This message is from: "Lola Lahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> well said! On 12/4/07, sandra church <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This message is from: sandra church <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act will NOT prohibit anyone from > hauling a horse in any condition unless the horse is headed to slaughter. > Existing laws are already supposed to prevent pregnant or blind or > seriously > injured horses from being hauled to slaughter but it happens everyday and > will > continue to happen as long as our horses are sold for slaughter. Why is > the > tranportation of horses to slaughter cruel? They go for hundreds of > miles, > crammed into trailers (built for cows) without water or food. Many mares > are > pregnant, stallions are not separated, colics are frequent, babies are > trampled...these horses are subjected to horror after horror just so a few > people can make a few hundred dollars for their meat. The most recent > accident (in Illinois) involved a trailer with 59 horses crammed inside & > 19 > were killed or euthanized. These horses were headed from one auction to > another with slaughter as their final destination. The survivors are now > being adopted. Because of the nature of the business, the treatment of > horses > shipped to slaughter is horribly inhumane. The AHSPA only pertains to > slaughter bound horses but the pro-slaughter folks want to confuse > everyone & > their misinformation continues to circulate. If all horse owners were > responsible for their horses and overbreeding could be stopped, we > wouldn't > have this problem. > Of course, that's just my opinion... > Sandra & Loki in Va. > _________________________________________________________________ > Your smile counts. The more smiles you share, the more we donate. Join in. > www.windowslive.com/smile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Wave2_oprsmilewlhmtagline > > The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: > http://tinyurl.com/rcepw The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
