The Argument against Slaughtering Horses in the US

[MaryH]

Just to follow up on the previous post.

The people in the US do not eat horsemeat. There is a reason why we don't. We regard horses as domesticated animals that are also companion animals. We also don't eat dogs and cats.

But the Japanese and some European nations eat horse meat - so we have slaughter houses in this country that sell to Japan and Europe. And people are fighting to make them illegal.

Did you know that a horse that won the Kentucky Derby was slaughtered in Japan? That is what brought this whole thing to a boil. Horses that have spent their whole lives as companion animals are being sold for slaughter.

And that's wrong! I don't care what the cattlemen say.