RE: Horse slaughter

2009-04-02 Thread Frederick J Pack
This message is from: "Frederick J Pack" Re: Euthanasia of horses in Washington State... I just heard from my VERY respected vet that putting down an otherwise healthy horse IS permissible in Washington as long as the LEGAL owner OK's it. I just got my WSU news (Washington State University Equi

Re: Horse Slaughter

2009-04-02 Thread jen frame
This message is from: jen frame Well put Emily!And in response to your plea for education: I was a pro-animal person my whole life, and participated in dog rescue. But I had no idea that horses were being slaughtered in America for human consumption in some other countries. I mean truly no idea.

Re: Horse Slaughter

2009-04-02 Thread Emily Wigley
This message is from: Emily Wigley So, what we need to do is SELF REGULATE. That is the same as being responsible. Exactly! Self regulating is best done, in my opinion, through education. Stand tall when you explain why you bought that horse (foal or adult) instead of breeding another. S

Re: Horse slaughter

2009-04-02 Thread jen frame
This message is from: jen frame Hi Jean!Well the idea, in the abstract, is a good one, but in actuality/practice it becomes FACISM. So as much as we may like there to be laws that dictate how many kids or how many horses a person can create, it can't be done in a democracy. So, what we need to

Re: Horse slaughter

2009-04-02 Thread jernest
This message is from: jern...@mosquitonet.com Maybe there should be laws against people who can't take care of them having too many children, too, like China has? Jean in Fairbanks, AK This message is from: Robin Churchill > > I have to say that this time, jen, I agree with you. The root o

Re: Horse slaughter

2009-04-02 Thread REENA GIOLA
This message is from: REENA GIOLA My two cents on this: when my mare (not a fjord) became seriously ill she was at the big vet center in the area they had done what they could with her medically and financially for us within our budget (she was an older mare also) . we discus

Re: Horse slaughter

2009-04-02 Thread Robin Churchill
re 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 wrote: > From: jen frame > Subject: Re: Horse slaughter > To: fjordhorse@

Re: Horse slaughter

2009-04-02 Thread Kathleen Prince
This message is from: Kathleen Prince > 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. And don't use cost as an argument either. If you > could afford

Re: Horse slaughter

2009-04-02 Thread jen frame
This message is from: jen frame Laura, I'm wondering why you are "stirring" the pot in the way that you did? What is your intention? It seems, by your questions, that you may be trying to say that you think people who are against horse slaughter for human consumption in non-american countries ar