Comment permalink   Monday, January 13, 2014 - 9:30pm Horse
leaning over a fence       Add new comment    Kelli L Richardson
Kudos to all of those unselfish and dedicated folks who worked
tirelessly to get the word out there and get this bill passed..
What a day what a day.... step back, take a bow and enjoy the
applause!!!!   Ok I'm going to play devils advocate here. If
there is no funding for inspections then what does that mean for
slaughter plants themselves? Without funding for inspections
(fyi, those are to ensure that animals are handled and
euthanized as humanely as possible). Then doesn't that still
leave the door open for slaughter to be reopened in the us? The
fact is that they can still be shipped across the border where
conditions and handling practices are barbaric compared to the
us. Further more, that still leaves the hundreds of thousands of
unwanted horses EVERY YEAR to what? Starve to death? Get tossed
to the way side? Was that even discussed in the budget or by
anti-slaughter advocates.