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9. While that's obviously a ridiculously low estimate on your part

Reply to The Midway Rebel (Reply #8)

Sun Jun 10, 2012, 03:53 PM

Jun 2012

who can say that those 50 jobs wouldn't have been appreciated by the people who had them?

And there is really no justification for selectively banning horse slaughter. If you want to ban all animal slaughter that would be one thing. But why are horses singled out? They are livestock, no different from cows or chickens in any fundamental way.

This was an emotional response by people who didn't understand the industry and ultimately it led to greater suffering.

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Race horse rescued from certain death [View all] tawadi Jun 2012 OP

K&R SunSeeker Jun 2012 #1

Important but sad story about the toll of racing on horses. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2012 #2

Soon, they won't be sending them to Mexico for slaughter anymore. The Midway Rebel Jun 2012 #3

Actually it is good news, MadHound Jun 2012 #4

It's very good news 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #5

You and Mad Hound forgot to mention the 50 jobs this horse slaughter plant creates... The Midway Rebel Jun 2012 #8

While that's obviously a ridiculously low estimate on your part 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #9

No. What is obviously ridiculous is the way you to reject FACTS. The Midway Rebel Jun 2012 #10

So your complaint with horse slaughter is . . . ? 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #11

No complaints here. The Midway Rebel Jun 2012 #12

As someone who does know quite a bit about this industry 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #17

Since you claim to know much about the industry of horse slaughtering, a few questions. The Midway Rebel Jun 2012 #18

. . . 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #19

Excellent NY Times story on this topic jade3000 Jun 2012 #6

It's brutal. The same is true with greyhounds. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #7

We need to protect the "muscle" animals FrodosPet Jun 2012 #13

Stop supporting horse racing, greyhound racing, rodeos and circuses that use animals. Please. Arugula Latte Jun 2012 #14

How else do we keep these animals alive? FrodosPet Jun 2012 #15

I don't think that's an issue for any of these animals. Arugula Latte Jun 2012 #16