Pets

When the last U.S. horse slaughter facility was closed. But immoral and greedy people figured out pretty quickly that all they had to do was ship horses to Mexico or Canada.

Its horrifying. Horses are quite intelligent. They are terrified, and scream. They trample and kick each other trying to escape the death they see coming. Many are already injured because they are crammed into trucks--mares, stallions, babies, all together. Nasty wounds, broken legs, crushed. Horse owners used to always be afraid of their animals being stolen and sold for 69 cents a pound. And then there's always the, "kill pens," where the unfortunate are auctioned off for slaughter.

I know many people are okay with it, or have never thought about it. They need to be reminded--or educated--that horses are not livestock. They are companion animals. Would you eat a poodle?

None of this would be happening without a market though. Europeans eat horse meat. Its a cheaper alternative to beef. Compassionate people get sick about the dog meat trade in Asian countries. This is no different.

And, as the article says, there is no FDA inspection for horse meat. It could have all manner of horse meds in it (anti-inflammatories, antibiotics, inoculations, wormers, etc.) Of course, animals on those types of meds usually don't end up in slaughter houses unless they were stolen. Its usually the sad and broken down ones that people consider disposable.

At least the BLM is more careful now about who they adopt wild mustangs and burros to. Far too many of them were going to the meat trade under false pretenses.

Please sign every petition you can. Its how the U.S. slaughterhouses were finally shut down.