Quote Originally Posted by CathyBogart
I think this is a stupid law based on stupid social taboos in our country. Horse meat is leaner than beef, and better for you, much like buffalo. This law is there because people think "horsies are pretty" or whatever, and somehow value the life of a horse more than the life of a cow or a pih.

Really, now, who are we to say that a horse's life is worth more than a cow's or a pig's? If someone wants to slaughter and eat horses, why is that any worse than slaughtering and eating pigs?

Yes a stupid law, since it's great to transport horses in cattle and pig trucks which they don't fit in, poke their eyes out, let them trample each other to death, dont give them any food or water, load horses with broken limbs and bodies, load babies to get trampled on by adults. Yes it must be a stupid law....because we should let that continue. Not to mention, horses have helped man create the civilization we know now, pigs didn't, cows didn't. Horses carried men into battle, were used for transport, were used for exploration, have been used since almost the beginning of civilization to HELP men, so yes, definitely a good idea to torture them to death, I agree! Horse have pulled fire trucks, before mechanization, to help save people's homes and lives, horses have pulled our wagons, carriages, mail, food items.

That's just not true to say they are the same as a cow or a pig. NO animal deserves to be slaughtered inhumanely, none, but horses have to be bled out before shipping, which means they have to be hung up with their hearts beating to pump out the blood. That is not the same. If your horse has served you its entire life, it deserves more than to be killed in a horrid fashion...If you dont' agree then why not set up a dog killing plant, they eats dogs and cats there too. Why not set up a cat killing plant? Cows and pigs are raised for food...UNFORNTUANTELY not in the manner I would prefer for them! Horses serve man their whole lives and at the end of their usefulness, they are sent to be mangled, beaten, totured, and hung to bleed out with a beating heart. They deserve the same end any pet has, they arent' raised for food, they are raised as companions and give their entire lives to HELP man. Why you feel that is a justified end I'd really be interested to hear.