This message is from: Robin Churchill <rbc...@yahoo.com> I have to say that this time, jen, I agree with you. The root of the problem is that there are too many horses, too many dogs and cats, etc mainly because people are allowed to do whatever they want to and dispose of companion-type animals when it suits them. There should be much stricter regulation on breeding of horses and other animals. People should not be able to just breed indiscriminately then allow the animals to be discarded. Again the bottom line often turns out to be that people don't want to pay to act responsibly. I could go on and on about the way I think it should be but that probably is not going to change anything. I think the cultural attitude is what needs to change. I personally don't eat meat because I can't stand to think of cattle skinned alive or anecdotes I have heard of the intelligence of pigs as well as living close to Smithfield, VA and seeing the pigs trucked to slaughter and hearing about how they scream in terror. Some people would suggest the whole problem is not the slaughter but how it is done and again that is an economic issue because you can be certain it is done in the cheapest way unless forced to be done otherwise. I don't know the answer but do agree with people who have restricted their breeding and think that those who are against inhumane treatment for horses and other animals need to stand up, become politically active, put on peer pressure to try and change people's minds and actions and pitch in where we can to promote adoption/rescue over breeding and humane euthanasia over slaughter.
Robin in hot, humid Florida --- On Thu, 4/2/09, jen frame <jenfra...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: jen frame <jenfra...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Horse slaughter > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 11:57 AM > This message is from: jen frame > <jenfra...@gmail.com> > > > > > you find it so darn INCONVIENANT to have to figure out a > way to help that > horse die in dignity and without betraying the bond that > horse had with you? > I mean COME ON PEOPLE: you can figure out what to do with > the body--contact > the authorities and find out the regulations for your area, > PAY what it > costs to have it hauled off in a legal way. what ever it > takes. But don't > try to justify sending your horse, who served you his or > her entire life, to > slaughter just because you can't be bothered to figure out > a way to dispose > of the body. > On 4/1/09, laura.skje...@ic.gc.ca > <laura.skje...@ic.gc.ca> > wrote: Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
