HORSE SLAUGHTER MYTHS AND FACTS

[HorseTrouble]

MYTH: If horse slaughter is banned, people will adopt or buy the unwanted horses.
FACT: The horses that go to slaughter are the unwanted of the unwanted -- often because they can't be ridden, or are dangerous.

I can't stand reading anything the AQHA puts out on slaughter.... Talk about biased.

[bryn]

I am confused as to why this link is here?

In no way do I support the AQHA's position and this paper is quite a propaganda piece full of misinformation.

I hope it is here to educate all of us as to what the pro-slaughter people tell our legislators. One only need look at the videos of double decker transport, horses in the hands of kill buyers, and videos of the horses at the slaughter plants to know what happens to these horses is not a kind end, nor a humane end.

One only need look into the eyes of a horse we have saved and ask the question, "Should this horse be trucked hundreds of miles in a double decker and be slaughtered for gourmet dining overseas?"

[emjay]

sorry bryn, i wll delete it, i didn't read the whole thing. my apologies

[bryn]

Oh emjay, I was only at a loss because it was posted without an explanation as to why. I think it is very instructive if we explain this is the propanganda used by the pro slaughter folks. Knowing what they write and say can help us write and speak our position better. Care to repost the link for everyone?

[emjay]

www.aqha.com/association/publicpolicy/Myth_Fact_828Final_2.pdf

HERE IT IS

[jessiegirl1981]

I actually found a board similiar to this. It was disgusting I cant believe that people actually think slaughter is ok. I understand the business who try to make it ok for there pocketbook but I was suprised that normal people endorsed it. I dont remember the link but u would all want to go smack em like i wanted to