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Washington Town to Become Horse Slaughter Capital?

Critter News

Stanwood is right near where we live in Seattle and, sadly, home to Pigs Peace Animal Sanctuary which rescues all kinds of animals. horses destined to die and be butchered in one of Canada’s equine slaughterhouses for human consumption abroad.” I can only imagine how they feel. From the Sky Valley Chronicle.

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On the Renewed Debate Over Horse Slaughter

Animal Person

And no matter how special we claim horses are, they're only special if they're still worth something (to us. Butcher (no joke) from Montana: " “No one has to send a horse to a processing plant. It’s just an option for horses that are unusable. Where did all the fanfare around horses go? Financially).