RE: [RC] Doing the right thing (was: Desperate times) - Terry Banister
All that is fine, but the point of Karen's post was that poor husbandry was the cause of the excess horses, and the horse industries need to stop the over supply. America should not continue doing the "wrong thing" by overbreeding in the first place. There should be no huge amount of excess horses to slaughter!
The percentage of horses that are no longer useful/wanted should not be in such huge numbers that rescues could not absorb them. That is in human control, and that is responsible husbandry.
Terry
> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:35:50 -0800 > From: katswig@xxxxxxx > Subject: [RC] Doing the right thing (was: Desperate times) > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Karen Everhart said: > > > I do have problems with our horses being slaughtered simply > > because America's horse owners have failed to step up to the > > plate and do the "right thing" regarding over supply and responsible > > animal husbandry. > > There are some people who are of the opinion that slaughtering excess horses to become a part of the food supply IS the "right thing" to do with excess horses, and anything else is poor animal husbandry. > > I certainly consider it more responsible hanbandry than killing them and throwing the carcass away; and I also consider it more responsible husbandry than sticking them in ignorant people's back yards to be negelected, or sticking them in holding pens to be neglected and overcrowded. I also consider it more responsible husbandry than turning them loose on the range, letting them propogate, forage for scarce food, and die of starvation. > > Horses are prey animals. To be killed and eaten is very much a part of the natural order of things. > > What I consider to be extremely irresponsible animal husbandry is to forbid anybody from humanely killing and rendering the carcass into meat (i.e. slaughtering horses locally). > > Shoot 'em and eat 'em is the "right thing" to do, and yes, I have a big problem with the American public (not just horse owners) failing to allow this. It is downright cruel to horses. > > kat > Orange County, Calif. > ") > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp > > Ride Long and Ride Safe!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
