Quote Originally Posted by wolfy-hound View Post
The worst part is that now that the US facility is closed, the horses are now trucked all the way down to mexico in deplorable conditions. They sell them 'for pets' but once across the border, the new owner can then send them to slaughter, in extremely inhumane butcher factories. Now the humane societys seem to be in favor of reopening US horse slaughterhouses, because at least the horses were killed in a approved humane manner. In mexico, they can(and do often) stab the horse to death.

Horse meat is supposed to be rich in flavor, but not as fatty as beef. I have a couple friends that tried it overseas, and said it was tasty.
Exactly!!! I totally forgot to mention that part thank you! I love horses, and letting them suffer over being sent to slaughter isn't worth it. The only way I would agree to end horse slaughter is if more people were charged with abuse. There's no reason a horse should go all winter without food or live with untreated wounds. Or for that matter, if ANYONE was charged for horse abuse/neglect. We have someone local that has 6-7 horses on less than an acre of MUD. These horses are extremely skinny and I have not once seen anything but old dirty hay that the horses try to pick out of the mud. The police have been called several times and won't do a thing about it. I wish we had animal cops around here they would do something.