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On the Renewed Debate Over Horse Slaughter

Animal Person

In other words, horses, like pigs and cows and chickens, are commodities whose worth has a dollar value to people, and we should be doing what we can do maximize that dollar value. Not approving the institutionalized slaughter of the horses we claim to hold so dear lowers that value. Financially).

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: An addendum should be made to your editorial ’s point that all horses deserve the “generosity of conscience” that was expended to save Barbaro. Just days before Barbaro was humanely put down, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act was reintroduced in Congress. 30, 2007

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Proposed Nebraska Legislation Angers Horse Activists

Critter News

Basically, it would mandate that humane societies and horse rescue operations would have to accept a horse if one was presented to them, or they would face a class four misdemeanor," said Larson. If they don't want us to process horses, what are we supposed to do?". I'm giving them an alternative.

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