They shoot horses don't they?-Slaughter of horses now OKAY!!!

[underpants]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/wild_horses

RENO, Nev. - For the first time in more than a generation, the mustang — the very symbol of the American West — can be slaughtered for horsemeat.


In December, Congress repealed the 34-year-old ban on the slaughter of the wild horses that run free across the West. The move has brought a powerful backlash from activists, who want to reinstate full protection for the mustangs.


"It is really a slap in the face to the American people," said Betty Kelly, co-founder of the horse protection group Wild Horse Spirit in Virginia City, Nev.


Acting on behalf of ranchers who say the horses eat forage needed by cattle, Sen. Conrad Burns (news, bio, voting record), R-Mont., attached the amendment in December to a spending bill that President Bush (news - web sites) signed into law.

It allows for the sale for slaughter of some older and unwanted horses that are captured during the periodic government roundups aimed at reducing the wild population, now estimated at 33,000 across 10 Western states. About 19,000 of the horses are in Nevada.

[Dr.Phool]

1. Well, fire up the grill

Horses don't get mad cow disease do they?

[jdj]

2. The Wild Horses Act got more mail in congress than anything

but the Vietnam war. All across the country people stood in support of our wild horses.

This admin and his base are against everything uniquely american, every self-identifying feature of america.


They aren't really americans, they are global citizens who just happen to live here, which is why they show no respect for our laws or traditions.

[underpants]

3. I first heard about this on ABC WNT about two years ago

and I have written my Congressman and both Senators. I live in Va. so this is not an issue brought up much around here.


This i$ letting everyone know exactly where the really $tand.

[CottonBear]

4. Guess where 2 of the 3 US horse slaughterhouses are?

Texas. (More proof that * is so scared of horses that he has them killed.) They kill them by clubbing them over the head. It's horrible. If the unadopted wild horses are very old or sick, humane euthanasia would be the best option.

[Lizzie Borden]

5. Absolutely disgusting!

Shoot the damn cows. I have no sympathy for the ranchers whatsoever. They're making bucks or they would'nt be in buisness. Screw the greedy sons-of-bitches. So the horses eat some grass.:grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke: :grr: :nuke: