. . . "advocates who lobbied to end horse slaughter in the United States gambled that Congress would pass legislation by next year barring horses from being exported for slaughter" . . .
". . . attack the industry from all sides and deprive it of profits, while pressing Congress for a federal law banning horse exports. . . . The federal ban is the name of the game"
. . . "There have been 15,000 fewer American horses slaughtered this year compared to the same period last year, even counting the jump in the number being shipped to Mexico and Canada, Holland said."
. . . "Though millions of cats and dogs wind up euthanized each year, Markarian notes, "the answer has never been to send them for slaughter to countries where they would be considered food animals."
. . . "killer buyers" flock to auction houses " (My comment: The horses going over the border are sent there by Americans) . . . "Mike McBarron is one of about a dozen killer buyers in Texas who supply horse slaughterhouses. McBarron, has been trading horses since he dropped out of the ninth grade . . (no comment). who assess sentient creatures in dollars and cents. . . . saving owners the expense of euthanizing them" ($$$ rules) . . . killer buyers often outbid others . . ."They create a market," said Holland"
"That's darn sure pretty cold for someone to send their horse to slaughter so they can profit or recover their costs," Steven Long said.
. . . "Markarian said horse slaughter peaked in the 1980s, . . . The gradual closure of plants didn't lead to thousands of horses running wild or dying in their pastures,"
(So don't just weep, do something!) Also, I realize that this is an endurance forum, and therefore, posts on this topic should be taken private.
Terry
May the Horse be with you
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