Re: EDITORIAL

["Lori Hayward" <haywardl@shentel.net>]

If there is to be a discussion about this on ridecamp would you please tell
us where we might look to read this editorial...(can't find it anywhere on
ridecam).  Personally I think it is off topic and these particular posts
should not be distributed to ridecamp.

Lori Hayward
LIV2RYD in VA
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Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 4:12 AM
Subject: Re: EDITORIAL


>Maryben, I have read the wording of Prop. 6 on Horse Slaughter.  I happen
>to think that Proposition 6 is a dumb idea, and my letter about that was
>printed in today's San Fran. "Chronicle."     It doesn't stop horse
>slaughter for canned dog/cat food which is OK, as   you can't have the
>only legal disposal of horse bodies to be putting them in landfill.
>There are laws against horse theft already, but Prop. 6  won't  stop
>horse stealing and the attendant sorrow to the owners of the stolen
>horses.   It addresses a situation that doesn't exist in California (we
>have no slaughter houses licensed for the human horsemeat trade).
>Nobody knows if horsemeat is sold anywhere or served up anywhere.   There
>are no stations in place on our roads for  inspecting horsetrailers
>heading out of state to determine "reason for travelling," nor would we
>want there to be.  Most of the rest of the world eats horsemeat.  Every
>town in France that has a butcher shop advertises horsemeat for sale.   I
>find the idea of eating horsemeat *extremely* repugnant but I would not
>force my personal revulsion on other cultures.  To make the serving  of
>horsemeat (or any other diet component)  a legal infraction is ludicrous
>.
>    HOWEVER!     Having said all this, I find that, according to your
>quotes of at Mercury News editorial, that they probably did  write an
>incredibly coarse, insensitive, and cruel editorial, with all the wrong
>attributes, pejorative labels  and push-button terms.  I will try to get
>a copy of the editorial and will write them from what I read.
>    I haven't owned many horses in my life but I've had to dispose of a
>beloved mare when her time was up.  I was fortunate;  after the lethal
>injection, a vet used her body to teach horse anatomy, with dissection,
>at a class he was giving.  I was able to watch (tears and all) and I
>found it an incredibly therapeutic, educational, even uplifting
>experience.  Yes, her parts were taken to the dogfood plant afterward,
>but she had continued to instruct humans even after death.  And, having
>seen what's inside, I'll never ride a horse quite the same way again.
>    Back to Prop. 6.   Maybe I'm mistaken, but I believe that horsepeople
>are ALL concerned about animal welfare (I am not an animal "rights"
>fanatic).  We darn well should have serious  concerns about regulations
>for  humane transport and humane treatment for those unfortunates headed
>for slaughter, and we should be petitioning our legislators for such
>laws.  Not one word in  Prop. 6 addresses  those REAL  issues.  It's one
>more all-but-unenforceable  layer of beaurocracy.   Prop. 6 does not
>belong on the ballot  and I say, vote no.    Best wishes, Connie B.
>(Marin)
>
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