I think that there are certain animals we don’t eat in this country.(for whatever reason)
dogs
cats
parrots
slugs
rodents
Prairie dogs
etc...
I believe horses should be on that list.
It's safe to say that you’re not going to see those items at TGIF or Appleby's.
The hunters who eat their deer, turkeys, and whatever else they get pleasure in killing. Fine with me.
But when was the last time you heard of someone going out hunting horse for food? Even Ted Nugent doesn't do that!
I mean they are out there in the wild! Go shoot one if you’re that hungry and you desire the taste of horse meat.
To put them through a horrible death and eat them just because we don’t know what to do with them when they are not of any use to us anymore is just stupid. We should be defending them not killing them. There is nothing good about horse slaughter, period. (nobody's going to eat them anyway)
We don’t raise horses to eat. We never did as far as I know. In the 1700's and 1800's you do what you did to survive. I get that, but horses deserve the respect of us because they went to war with us and were used to help build this country. How many horses died in the civil war for us? How many horses died carrying wounded soldiers to hospitals for us? How many railroads were built using horses?
Give the horses a break. They are part of this nation’s heritage.
The horse racing industry can't save them all but they should try harder to save their own.
So donate to your local thoroughbred retirement organization and feel good.
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