Comments on: Budget “Mishap”: Thousands of Wild Horses to be Slaughtered

By: alex parrotta

alex parrotta — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:55:16 +0000

Oh my god what is wrong with all you people, horse slaughter is a problem most people don’t care of what happens to them they make them suffer and then they just shot them the horse doesn’t know what the heck is going on and what the horse has done wrong, it wouldn’t be so bad if they just put them to sleep and not shoot them in the head or cut them open…Most slaughter companies kill up to 370-390 horses a day.. That’s a lot of horses and what have these horses done?? that made you decide they should be killed?? If they were traumatized or have something wrong with them it isn’t the last hope for them send that horse to me and I would be greatful to cure that horse for you. I can help any horse with any problem just email me. ali18_2007_12@hotmail.com

Thank you:)

And maybe most of you should rehink your opinion about this…
Think about it. This is just my opinion i would love to help with any sort of problem you are haveing with your horse.

By: Kym

Kym — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:51:38 +0000

The comment that “Horses have never been slaughtered for human consumption in America” is completely false. As little as 30 years ago (maybe less in some places) you could go into any bucher shop and buy horse meat. Many did buy it, including my mother when we lived in Oregon, who craved it during her pregnancies. And our older neighbor and friend who lives out here in “liberal, animal rights activist” California.
I remember eating horse steaks as a child. How is eating horses any different than eating cows or pigs?
If slaughtering horses is wrong, then slaughtering any animal is wrong. And following that reasoning, we need to educate all the wolves, cougars, eagles, etc, etc, etc, about their chosen diet and how they need to abstein from their bloodlust.

And before you say I’m cruel, I own and love horses. My life revolves around my horses. BUT, being around horses, I will tell you, not all horses are the “angels” or noble creatures you try to paint the entire population to be, and many WITHOUT any event in their past to justify their agressive nature. Something is just wrong, developmentally wise, in their brain. And there are horses who are phisically defective as well.

So what? Do we turn these goofy/agressive/developmentally challenged horses out into the wild away from people so they can “just be horses.” I will tell you from my own observations, horses who are not “all there” in their head are outcasts in a herd. Their own herdmates wil chase the defected animal out where, you guessed it, he becomes mountain lion food.
Horses who are lame or ill are, you guessed it again, mountain lion food.
I’ve seen herd stallions drive defected foals from the heard, or even kill them himself.

Eating other living things is a part of life. Wolves do it, bears do it, fish do it, even herbavores/vegetarians do it. Who says plants are not living life forms?

And what makes horses deserve to be taken out of the food chain? Above cows, above pigs, above chickens (speaking of which, I had a pet chicken who was very sweet and affectionate, but I still eat chicken). horses are apart of this earth and it’s foodchain, just like everything else.

By: farrah

farrah — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:18:06 +0000

its really upsetting and disgusting to think that people can kill these animals. imagining any horse being put through this is really disturbing. when i saw the pictures and read above it made me think of my horses and ponies….. never gonna happen to them and im 100% behind anyone else who thinks this is wrong and wants to do something about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks xx

By: Tamara

Tamara — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:04:57 +0000

For those of you basically saying, “Who cares” in regard to the protection of our wild horses, maybe you should take the time to read back in our history. OR maybe you should sit and listen to the wisdom in the tales of the American Indian. To you “Who cares” sayers, seeing that you don’t see the symbolic reasoning for protecting our nation’s history, maybe you should move yourselves to Canada or Mexico. It is people like this who have created the nation we have today. Should we have taken the time to respect the land and its creatures for nature’s intents and purposes … the horse to carry us into hunt, travel and harvest … the deer to provide us with nourishment … this land would be far better than what it is today. Horses don’t contribute to the pollution of our environment. How much waste in our landfills is produced by our equine friends? As a greedy society we need big fancy homes, more roads and faster cars to produce more pollution. Thus taking away from what this land should truly sustain. Instead of protecting what rightfully belongs to the Earth, you want to take it away. Ah, the “American” way and, if it lies within the hands, hearts and minds of the ignorent society we have become, our children’s children will only know our history through reading and not seeing. What a day it would be if we had an American Indian for president. This country would be so much different and maybe learn something about respect for what you all take for granted without a care. So, if your family dog runs out in the road in front of my fast car and I happen to run it over and kill it … I can say “Who cares. It’s just a dog.” Right or wrong?

By: deaona

deaona — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:21:54 +0000

that so so mean. you real do not need do this. what some one kill you like this. do not care how some one look on this but this real real mean and i do not like it

By: W.T. Hawkes

W.T. Hawkes — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:42:57 +0000

Horses are beautiful animals, one of my favorites. If we are to euthinize them, don’t ya think it should be in a clean facility, not like where we are sending them now? It’s not just the wild horses, but the domestic ones too. Because we now don’t have slaughter plants here. I agree with euthinizing a horse if you have NO ONTHER OPTION. As for the mustangs, why euthinize them? Over 50% of the land in the US, can’t be used for anything else but grazing. Why not put them there? We really need to look at ALL the other options before uthinizing these beautiful creatures.
Seriously, we not uthinize people because there are “too many”, so why animals, especially horses. Horses are a big part of our history. Without them we wouldn’t even be here.

By: millie

millie — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:06 +0000

i think his is sooooooooooooo sad and that horses shouldnt be treated like this

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:34:54 +0000

That is the most horrible thing I have seen and read about killing horses. I agree with anwen because they are beautiful animals that can be usefull in many ways and to do something like that makes me want to fight fist and fist for them to stop. Hell even people in Germany would be mad at this because they think horse meat is a delicacy, not trying to say I would do that and is very horrible for me to even believe that some where people eat horses. I think they should have put land aside for them or try and sell a couple. Atleast they would be alive and taken care of!!! Man I just want to kick you guys asses for even not trying to think of a better way to handle the situation at hand. You took the easy way out of it. You fucking lazy, money huging, bastards! Hell, I would die to have a wild horse!!! My family never had enough land or money for them, but some people do and you could have made money off of them, because some of those horses could have been trained to be GREAT horses!

I don’t see why they can’t let the horses graze with the cows? Just put a fence up like you do for a deer feeder fence and leave one side a little lower. It might and might not work but it’s something to try for all of us horse lovers so ya’ll don’t have an upprising on your hands.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:56:57 +0000

That’s insanity, not a mishap.

By: Leessliiee

Leessliiee — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:43:26 +0000

OKAY STOP STOP STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have been obbsessed with horses since i was a little girl. now killing horses is just cruel i dont care if the goverment is tryin to control the grass problemor whatever i just dont care. stop killing the horses for dog food also they diserve to live too justl ike all of gods creatures and i mean look how pretty and majestic they are STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! would you like to be killed for animal food no i didnt think so. now if you dont want to be killed for food then what makes you feel like the horses do too? think about these questions, and seriously i mean think does god want us going around killing his creatures like they are something that doesnt matter?NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!