tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post4510827263414297445..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Forgotten victims of the recessionMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-74303335151144967882011-12-19T17:02:51.112-06:002011-12-19T17:02:51.112-06:00Nice post, most people leave out the fact that hor...Nice post, most people leave out the fact that horse slaughter houses were shut down. But could be back soon in Montana I believe. It's a problem on the east coast as well. Horses are being abandon and roaming the not so rural areas.<br /><br />When I was a kid we took our old horses to the sale barn and got "killer price" for them. Not much pay, but, better than letting them starve to death.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-89913787127244062762011-12-19T16:51:55.526-06:002011-12-19T16:51:55.526-06:00Thanks, Lady Heather. Might I also point out that ...Thanks, Lady Heather. Might I also point out that the same applies to cats. There are people round here who have let their cat have several litters "because they're cute" or "because the kids love the kittens", or, as you say "it's not fair to neuter them before they've at least had one litter".<br /><br />Same family had a dog which they never took for a walk. No need to guess what happened to that.Skipweaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454297424665652387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-70147140530504532142011-12-19T15:39:41.243-06:002011-12-19T15:39:41.243-06:00Hay is up in the 20 dollar range...I remember when...Hay is up in the 20 dollar range...I remember when it was 6 dollars (here in Southern CA)<br /><br />LouisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-11801605357452586222011-12-19T15:07:13.823-06:002011-12-19T15:07:13.823-06:00Give them to the little girls and boys of the 1%Give them to the little girls and boys of the 1%Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619153370091469672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-50913155235163238822011-12-19T13:55:44.477-06:002011-12-19T13:55:44.477-06:00I am also an avid animal lover who is an advocate ...I am also an avid animal lover who is an advocate for slaughter, research and euthanization. <br /><br />Thia sounds absolutely terrible, I know. Lady Heather and Ninabi are absolutely right. It is cruel to see these animals suffer the cruelty of neglect and it would be better to humanely euthanize them and let them be useful than to see them suffer, die and go to waste. <br /><br />Its nice to actually see that there are still some folks out there with some sense!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-17281838708145084832011-12-19T13:21:37.565-06:002011-12-19T13:21:37.565-06:00I am a (rescue)horse owner who is in favor of hors...I am a (rescue)horse owner who is in favor of horse slaughter. There are people who cannot afford to feed their animals and there is very little pasture in the southwest where we live.<br /><br />It costs quite a bit to have horses euthanized, too. With the barn call fee $65 and the procedure itself, it comes to over $100. Then there's the sad, miserable task of having the rendering truck appear to haul the carcass away and before the guys will do that, they charge $140 in cash.<br /><br />Rescues are full. Decent horses- not show quality, but average reliable trail horses- some people are even giving them away or asking only a few hundred.<br /><br />If the drought conditions in TX continue, I expect this to get worse. Horses are found starving in the desert. Some people are also reporting that when they "trailer out" and ride at state and national parks, they have come back to find an abandoned animal tied to their trailer. <br /><br />I don't want to see horses cruelly suffer in Mexican slaughterhouses, or starve or be neglected. If horse slaughterhouses return to the US, I would hope that they be clean, humane places (such as not leaving a terrified animal in the kill box while the employees go on break).Ninabinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-16835333601537078962011-12-19T10:36:10.652-06:002011-12-19T10:36:10.652-06:00Well put, Lady Heather.Well put, Lady Heather.DubyaDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-28808284006441577442011-12-19T00:48:20.901-06:002011-12-19T00:48:20.901-06:00Coincidentally, horsemeat is in one of my bookmark...Coincidentally, horsemeat is in one of my bookmark folders for future blogging -<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_meatMinnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-82373400286800227792011-12-19T00:02:25.109-06:002011-12-19T00:02:25.109-06:00Thing is, I'm a horse lover, who is in favor o...Thing is, I'm a horse lover, who is in favor of slaughter. While that may seem contradictory on the face of it, it truly isn't. That there are unwanted or abused or neglected (or any combination of these if not more possibilities) indicates an overpopulation. Same as with animals in the shelters. There aren't enough homes to go around that can, will, and can afford, to care for these animals. There's two basic solutions:<br /><br />1 - STOP BREEDING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT. A good deal of the overbreeding is "but he's SUCH a pretty color!" or "It's such a shame that Marsey Doats can't have a baby or Big Studly can't father a foal before they're fixed! They deserve that chance to procreate!" or "Wouldn't it be WONDERFUL for the children to see the miracle of birth?" Color isn't going to give you good conformation and an animal that can or will be sold. Animals don't CARE if they have a baby or not, stop anthropomorphizing them. And children do NOT need to see the "miracle of birth." If you want them to see this, take them somewhere where babies are born and let them watch it there at 4 in the morning in the middle of winter when a shepherd is lambing, a goatherders is kidding, a pig breeder has sows farrowing, a stockman has cows calving.<br />2 - The other big solution is slaughter. It can be done humanely. The videos of horses throwing their heads up is because people waited around for it to happen. The animals are put down quietly and quickly with a capture bolt so the meat won't be tainted and unusable.<br />I'm not saying you have to want to eat horsemeat to be a proponent of slaughter, anymore than you have to be a proponent of euthansia for shelter animals, but you do have to be realistic and practical. Stop humanizing animals and patch your bleeding heart.Homestead Crafterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10257742709441614017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-38814487497893737062011-12-18T23:15:32.930-06:002011-12-18T23:15:32.930-06:00http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/11/hors...http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/11/horse-slaughterhouses-may-reopen-after-five-year-ban/<br /><br />Horse slaughterhouses may be reopening in the US<br /><br />CCLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com