slaughter houses in the U.S., and now that the economy is so poor and the
abundance of homeless horses is so great, the sale barns are full and the kill
buyers go to the sale barns, buy the horses and they now either go to Mexico or
Canada, prior to this they are kept in local overcrowded holding pens and
then they travel for days in crowded conditions, no food, no water during
the transport. I am not saying these are all Haflinger's but they are all
breeds. Horse meat is a delicacy in Europe and they pay high prices for it!
Take a look on youtube for "horse slaughter," I assure you your stomach
wont be able to watch, it is incredibly inhumane!
Recently the Governor of Montana has talked about opening a slaughter house
there, fortunately, it was met with so much resistance, that it hasn't
been mentioned again. Now, they are talking about opening Carvel in Illinois
again. It is disgusting the treatment these horses receive and many of
them die before even making it across the boarders to go to slaughter. I
assure you, the fear in their eyes is horrific!
I would be happy to go back through the posts from the rescue group, but I
can assure you, it's pictures you really do not want to see.
Sandy (who will now go back to lurking)
All I pay my psychiatrist is the cost of feed and hay, and he'll listen to
me all day. -- Unknown
In a message dated 2/17/2010 5:58:29 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
leneandersen@ntribs.com writes:
--- In _haflingerfriends@haflingerfrihaf_
(mailto:haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com) , briarcroft@., bri
>
>> Look at the ads with cuts of horse meat in the European Haflinger
magazines. <<
Could you please provide some proof for your allegations. Or at least
names of the magazines in question. In which European countries do they eat soo
much horse meat that it has become a whole secondary industry? Or are the
meat used instead to feed zoo animals/ dogs and mink? In which case the
meat price would be very low and I would think a "culled" Haflinger would
bring in a higher price as a pleasure horse.
I think I will investigate the current price of Haflingers in Denmark.
Good chance that they are alot higher here in US.
Thanks Lene
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