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OmahaBlueDog

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7. That logic assumes that many consumers have not seen their animals slaughtered
Sat Apr 14, 2012, 01:42 AM
Apr 2012

As a practical matter, many do. If you hunt, for example, you've probably field dressed a deer, elk, pheasant, or feral hog. Some farmers still slaughter their own meat, although most will pay a locker to do it for them. I've witnessed the industrial slaughter of cattle, hogs, and buffalo, as well as the butchering process in country lockers. I've also seen the parts that get sent on to become dog food.

What bothers me are bad slaughter facilities (like Agriprocessors, a few years back). Those who can't /won't find a rescue, or who simply want some value returned on an unwanted/unneeded animal currently subject the horses to long rides to slaughterhouses in Mexico or Canada. Standards and oversight are simply lower. The fact that it is so difficult to dispose of a horse has accelerated the replacement of horses with 4-wheelers. As demand drops, more horses can't be sold, and aren't needed, and the cycle repeats itself. It'd be nice if every horse could be treated like a beloved family pet, or sent to a rescue. That's simply not reality. If New Mexico won't allow horse slaughter, then owners will continue to ship outside the country, or they'll look to open a facility in a Native Reservation as a means to circumvent the law. It's like drugs: I don't like 'em, but I'd rather see them legal and controlled.

Obviously Valley Meat Co. Sees A Market DallasNE Apr 2012 #1
There has been a market for some time Major Nikon Apr 2012 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author antigone382 Apr 2012 #15
Here here, Major Nikon kurtzapril4 Apr 2012 #18
I grew up on a farm, and had chickens as pets when I was 5 Major Nikon Apr 2012 #20
The way the meat companies are going eventually I'll be PatrynXX Apr 2012 #2
That logic assumes that many consumers have not seen their animals slaughtered OmahaBlueDog Apr 2012 #7
good. Voice for Peace Apr 2012 #3
There is only so much capacity in rescues, and demand/need for horses is plummeting OmahaBlueDog Apr 2012 #4
or the wild. alp227 Apr 2012 #8
Part of the problem is they starve to death... in the wild. DRoseDARs Apr 2012 #11
+12,000! n/t kurtzapril4 Apr 2012 #19
simply put: therealsuzn Apr 2012 #23
The native populations died out over 12,000 years ago; were separate from their Eurasian cousins... DRoseDARs Apr 2012 #24
I don't think the wild needs imported horse meat. nt. harmonicon Apr 2012 #13
Do the right thing. Seedersandleechers Apr 2012 #5
Why? people eat horse. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #9
I hope we have cloned meat soon. nt ZombieHorde Apr 2012 #10
....yes, to serve up with the Android Vegetables, Inc. Gibby Apr 2012 #12
Funny. Though I think cloned meat would eventually be cheaper ZombieHorde Apr 2012 #21
one woman was the leader in shutting down the last one in the usa madrchsod Apr 2012 #14
As I remember it the production was moved to Mexico where conditions for the animals were much worse Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #17
Is this Repub Gov going for national exposure? duhneece Apr 2012 #16
Join the club PlanetBev Apr 2012 #22
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