A Colorado nonprofit organization, saving horses since 2005

Time to think ahead . . .
Resenting Compassion

Farewell to Ziggy

The shutdown of the three U.S. horse slaughter facilities has not stopped slaughter.
It still goes on, only now the slaughter-bound horses are traveling farther, to facilities in other countries that do not offer any semblance of protection or regulation of the treatment of the horses.  Economic impacts have embattled auction houses and  horse dealers, while the oil companies are benefiting from all the extra fuel that is being burned.  Who is suffering the most?  The horses.  They are suffering more than before from extended travel and brutal Mexican slaughter practices. 

The horse slaughter plants in Texas and Illinois were closed without an existing federal ban on the sale and transport of horses for slaughter.  This has backfired on the horses. Industry professionals claim that a slaughter ban would also backfire on the horses by causing more to be starved and abandoned because of the loss of the slaughter market. If H.R. 503 and S. 311 were to pass, outlawing sale for slaughter completely, one study estimates the number of horses abandoned in the U.S. as a whole will be around 90,000 per year. This estimate is based on the idea that abandonment is the only alternative to slaughter.

But other alternatives to slaughter do exist, such as finding other homes, conscientious management of herds and breeding programs, donation to therapeutic riding programs, humane euthanasia, and surrender to sanctuaries and rescues, which depend on the public's support.

Whether one is "for" or "against" slaughter as a "humane" or "cruel" method of "management,"
it's a fact that with or without it, horses will continue to suffer so long as people remain complacent. The time to plan ahead and pull together is now!

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