Comments on: Here’s a New Bill About Horses http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/2009/01/15/heres-a-new-bill-about-horses/ News, Commentary, and What to Watch on WashingtonWatch.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:37:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Didadance http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/2009/01/15/heres-a-new-bill-about-horses/comment-page-1/#comment-2285 Didadance Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:00:17 +0000 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/?p=1119#comment-2285 We need to help feed these unwanted animals. We have taken in so many we are drowning in debt trying to feed them with no help from the goverment (unless you are a non-profit that pays no taxes) or little to no help from the public but we still pay our taxes. what else are you supose to do with these horses that are unwanted. Go broke feeding them?? Rescues are full and some have to put down the old and unwanted. Why not help feed the people and other animals and be resourcful as long as we have processing plants available to take these horses to in a humane way they don't have to be transported in big van loads. The plants would cut out the abanded, neglected,Crippled & Starving horses. Yes they need to ban the use of double decker vans, but a 10 horse van 1 level is not inhumane and to put a horse out of its pain is not inhumane. In the old days they used a bullet when they were not usefull and the remains either was eaten by human or by other animals in the wild. It's a life cycle we are dealing with and people get selfish with personal feelings and wasteful. We need to utilize our natural resources. Horses are my life. We need to help feed these unwanted animals. We have taken in so many we are drowning in debt trying to feed them with no help from the goverment (unless you are a non-profit that pays no taxes) or little to no help from the public but we still pay our taxes. what else are you supose to do with these horses that are unwanted. Go broke feeding them?? Rescues are full and some have to put down the old and unwanted. Why not help feed the people and other animals and be resourcful as long as we have processing plants available to take these horses to in a humane way they don’t have to be transported in big van loads. The plants would cut out the abanded, neglected,Crippled & Starving horses. Yes they need to ban the use of double decker vans, but a 10 horse van 1 level is not inhumane and to put a horse out of its pain is not inhumane. In the old days they used a bullet when they were not usefull and the remains either was eaten by human or by other animals in the wild. It’s a life cycle we are dealing with and people get selfish with personal feelings and wasteful. We need to utilize our natural resources. Horses are my life.

]]> By: Laura Houston http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/2009/01/15/heres-a-new-bill-about-horses/comment-page-1/#comment-2063 Laura Houston Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:57:05 +0000 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/?p=1119#comment-2063 America has 6 million unwanted dogs and cats in animal shelters a year. Unwanted horses are a much lower number, in the thousands? Do the same thing with unwanted/neglated/over-bred horses as we do for dogs. Charge the hoarders and abusers with a crime. Educate owners to call their Humane society before abandoning or not feeding their horse. Tax the horse breeders of quarter horses, standard breds, PMU hormone mares, racing horses and all those breeders who produce THOUSANDS of foals EACH YEAR. Let those breeders contribute to the national humane societies who have to clean up their breeding mess!! And if you have a friend, neighbor, out of work person who you know can't afford the $30 dollars for 1,800lb round bale of hay (hay is cheap! less than dog-food by far) Then buy the 30$ 6 month supply of hay to help that horse out. Horses are not MEAT!!! To many people slaughtering horses is like slaughtering our old dogs/pets for meat!! NOT RIGHT! INHUMANE!! UNAMERICAN!! America has 6 million unwanted dogs and cats in animal shelters a year. Unwanted horses are a much lower number, in the thousands?

Do the same thing with unwanted/neglated/over-bred horses as we do for dogs.

Charge the hoarders and abusers with a crime. Educate owners to call their Humane society before abandoning or not feeding their horse. Tax the horse breeders of quarter horses, standard breds, PMU hormone mares, racing horses and all those breeders who produce THOUSANDS of foals EACH YEAR.

Let those breeders contribute to the national humane societies who have to clean up their breeding mess!!

And if you have a friend, neighbor, out of work person who you know can’t afford the $30 dollars for 1,800lb round bale of hay (hay is cheap! less than dog-food by far)

Then buy the 30$ 6 month supply of hay to help that horse out.

Horses are not MEAT!!! To many people slaughtering horses is like slaughtering our old dogs/pets for meat!! NOT RIGHT! INHUMANE!! UNAMERICAN!!

]]> By: Mark & Shayann http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/2009/01/15/heres-a-new-bill-about-horses/comment-page-1/#comment-1410 Mark & Shayann Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:39:10 +0000 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/?p=1119#comment-1410 There are too many people that do not understand the current situation in the horse industry, we would all like to live in a perfect world, wouldn't we. Point is, this has all been done backwards and horses are suffering because of it. Change should have started at the beginning of the cycle, not at the end. People sit in there living rooms, view pictures, think cruelty and start shouting. Those who think there has not been a direct impact on a LARGE number of animals suffering in the US over this are wrong. And I have to comment - Lin - you make me laugh, you sure have your facts straight. Thanks for calling us things that we are not though. Do all your facts have this much validity? There are too many people that do not understand the current situation in the horse industry, we would all like to live in a perfect world, wouldn’t we. Point is, this has all been done backwards and horses are suffering because of it. Change should have started at the beginning of the cycle, not at the end. People sit in there living rooms, view pictures, think cruelty and start shouting. Those who think there has not been a direct impact on a LARGE number of animals suffering in the US over this are wrong. And I have to comment – Lin – you make me laugh, you sure have your facts straight. Thanks for calling us things that we are not though. Do all your facts have this much validity?

]]> By: Mark & Shayann http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/2009/01/15/heres-a-new-bill-about-horses/comment-page-1/#comment-1409 Mark & Shayann Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:36:51 +0000 http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/?p=1119#comment-1409 I agree that this is more of a urban vs. rural situation or pet owner vs. farm/rancher. There are too many people that do not understand the current situation in the horse industry, we would all like to live in a perfect world, wouldn't we. Point is, this has all been done backwards and horses are suffering because of it. Change should have started at the beginning of the cycle, not at the end. People sit in there living rooms, view pictures, think cruelty and start shouting. Those who think there has not been a direct impact on a LARGE number of animals suffering in the US over this are wrong. And I have to comment - Lin - you make me laugh, you sure have your facts straight. Thanks for calling us things that we are not though. Do all your facts have this much validity? I agree that this is more of a urban vs. rural situation or pet owner vs. farm/rancher. There are too many people that do not understand the current situation in the horse industry, we would all like to live in a perfect world, wouldn’t we. Point is, this has all been done backwards and horses are suffering because of it. Change should have started at the beginning of the cycle, not at the end. People sit in there living rooms, view pictures, think cruelty and start shouting. Those who think there has not been a direct impact on a LARGE number of animals suffering in the US over this are wrong. And I have to comment – Lin – you make me laugh, you sure have your facts straight. Thanks for calling us things that we are not though. Do all your facts have this much validity?

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