Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The alternative to slaughter
Humane euthanasia is the route that i would say more caring people choose. The word euthanasia is derived from Greek and it means good death. This by far would have to be the least painful way for any aninmal to go. The animal is usually pre-sedated, and that will cause the animal to usually fall to the ground and this is like what would happen prior to a surgery also. The animal is then pretty much gone, in the fact that he doesn't feel anything or really know what is going on around him. The final injecttion is a drug overdose which is delivered via an intravenous injection in the horse's neck. The veterinarian will use two 60cc syringes to administer 120ccs of the barbiturate to the average 1000 pound horse. The drugs used, (barbiturates, anesthetics), directly depress the central nervous system. The overdose leads to a depression of breathing and cardiac arrest. The horse is then checked after five mins or so to confirm death. The breathing, eyes, any other signs of life are checked at that time. I was able to find more information that explains the procedure in more detail on the website http://www.equineprotectionnetwork.com/rescue/euth.htm . Just keep in mind that the other option is being stabbed repeatedly and then having their throat slit while still concious, so euthanasia is the most humane option available. It also mentioned that once these drugs are administered, the animal is said to be contaminated and must be immediately disposed of because any animal that feeds on the carcass will more than likely die. I have experience or have at least seen a few horses be put down and they are later picked up by byproducts where they are used for various things. I would hope that they are not fed to other animals seeing as the article states that the meat is contaminated.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Pictures
These are just a few pictures that can give you an idea of the cruelty aspect of the whole thing.
Bills passed against horse slaughter
HR 503 IH
January 17, 2007
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. NADLER, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. LEE, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. BEAN, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. DICKS, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. KIRK, Mr. CAMPBELL of California, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MCNULTY, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. WOLF, Ms. CARSON, Mr. WEINER, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Mr. LINDER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON SHIPPING, TRANSPORTING, MOVING, DELIVERING, RECEIVING, POSSESSING, PURCHASING, SELLING, OR DONATION OF HORSES AND OTHER EQUINES FOR SLAUGHTER FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
- (a) Definitions- Section 2 of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1821) is amended--
- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (2), (3), (5), and (6), respectively;
- (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph:
- `(1) The term `human consumption' means ingestion by people as a source of food.'; and
- (3) by inserting after paragraph (3), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph:
- `(4) The term `slaughter' means the killing of one or more horses or other equines with the intent to sell or trade the flesh for human consumption.'.
- (b) Findings- Section 3 of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1822) is amended--
- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively;
- (2) by adding before paragraph (6), as so redesignated, the following new paragraphs:
- `(1) horses and other equines play a vital role in the collective experience of the United States and deserve protection and compassion;
- `(2) horses and other equines are domestic animals that are used primarily for recreation, pleasure, and sport;
- `(3) unlike cows, pigs, and many other animals, horses and other equines are not raised for the purpose of being slaughtered for human consumption;
- `(4) individuals selling horses or other equines at auctions are seldom aware that the animals may be bought for the purpose of being slaughtered for human consumption;
- `(5) the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture has found that horses and other equines cannot be safely and humanely transported in double deck trailers;'; and
- (3) by striking paragraph (8), as so redesignated, and inserting the following new paragraph:
- `(8) the movement, showing, exhibition, or sale of sore horses in intrastate commerce, and the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation in intrastate commerce of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, adversely affect and burden interstate and foreign commerce;'.
- (c) Prohibition- Section 5 of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1824) is amended--
- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (11) as paragraphs (9) through (12), respectively; and
- (2) by inserting after paragraph 7 the following new paragraph:
- `(8) The shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of any horse or other equine to be slaughtered for human consumption.'.
- (d) Authority to Detain- Section 6(e) of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1825(e)) is amended--
- (1) by striking the first sentence of paragraph (1);
- (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) and as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and
- (3) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph:
- `(1) The Secretary may detain for examination, testing, or the taking of evidence--
- `(A) any horse at any horse show, horse exhibition, or horse sale or auction which is sore or which the Secretary has probable cause to believe is sore; and
- `(B) any horse or other equine which the Secretary has probable cause to believe is being shipped, transported, moved, delivered, received, possessed, purchased, sold, or donated in violation of section 5(8).'.
- (e) Authorization of Appropriations- Section 12 of the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 1831) is amended by striking `$500,000' and inserting `$5,000,000'.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.503:
This is one of the bills passed.
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