[RC] Horse Slaughter Exemption is NOT Good News - Smith, Dave
Julie, Heidi - I can't agree
with you more. If passed, this law would have the unintended consequence of
causing even more equine misery nationwide than currently exists. Under
current law, the few U.S.
rendering plants now used for horse slaughter are
required to painlessly kill the horses brought to them. If horse slaughter for
food is outlawed in the U.S.,
the horses will simply be taken outside the country to either Canada or Mexico where euthanasia laws may or
may not exist. How may unwanted horses have you seen, half-starved, their ribs
showing, scratching the patch of muddy, denuded ground on which they are held
prisoner? If this law passes, expect to see more of that. Don't be fooled, the
politicians backing this measure could care less about the horses they're
purporting to "save", and more about the votes they expect to harvest
from this ill-thought-out measure. I plan to write my Congressman, all right -
in opposition to the bill!
