughter plants, where animals are beaten or brutalized because of ill tempered workers. Many of these horses have served human kind well, and deserve better treatment. We forget it was the horse that helped settle this great country and many countries, they also died in wars for our sake. Can’t we find a more humane way for the end of their lives.
Patty commented:
the ban on slaughtering for human consumption was backfiring.
SAY WHAT? I have heard of glue and used in Dog Food. And even that makes me sick to my stomach. Where is PETA.
Sorry, but I am repulsed by the whole thing, figures Obama’s name is all over it and behind close doors. This guy has got to GO!!
C-Christian Soldier commented:
ditto Nancy-# 20!!!!!
Carol-CS
ck commented:
This is the only thing Obama has done right(well, except sending Huntsman to China). Wild horses are nothing but an invasive species, they should all be dog food. How are they different from the mussels or clams invading the great lakes or carp? Oh, that’s right, pampered white rich girls love horses.
Campfollower commented:
If this legislation had been signed by a Republican, there would be a national firestorm. That’s all I can say. Makes me sick.
mondo commented:
so what! what’s the difference between slaughtering a horse and a cow. just cultural. they’re not endangered.
Perfected democrat commented:
“Detective Thorn: Soon they’ll be breeding us like cattle! You’ve got to warn everyone and tell them! Soylent green is made of people! You’ve got to tell them! Soylent green is people!”
Good Progressive Food for the Collective!
Do something competent for a change just to get re-elected…
mamagriz68 commented:
My grandfather was a harness racer, so I was around horses when I was young. I think they are the most beautiful and noble creatures and it makes me sick to my stomach to think of them being slaughtered for human consumption. They really are magnificent creatures. I just can’t stand the thought of them being abused and treated cruelly in slaughter.
Ellen commented:
I have never been more disgusted by anything. They already slaughter so many for horses glue, even though there is other methods. Now they want to add 120,000 to 200,000 to that. It’s ridiculous. Ohh and to all the people that say they are just going to kill the abused an starving horses you are idiots. They are going to take more of the horses from the track and start raising them for slaughter, no one would eat a skinny horse since there is no meat. Also, I can guarantee the government isn’t going to go around trying to find the “best horses to kill.” Shame on you Obama
mpw280 commented:
Is this wizbang blue? It is an animal killed in as humanely a manner as possible, same as cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits and pigs. It was a stupid ban and most people didn’t even know we had horse slaughter houses in the US if it hadn’t been enacted in the first place. The question is, is the slaughter house better than a slow painful death due to exposure and hunger? Besides the meat is good and is exported to other countries because, as evidenced by this thread, Americans have this horse worship complex that they don’t have for other fuzzy or cute meat animals and won’t eat horse meat. mpw
KOW commented:
Let me guess, Democrats have bought up a bunch of horse farms?
It must be his new Green initiative.
Government Motors Electric Car batteries are catching fire
Solar Panel companies are going bankrupt
Now the Democrats are wanting to save the environment by stopping Horse Farts and then sell the horses as meat and use their guts for alternative energy.
We do get energy from fat cells dont we?
eloise lanum commented:
First he gave ranchers public lands for lease bottom dollar prices. Then he removed the wild horses with motorized vehicles/helicopters & put them in pens. (30,000 of them). Now he’s figured out a way to get rid of them. Soon you won’t be hiking/walking/skiing or camping on
public lands – they’ll ALL be leased to ranchers/miners/coal mines (copper mine in Grand Canyon coming soon.
However, the horses – which helped us settle America – will be Obama’ed’ out of existence.
edna sloan commented:
The US having control of the slaughtering of our american horses is the best way to go. No one likes it, but every one likes to have a balance. Lets face it America is horrible about over breeding, the worst about over breeding greed. And yes our horses are paying, either with starvation or slaughter. Making sure balance is returned by mercy and painless killing is the only way we will resume our market. Most people can’t a ford to keep horses they can’t sell or give away and it hurts us all. But maybe by the pain we will be forced to learn.
RiverLakeFarms
Peggy commented:
This makes me so sick. Just when I thought that animal welfare groups had won the battle and that a sigh of relief could be breathed for these wonderful animals.
I am an animal lover but as in most things I am willing to hear out the arguments for the other side. In this case, those arguments are just ridiculous. I have heard some people trying to paint horse slaughter as something humane. Really? Horses are more like pets than livestock. In many cases they work their whole lives to get what? Shipped off to a terrifying new place where they are slaughtered. Yeah thanks for all the hard work, Trigger.
I have seen others try to claim that the increase in horse neglect is a result of banning horse slaughter! Not the economy, hmmm? Couldn’t be that.
The solution is clearly not only to ban slaughter here but also to ban the shipment of horses to other countries for the same. The only just and humane way to deal with aged and sick animals who can’t be placed with animal welfare groups is to humanely put the animals down. If someone needs help with that in this economy, use the money that was just allocated for the inspections of these horrible places to help defray the cost for those who can’t afford it. I can’t imagine how a horse who worked its whole life and worked off the cost of its purchase and upkeep would not have earned this kind of dignity in the end.
I just can’t believe we are having to fight this battle all over again. Seriously, this is freakin evil.
Alisha commented:
Just one more reason why Obama should have never become President. Horses have served us for centuries and we repay them by sending them to slaughter houses?? It’s cruel and inhumane and another reason why this world is getting destroyed. The people who control what goes and what doesn’t obviously are a bunch of IDIOTS.
Ok so people might ask the question: We slaughter cows, why not horses? What have cows EVER done for us in the past besides provide us meat? They haven’t carried soldiers in the war and died a slow painful death from a bullet in the chest. Horses have pulled trains and transported our mail and horses have done NOTHING but be a best friend to those who are kind enough to keep them.
Cows are the natural meat that we should eat. It might sound weird, but its true. I truly believe that cows were put on this earth, along with deer and buffalo and elk to help provide humans with protein. Granted the way that we slaughter these animals is completely inhumane!
Horses were NEVER meant to become a slaughtered animal, not after everything they’ve done for us in the past and how DARE Obama sit there and talk speeches about how he wants to help America and make better changes when he hasn’t done one DAMN THING to help this country and everyone knows that. All he has done is make poor decisions, the same damn thing that almost every President has done.
But wait, nobody cares about the life of an animal that has served in the war just as much as any other U.S. soldier.
How can any of us sit here and pretend like this is OK? This is NOT ok and we need to stand up and do something.
Peggy commented:
Just want to highlight the clear alternative to shipping these working/servant creatures to the terrifying experience of slaughter.
Euthanasia.
No starving or suffering animals that noone can care for. But a dignified end for a creature that is more pet than livestock.
If there is money to run a slaughterhouse, then there is money for a far more humane way to dispose of these unwanted animals.
Peggy commented:
It is also not sentimentalism or romanticism that sets these animals apart. On the contrary it is very rational.
Horses are hard-working servants of mankind. Other livestock just basically eat and crap until they die.
Horses also form trusting relationships with people much as any dog would. What a betrayal to send them away from their masters and everything they have ever known to be brutalized by strangers.
They deserve better.
Ok I am done now.
C-Christian Soldier commented:
Horses also form trusting relationships with people much as any dog would. What a betrayal to send them away from their masters and everything they have ever known to be brutalized by strangers
RIGHT ON -PEGGY # 38—
they have carried our BEST in every war including Afghanistan-
they are loyal-brave (even when afraid) -
and they are now being of great service to our BEST suffering from PTSD…
Shame on b HUSSEIN obama ..
Carol-CS
rcl commented:
It’s so wonderful to see you phony “conservatives” throwing over individual liberty in a fit of whimpering sentimentality. Even Mark Levin beclowned himself today over this issue. The Great One, my ass. He’s willing to over throw his beloved Constitution for a Disney cartoon concept of animal husbandry? A sad eye and a cold nose and freedom gets flushed down Levin’s toilet.
My horse is my property. If I chose to have her humanely put down tomorrow I can, with or without this new law. Once she’s dead what god damn business is it of yours whether I sell her meat to the Japanese or bury her under a pine tree? You fools can knot up your briefs and panties all you want but that isn’t going to alter the 14th Amendment enabling you to emancipate my livestock.
Rule of law? What a bunch of hypocrites.
Peggy & C-Christian…
Anyone who compares horses to dogs doesn’t know crap about horses. If a horse has any spirit he or she will eventually hurt a human who treats them like a dog. The horse is the noblest animal on earth, including people. The horse is truer than his master. Horses loathe weak people. They are not safe unless you are confident and firm. They know their power, they will share it with you if you earn their respect. I work on that nearly every day.
Tom63010 commented:
I don’t have time to read all the comments so if I repeat get over it. I was a horse owner for many years and boarded at a public facility. While horses judged as a whole are wonderful animals they are also very expensive and there is great financial pressure to just take it to the auction if the animal is unsafe. I owned a horse that was like a big dog. Nothing spooked it, in fact I sold him to a friend when I no longer afford to keep him. He bought him to shoot his black powder pistol off of in competitions. My wife, however bought a horse from a person who had just bought it at a horse auction. Not long after she bought him he spooked and ran out from under her because a buddy rode up through leaves! After many more incidents we took him to auction because we couldn’t afford a pet that cost several hundred dollars a month to keep. Sad as it might be horses like that one should be euthenized but that too would have cost money. Slaughtering horses for horse meat is no different than a cow, chicken, or pig. God gave all animals to Christians to eat if we choose to. I would no problem eating horse meat and I guarantee you when I saw that idiot horse almost kill my wife I would have pulled the trigger myself!
Adirondack Patriot commented:
Can someone show me which clause in the U.S. Consitution gives the Federal Government the authority to tell us how we should treat animals?
Timothyyyyyy commented:
I <3 Horse meat!!
Timothyyyyyy commented:
I love horse meat!
Ally Davis commented:
My Congressman TIM BISHOP from SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK voted for this! I received this email this morning:
http://www.georgedemosforcongress.com/refresh/templates/in_the_news.php?id=120
I’m voting for George Demos now. I’m so sickened by this whole thing!!
shopkins commented:
How aboutstiffer penalties for those mistreatin and abusing these horses…people that get a horse without knowing how much they eat, cost of care, not to mention the time having horses takes? We need more animal control officers to go and find these people, give money to help those of us that can afford horses to be able to help these horses live out their lives being happy and content….
owl commented:
I can not SHOUT this enough. Half of you people on this thread are as nutty as the PC anti-American UN Obamas. You ‘know’ nothing………………..nothing……………about horses or their care.
How many horses have you fed and housed? Exactly how many? If the answer is under 100, shut the blankly, blank up. We do not eat horse meat in the US. We do use several of their products. I guess you intend to buy it from other countries and eliminate the horses, or make damn sure only very, very rich people can ‘take such good care of them’. Ha. Sure. How about giving up your kids pets, just to make this thing fair and balanced?
It is true that the ban was one of the cruelest things I have ever witnessed for horses.
Horses are not dogs and cats. It takes MONEY to care for horses. I have seen even poor people do without to take care of their horses. People almost have to LOVE horses to keep them through the years…………..or they are playthings for the rich. Rich.
Unless you are strictly veggie, 100% of the time, you need to get the heck out of the farmer/rancher business. You eat chicken? You ever have a burger? You have your nose in something that is about as bad as Obama limiting your sugar and salt. Get it?
You are being cruel and do not even know it. Cruel, heartless, inhumane and all in the mistaken belief that you are the other. Unless you make your living as a farmer/rancher, you have no say or you shouldn’t. Why? Because you are hurting the horses and being Michelle Obama’s nose.
Niomaaa commented:
I think this is a stupid thing to do.
Horses are beautiful animals, and they have helped humans for 5000 years. It are majestic creatures that really have built up trust and relationships with humans. I have loved horses all my life, and I have always loved them and respected them.If there were no horses, we couldn’t have cars and other things! They helped us with transportation, joy and protection too! And if a horse is being abused and can’t get well anymore, put him down humanley. It doesn’t hurt the horse and it rests in pease. Don’t treat a horse like a dog! I think Obama doesn’t even KNOW what a horse has done for humans. They have always stayed loyal and have served us for century’s. This makes me really sick. I am not gonna vote for Obama ever again unless he is gonna return the bill. It’s not fair how people treat horses and other animals…
Paul Stevens commented:
Keep up the good work!
owl commented:
$50……………The BAN created a policy that has resulted in many beautiful, gentle, nice horses being put down. That is what is really sick. Sick. It is because people who do not know horses are making the policy. For these kind of horses to have good homes, there must be a market and the middle class must be able to afford them. For all that object to the killer market staying in the US, you are actually forcing the killing of more good horses.
Michelle commented:
Ok folks, I can se alot of people dont know the issue here. Since the ban 77,000 horses or more did not go to slaughter. This flooded the market. The rescues are full, it is getting hard to find a well broke horse because lets face it why should we invest 1000′s of dollars in training into a horse that we cant get $200 for. Slaughter is sad, it sucks, but it is a fact of life. The numbers of abused neglected and abandoned horses are higher than they have ever been. They are a throw away animal now, Why? Because the value is no longer there. Bottom line was they were worth 80 cents a pound so it was worth it to keep them in good condition. Now they are worth like 3 cents a pound. People are now getting horses who have no business having them. Why? Because they are cheap. Horses that went to slaughter in Mexico…well that is a horrible fate. At least in the US it was mostly humane. Yes there are screw ups but they are not the norm. And yes I am a horse lover. But I have seen the abandoned horses starving on BLM ground, I have seen them get hit on the highways. Why does this happen? Because people lose their jobs, they cant afford to feed the horse and they cant sell it and they cant give it away so they turn it loose to hopefully survive or get rescued. The ones who lost were the horses. Do you people realise that horses are selling now for the same price that they were in the 1800′s? Do you not see the problem here? It takes a minimum of $1000 per year per horse to care for it. And that is the bare minimum. In most places it is much more. So before you judge … Think. America has really lost its common sense. Slaughter prices affect the bottom line. If the slaughter prices are high the good horse prices are higher . Dont poke holes in the bottom of a bucket and then wonder why the water runs out. And if you are so opposed to slaughter then YOU go buy and care for that horse that will be going to slaughter otherwise. Until YOU are willing to do that then stay the heck out of my personal property rights! Horses are livestock. Well loved livestock, but still livestock. I once had a cow that was broke to ride, just as good a ride as a horse, even had a great personallity, but I still eat beef. Horses tug at our heart because they are beautiful animals. But they are not human, and they can be very dangerous without the proper training and even then can hurt you. They are not dogs. Come on America, wake up! This counrty used to be great, but the bleeding heart and “we must be politically correct” people are killing our great nation. Why not just put your ass in the air and tell the world to kick it.
Joe mickhell commented:
God put the horse on this earth to be beautiful and a friend along with being away to get around the horse never caused. oil” and ozone depleation” plus polution an dissapearing rain forests’adding a world of cement and war over oil.now killing so many. Since the automobile came to be”Our Human filled world has became fat and lazy and Greedy adding needless death to many” the world needs to slow down” or we humans will be on a bill for human consumption because”Grandma is getting to old and in the way” God bless the horse and all who agree”Does this bill include blk horses?
ashley commented:
WOW really OBAMA YOUR OUY OF OFFICE SOON DONT PLAN ON RUNNING AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mschill commented:
Listen Idjiots! CONGRESS PASSED THE BILL, OBAMA DID NOT DO IT ALONE!! Of course he had the power to veto, what a s*%# storm that would have caused too. Get a grip people and realize nothing is going to clean up the mess from past admins in 4 years time. Yes he will be re-elected you haters. Get used to it, intelligence will prevail. Sit on your backsides like you’ve done for the last 16 years. Too much else to be concerned about than this bill. At least some jobs will be created, and fewer horses will starve to death, or be inhumanely treated because owners cannot feed or care for them.
Shawn commented:
The people that do not like this bill need to wake the hell up and look at the horses that are starved to death. I train horses and yes I love them , my horses are better cared for then myself. A horse is a noble animal, strong, sleek , elegant when at their prime , but the amout of tax payer money going to support a horse that is put into a rescue center. If y’all knew how many wild horse that the tax payer supports you would be appalled, in northern Oklahoma there is more then 20,000 mustangs that are on full feed because they are starving in the wild from overpopulation. Until you understand shut the hell up.
Sammie commented:
STOP overbreeding… helllo?
Easy.
dakota commented:
i think that they should be able to slaughter them as long as it is humane and they are not getting tourchered, and they have the meat labeled that it is horse meat so that people who do not want to eat it dont get tricked into eating it. some horses are to dangerous and that is the best thing for them and otheres around them. when a horse gets old that is the best thing or some of them get starved to death and abused everyday this way they have a choice if they cant pay for them. just because we see horses as more of a pet than cows it is exactly the same as a cow and i say this as a horse lover and owner
Kathi L. Keeney commented:
Is there no responsibility for the owner of a horse?
This is a companion animal and one who carried soldiers in historic battles of the USA, safely carries police officers as part of a law enforcement team, bonds with children/adults with disabilities as part of therapy sessions, allows us to share in the joy and freedom of being part of them as they race, or jump, or go through their many gaits in shows. We have a bond with them and them with us. They are intelligent and sensitive and stubborn. And for the many gifts they give us, every single day, we owe them their lives. We should never even consider sending them to slaughter houses. In this country, people do not eat horses. We never will.
This entire shameful law is based upon irresponsible, greedy owners/breeders of horses who want to make money. It is that simple. The responsibility of the owner of a horse is to care for it and if it cannot be cared for any longer, or is ill, and there is no place for it, then it must be humanely euthanized and buried. How simple is that? And the breeders and auction participants need to stop over breeding horses to sell and abandon. Take some responsibility like the adult and animal owner you are.
This is sickening. If the United States really goes through with this; we will have lost our soul as a nation.
Kayla D. commented:
Ok first off I am a horse lover and have been all my life, but I am also a horse owner, and I understand the financial obligation that it takes to keep a horse healthy, let alone the FIVE that I have. And it is true that the closing of slaughterhouses in the USA has significantly hurt the horse market, im watching my well-bred, well-trained horses that normally would be worth thousands of dollars become nothing more than $100-300, while dangerous horses are being sold for the same price. I am very adament about how horses are treated, and I am a member of two horse rescues. People are being left without options when it comes to the expenses, and thats why many are turning their horses loose or leaving them to starve. I work a full time job JUST TO FEED MY HORSES, they eat better than I do! but a lot of people cant afford to do that unless like someone earlier said they are RICH (which how many of us normal people are rich? we’re not!). The banning of horse slaughter plus the failing economy is a big factor in all this! People not being smart about breeding their horses and regulating their breeding is also a HUGE factor in it as well! As much as it kills me to say this, and as much as I respect and love horses (mine are like my kids) I believe that slaughter needs to be brought back, but HIGHLY regulated! The horses need to be taken care of and humanely treated! That way horses that are dangerous, etc are taken care of (for lack of a nicer term) the horse market will start increasing and the surplus of unwanted and anbandoned with slowly diminish and get back under control.
kat commented:
obama dont think of GOD why should he think of one of his greatis gift we all better start standing up for what we think is right and help out the horses insted of letting one man tell us what we are going to do
kat commented:
Its time for all peoples to stand now we cant let this go on this is who we are this is wear we came from gramps plowing fleids bringing in the cows we must not let this bo on please take a stand four if we dont we my be next
Naomi T, Italy commented:
Ok,i do not know anything about Obama’s work. But, i shall say, in my country horse slaughter is aloud, not regulated, checked, known about. Thousands of horses come from countries like Poland to be killed inhumanely, here. I am a total vegetarian(i eat my chicken’s eggs and my cousin’s cheese.(has freely raised cows and calves are kept,not killed, he doesn’t produce much in fact..)) this means that i do NOT agree with animal consumptions and no, i do not have carnivore pets, and yes i have 7 horses and 5 donkeys, i am also a natural horse trainer, so i know what i’m talking about.
Last thing before i begin. NO horse on this earth is mean, dangerous, insane; on its own(except for the 1/1000 which has neurological deficits) Their problems are ALL and ALWAYS caused by people, nobody knows exactly when they get devastated mentally, but the run,spook,rear,kick,bite effects are evident.
Obama should simply define horses as PETS. Illegal slaughter, illegal unreasonable euthanasia, illegal non pet horses export. It basically cuts their legs off. Microchip or code check at all fronteers, with signed confirm of horse travelling outside of the states.
What he did was not STUPID,INSANE, but REASONABLE. Those s**t people stole, slaughtered people’s horse,friend, for money WITHOUT them even knowing.Horses tied in their life-time stalls,tied and stabbed to death, then slaughtered and left, skin-less for the owners to find.
Why? Because people demanded horse meat, and the less there is of something, the more it costs, the more it costs, the more people can make out of it. The more horses there are for consumption, the less likely they will be killed…. they are nothing ‘special’ . An example is shark fins,same concept, same s**t people. Nobody who cares about money, cares about animals.
-HORSES ONLY AS PETS, AS DOGS.
-LIMIT FOAL PRODUCING PER YEAR.
-MAKE ILLEGAL ‘SPORT-HORSE’ SLAUGHTER
-EUTHANIZING HORSES (HUMANE, AS IF DONE CORRECTLY, NO SUFFERING AT ALL).
DOCUMENT SUPPORTED EXPORT AND REALLY HIGH COSTS FOR THOSE DOCUMENTS(WILL FORCE PEOPLE WHO GO FOR CHEAP TO NOT DO THAT AS IT DESTROYES CHANCES OF PROFIT) E.G $1000 PER HORSE AND IT MUST HAVE ALL MEDICAL CHECKS, VACCINES AND BLOOD TESTS DONE.
-MAKING THOSE PEOPLE’S LIFE DIFFICULT, THAT IS THE SOLUTION.
And lastly, if you want to eat horse meat, just go and do it in a ‘animals are objects’ country.(in my opinion obviously) AND PLEASE, don’t argue about all animals are on earth to be eaten:
FOR THE RELIGIOUS:
as the bible said(i’m athiest…)(translated with google…) : “Going to Jerusalem, Jesus met a camel with a heavy load of wood. The camel does not bring himself to carry it up the hill and the driver beat it and treated it cruelly, but he could not move the animal.
Jesus saw it, he said: “Why do you beat your brother?” And the man replied: “I did not know he was my brother, is it not a beast of burden, made to serve?” And Jesus said: “Has not the same God who created this animal with the same substance of your children that you need and you do not have both received the same breath from God? ”
FOR THE SCIENTISTS:
If you look at the evolution of life, you may see that the tree chart(as i call it) with today’s species has ALL different animals connected, we are the most evolved mentally, not the most important. We come from the same cells as horses, slugs, monkeys and cats. But, ‘oh poor monkeys, you can’t treat them like that, they have feelings’ it happens also in the case of dogs, but about the ones who REALLY SAVED OUR LIVES IN THE PAST THOUSANDS OF YEARS. ..
No-one cares about. If you believe in something, do, but to the end.
STOP U.S(i hope worldwide one day) HORSE(in context, i think all animals.) SLAUGHTER!
WE LOVE THEM! THEY DESERVE IT!
I, WE, HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THEM.
FOR THEIR RIGHT TO NOT LIVE AND DIE IN PAIN!
P.S: If what i affirm, may seem immature to some of you, well. It may well be. I’m 16.
N.T
My observation… commented:
Naomi T, Italy that was a very thoughtful post…
As with all living things, the world has has become lazy; because if this were not true, there would be better solutions…