As a horse owner/,over, I am fully AGAINST THE BAN.
Every day I can visit a dozen horse rescue sites and see horses they rescued that have been neglected, starved, what have you. Then they have the "feedlot rescues", which are horses they buy from the killer buyers, usually right as their herd is being loaded up to be shipped to slaughter. They always say "we can't save them all".
So what the hell do they think will happen when there is no slaughter? If they can't save them all now, do they think all the excess horses will magically disappear once the ban takes effect?
Too many idiot politicians voted on emotions (which I guess is always the case) rather than logic.
I blame the showing industry for creating so many unwanted horses - it's not unheard of for a person who shows to buy a new horse every year because they don't want to take the time and effort to get one horse to the higher levels - it's so much easier to buy one ready made. Ugh.
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Every day I can visit a dozen horse rescue sites and see horses they rescued that have been neglected, starved, what have you. Then they have the "feedlot rescues", which are horses they buy from the killer buyers, usually right as their herd is being loaded up to be shipped to slaughter. They always say "we can't save them all".
So what the hell do they think will happen when there is no slaughter? If they can't save them all now, do they think all the excess horses will magically disappear once the ban takes effect?
Too many idiot politicians voted on emotions (which I guess is always the case) rather than logic.
I blame the showing industry for creating so many unwanted horses - it's not unheard of for a person who shows to buy a new horse every year because they don't want to take the time and effort to get one horse to the higher levels - it's so much easier to buy one ready made. Ugh.