ozz465;839473; said:to me thats a cop out. Some people just have horses as pets yet dont consider them anything more, just because i don't see them as u do doesn't mean i care any less , i feel for any animal that has to die yet i dont feel any less for a cow or a chicken than a horse.
Well now we are expressing thyself... i did not know what you meant..yes i feel for all animals as well.. but they are raised for this.. i think it would be totally impossible to try and change the world and have all people become vegetarians...all though i would join that crusade in a heartbeat.. But right now i am fighting to ban horse slaughter.. why you ask.. because most people bring horses into the world for sport and pleasure. ... horses through history have been trained for battle and for farm work, racing, jumping. and plain old trail riding.. The horse has given alot back to us just for their existence.. it bothers me greatly that after the young person has gone off to college and no longer rides her sweet pet..the parents figure they will pass the horse on to someone else with a kid.. sell the horse cheap so someone will be able to afford it, they put the ad in the paper ..."daughter no longer rides, great kids horse.. only $800... well hello meat man, they show up pretend they have a little kid in school and the horse goes walking up on the trailer to its death..instead of another little kid waiting for him. That horse was a valuable animal.. not just in money but in what it could do for some child who loved it..instead the meatman will make double what he paid for the horse as meat.. and even more depending how much the horse weighs.. this is just one example of why it should be banned.. there would be less breeders and more quality horses..instead of the cycle of money.. I could mention many other examples ..one especially is the urine line.. do you know about it?
