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A 501(c)(3)
pending Colorado
nonprofit organization, saving horses since 2005
Time to think ahead .
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Being there when it counts
The Amazing Silly Wizard
Resenting Compassion
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 another home, 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 and
die so long as people remain complacent.
The time to plan ahead and pull together is now!
Your rescue facilities need your support. Please help them to help
these animals.
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