Horse Slaughter Plants

Shania Austin

10/13/11

                The reason the United States doesn’t have horse slaughter plants anymore is that people say that slaughtering horses is cruel.  How can people slaughter pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, and other livestock, but we can’t slaughter horses?  We could slaughter horses for food; they are no different than any other animal.

                People don’t usually think of eating horse meat because most people are so attached to their horses. Horse meat is probably not the best meat in the world because horses eat grass mainly. The meat would be rough and dry because they eat a lot of grass, but it is still food.

                The main reason we need horse slaughter plants is because there are so many horses in the United States right now that the horse market is going down and the actual “Show Horses” that are supposed to be worth a bunch aren’t worth much now.  I’m not just saying that because I’m a horse owner. I’m saying that because I care about horses.

                There are millions of wild horses in the world that are getting starved. The reason so many horses are being starved is that there are so many in the world and people can’t take care of them.  There isn’t enough food for all the horses in the world.

                People are also shooting them so they don’t have to take care of their horses anymore.  They are getting dumped in other people’s pastures with other horses. Some people even take them to sales, and if they don’t sell them, the owners will put them in random trailers to get rid of them.  Those are some of the reasons that we need horse slaughter plants.