Opinion on RACEHORSE SLAUGHTER.

[timberwolf109]

100% against horse slaughter!

[psychodrama]

Im against it. End of. Horses are beautiful creatures and very intelligent. Imagine the fear they go through when they are waiting for their end? No. Slaughtering should be made illigal. And when people are saying "Give it for a zoo animal to eat" Thats just wrong.Anyway I believe all horses can be changed. My share horse was practically totally headshy and now I can stroke his face completely. No horse I dont think is abused and broken beyond repair. If people know anything about horses I think they should know this. If the Horse was in pain then it should be Put down HUMANELY! OK? No slaughter whatsoever

So you can only slaughter dumb, ugly animals...?
Pigs aren't stupid, yet they're slaughtered. Neither are cows. Some people find them ugly; I find them pretty.
Using something like that is kind of pointless, because not everyone will share the same opinion on what classifies as "beautiful" or "intelligent". Do they mean they're able to survive in the wild, using only their instincts, or that they can open doors and ride a skateboard?
Is this or this better looking than this or this? Let me tell you, not everyone in this world would choose the Arab over the Highland Cow.

Looks and brain power are a totally unfair way of deciding what can be eaten and what can't.

I'm not saying about them being beautiful makes any differnence. And I love Pigs cows and sheep! The barn next doors to ours rescued Mooey the Cow from slaughter when she was a calf. I like ALL animals but this is foucusing on HORSE slaughter not other animals. I wish no animals would be eaten I'm just saying my point. And the animals should be put down not sent to slaughter! By the way you worded that makes it sound like you agree. Everyone has a different option and I have mine. Anyway I dont even think horses should be eaten.

[AccentOnHakes]

again who in the us would eat horse meat besides dogs.

Me. :3

I think horse slaughter for any horse is fine, although when the horse is killed for meat is ill and the illness can be transmitted by eating it, that's a no-no.
Horses are no better than livestock.

Yes.
Horse meat tastes amazing. <3

I dont think it matters what kind of horse it is being slaughtered.
Theres a million in the world, if a race horse is sent to a slaughter house, all is fine.
However, they should atleast be slaughtered humanely.
By humanely i mean dyeing in atleast minutes. 20 minutes or longer is just cruel.

But, just because some people wouldnt think of eating a horse just becuase where you live it's not common and horses are 'baeutiful' and for that or those reasons only, doesnt mean it's wrong.
It IS wrong, how ever, if they are killed inhumanely.

How I feel.

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again who in the us would eat horse meat besides dogs.

Me. :3

I think horse slaughter for any horse is fine, although when the horse is killed for meat is ill and the illness can be transmitted by eating it, that's a no-no.
Horses are no better than livestock.

Yes.
Horse meat tastes amazing. <3

I dont think it matters what kind of horse it is being slaughtered.
Theres a million in the world, if a race horse is sent to a slaughter house, all is fine.
However, they should atleast be slaughtered humanely.
By humanely i mean dying in atleast minutes. 20 minutes or longer is just cruel.

But, just because some people wouldnt think of eating a horse just becuase where you live it's not common and horses are 'baeutiful' and for that or those reasons only, doesnt mean it's wrong.
It IS wrong, how ever, if they are killed inhumanely.

I couldn't agree with you more, Van.

Anyway I dont even think horses should be eaten.

But it's considered as a delicacy in Europe and Asia--including Japan! ;o

[PathEast]

I think slaughter is a sad fate for a healthy horse that just wasn't fit for the racing industry and, since there are so many others like him out there, can't find a home. But I'm not so devastated by it that I'm going to go out and stop it, I just think there shouldn't be so many racehorses bred if there is a lower and lower demand for them these days.

Breeds that are bred for meat, that's different. That is an animal created to be eaten, if it wasn't going to be eaten it wouldn't even have the change to be alive in the first place. Plus, most meat breeds, in any species, usually end up lacking intelligence because the focus of their bloodlines has been to bulk up the animal, along with the fact that most are coldblooded breeds which are less intelligent than hot and warmblooded breeds to begin with.

[Bearsy <3]

Im against it. End of. Horses are beautiful creatures and very intelligent. Imagine the fear they go through when they are waiting for their end? No. Slaughtering should be made illigal. And when people are saying "Give it for a zoo animal to eat" Thats just wrong.Anyway I believe all horses can be changed. My share horse was practically totally headshy and now I can stroke his face completely. No horse I dont think is abused and broken beyond repair. If people know anything about horses I think they should know this. If the Horse was in pain then it should be Put down HUMANELY! OK? No slaughter whatsoever

So you can only slaughter dumb, ugly animals...?
Pigs aren't stupid, yet they're slaughtered. Neither are cows. Some people find them ugly; I find them pretty.
Using something like that is kind of pointless, because not everyone will share the same opinion on what classifies as "beautiful" or "intelligent". Do they mean they're able to survive in the wild, using only their instincts, or that they can open doors and ride a skateboard?
Is this or this better looking than this or this? Let me tell you, not everyone in this world would choose the Arab over the Highland Cow.

Looks and brain power are a totally unfair way of deciding what can be eaten and what can't. :/

I'm not saying about them being beautiful makes any differnence. And I love Pigs cows and sheep! The barn next doors to ours rescued Mooey the Cow from slaughter when she was a calf. I like ALL animals but this is foucusing on HORSE slaughter not other animals. I wish no animals would be eaten I'm just saying my point. And the animals should be put down not sent to slaughter! By the way you worded that makes it sound like you agree. Everyone has a different option and I have mine. Anyway I dont even think horses should be eaten.

The way you worded it sounded like your argument was that horses are beautiful and intelligent, so shouldn't be slaughtered. Atleast, that's the way I took it. Obviously intended meaning is lost over the internet unless you go into detail and explain exactly what you're thinking and why it's relevant. ;)
I understand that this is focused on horse slaughter, but it's perfectly valid to bring up the slaughter of other animals as examples and to compare.
If all the animals (I'm assuming you mean all the animals that would be going to slaughter, rather than all the animals) were put down, what would happen to their carcasses? Atleast when they're slaughtered they're used, not just dumped somewhere.

I'd much prefer those animals get slaughtered, rather than left in a field or stable to rot. :/

[Pangali]

I think slaughter is a sad fate for a healthy horse that just wasn't fit for the racing industry and, since there are so many others like him out there, can't find a home. But I'm not so devastated by it that I'm going to go out and stop it, I just think there shouldn't be so many racehorses bred if there is a lower and lower demand for them these days.

Breeds that are bred for meat, that's different. That is an animal created to be eaten, if it wasn't going to be eaten it wouldn't even have the change to be alive in the first place. Plus, most meat breeds, in any species, usually end up lacking intelligence because the focus of their bloodlines has been to bulk up the animal, along with the fact that most are coldblooded breeds which are less intelligent than hot and warmblooded breeds to begin with.

Coldblooded breeds werent originally bread for meat, they were bred for working the land. Although sadly now they are used mainly for meat.Racehorses arent really overbred, the uk race schedule has been cut to acount for the decline in horses next year. The prolem is that most horses dont want to race or are just too slow.

[xChry.]

I think slaughter is a sad fate for a healthy horse that just wasn't fit for the racing industry and, since there are so many others like him out there, can't find a home. But I'm not so devastated by it that I'm going to go out and stop it, I just think there shouldn't be so many racehorses bred if there is a lower and lower demand for them these days.

Breeds that are bred for meat, that's different. That is an animal created to be eaten, if it wasn't going to be eaten it wouldn't even have the change to be alive in the first place. Plus, most meat breeds, in any species, usually end up lacking intelligence because the focus of their bloodlines has been to bulk up the animal, along with the fact that most are coldblooded breeds which are less intelligent than hot and warmblooded breeds to begin with.

Coldblooded breeds werent originally bread for meat, they were bred for working the land. Although sadly now they are used mainly for meat.Racehorses arent really overbred, the uk race schedule has been cut to acount for the decline in horses next year. The prolem is that most horses dont want to race or are just too slow.

yap, yap, exactly. and so i guess if they dont want to do somethin their punishment is death... that seems wrong doncha think?

[Schnuchi]

What happens to race horses isn't right, it's never right - those horses don't get a proper life, they're treated as an object, one you could replace if it's not working anymore. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is sad.

[van]

Not always. A lot of horses are raised for slaughter.
What I dont get is why its perfectly right to slaughter cows pigs chickens etc to feed us fatties [its true.. xD], but slaughtering horses apparently isnt.
As long as they are slaughtered humanely, there is nothing to be against..