Well folks, the past few days have been very interesting indeed. We’ve had pro-slaughter asstard, Tim Sappington showing us how classy and upstanding slaughterphiles are and we appear to be in the midst of a meltdown courtesy of Slaughterhouse Sue. We also have the usual messed up logic and statements from some of our favorite PSAs. I’m kinda hoping this all comes to a head within the next few days, because once again I am on the road briefly next week. So, even though it’s a day early, let’s get out our fingers and do some pointing and laughing. This week’s edition is brought to you by the letter `H’ for hissy fit.
As we always like to do, I thought we’d open up by checking in with Slaughterhouse Sue. As y’all know, she’s been busy this week laying down the links and losing her shit for all to see. I’m just going to go ahead and call it a full-scale meltdown at this point. Yesterday we took a look at her little fit on Tom Vilsack, complete with urging her minions to ” get those flaming pens out, type those smoking letters…WE NEED A DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE THAT WORKS FOR AGRICULTURE–AND THAT INCLUDES THE HORSE BUSINESS–NOT AGAINST US, for Christ’s Sake, People!” Yup, she just busted out the caplock, so we know how serious she is. As some of you have pointed out, the angrier Suey gets the more she mistakenly burps out tiny shreds of truth and this week has been no different. So far she has admitted they can’t match anti slaughter people one for one and that they aren’t after old horses to slaughter, despite the fact she constantly talks about old horses needing a dignified end. Remember, she thinks slaughter helps horses feel dignified and useful. She has also called Skye McNeil and `American Hero’ and accused all antis of making false claims. She had another shit fit today and I’m going to break it down for you here.
“And here you have yet another perfect example of activist spewing baldfaced, undocumented, LIES, and not even being challenged. This has got to be stopped…”
I’m going to state right here and now, that I welcome Suey to come over on this blog or arrange to debate any of us that advocate against slaughter. We’ve asked for her documentation and facts time and again and other than what she pulls out of her ever-growing ass, she has yet to provide a single thing.
No animal, of any species, processed for food in the U.S. since the days when they had a big, strong, guy with a sledgehammer standing above the knock box in beef plants–and that was a long, long time ago–has been abused the way these activists are alleging horses would be. Ridiculous! Come on media! Do your job! Ask them to document, ask for proof, these people are lying through their teeth and getting away with it. Worse they are swaying public opinion because no one is challenging them!
Yes, come on media! Do your job! We’ll be very happy to provide the facts surrounding abuse in the slaughter pipeline. We are quite happy to provide footage and documentation to any media outlet that requests it. We’re very happy to share what we’ve learned to get the word out. Challenge accepted!
Every one of these plants that are seeking to go into business have gone above and beyond the minimum required to ensure that their operations have the right facilities designed with the unique characteristics of horses, they have trained and professional employees who will performing these critical functions, and they have deliberately and conscientiously gone through all of their food safety plans and humane handling plans to make sure that their management will result in the consistent, and humane handling of horses at every step. They are doing this, not just because it is the ethical and moral way to handle animals, which it is, but also because that is how they ensure the highest quality finished product that their customers want.
We just saw the CNN footage of Valley Meats and there has been no modifications for horses that were shown. This would be the same plant that currently employs Tim Sappington of the horsey snuff flick that has been widely posted the past few days. He is a fine example of exactly the type of `humane’ workers that will be handling these frightened animals. Very telling that Suey tells us that they have no ethics or morals, but just want to have better quality meat. Pretty much says it all, no?
This ain’t rocket science, folks, but it is common sense…something that is sadly lacking in our world today, I am afraid…
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/20/us-horse-farms-almost-ready-to-start-slaughtering/
This creature is clearly delusional and I’m afraid there is no cure. She further went on to rant about how horses are killed:
What does that tell you? It tells you that the bullshit line we keep seeing being spewed by HSUS et al – “horses are difficult to stun and are rarely successful on the first shot, and they are sometimes strung up and dismembered whiles still conscious” – is exactly that…BULLSHIT! And nobody is challenging them or asking them to document and prove their fallacious misinformation. Makes me furious!!!!
She’s so professional! Actually, yes there is more than enough video footage of horses being shot in the face several times, strung up while conscious and bled out. Challenge away, we’ll provide you the links. She also busted the bible out on us all for good measure:
That is, in fact, NOT the case. There was no prohibition on Christians eating horsemeat until Pope Gregory in the Year 1000, in which case the reason was he wanted to keep horses for war, and not have people eating them. The Icelandic people refused to become a Christian nation until they won a special dispensation from the Pope in that year to continue to eat horses, and they do so today. Note–there are NO unwanted starving horses in Iceland, because there is a good use for all of them. Then, please refer to the New Testament and the words of Jesus himself declaring all words clean – Mark 7:19 – for instance. http://www.gotquestions.org/foods.html
You know what else there isn’t a lot of in Iceland? Horses or people. (http://www.pferd-und-fleisch.de/Horsemeat/iceland.htm) While we’re talking about the bible, perhaps Suey should take a closer look what they have to say about gluttony…Since Suey is so convinced we all lie and have no documentation of fact to back up our position, I will state officially that any time, any where there are many of us quite happy to have a moderated debate with Suey and we’ll bring the documentation. I would love to see her documentation to back up her lies. Let’s make this happen people! Phone in radio show? Give me a time and place. Pick your Anti, Sue…we’ll make it happen. I’m just not going to do it Jerry Springer style and be in the same room as her because she’ll probably slap me and I bruise easy.
Ok, let’s move right along to the ass barnacles. Holy Theresa Manzella has basically been creeping around behind closed doors being Suey’s cheerleader and spreading her messages of hate an intolerance at any given chance. What she hasn’t been doing much of is updating her rescue’s website or actually rescuing any horses. I am guessing her exotic kitties have enough to eat right now and she’s waiting until slaughter re-opens so she can turn rescues over faster. Just a guess though. D-bag has not been as active as in recent weeks, but he’s still been dropping his pearls of wisdom here and there. Other than getting his rocks off talking about killing wolves, he took the time to once again discuss his rescue/rehab/slaughter emporium he dreams of opening right in his own backyard. (http://rtfitchauthor.com/2013/03/21/predatory-horse-slaughter-pimp-plans-kill-plant-and-rehab-on-same-site/) (http://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local_news/slaughter-rehab-for-horses-on-same-site/article_4e842b9a-91e2-11e2-b62d-0019bb2963f4.html?success=2) It’s essentially the same thing he’s discussed before and it will come at an estimated cost of $3million. Yup, the very same organization that can’t come up with a few hundred dollars to refund their cancelled Scummit fees, is going to somehow find millions to start this facility in a place where nobody wants them. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a brain cell on Bute…
*sigh* I guess we should touch on the doings of Mendy Tobiano since we’re pointing and laughing. As I mentioned yesterday, she did a premature victory dance over the pending legislation in Oklahoma that would lift the an on horse slaughter. The good news is we may have finally managed to partially drive her and her three followers underground as she opened the NT forum so the slaughterphiles have yet another place to discuss what great horse abusers they all are and how mean us Anti people are. However, one of my favorite brain farts of hers over the past little while was when she used an anonymous guest poster to discuss rescues and slaughter. She reposted a research paper originally written by Kristine Kobernic, who is the sometime executive director and founder of SOSER aka Save Our Souls Equine Rescue out of Minnesota. I say `sometime’ because Kristine has stepped down and back up as director at least once over the past few months due to some sort of personal drama. While SOSER does not officially take a pro or anti slaughter stance, Kristine, herself has admitted to trying horse meat in the past and is a frequent supporter of NT under a pseudonym. How do I know she is the author behind the research paper (which was poorly written to begin with)? Because Mendy Tobiano forgot to change all the names in the paper she posted and SOSER is clearly named at least once. This would also be the same rescue that thinks Angela Marshall, the woman who sent her three-legged lame horse to Canada to be slaughtered rather than put him down, is an acceptable foster placement. Kristine has also been seen to post in other places that she believes we need to bring back slaughter for at least 10 yrs and then phase it out. I only mention these things because NT and all the PSAs constantly demand that rescues have transparency. A big thank you to Mendy Tobiano for putting this rescue back on our radar! In other news NT has informed us that killing and eating horses is really no different from abortion as far as rights go. Let’s hope she doesn’t suggest we start eating fetuses, but at this point nothing would surprise me.
So many people are appropriately shocked and outraged over the Tim Sappington video I posted yesterday. It has been removed from Youtube, but several groups have saved it. There is an edited version floating around with a description and the graphic portions removed. As one of our readers commented on that post, Valley Meats is attempting to disassociate themselves from him and claim he no longer works for them, although this statement came from them earlier today:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VALLEY MEAT COMPANY, LLC – For further information contact A. Blair Dunn, Esq. at
abdunn@ablairdunn-esq.com
VALLEY MEAT STATEMENT REGARDGING TIM SAPPINGTON
Valley Meat Co. does confirm that Mr. Sappington does work doing maintenance for Valley. We have seen the video showing Mr. Sappington euthanizing a horse for slaughter which we understood he did as was his legal right for his own consumption and in which he did complete the processing for consumption. We agree that his comments were regrettably crass, not
contributing anything to this dialogue so we do not condone his statements, but he was within his lawful rights to slaughter and butcher a horse and he was not acting as an employee of the company in that action. The emotion of the situation is what is most troubling especially since the opposition is now resorting to terrorist tactics by calling in bomb threats and death threats
against our families. And while Mr. Sappington’s personal comments are inappropriate they pale in comparison to threatening to bomb people and kill their families. We respectfully request that the media and the public remember that we are discussing the processing of horses as livestock
and no animal is worth threatening or ending a person’s life.
So there you have it. Don’t make threats people. You just play into their hands. There are legal and effective ways to deal with these poor excuses for human beings. Make calls and make this go viral. There have been contacts from media outlets regarding this video and I’m reasonably sure it will get the attention it deserves, if not the sort of attention he was seeking. Hopefully, that horse’s execution will not have been in vain, but let’s do this properly. For the record, the horse as not killed cleanly, nor was he bled out. This was not an old or sick horse like they claim they will use and the horse appeared to be quite friendly and quiet. Certainly not an outlaw. It was hardly just a good ole boy butchering up some meat. The manner and place in which this animal was executed would have rendered him useless for consumption for most, but I”m guessing people like Sappington probably eat roadkill as well so no big deal for him.
This brings us to the end of Point and Laugh for this week. I’m sorry it’s not all that amusing, but right now things just aren’t all that amusing. We have yet to see Suey address the EU ban on horse meat slaughtered in the US, I’m not holding my breath that we ever will. As evidenced by the Valley Meat statement above, the PSAs just can’t seem to own their evil or address inconvenient truths. My offer still stands, I will be most happy to go toe to toe with Slaughterhouse Sue and we’ll bring out the facts and documentation. I also know of several advocates far more articulate and qualified than I am that would be happy to do the same. What say you, Suey?
When will people ever learn that all they do is hurt our efforts when they make threats. All they do is equate themselves with what Tim Sappington did. He threatened advocates and you who called threatened families. Way to go.
On another note, I’ll volunteer to debate Sue any day or time! I can bring the documentation to back up my side…. what say you Sue? Can you?
$uey doesn’t like moderated, alternate position (pro/con) debates…..the one I know of she did via phone, I think it was a radio program….she hung up.
She’s the one screeching for facts and we’re offering to give them to her. We have asked her to provide the same and she won’t acknowledge that. Now it’s time for her to put up or shut up. The only one acting like a turtle is her.
i would so pay to see that. maybe like the oreily vs john stewart debate it could be a charity thing… of course sue would never do it. she knows she would look stupid.
Then she needs to stop screeching that we are liars because there are a few of us offering to have the discussion with her and produce facts and documentation. She can pick her Anti to debate. Of course we would wipe the floor with her. That is what has happened every single time she has been confronted with the truth. However, since we all claim to care about horses and want solutions, she should be willing to sit down with us and work it out. Otherwise she’s just a big greasy windbag.
Let’s make this happen! Seriously!
Believe you’re giving too much credence to the dark side…..I never believe anything coming out of their mouths…..so, appropriately, I imagine this atty. is making this up to get sympathy. And any ANTI would have a long way to go to beat what Sappington did & said.
I agree Barbara — I don’t know if I believe the anti’s are making bomb threats and threatening harm to Sappington’s family just because ‘ol Suey says so. Nothing that comes out of her mouth is the truth. I think she is trying (as always) to make the anti’s look like “radicals, extremists, fringe groups, zealots” or whatever. I just don’t believe her…
Me too! Tell Suey that I said, “Bring it on!”
I don’t know. I’ve heard a lot of the pro slaughter folks claim they have been sent death threats and such. But I can’t help but wonder. What goes around seems to come around. They DO bring it all upon themselves. I mean, WHAT is this arsewipe thinking in this video? Do this to this poor horse and then post it for the whole wide world to see. Yes, it is a nice, young, looks to be healthy and friendly horse. JUST what they want to butcher. And they guy sure seems to enjoy doing it too. Boy he’s a REAL man isn’t he? I’d take the horse over that creep any day.
They say they have recv’d death threats, but never produce letters, phone numbers or names……they are lying.
I actually saw some asstards on COTH saying they thought the Sappington video was staged by Antis. Just shows you how sick minded slaughter people really are…
Figures.
The killers always say facts and proof are fake.
Those who don’t want to see the truth (or admit it) like to say the proof is staged or doctored. Just reinforces how ignorant they really are.
I also find it convenient that those who bash PETA, HSUS and the like call on them in situations like this and demand they do something.
May Francis RIP and his death not be for naught. And may Sapp rot in Hell.
How easy would it be to have a shill call the voice message from an untraceable #, with a phony threat? These people do play the victim card, and truth is in a distant galaxy far, far away. … it’s the boy who cried wolf, how can you believe anything?
I have yet to see a single Anti wave a gun around an try to intimidate anybody…
Remember the rumors Sue started in Mt. Grove, Missouri that the pros had to move their meeting because the guy that owned the gym where they were supposed to meet had been getting death threats?
Upon investigation, the Mt. Grove police didn’t know anything about any death threats. When asked, the gym owner didn’t know anything about any death threats either! He said that after he found out what the meeting was going to be about – slaughtering horses – that HE told the pros they couldn’t have their meeting in his gym.
I have documentation, Suey.
That’s hilarious!
I’ve yet to see any of their `threats’ substantiated, but I can guess there are a few people that get overly emotional on this issue. It is an emotional issue. I would just like them to think before they speak and look at the bigger picture.
Yes, anti’s have a handful of loons that fuck the whole effort up….and they NEVER get it.
Any threats, emotional puke and quoting the scriptures to the point of lunacy do not work or help our cause or the equines.
I’ve gone round and round with some of these people.
True, but what we don’t have is our reps losing their shit in public and assaulting people. You also don’t see them asking the antis to `pound’ people and write hate mail. We may have loons, but those people are crazier than shit house rats from the top on down!
Oh, and as for Suey, well, yeah, she’s a real piece of work isn’t she? I’ve kinda figured for a while that she had more than a few screws loose. So yep, she’s gonna blow before long. Things just aren’t going her way….at all. Poor ole girl. 😉
Agree. What do you think she’ll do when she finds out she really CAN’T sell US slaughtered horses to – or through – the EU? Can’t wait!
That pile of shit from Valley Meats is the sickest piece of pseudo rebuttal I’ve ever read….and please notice the intent is to change the subject of SAPP and his evil to the antiPSAs are making threats.
Hey, a$$holes…$uey slaps people and invokes Christ to murder equines and poison humans.
Typical spin and ignoring the factual issue.
Hey, at least he did us the favor of confirming it was his employee. Now the news can run with it…
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-21/horse-slaughter-advocate-s-video-spurrs-investigation.html
More information on the video
That’s a great write up. I have a feeling there will be a LOT of fall out from this video. Bless that poor horse, but he may make all the difference. I wish we knew his name.
That’s a good idea Shedrow. He needs a name. He was such a trusting fellow too.
I agree, he needs a name
Well, since St. Francis is the patron saint of animals and the new Pope has not only adopted that as his name, but called for kindness towards all living creatures, the horse should be called Francis. That way it can be a mare or gelding.
Sounds good…..sweet horse…..evil human piece of shit.
Good article ….and good how it points out the violation of sec B (1) and E (2) of their cruelty laws. Regardless if this jerk says he did it for food, his actions of posting a video on youtube with a title of Horse plays dead – using expletives directed towards a group and then completes a shot that appears to cause suffering…..well, those actions don’t align with the actions of an individual who is killing an animal for food
Every horses I have seen chemically euthanized goes down and basically sprawls. This poor thing as balled up as and moving violently. Yup, he was probably not aware, but he also wasn’t dead when he hit the ground either. It was beyond disturbing.
Don’t know where McClain County, Oklahoma is but I like their sheriff. http://www.purcellregister.com/news/article_1cb729c2-922e-11e2-9523-001a4bcf887a.html
I also love how Skye McNeil keeps denying she or her family will profit from slaughter. She put wording in that says any horse slaughtered must go through an auction first to maximize her profit for crying out loud!
Little did she know at the time that she really WON’T make any profit off horse meat she can’t sell.
She has yet to acknowledge that inconvenient fact…
I was brainstorming for a name, but I think Francis is wonderful. Its so sad. That is exactly the kind of horse I would love to have.
I hope they go in Tim Sappington’s freezer full of horse meat and see he didn’t need to shoot that horse and then charge him. He didn’t need the meat if he has a freezer full like he brags about.
They claim this video as hot n his private property, but I have my doubts. He is clearly standing behind some sort of facility that looks to have a refrigeration unit in it and there is no house visible in any of the shots. It would appear that he may have been out behind the slaughter house when this video was filmed. Let’s also not forget there was also a camera man involved who we don’t know who it was. Could have Ricky himself for all we know. Is it such a stretch that anybody that could make such a video would also lie?
I like Francis. “Make me a channel of your peace”
Sung in Italy at the home of Francis of Assisi:
Perfect!
Sappington is getting media attention!
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2971822.shtml?cat=500
Darn it no comments available on that link??? It sure doesn’t look like a house, I agree. De Los Santos doth protest too much– no wonder people think he was the camera man. They probably had a good laugh and a few beers after that video,
Psychology 101 – any time somebody goes out of their way to tell you they are being honest, as De Los Santos does, they are usually lying. However, there are comments at the bottom of that link and people really need to check what they are saying. Let the authorities handle Sappington. Stop with the threats and posting his private address asking people to visit. Somebody is going to end up getting hurt. This video may well work to our advantage if people would just edit what they are saying on public forums. Seriously.
Someone bust out Romans 14: 14-18 for ole suey. (Read 1-23 for the whole passage for the entire message, though.) And remember that time suey posted that persons personal info on facebook? How is she getting away with so much crap that would have a real person in jail for?
We don’t have to be Catholic to appreciate peace and giving of ourselves to help the lowly. These animals need our help, and hopefully our good energy and intentions will outweigh and overcome those who I believe are truly evil. (y’all know who I’m talking about…)
Have you ever noticed how the Bible is the first refuge sought – and shouted out – by folks who seem to have an ‘adaptive’ grasp of it’s tenets?
I see so many pro-horse people debate, mourn, revel and rank equally on successes and set backs, but very rarely do I hear them invoke the Bible or the Almighty – except when seeking blessings for equines.
There’s something dignified, I think, in the beliefs among horse supporters who feel a personal responsibility to horses as opposed to some of Shedders, ummm… ‘favorites’, who regurgitate The Word in snivel-y righteousness – while espousing abuse and horse murder as divine provenance.
A favorite quote, attributed to some poor, ancient monk who’s name I never learned…
“I do not know if I am doing the Lord’s bidding, but I believe He appreciates that I try.”
Good post. Exactly. Good quote too.
That’s an awesome quote!
It’s bad enough that people called up the plant, but you left messages on his machine? Really.. the FBI is involved because as a USDA approved cattle slaughter plant, they fall under the jurisdiction of the FBI. Thanks a lot, you have hurt us more than you helped. Check the emotions. Santos, didn’t shot the horse, I’m sure he was angry an employee posted something like that. He’s right, it isn’t illegal to kill your own horse, to eat.
Actions like this make us look like Sappington.
Agreed.
Absolutely. People who do this kind of crap are totally mindless – and they hurt us all. Non-violent soul that I am, I would probably choke one of them if I were there when such utter shit was being tossed around.
Wait…$uey says “Come on media do your job.” This from a heifer (no offense, lady cows) who wants to slap an ag gag on anyone who wants to report the truth about what really happens in a slaughter house? Oh..wait..excuse me; a processing plant…yes, because “processing” sounds so much nicer than slaughter, right? Let’s not call it what it is. Processed, my ass.
Before she is done, I’m sure it will be referred to as a `harvesting haven’.
For a guy they claim to be only a maintenance contractor, Sappington sure seems to know about their business and fields phone calls. Who let’s their maintenance man answer phones and give interviews?
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-21/a-slaughterhouse-for-horse-meat-waits-in-new-mexico
From that article
Sappington is the livestock buyer for Valley Meat, a company that used to keep busy slaughtering cattle for beef. Then came the droughts. Without enough feed, New Mexico ranchers’ herds withered, and by early 2012, Valley Meat’s business had dried up. The plant decided to reconfigure its kill line for horses. It’s ready to become the U.S.’s first functioning horse slaughterhouse in more than six years—if Washington signs off on the plans. The government’s “not been doing their part,” Sappington says.
But he’s just a maintenance contractor…..sure he is.
I completely agree about the harassment to the guy who shot the horse. He made it so easy for us. We need to leave it be and not respond because that really helps us. I mean, I’ll say it again. He really helped us by shooting that horse. That one video could end the whole thing forever. We can’t muck with that.
Also, I was thinking… This could get interesting. I mean, Tim has to be fired. Plain and simple. Posting that video does it in for valley meats. It really put a face to horse killing and when people find out that slaughter is way worse than that, its over for pro slaughter people forever in the U.S.
So to me, if Tim isn’t fired tomorrow, you start to think: why? Well, maybe because santos took the video, in which case his ONLY employee sappington shot a horse on slaughter house property. It is going to be very interesting to see who is going to throw the other under the bus first, and what that person has to say.
All we have to do is sit back and watch this implode.
Have self control, people. The truth always comes out.
Let them drown each other in trying to save themselves. Get the popcorn ready… We are about to find it all out.
*shooting the horse and posting the video (obviously I would NEVER have wanted the horse killed)
None of us do, but it won’t have been in vain. That much is certain.
I think people are deeply offended that the last person those poor horses see are sick f—- like that. People know that horse had an undignified end and it is going to cause people to think about what actually happens in horse slaughter and coupled with that apparently sicko person doing the kill, it really makes a person’s stomach turn. Add that to people’s memories of childhood and how much power horses had– even if you grew up in the city, when you saw a horse you took in its magic. Horses are magical. Contrast that idea with that video…I’ll even bet the numbers change to 90% against and only 10% for.
The video is HUGE.
That video is nothing compared to what happens in a commercial kill line. It’s just a teaser for the real thing. I agree that it could be HUGE, if people would just let the authorities and leaders handle things. I’m getting sick of watching people losing their shit in a way that is ultimately detrimental to our cause.
You are so right about horses being magical. This video was more Satanic.
That horse= Francis.
RIP Francis
i got a little love message from mendy herself. i posted a comment about their pic regarding the PUPS act that seeks to regulate horse slaughter. i described her and her little group as paranoid… she didnt like that. lol
Mendy likes to harass people behind the scenes. That’s why she has at least 4 different Facebook ids that we know about. What pic was it that pissed `them’ off so?
Bottom line-the general public needs to realize if mass horse slaughter is approved, they can get tainted, bute-laced, god-knows-what-other-toxins-laced meat in their next hamburger, their next lasagna, their next meatloaf. It happened in Ireland & England-where they have their slaughtering shit together & people ate horse who did not want to eat horse. Aplastic anemia.
Also, these pro people seem to be all about “government out of my business”, but won’t horses have to be super-tracked in order for the meat to be exported (or used in country) for human consumption? Like the NAIS program?
Shame on antis threatening people, but that guy shooting Francis & posting it did so much for the anti’s cause. Congratulations, you just made that sweet horse into a martyr.
I think Suey wants to implement her own traceability system too! Obviously, that’s a huge joke because it can’t be a private owned entity. Also, what these PSAs just don’t get is that the majority of horses are not bred and born with the intent that they end up on a dinner plate, so nobody is going voluntarily passport and record all medications from the age of six months. In general, the horses that end up in that situation have passed through at least a few hands and their origins are unknown. What makes horses such a money maker at slaughter is the fact that they are not raised for consumption as the feed to weight ratio on them is far from economical. It’s never going to work with the EU regulations being enforced come July and I can’t see the EU not holding the line on that given the problems they are having with horse meat. The level of ignorance and poor business planning is astonishing even for them.
Why does stupid suey think you need a slaughterhouse to give a dignified end to your old horses? All my old horses, and the old, sick horses that my friends have owned have been given dignified ends without a captive bolt in sight.
And newsflash, I don’t care what they do in Iceland or why. I won’t ever live there and I won’t even visit. Since when are we, as a nation, not allowed to make our own decisions on what will happen in our country? If 80% of the population decided tomorrow that we wouldn’t eat chickens anymore, then I wouldn’t eat chicken, but I wouldn’t be throwing a hissy fit or making snuff films of chickens.
MartyUK has just provided a link to RT’s blog. Suey has acknowledged the snuff film and thinks it’s awesome. I’m going to go be sick now…
Oh Suey you just keep giving lol
OMG, she is certifiable! I guess I’m not surprised she endorsed Sappington’s actions.
Artwork depiction – spot on
Delusional views exposed – priceless
Can’t wait for the next update
Shes a sick, sick woman.
In a very scary way…..I’m still a bit stunned.
http://www.frontrangeequinerescue.org/front-range-equine-rescue-horse-slaughter.php
they will make everyone sick valley meats when they were slaughtering cows
the violations at the plant http://www.frontrangeequinerescue.org/documents/roswell.violations.letter.pdf
Yup and Sappington was working for them during all this too. Are we surprised?
Wallis/UH , pan handling , errrr, membership drive:http://myemail.constantcontact.com/We-Need-You-.html?soid=1112812195452&aid=-IiVW6WSqz0
I think Suey realizes a shitstorm of epic proportions is coming her way
Ms. Manzella has also spent some time defending Montana’s House Ag Committee for killing the bill that would have made attending dogfights illegal. Montana is the ONLY state where spectating is legal.
http://www.bitterrootstar.com/2013/03/12/animal-rights-or-animal-welfare/
Her letter was in response to http://www.bitterrootstar.com/2013/02/26/shameful-outcome-on-dog-fighting-bill/
My goodness, she’s hateful! Is the best they can do is come up with obscure out of context quotes that are more than 10 years old?
I guess dog fighting restores dignity to pit bulls. They can cull the losers and send those over seas for human consumption. I’m sure Jesus would be impressed with dog fighting defenders, too. All God’s chillun love dog fights.
Livestock board executed a search warrant at sappington’s house yesterday: http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/blog/morning-edition/2013/03/horse-killing-video-draws-wide-reaction.html
Wonder what kind of deranged collection they found there…
I still suspect that video was actually shot on the slaughter house property. If you look at the building in the background, it appears to be a commercial building with a refrigeration unit.
Gee, don’t you believe Valley Meats when they said they had nothing to do with this video???? I do believe you are correct…..looks like the slaughterhouse to me too.
Like I said earlier….when somebody has to go out of their way to tell you they are being honest, chances are they are not.
I saw what was claimed to be His phys. address in Hobbs, NM, posted on another site..if true NO way was the video shot there..it is a location with trailer homes almost on top each other,no outbldgs, no paddocks, pens or reefer trucks..I suspect as You do, valley meats property looks like it was the actual location…gotta love google sattellite~
Hopefully, the authorities can prove that it was on Valley Meats property, because that may open up another can of worms. It may lead them to believe this wasn’t just a personal use situation as well. It might lead to some fairly serious charges for both Sappington and his employer.
Yum. Let’s all go out and get some Valley Meat steaks. (I can hardly stomach meat anymore.)
It’s totally the slaughter house. Valley meat.
I think so to..The denial statements by Rick of Valley Meat & Attny Dunn are no more true than this statement they made back in august 2012 IMHO they were full of crap when they said this too!:” But Dunn said that his clients, the De Los Santos family that owns the meat-processing plant, no longer could subsist while awaiting for a decision from the USDA. The family instead is restarting its cattle business, probably as soon as Monday.
“They’re suspending any plans for the horse-slaughter plant,” Dunn said in an interview. “It doesn’t look like anybody is going to get a grant of inspection for horse slaughter.”
Hopefully Sappington will not still be on the payroll to torture and abuse cattle as well. Most cattle processing plants are booming, so why is it this guy can’t get enough business? It wouldn’t have anything to do with his multiple violations and suspensions would it? I think they need to find a new line of work…
Valley Meat. Turning people vegan by the minute.
You can probably match the buildings up on google earth,
She won’t take the challenge. She knows she will only confirm the fact that horse slaughter is not a all about helping our equines and All about making a huge amount of money for a few humans and I use the term humans very loosely in this case.
Of course she won’t, but as long as she accuses us of not having the facts and lying, I will continue to offer that challenge.
Those who are threatening to harm this guy are nut jobs like him. Nut jobs holler, nut jobs attract nut jobs. (Nut jobs work in slaughter plants, apparently.) Anybody with common sense knows you’ll get an unsatisfactory response from the public, in general, for such an unwarranted, horrific display. Did he think he would get a medal?
He was probably hoping to get laid
He said he eats horse meat two or three times a weak….must be to get his little weenie to function.
Yuck!!!!!! I lay a curse on you for making me think about that 😦
Two days ago folks were already calling this horse Justice. The name appeared in the news in the UK. But naming the poor horse seems futile to me. Threats from anti-slaughter folks towards the pros? When threats happen, don’t the threatened usually call the authorities and hand over the evidence? So where are the reports of threats and terrorism against the pros? Doesn’t that kind of info usually appear in local newspapers as a sort of PSA / warning about dangerous folks and the harm they may try to do? Wasn’t it Sappington who was threatening animal activists by murdering that horse on video? That’s how it resonated with me. And finally, God bless that poor horse that Sappington murdered. A snuff film put out by an employee of a slaughter house wannabee is the perfect PR for how awful the world of slaughter is – has been – shall remain. We must keep that harsh light a shinin’ on the grisly world of horse slaughter. I doubt if we will see another sacrifice like Sappington’s snuff vid because the pros cannot afford more of that sort of heinous publicity. Finally, D’bag Dave has pubic hair growing out of his chin, so he is a dickhead and incapable of making any sense. EVER. Yet, I suppose we must continue to listen to their rantings until this horse slaughter debacle is permanently banned in the country of ours.
It doesn’t matter what we call the horse. We gave him the dignity of a name because he deserved that much. I’ve seen some anti people say some over the top things as a result of this. I don’t condone it. There are proper channels to deal with the likes of Sappington and even if he does get off, he has done more for the anti-slaughter movement than years of research and documentation. He drove home how brutal and cruel it really is and now it’s in the mainstream media and people that never gave it much thought are appalled. A good point was made by a called on the TS Radio show yesterday. If he had said `F You’ to teachers, or a minority group, or almost anybody else than animal activists, he would have been immediately arrested for uttering threats. So why won’t they take him in on threatening us?
And he did say “fuck you” to a teacher because that’s what I do. In addition to advocating for animals, I teach. I’ve always had a way with children and animals (factually, we’re all animals). I remember to teach that hidden curriculum that consists of compassion and kindness to my students. I feel sorry for any children this man might have, and I feel sorry for their teachers, too.
One article I read said it was his daughter that put the video online. I’m not sure if that’s true or not, but she is either as horrified by his actions as we are or she’s as twisted as him.
He could have done it himself, tripod, etc….who knows?
Hard to say…
Typical POS behavior….spin it to blame your child
Wonder who leaked that tidbit ? How low will these people go?
Pretty sure we haven’t seen how low they’ll go yet. It’s gonna get real ugly here in the coming weeks…
The FBI was called in as a result of the threats. The plant, being an approved USDA cattle processing plant falls under FBI jurisdiction
Good….I want someone with investigative access and more than one brain cell checking out these “claims” of threat….as long as they take the time to truly identify threat IPs, sources, etc and follow thru on prosecution.
I hope that attorney, Dunn gets slammed for lying.
If somebody really is calling in those types of threats, they deserve to be hauled up on the carpet for that. It is NOT how to get things done and it actually makes matters far worse for us. Luckily, the majority of the anti slaughter people are fairly rational and able to articulate their reasons without having to do that sort of thing. Perhaps we are so clear headed due to the fact we are not ingesting Bute and other toxic substances on a regular basis?
Timeline does not compute…was it not on video where the owner was saying those happened months ago when they submitted for approval?
Just say’n ….hard to imagine they don’t have capabilities to pull that info in minutes from network reporting tools
Regardless of opinions, people need to go through proper authorities/channels to communicate concerns to affect change
You raise a good point. He wasn’t ‘out in the media whining about threats until Sappington showed his ass for all to see. Now, he’s trying to get sympathy and put some distance between himself and how messed up his business is. That’s saying something to say he runs a bad slaughter house, but it’s true. Inhumane treatment of animals, improper carcass disposal, blah blah blah . I bet that community can’t wait for him to reopen!
he may not have received death threats prior to the video… Many many people saw that video and it was written about in Major publications. But he played messages on the news story. I have seen Animal Rights Activists, of which I don’t consider myself, I consider myself to be an animal advocate, but I have seen them threaten people and their horses. There are some unbalanced people out there who seem to be drawn to this issue.
On both sides….
http://www.lrgaf.org/articles/christ-horse.htm this does shed light on Christ and the horse.
R.I.P. Francis- I am sorry! that bastard mental midget
did that on purpose just to get somebody to threaten him so he could play the victim- I wish they could prosecute him for animal cruelty!