Jul 25, 2008

This won't stop here

This is not the solution.
Horse transport bill introduced in House [link]
Sarah Muirhead | July 25, 2008

The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 was introduced July 24 in the House and would criminalize the possession, sale and transport of horses in interstate or foreign commerce for the purpose of slaughter for human consumption. In introducing the bill, John Conyers Jr. (D., Mich) said horses are bought at auctions within the U.S. and then transported to foreign slaughterhouses for hours in packed and hot trailers without water, food or rest where they are then slaughtered in cruel and barbaric ways. Pressure from animal rights organizations has closed all U.S. slaughter plants in the past several years forcing the long transport of horses bound for slaughter. Advocates of horse slaughter and those worried mounting number of unwanted horses in the U.S. have expressed similar concern about the transportation of horses long distances and believe it is in the best interest of horses to have slaughter facilities available domestically as an option for horse owners. Horse slaughter advocates also question the value of incinerating or burying a euthanized horse when it could serve as a good source of protein for human nourishment. The Slaughter Horse Transport Program (SHTP) established in 2001 requires that a horse transported commercially to slaughter travel in a safe and humane fashion. Among the program's requirements are that adequate food, water and rest prior to loading onto to a vehicle be provided; horses are not confined in a vehicle any longer than 24 hours without food and water, adequate floor space is provided and that two-tier trailers be phased out.

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but folks that think that a rat's life is equal to that of your child are NOT really the ones you want making federal law. They don't want the French eating horsemeat, and they don't want you eating beef either. If you don't think they are related, think again. The divide-and-conquer technique of animal rights groups has been used successfully against many other targets.

At the very core of the animal rights agenda, in the words of the most powerful people within the organizations, their goal is to end the most controversial animal uses first, which will lead to ending the consumption of meat as well as ending pet ownership. I can't make this stuff up. Do the research yourself.

I've been living as a target of their hatred for years because I am pro-hunting, and believe that a venison dinner as a result of a quick, clean kill by a hunter is not only just as acceptable as buying a slab of plastic-wrapped beef at the supermarket, it is in many ways superior. I have watched groups such as HSUS pump millions of dollars into state ballot initiatives to strip rights away from people, and criminalize traditions and customs that are no more "barbaric" than what went into your fast food lunch.

I don't want to eat your horse. Or your dog, or cat.

I also don't want my government telling me what kinds of meat are allowed on my table and which aren't.

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