Today we took one giant leap closer to a complete ban on horse slaughter. Despite the best efforts of Slaughter House Sue, Captain Douchebag Duquette and Holy Mother Theresa Manzella, the amendment to the federal agriculture passed a House comittee and will now become part of the House version of the Agriculture budget. What does this mean? It means the groundwork is laid for prohibiting federal meat inspection for horse slaughter and we have effectively blocks the backroom, 11th hour shenanigans that gave Sue and her band of pinheads a foothold in re-opening horse slaughter plants. This bill will now go to the full House for voting. It is not yet clear whether the upper house will use this version or put together one of their own.
There is still a lot of work to be done to see this through,but thanks to Rep. Jim Moran, we are well on our way. Hopefully, this issue has received enough attention that the 80% of Americans that are opposed to horse slaughter will continue to make their voices heard.
That’s right, prevent the processing plants from opening there. I think it’s time for us Canadians to start requesting more slaughter facilities be opened so we are able to better deal with your equine cast offs. More jobs for us! And more tasty Flicka steaks.
Thank you for displaying the mentality of the pro slaughter side so completely. It is due to people like you that we got this passed today. They are fighting the good fight in Canada. One day you will have to move to Europe to enjoy your favorite snacks.
Oh, silly American. We are happy to process the ponies you guys are too squeamish to deal with. What fight are we fighting in Canada? We’re shutting down harness racing in my province, so thousands of foals are being euthed minutes after they are born. No one’s looking to close the slaughter plants, and we are still happy to accept your equine discards. You can pretend to know Canadian politics, but we’d much rather worry about our children being fed and getting proper educations than with distinguishing which livestock is edible and which is not. So you worry about your country’s policies, and I will continue fighting the good fight to open more slaughter houses so our workers are not overtaxed processing American horse meat.
You are a complete dumbass. Canadian slaughter houses now refuse to accept Thoroughbreds with a tattoo. That is only the beginning. There are many animal welfare people hard at work in Canada. Considering you don’t even own a horse, it shows what special kind of evil you are that you fight so hard for something you have no interest in.
Oh Jesus, what children are we feeding horsemeat to in Canada? Outside of Quebec, where I’m from, and a few ethnic regions, the only people eating horsemeat are those who think of themselves as trendy gourmands or displaced old-world foodie freaks.
Good luck getting another slaughterhouse to open in Canada. Ritz, Appelt and Evans et al can’t respond fast enough to the complaints they get about the federal ones as it is. Both they and you are pissing in the wind and whistling in the dark. Then too afraid to turn around and see the light.
And most people who have any knowledge of horse slaughter would certainly question your ethics.
For instance, it’s unethical to sell tainted meat to other people to eat. The law in Canada and the EU stipulates that bute is not acceptable in horses, therefore, it is not ethical for a slaughterhouse to receive horses for slaughter when they have received bute. If we know the vast majority of working horses in Canada were given bute at some point in their life, how is it ethical to promote MORE of the same?
You may also consider that it’s unethical to steal property. There’s no paper trail for horses, and slaughterhouses wouldn’t give a shit about it even if there was. If a horse with a microchip actually gets scanned, it’s only for the purpose of removing the chip so it doesn’t remain in the meat.
It’s also unethical to overlook the fact that horses sent to slaughter are very often purchased or obtained under false pretenses by killbuyer. It’s unethical to promote a business that accepts animals without checking to see if they are stolen – you may as well claim that you’re going to try to set up more auto theft rings that will export stolen cars to the Caribbean.
great post