Ban on Horse Slaughter for Human Consumption - S.1915 - Petition

[Jeanette in FL]

We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:

Request an immediate Senate Vote on S. 1915 - The Ban on Horse Slaughter for Human Consumption

Target: Harry Reid, Senator, U.S. Senate
Sponsor: Marjorie Caruso
• Signatures: 1,152
• Goal: 50,000
• Deadline: Ongoing...
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Petition to Senator Harry Reid and Senator Bill Frist

The American people request that our Senators bring S. 1915 to the Senate floor for consideration, during the 109th Congress.

Please: Only American citizens should sign this petition.
Please: Do not nullify this petition with illegitimate signatures.

Dear Senators Reid and Frist:

We the undersigned request that our U.S. Senators bring S. 1915, aka AHSPA, to a vote before the 109th Senate adjourns.

Thousands of people have been working diligently to stop horse slaughter in the United States. American citizens have given their time and money to end this atrocity in our country, and we no longer want our country to be associated with this barbaric and inhumane practice that only benefit very few in the United States and Europe.

We ask that S. 1915 immediately be sent to the floor of the Senate for consideration.

The American people are depending on our Senators, to listen to the voice of the people.

Thank you.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/615024357?ltl=1164885252#body


http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.01915: for the full bill, sponsors and co-sponsors.

http://www.studentsforhorses.com/custom3.html - facts on horse slaughter in the US

It is hard to believe that the slaughter of horses for human consumption needs to be legislated. Slaughterhouses are foreigned owned in the US. Unfortunately, there are fellow Americans that are making a ton of money on the slaughter of horses, ie; exporting the meat @$10-$15 per pound, tax incentives via export tariffs and loopholes for the loss of animal. This should be a no brainer. Please take a moment to sign this petition. Thank you, Jeanette.

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. What is the difference between....

Eating horses raised for food and eating kine or pigs or fowl raised for food?

[formactv]

2. Ask the Scott expedition

[madokie]

12. After all these years I wonder is maybe the red meat in some of the c-rations

were horse meat. It sure didn't seem like beef. after all the french I believe who eat a lot of horse

[Donnachaidh]

3. Umm -- I didn't notice ANY mention of the FACT that horseracing

also is a factor in these slaughterhouses.

Abused and used-up geldings (as an example) face the very real end of being shoved down a chute and dying inhumanely. Why is it that the Thoroughbred associations, the quarterhorse associations and the Trotting associations are not cited in this petition?

This is especially evil, considering many of these horses have made hundreds of thousands of dollars for owners who think nothing of selling them off to the slaughterhouse when they should be retired to a quiet field of "Dr. Green".

[Jeanette in FL]

4. That would be a great comment to put on the petition

I agree with you. Almost all of the horses that I have on my farm came from the track when they were no longer "useful" and were going to be "auctioned".

[TechBear_Seattle]

5. Generally, racing horses are not used for human consumption

I believe the bit about going to the glue factory is still correct: most animals not raised as human food (and diseased food animals deemed not fit for human consumption) are rendered and the various components used for things like adhesives, fertilizer and feed for other animals.

If the petition specifically targets the use of horses as food for humans, then the issue of racehorses is irrelevant.

[Crayson]

8. I sure hope so...

... what with those hormoes and steroids and amphetamins and all... yuck!

[TechBear_Seattle]

6. Self delete

(insert grumble about double posts here)

[bklyncowgirl]

9. I believe that the Thoroughbred and Standardbred associations have come out against slaughter

To the best of my knowledge, the American Quarter Horse Association has not.

Anything they do, of course, is non-binding, so it doesn't amount to much. It does seem that there's a growing anti-slaughter movement in the racing world with many prominent people signing on--the owners of Barbaro have been particularly vocal as have several trainers.

The problem is that most race horses do not make money and cost their owners a bundle. If the horse is just slow or lacks the competitive drive he can be taken out of training before the damage is done and be refitted for a new home. For the older marginally competitive horses who are not breeding quality the future looks bleak. Most owners don't have the facilities to keep their old racehorses at home and the rescue organizatons want to concentrate on horses that they can place--i.e. horses that can be retrained for new careers.

My personal feeling is that if you can swing $100 a week to keep a beat up nag in training, you can manage to pay a vet a couple of hundred bucks to put the animal down humanely or if you're cheap, and a good shot, a bullet is also a perfectly humane way to euthanize a horse. The 500 or 600 or so dollars they'll make from selling him to the killers is marginal.

There should be round social condemnation for owners who send their horses to the slaughter house.

[Justpat]

15. The National Thoroughbred Racing Assoc, is one of the

main sponsors of this bill. It is supported by everyone in the
industry except the American Assocaition of Equine Practictioners
who feel slaughter is a better end than sometimes befalls unwanted
horses.

Horse racing has instituted many retirement homes for older racehorses
and they raise funds throughout the industry by asking for a small
percentage of funds to be donated to Thoroughbred Charities out of every
purse and there are fund raisers throughout the year for the retirement
homes in various states.

[Crayson]

7. Hmm.. Horse.... sh'goood... (munch)

Why shouldn't we eat horse meat?
And by the way... why not dog or snake or grasshoppers.
Why not just eat anything that's NOT poisonous to us?

This is all cultural differences.
In the end it's plain darwinism, and humans are pretty on top of the food chain.


I'm more for a petition that forbids RIDING horses, because that's not their natural behavior.
Let them gallop freely until they are shot and eaten.




... ok ok.
If you're talking about maltreatment of horses or bad conditions or weeklong transportation of the poor beasts to the slaughterhouse with several of them breaking their legs or dying already en route, then I agree with you.
But hey, let ME decide what I eat!

[MattBaggins]

10. No offense but stay out of my kitchen

Horse salami is delicious and I really don't need a mob of people going through my fridge telling what they feel I should or should not eat. If you eat something as disgusting as a chicken and their abortions you have no right to tell other people what they may or may not eat. Stupid flipping food Nazis.

[Annces]

11. have contacted my senators

Humane Society is contacting by phone on this, and they got through to me.

[LWolf]

13. Done. Gladly.

People shouldn't eat friends. Animals domesticated as partners are not the same as livestock raised for food.

I hope nobody has dog or cat salami in their refrigerator to go with their horse salami. :eyes:

Speaking of horses, it's time for me to put on many layers and go out to the barn to feed. They will be waiting. Trusting that I'll show up. They'll nicker to me, and some will poke their heads out for a scratch. When I wanted to ride out on the trail for the day, one was happy to carry me. When I needed to drag a dead tree out of the pasture, another consented to carry the burden. When I needed to catch another to move pastures last week, she ran up and stuck her head in the halter. Then "bumped" me to request that I scratch her favorite "sweet spots." You don't condition a 1000 lb animal to trust you, to work with you, to help you, so that you can make salami out of them.

[Judi Lynn]

14. Thank you, Jeanette in FL. , for the chance to sign. n/t

[michaz]

16. Horse Slaughter is Horrid...

I own a 5 year old mare that was headed to either slaughter or just to be shot. She had a fight with a barbed wire fence and hurt her leg. She was no good to the Amish man anymore so he was getting rid of her. We brought her home and had her checked by an Equine vet. She will be fine although won't be good for heavy riding. She was 250lbs underweight. She is a wonderful horse and a great pet. No pet should ever be used for human consumption. Gee, I can't imagine that anyone would eat my Weimaraners!

[youthere]

17. No thank you..

My western society palate isn't about to start dictating what the rest of the world can eat.