Essay On Horse Slaughter

Are horse slaughter houses humane? The term “horse slaughter” refers exclusively to the killing and processing of horses for human consumption. When looking up synonyms from the online source thesaurus.com for the word “slaughter,” words like murder, bloodbath, and destruction come up. Horse slaughter is not humane euthanasia. While “euthanasia” is defined as a gentle, painless death provided in order to prevent suffering, slaughter is a brutal and terrifying end for horses. Although there are no legal slaughter houses in the United States, American horses are being trucked over the borders to Mexico and Canada to be taken to open slaughterhouses; that is only part of the issue. The other issue is that hundred thousands of horses are taken across the border each year because of uneducated horse breeders and horse owners. By educating owners about proper rehoming and expanding adoption, horses can be given a long happy life they deserve. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) documented that, “92.3% of horses sent to slaughter are in good condition and are able to live out a productive life.” To begin, it all starts at …show more content…
Warren Smith, operations manager of a Canadian horse slaughterhouse, was quoted as saying to the Edmonton Journal, “Talking about horses is kind of scary thing, especially in the West, where people think it’s more of a pet than a protein. When anybody starts writing about horses, everybody gets up in arms. Every tune we say anything about horse in the paper, there’s always an uproar, so i don’t want to talk about it.” Until the U.S. Congress passes legislation banning horse slaughter into law, show horses, race horses, foals born as “byproducts” of the Premarin industry, wild horses, and family horses will all fall prey to this detestable foreign-driven