"Laughable, if it wasn't so tragic" - Horse Slaughter and Horse Welfare

TThe International Fund 4 Horses : http://www.fund4horses.org/print.php?id=419

Vivian Farrell, re: Horse Welfare Coalition (Jun. 25, 2004)


The Horse Welfare Coalition
An Agribusiness Industry Hoax
June 25, 2004hey call themselves The Horse Welfare Coalition and their website is called ww

They call themselves The Horse Welfare Coalition and their website is called www.commonhorsesense.com. This is one of the worst cases of a "wolf in sheep's clothing" I have ever seen. There is nothing sensible, common or otherwise, about the Horse Welfare Coalition's attack on H.R.857. Their mission does not take the welfare of the horse into consideration in any possible, observable or provable respect.

Horse slaughter exists for one reason and one reason only--to provide meat for export. It has nothing to do with the welfare of the animal, equine population control, elimination of abuse, or any of the other high-minded ideals they are attempting to rely on to support their true motives, to perpetuate the horse slaughter industry.

History has shown time and again that abuse and horse theft increases in the areas where horse slaughter plants are in operation, and decreases when they are shut down. If there are indeed "too many horses," this is the result of callous overbreeding. Horse slaughter only adds to this problem, not minimizes it. A responsible and humane solution should be found by the breeders.

Horse that are old, sick, diseased or lame should be euthanized. The scaremongering tactics the coalition continues to use ad nauseum that there will be old, sick, feeble horses standing around starving is one of their desperate attempt to fool the public into thinking they have Ameirca's horses' best interest at heart. The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of horses that go to slaughter are young, fat, fit, healthy horses in order to provide the high quality meat that the plants boast about.

Why are these groups willing to put so much time, money and effort into keeping the horse slaughter industry alive in this country? To me the answer is and has been obvious for some time. Take a long hard look at the membership of this so-called "horse welfare" coalition. Incidentally, the owner and operator of this coalition's website is none other than attorney, John Linebarger, who represents the two horse slaughter plants in Texas, and whose name appears on the court documents filed to keep them open although they are operating illegally according to state law.

It would be laughable if it weren't so damned tragic.

Vivian Farrell
President
The Fund for Horses

w.commonhorsesense.com. This is one of the worst cases of a "wolf in sheep's clothing" I have ever seen. There is nothing sensible, common or otherwise, about the Horse Welfare Coalition's attack on H.R.857. Their mission does not take the welfare of the horse into consideration in any possible, observable or provable respect.

Horse slaughter exists for one reason and one reason only--to provide meat for export. It has nothing to do with the welfare of the animal, equine population control, elimination of abuse, or any of the other high-minded ideals they are attempting to rely on to support their true motives, to perpetuate the horse slaughter industry.

History has shown time and again that abuse and horse theft increases in the areas where horse slaughter plants are in operation, and decreases when they are shut down. If there are indeed "too many horses," this is the result of callous overbreeding. Horse slaughter only adds to this problem, not minimizes it. A responsible and humane solution should be found by the breeders.

Horse that are old, sick, diseased or lame should be euthanized. The scaremongering tactics the coalition continues to use ad nauseum that there will be old, sick, feeble horses standing around starving is one of their desperate attempt to fool the public into thinking they have Ameirca's horses' best interest at heart. The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of horses that go to slaughter are young, fat, fit, healthy horses in order to provide the high quality meat that the plants boast about.

Why are these groups willing to put so much time, money and effort into keeping the horse slaughter industry alive in this country? To me the answer is and has been obvious for some time. Take a long hard look at the membership of this so-called "horse welfare" coalition. Incidentally, the owner and operator of this coalition's website is none other than attorney, John Linebarger, who represents the two horse slaughter plants in Texas, and whose name appears on the court documents filed to keep them open although they are operating illegally according to state law.

It would be laughable if it weren't so damned tragic.

Vivian Farrell
President
The Fund for Horses