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I've had a few extreamly nasty horses i wouldn't have thought twice about sending to the slaughter. And to be honest after the horse auction thats most likely where they ended up. I'm not for shooting a stabbing a horse to death but I'm not against horse slaughter just as long as it's done in a humane way. I have to agree with Davren. Most people who are against the slaughter have never owned a horse let alone been on top of one. Yes some really good horses go to the slaughter but it's part of life. Just like having an extreamly aggressive dog thats willing to stop at nothing to harm someone, when you get a horse thats going to hurt or God forbid kill someone it needs to be put down. As long as it's done humanly theres no problem. The horse economy is s**ty enough as it is why make it worse. If you ban horse slaughter (like dogs an cats) your gonna have people who can't take care of them and just turn them loose to fend for themselves turn wild and aggressive and their gonna end up being killed anyways. Just my opinion.
I'd also rather see one of mine go to slaughter (in the U.S.) than end up in the hands of the Amish.
What do the Amish do with them? Sorry I have no idea, don't live in Amish "country", just passed threw a few times.
MI GSD is correct. I have gone the last two months to the horse auction where the sme old meat buyers from years ago were buying them up. Reg. babies to very rideable horses going for $1 to $200 or so. Its a very sad situation. There is an article in a Rocky Mountain Rider magazine I picked up some time ago that goes into the slaughter in Mexico quite explicitely. It gave me goose bumps. People are turning horses loose on back country roads and the Reservation. I just wish people would pay more attention to what is going on in their own back yard, I am talking about people who don't even have horses. I suppose they think they are helping the situation but just make the dam thing worse, where the hell do they get all their clout? Same with all these Breed and spay/neutor bills.... I personally blame it on communication, if people we didn't have they means to communicate so easily maybe we wouldn't be able to stick our noses where it doesn't belong.
Very well put Trailrider. These people think they are doing whats right for the animal when all they are really doing is adding to the problem. They're talking about how mexico slaughters the horses but we arn't going to change that just like we're never gonna stop them from bull fighting. It's what they do your never gonna stop it. Even if you make it illegal it's not gonna stop people from doing. Drugs, steeling, abuse, speeding, It's all illegal but people still do. I'm sure its some peoples only source of income killing these animal even if it's not humane. We have enough probelms with peta and other organizations to save all the animals in our own countries why are we so concerned with whats going on in other countries that we have no control over?
Well I own a few horses.I have been training and riding horses since I was 11 years old,I have had to put a few down as to there old age.It was very sad yo have to say good bye after 25 and 30 years with them.Sending them for slaughter was not an option.They were buried.I went to the auction an bought 2 horses ,one you need to chase for 3 days to catch before you can even consider riding ,really after three days of chasing him down who wants to ride anymore,LOL the other has heaves.She is a good horse for little kids to sit on.My third horse threw me off and sent me to the hospital,it knocked my brain back for three months,LOL.Being a die hard I got out of the hospital with a broken ass and a broken head ,the thought of "get right back on it or you will be scared to ever again" was on my mind,(which was broken),that darn horse threw me right back off on the other side of my ass.Second time hurt worse then the first.Needless to say the horse won .I will never get on him again.Never never ever.He will ride with my daughter but I make sure his head is tied down to his ass.They will not be going to slaughter as long as im alive.Some horses are bought for pig food they slit there throats and throw them into the pigs whole, the blood gets the pigs in a frenzy is what I'm told.Maybe thats what the amish do.
I have never sent a horse to slaughter either. My heart couldn't manage that after years of service to me, they deserve better. However I know it's a fact of life, we all must go sometime and a quick and painless death, is much better than starving, beig hit by a car, hunted by wild animals or whatever other end becomes these abandoned animals, people cannot afford to feed.
I have been looking in my area for free horses and haven't found one yet. I'd gladly give a needy hrose a good home, I have a place to put it, 150 acres but I'm not in the market to "buy" one. Horses are such a.....money pit. I have been lucky that most of mine were healthy and easy keepers. No shoes needed and they got by on meager rations and free grass. That's what I'm kinda looking for again, more of a pet than a ral riding horse, not much free time to ride these days. I miss my horses, when I don't think of all the work they are, compaired to the few actual trail hours I got.
Depending on the Amish person with the horse some take excellent care of theirs and of course just like people from our society there are those that don't. At least they keep their feet done and they feed them well. In the Amish around me many of them have some very expensive horses and go to the big sales like Tatersley's and their horses sell for 6 figures. Also, at least for the most part they grow the grain and hay themselves so the economy doesn't effect them like most. And sure there are those which don't take very good care of them too.
Sorry I absolutely do not agree with slaughter houses. As far as I'm concerned when a person buys a animal he takes on the responsibilty of looking after that animal while in his care. If he can no longer keep that animal or it's not suited to another home then I believe his responsiblity is to put the animal humanely to sleep. If he can't afford this then he should never have bought the animal to begin with.
Everyone should watch the documentory called " earthlings" you can view it on youtube and there are three parts to it.
It's horrific how human beings can do what they do to the animals we live with, serve us and are our companions.
Lynn
www.spruceviewfarms.com
Chicki, in an ideal world, it would be that way but we live in a throw away society and there are extenuating surcumstances sometimes. People have to take care of themselves first and feed their children before the horses. Luckily I have never had to deal with that but for those that do, selling a horse at auction would be less heartbreaking if you knew he wasn't going to be trucked all the way to Mexico with no food or water or rest until they pulled up to die.
Sorry for the horrible typos...fixed
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