Do you think it’s OK for someone else to eat Trigger?
Gov. Susana Martinez says absolutely not.
But a bid to begin slaughtering horses near Roswell for human consumption will mean the equivalent of dining on animals that are icons of the West — spirited wild horses and faithful companion and working animals that helped build the nation.
Controversial bills to bring more horse slaughter facilities to Tennessee and protect religious expression in schools were tabled Monday, leaving no guarantees that either will come up again this year.
The sponsor of both, Rep. Andy Holt, R-Dresden, asked that the proposals be “held on the desk,” a move that neither sends the bills back to committee nor reschedules another time for a vote. It leaves open the possibility that they can be discussed again but, in the short time remaining this legislative session, makes both long shots for passage.
Last week Lauryn and I attended Summit of the Live Horse in Oklahoma City, organized by our friend and a true friend of all horses, Simone Netherlands of Respect4Horses. Our summit was scheduled to coincide with the Summit of the Horse, an event many of us affectionately refer to as the “Slaughterhouse Summit” or “The Summit of the Dead Horse.” Then, just a couple weeks out, the organizers of the pro-slaughter affair called off their event. We hope it was for lack of support!
This week, on Wednesday, I went to the WOKQ radio station to talk with Mark Ericson and Karen Kiley of the WOKQ Morning Waking Crew. All the equipment they had there was really cool and it was really exciting because now more people know what is happening to horses. I hope they listen and send me their letters for me to bring to Washington DC when I got back for the Horses on the Hill event on April 25th.
Sunday Guest Post by Cheyenne Little of End Equine Slaughter Now “Today we dedicate “Straight from the Horse’s Heart” to Children Advocates who, at their very young ages, are trying to steer our country’s public towards compassionate management of our companion equine’s collective futures. My hat is off […]
LAS CRUCES – A Roswell area meat-processing plant’s bid to begin slaughtering horses for human consumption in foreign markets has sparked a bipartisan backlash by high-profile state figures, including the governor.
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said Friday she is asking federal officials not to allow a southeastern New Mexico company to open the nation’s first slaughterhouse for horses since 2007.
Guest OpEd by Vicki Tobin ~ VP of the Equine Welfare Alliance “Oh Slaughterhouse $ue Wallis; How Sweet it IS!” Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to be in the middle of writing an editorial and having good news that eliminates the majority of my musings. I’ll save what’s […]
(April 13, 2012)—The Humane Society of the United States, the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), Front Range Equine Rescue and Animal Protection of New Mexico condemn plans to open a horse slaughter plant in Roswell, N.M.
The prattle from the Horse-Eater’s camp has been quiet for about a week or so; only the constant drone of sharpening butcher knives can be heard across the trenches of the battlefield in the quiet of the night. The perverse dredges of society have suffered some pretty serious defeats over the past several weeks and they are all tucked under their rocks licking their putrid wounds. Let’s count their failures (not all but the biggest ones):
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