Tex-Mex Horse Meat

This article makes me hungary for some good ole horse fajitas. Seriously though, how long before we start banning cow, chicken and fish?

Yeah, it makes sense, with all the innocent children missing and being murdered in this country..we can't have some frenchy eating a horse steak. These women need to learn the difference between animals and people. Maybe go volunteer in a domestic abuse shelter and do some real good.

i have been in the mental health field since the 70's and have seen and done my share. if you do not believe that there is a correlation between abusing animals and spousal and children abuse you do not know much. horse slaughter is animal abuse. mre than 70% of americans believe there shuld be no horse slaughter. some of us see horses as companions and friends. so it is ok to send fido and kittie to slaughter? they eat them in other countries.

I guess no one told you folks that people who like to abuse and mistreat animals, also tend to abuse and mistreat humans. And how do you know what we do or what other causes we work for in our lives? Do you work at the battered woman's shelter? Do you know that many batterers started out by abusing animals? And I love this comment from Cheryl Moore at the Stephenville auction: "What really burns me up is, you come over here from another country and tell me what to do?" Moore says. "Can you imagine me going to Germany and telling them what to do?" That is truly hilarious when both Texas and Illinois fought for years to make the Belgians respect our laws and get the heck out of the states where they weren't wanted! I guess she forgot about that? LG

I can't figure the logic in selectively opposing slaughtering and eating horses, say, but be just fine with slaughtering and eating cows and pigs. OK, you love horses and don't feel anything for cows and pigs. Obviously, there are others who don't feel anything special towards horses. At least PETA is consistent. They oppose all animal abuse. But I bet the horse lovers hate PETA. Go figure.

I am a horse lover, I own three, I grew up with horses my entire life and I am for horse slauther. It is good for the horse world. Right now there are around 200,000 unwanted and or dangerous horses out there. Are the people trying to stop this going to feed all of these horses, NO they are not. As a person that grew up around animals I understand that there is a food chain and we are at the top and all other animals are below us. Horses are graceful animals and are more intelligent than most people would ever know, but they are animal and not people. I have seen the damage first hand that the closing of these plants have done. I attend sales almost every week and since the plants have close I see more horses that are hungry and mistreated. I have seen more and more each week. The only next step is people are going to start just turning them out on the side of the road. Also as a horse and animal lover I do hate PETA and most other animal rights groups because they try to take away human rights.

Horses are NOT food animals in the United States and the majority of the Country doesnt want US horses to be shipped out of the this Country to be eaten. The worst part about the whole dirty business is the way the animals are treated during their shipment and the manner in which they are killed. Animal abuse is all it amounts too. You say slaughter keeps down the old sick and lame horses. Well lets be honest...how many killer buyers want skinny sick lame horses to sell to the plants? They like the fat and healthy ones because they weigh more and the meat quality is better. Ever thought about whats in that meat? Wormers, Bute, joint supplements, vaccines, antibiotics. These things are not with held from the animal 30 days or more before slaughter like other food animals. This business stinks and its high time to get rid of it. Go find ANOTHER job. One you can be proud of.

THANKS FOR YOUR ARTICLE MS. FELDMAN. HAY MRS. MOORE I'M A TERRIORIST!! I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WOULDN'T HURT YOUR CHILD OR YOUR DOG, BUT TO YOU I'M A TERRIORIST, OR ONE OF THOSE ACTIVIST. I'M A VEGAN, ANIMAL ADVOCATE, HUMAN ADVOCATE, EARTH ADVOCATE, 20+YR FARRIER, 40 YRS. HORSE OWNER, TRAINER, AND INSTRUCTOR. I'VE WORKED WITH RANCHERS, AND OLYMPIC TRAINERS AND JUDGES. MRS. MOORE YOU DON'T LIKE BEING DIRECTED BY FOREIGNERS? WHERE DID YOUR ANCESTORS COME FROM? YOUR BUSINESS WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH BELTEX, FORT WORTH TX, BELGIAN OWNED, AND DALLAS CROWN KAUFMAN TX, WAS ALSO OWNED BY BELGIUM, CAVEL INTERNATIONAL, IL, WAS FRENCH OWNED. THEY PRETTY MUCH PUT THEMSELVES OUT OF BUSINESS, WE JUST HELPED THEM ALONG, I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN FOREIGNERS DICTATE TO ME THAT THEY'LL NOT PAY TAXES (UNLESS YOU CONSIDER $5.00 PAID TO THE IRS IN 05, FOR 5 MILLION IN PROFIT MADE BY DALLAS CROWN, KAUFMAN TX) PAYING TAXES, I BET YOU PAID MORE THAN THAT MRS. MOORE. THEY ALSO DIDN'T PAY TARIFFS, THEY DIDN'T PAY FINES FOR POLLUTING RIVERS AND CITY WATER SYSTEMS, THEY TIED UP OUR COURT SYSTEMS WITH THEIR HIGH POWERED AND PAID LAWYERS AND PHONY LOOPHOLES. A RESIDENT IN KAUFMAN TOLD REPORTERS THAT SHE TRIED TO GIVE HER DAUGHTER A BATH AND TUB FILLED UP WITH BLOODY WATER WITH HORSE TISSUE IN IT. THESE SLAUGHTERHOUSES SLAUGHTERED STOLEN HORSES, FULL TERM MARES, BLIND HORSES, ONES THAT COULDN'T WALK, DRAG THEM IN, ALL ILLEGAL. THERE'S A HUNDRED SLAUGHTER VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE, CHECK THEM OUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE HOW THE FOREIGN OWNED US SLAUGHTER HOUSES DID IT, ILLEGAL, ILLEGAL, ILLEGAL, PLUS THE USDA TURNED THEIR HEADS TO THE FACT THAT MUCH OF THE HORSE MEAT IS TAINTED WITH DRUGS IE., DE-WORMERS, ANTIBIOTICS, STERIODS, BUTE, ETC., ALL HARMFUL TO HUMANS. MOORE SAYS SHE "LOVES" "HER" ANIMALS, I'M THANKFUL I'M NOT ONE OF THEM. HR503/S311 WHEN PASSED WILL STOP THE SUFFERING FOR THE HORSES, ONE OF OUR ICONS. PEOPLE FORGET THAT THIS IS THE ANIMAL THAT PUT US WHERE WE ARE. THERE'S STILL HORSE SLAUGHTER IN THE US, FOR ZOO'S, AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TAKE YOUR HORSE TO AN AUCTION OR HAVE A BUNCHER PICK THEM UP FROM YOUR BARN AND THEY WILL GO TO CANADA OR MEXICO, SO WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? WE HAVEN'T WON YET, YET YOU'RE ALL IN A TISSIE, ARE YOU THAT SCARED THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO SELLING BEEF. OUR USDA HAS SCREWED UP THE BEEF MARKET SO BAD THAT'S WHY HORSES BECAME SO POPULAR, IT'S ABOUT SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOLKS, MONEY, NOT A SERVICE FOR THE OLD, LAME AND SKINNY, THE FOREIGNERS DON'T WANT THEM, THEY WANT THE YOUNG MEATY ONES. IF IT'S ALL ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL HORSE OWNER DUMPING THEIR POOR HORSE FOR A PROFIT, THEN USE THEIR TORTUREOUS SERVICE AND QUIT YOUR BITCHIN. IF THIS WAS ABOUT OWNER RIGHTS, THEN I WANT THE RIGHT TO SLAUGHTER DOGS I MIGHT DECIDE TO RAISE AND SELL THEIR MEAT TO THE ASIAN MARKET, AND I WANT TO FIGHT DOGS, AND I WANT TO FIGHT ROOSTERS, BEAT MY KIDS, DRIVE MY CAR INTO THE LAKE, ON AND ON, IT'S GOT TO STOP SOMEWHERE. PROFITTING FROM AN ANIMAL'S SUFFERING IS NO MORE THAN NAZISM, AND THIS IS AN ANIMAL HOLOCAUST, WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING HERE IN THE OL'US, MEAT EATERS ARE DIEING OF HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, AND OBESITY, AND THEY DON'T CARE. THE REST OF THE WORLD IS STARVING WHILE WE HAVE OUR MCDONALD'S CRAPPY BURGERS, AND FEED THEM TO OUR KIDS. WE ALLOW OUR WATERS TO BE USED UP FOR CATTLE SO THAT WE CAN EAT THEM, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ANY WATER, NC? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S NO RAIN FOREST LEFT BECAUSE MCDONALDS, BURGER KING,AND TACO BELL NEEDED MORE SOY TO FEED THE SOUTH AMERICAN BEEF OWNED BY THEM, TO BE FEED TO AMERICANS WHO ARE ADDICTED AND BRAINWASHED INTO BELIEVING THAT THEY'RE BEING CARED FOR BY MCDONALD'S, FDA, AND THE USDA. THE USDA HAS BEEN SUBSIDIZING WITH OUR TAX MONEY, RANCHERS TO RAISE HORSES FOR SLAUGHTER, AND PMU MARES AND FOALS FOR SLAUGHTER FOR OVER 50 YEARS, EVER SINCE PREMARIN CAME INTO EXISTANCE, IN 49. SO THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT UP EASILY, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR THEM AND THEIR PEEPS. BUT IT'S BECOMING POLITICALLY INCORRECT TO CAUSE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS FOR PROFIT, FACTORY FARMING, PUPPY MILLING, AND FOAL MILLING, AND THE TORTURING OF HUMANS TO OBTAIN USUALLY FALSE INFORMATION, OR THE DEATH PENALTY WITHOUT DNA. PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THESE SLAUGHTERHOUSES, THE TRUCKERS, THE OWNERS BECOME CALLUS, MANY TIMES TAKING THEIR ABUSE HOME WITH THEM, BEING CRUEL TO THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S BEEN PROVEN THAT SERIAL KILLERS START OUT TORTURING ANIMALS. YOUR MIND BECOMES WARPED. MANY ARE ILLEGAL ALIENS, PROTECTED BY THEIR BOSSES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET WHITE PEOPLE TO WORK IN THEIR TORTURE BUILDINGS. "AUSCHWITZ BEGINS WHENEVER SOMEONE LOOKS AT A SLAUGHTERHOUSE AND THINKS, "THEY'RE JUST ANIMALS", - JEWISH PHILOSOPHER THEODOR ADORNO, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR". HELP OUR NATION, OUR CHILDREN, OURSELVES, GOVEG, AND HELP OUR HORSES BY CALLING YOUR CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS URGING THEM TO C0-SPONSOR HR503/S311, THE AMERICAN HORSE SLAUGHTER PREVENTION ACT. CALL 1-800-614-2803. WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY UNTIL THE LAST HORSE IS SAFE. IT'S TIME TO STOP PROTECTING THE CRIMINALS, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MEAT MAFIA,(BIG AG), IT'S TIME TO PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS, HORSES, PIGS, CHICKENS, IT'S ALL CRUEL AND CAUSES GREAT SUFFERING, GOD DIDN'T WANT US TO MAKE THE ANIMALS SUFFER. HR503/S311 WHEN PASSED WILL STOP THE SUFFERING FOR THE HORSES, ONE OF OUR ICONS. PEOPLE FORGET THAT THIS IS THE ANIMAL THAT PUT US WHERE WE ARE. AND RELIGIOUS PRO'S SHOULD REMEMBER THE BURRO THAT CARRIED MARY, AND THAT THE BIBLE SAY'S NOT TO EAT THE SOLID HOOVED ANIMAL, THE HORSE. THERE'S STILL HORSE SLAUGHTER IN THE US, FOR ZOO'S, SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? IF IT'S ALL ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL HORSE OWNER DUMPING THEIR POOR HORSE FOR A PROFIT, THEN USE THEIR TORTUREOUS SERVICE AND QUIT YOUR BITCHIN. (FORT WORTH, TX, BELTEX (BELGIUM OWNED)(THEY DON'T PAY TAXES, TARIFFS, AND USE OUR TAXES TO OPERATE). IF THIS WAS ABOUT OWNER RIGHTS, THEN I WANT THE RIGHT TO SLAUGHTER DOGS I'M RAISING FOR MEAT TO ASIA, AND I WANT TO FIGHT DOGS, AND I WANT TO FIGHT ROOSTERS, AND ON AND ON, IT'S GOT TO STOP SOMEWHERE. HUMANE SLAUGHTER IS AN OXYMORON! PROFITTING FROM AN ANIMAL'S SUFFERING IS NO MORE THAN NAZISM, AND THIS IS AN ANIMAL HOLOCAUST, WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING HERE IN THE OL'US, MEAT EATERS ARE DIEING OF HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, AND OBESITY, AND THEY DON'T CARE. THE REST OF THE WORLD IS STARVING WHILE WE HAVE OUR MCDONALD'S CRAPPY BURGERS, AND FEED THEM TO OUR KIDS. WE ALLOW OUR WATERS TO BE USED UP FOR CATTLE SO THAT WE CAN EAT THEM, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ANY WATER, NC? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S NO RAIN FOREST LEFT BECAUSE MCDONALDS, BURGER KING,AND TACO BELL NEEDED MORE SOY TO FEED THE SOUTH AMERICAN BEEF OWNED BY THEM, TO BE FEED TO AMERICANS WHO ARE ADDICTED AND BRAINWASHED INTO BELIEVING THAT THEY'RE BEING CARED FOR BY MCDONALD'S, FDA, AND THE USDA. THE USDA HAS BEEN SUBSIDIZING WITH OUR TAX MONEY, RANCHERS TO RAISE HORSES FOR SLAUGHTER, AND PMU MARES AND FOALS FOR SLAUGHTER FOR OVER 50 YEARS, EVER SINCE PREMARIN CAME INTO EXISTANCE, IN 49. SO THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT UP EASILY, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR THEM AND THEIR PEEPS. BUT IT'S BECOMING POLITICALLY INCORRECT TO CAUSE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS FOR PROFIT, IE. FACTORY FARMING, PUPPY MILLING, AND FOAL MILLING, AND THE TORTURING OF HUMANS TO OBTAIN USUALLY FALSE INFORMATION, OR THE DEATH PENALTY. PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THESE SLAUGHTERHOUSES, THE TRUCKERS, THE OWNERS BECOME CALLUS, MOST TAKING THEIR ABUSE HOME WITH THEM AND BEING CRUEL TO THEIR FAMILIES. SERIAL KILLERS START OUT WITH ANIMALS. YOUR MIND BECOMES WARPED. MANY ARE ILLEGAL ALIENS, PROTECTED BY THEIR BOSSES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET WHITE PEOPLE TO WORK IN THEIR TORTURE BUILDINGS. "AUSCHWITZ BEGINS WHENEVER SOMEONE LOOKS AT A SLAUGHTERHOUSE AND THINKS, "THEY'RE JUST ANIMALS", - JEWISH PHILOSOPHER THEODOR ADORNO, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR". HELP OUR NATION, OUR CHILDREN, OURSELVES, GOVEG, AND HELP OUR HORSES BY CALLING YOUR CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS URGING THEM TO C0-SPONSOR HR503/S311, THE AMERICAN HORSE SLAUGHTER PREVENTION ACT. CALL 1-800-614-2803. WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY UNTIL THE LAST HORSE IS SAFE

Belgians own the horse slaughter industry so if you're working for the industry, you're working for Belgium. They take their profits, pay no federal income tax, and deposit the money in their overseas bank accounts. The great majority of Americans, in every poll taken, want horse slaughter banned by federal law. The majority of Americans are not urban women who are animal rights activists. They are people from all regions and and professions who are intelligent enough to see the truth, analyze the facts, and make a considered decision. They have overwhelmingly decided that horse slaughter should be banned. They know that, according to the Dept. of Agriculture's records, the majority of slaughtered horses are 7-11 years old, healthy, and not lame. They know that horses are NOT classified as food animals like cattle, pigs, chickens etc. They know that horse slaughter is not a public service for America but an industry run by Belgian butchers who only want profits for themselves.

Cheryl Moore is far scarier than any animal rights activist. Strange that she says only abused and neglected horses come through her auction barn, yet she makes no mention of the laws those owners broke by abusing their animals. Moore than goes on to say she would never dream of going to Germany and telling them what they can eat, yet she has no problem with the European market dictating to Americans that we need to slaughter our horses to send the meat to them! Moore might also be interested to know that the foreign owned horse slaughter plants never paid one dime in export taxes to the United States. Sounds as if Moore would pledge allegiance to just about any country as long as she still got her blood money from horse slaughter.

Mrs Moore needs to get her head out of her wallet!

Really though, whats the difference between horses and cattle? People should have a right to do as they please. Kind of like the guy in Colleyville with the Emus... the guy HAD to club them. Have you ever shot an emu? It takes more than one shot to take one down because their brains and necks are so small. Anyway, I've lived in horse country all my life and I swear horse lovers' brains are the same size of the horses.

If you are looking for some quality horse meat, check out Palomino's Buffet on 75 & Beltline. They have a horse head on their sign next to the highway! So appetizing! ; )

For the adults who can very easily tell the difference between horses and cattle, it is not surprising that the majority of Americans want horse slaughter banned. If upscale diners in Europe and Japan want to pay high prices for horse meat, then they can get that meat from some other country. Our horses aren't even being butchered by an American company but by a Belgian owned company. They take all of their product (the meat of our horses) and most of their profits (they pay no federal income tax like you do)and send it overseas. They are laughing all the way to the bank. 75% to over 90% of Americans want a law banning horse slaughter. If you are one of that majority, please call your Senators to vote for S 311 and your Representative to vote for the identical bill in the House, HR 503.

In my opinion, people like Trenton Saulters ought to look for other sources of employment. Many people in the high-tech field have been forced to do this. As to Cheryl Moore, she should stick to the cattle business. One of Ms. Moore's comments which stands out to me is the following: "What really burns me up is, you come over here from another country and tell me what to do?" Moore says. "Can you imagine me going to Germany and telling them what to do?" Guess what really burns me up; having companies owned by French and Belgian nationals telling us what to do and imposing their culture of horsemeat consumption upon us. I also don't like having OUR taxpayer dollars covering the expense to have a USDA inspector on site in their plant (these inspectors would better serve our country by inspecting OUR food sources). Here's another comment of Ms. Moore's that is easily countered: "People in Dallas, they don't have any touch with rural America...Why would you slit fellow Americans' throats?" Not only is the slaughter ban economically disadvantageous, she says, it's an example of encroaching governmental regulations. "This is just the beginning," she says. "If they say you can't eat horse meat, next thing they'll say you can't eat goat. It's about the government telling you what you can and can't do." Hmm. I'm against horse slaughter mainly because it's not part of our culture. However I do eat beef, pork and chicken; those foods are part of America's cultural norm. I also know a farmer in Virginia who is against horse slaughter, but he RAISES BOER MEAT GOATS for slaughter as well as raising beef cattle. California banned the horse meat trade in 1998 and I can still go down to my local butcher and buy hamburger, pork sausage and chicken. This argument about the horse slaughter ban leading to a ban on beef, chicken and pork processing is RUBBISH! I'll say in closing that the people who claim horse slaughter is a "valuable part of the economy" should know that most of the profits made by these businesses is siphoned overseas. They do nothing for our economy. Economy in rural communities is FAR BETTER SERVED by the traditional cattle, pork and chicken farmers who feed OUR nation (and who SHOULD look to ways to market their wares overseas).

On the comment about unwanted horses by "lcdavidr". The facts do not match your rhetoric. I recall seeing some news stories claiming that there were "200,000 unwanted horses" running around. One such article in the Oregonian quotes a local law enforcement officer regarding nine new cases of abandonment, however when the group Veterinarians for Equine Welfare (VEW) contacted the officer he denied any knowledge of the claims. A similar story in Kentucky which appeared in Spring of 2007 was also exposed as a hoax. Since the pro-slaughter apologists have to fabricate their stories rather than basing them on fact, they have no credibility. In other words, I do not believe them. Consider these facts: Fact: In the 1990's there was a sharp decline in the number is U.S. horses slaughtered. According to USDA records; 345,700 horses were slaughtered for export in 1990; ten years later in 2000 that number was 50,400. During this timeframe the number of horses slaughtered per year dropped by as many as 79,000, and was no rash of "unwanted horses." The reason the decline happened was due to slackening demand in Europe & Asia for horsemeat during that time. Fact: According to USDA records 7,100 horses were imported from Canada for slaughter in the U.S. in 2005. In 2006 the horse slaughterhouses imported a similar number of horses. How can there be an "unwanted horse problem" if the slaughterhouses have to import them?? The facts show that horse slaughter industry exists in the U.S. for one reason, to make a large profit satisfying Europe's voracious appetite for American horsemeat. It has nothing to do with saving "unwanted horses" from neglect, and everything to do with supply and demand. For more information, I urge people to read the VEW White Paper on this matter (http://www.vetsforequinewelfare.org/white_paper.php). It is based on fact, not pro-slaughter hype.

What's the difference between horses and cattle some of you have asked? Well, where to begin . . . Horses are flight animals and react to fearful situations by attempting to flee. If they are trapped and cannot flee they do not simply stand still and remain calm. If you're a horse person you know exactly what I am talking about. Their head goes up, they prance around, perhaps rear if they can. Physically speaking, I should not have to explain that cattle are shorter, stockier, sturdier animals - whereas the horse is tall, with a long neck and smaller head. Still with me? Now, take the slaughter process that was DESIGNED FOR COWS and apply it to a horse. What do you imaging might be the difference between the short, sturdy, and more docile cow with a larger head and the tall, smaller headed, nervous and moving horse?? Anyone? 10 points to the first one who guessed that it's more difficult to hit the horse in the proper place in the head with the captive bolt. So, if they're not hit in the proper place they need to be hit again. The point I'm getting at for those who may not be following is that the slaughter process that is used for cattle is not appropriate for the horse. It is difficult to properly stun the horse so that they are indeed unconscious when their bodies are dismembered. So, while you may think that all us activists just don't want to see all the "cute little ponies" harmed, there's a little more to it than that. Regarding the accusation that activists are telling people what they can eat. We are not. We are simply saying that Americans regard our horses as pets. We do not eat them. If you do, that's fine - but you can't have ours. If a dog and cat slaughter industry suddenly popped up in the US, slaughtering our pets in a manner that was inhumane, would you say "well who are we to tell Koreans that they can't kill our dogs?" With regard to Cheryl Moore and her equating "activists" with "terrorists", a brief history lesson is in order regarding exactly how this great nation came to be. (psst . . . Hey Cheryl, It was activists). Lastly, I like to think Americans have a certain standard of loyalty and decency. There was a time when horses served as our only mode of transportationl they've pulled plows for farmers, they've carried soliers into battle and still carry law enforcement officers; they've been faithful servants and companions. Our nation was literally built on their backs. Do I think they deserve some measure of decency when their end comes? Yes, I do.

Sorry, one more point I wanted to address. Economics. First, as already pointed out, most of the money that goes into the Belgian owned slaughter industry does not go into US economy - it goes to Belgium's economy. Yes, a stock yard owner, a horse hauler, and the guy who made $150 off the mea buyer at auction DO benefit economically. I'd hardly call that the foundation of the American economy. On the other hand, live horses pump a hefty amount of money into OUR economy. I buy hay for my horses and I'm not an economist but I think that helps American farmers. My grain too. Pretty sure that was harvested, packaged and sold in the good old US of A. Not to mention my saddle, my vet bills, my deworming products, the American farrier that I employ, supplements, grooming products, trainers . . . yikes. Big toll on my bank account, but big boost to US workers, farmers, and the US economy in general. Ms. Moore, please don't insult our intelligence by suggesting that the horse slaughter industry does more for our economy than those horses would if they were placed in the care of responsible horses owners, or euthanized if need be.

I find it quite ironic that Mrs. Moore resents a German lady coming to this country to document the horrors of horse slaughter but seems to have no objections to the Belgians coming here, creating an "industry" that not only has little benefit to the American economy and then challenges our Constitution in an effort to continue their dirty business. They encourage not only irresponsibility on the part of the owners but lawlessness on the part of those who participate in this business.An estimated 30,000 horses are stolen every year; what percentage of them go to slaughter is unknown but most of them are never seen again, unless their hide turns up hanging in some slaughter house. Transporters violate USDA regulations, the plants themselves pollute an already endangered environment and for what? So that foreigners can get rich. And, typical of pro-slaughter, she attempts to convince the uneducated that the horses that are being butchered are old, lame and skinny. The kill buyers want the cream of the crop, Mrs. Moore, and you know that. USDA statistics document that greater than 92% of the horses sent to slaughter are healthy, of good weight and sound. When is pro-slaughter going to find a new song to sing? This is getting old already. More than 80% of Americans want a ban on horse slaughter and it has nothing to do with where we live, what we eat or what causes we support. It will end because it is WRONG, plain and simple.

The New York Times has more on the story in today's paper: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/us/11horse.html

I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with Paula Bacon and Julie Carramonte.Both are wonderful women filled with compassion and love for all equines.Paula was instrumental in shutting down, DALLAS CROWN, in Kaufman,TX.Julie was fabulous in videotaping the horrific butchering of our American Horses.The German woman sounds lovely and is doing a fantastic job saving the Mexican bound equines.As for the owner of the most notorious dispicable horse auction in TEXAS. The Stephensville auction, i think she is a lunatic with a cold nasty personality that would eat her own dog if she could.The owner did call that nice german women a terrorist, she is adamantly lying as most pro-slaughter killers do.I do beleive this is still a free country . allowing thousands of illegal mexicans in daily. Why cant a German be allowed to live here in the USA?Horses are companion animals not commodity for profit objects that are subjected to an ugly demise in an equine butchershop.Knowone has the right to take an innocent equines life.I beleive the Stephensville auction uneducated owners, Killer buyers horse mafia,LOL.should all be sent to Juarez and hung by a leg upside down. I wonder how they would feel having the mexicans stabbing them in their spinal column a million times.??? I most certainly guarentee you if they were subjected to the same torture as an equine they would never sell or let an innocent horse be killed.Shut the auction houses down now, get the auction owner some psychological help and meds, arrest the horse murderers and the wannabee killer buyer horse mafia.LMAO.Lets get this country back to being some what sane,loving, caring and compassionate.Lets insist equine owners take mandatory classes to learn about proper horsekeeping. Stop the backyard breeding.Just say NO to Slaughter.Until All Equines are Safe from slaughter,harm, neglect and abuse.Shame on Stephensville auction.

MARILYN WILSON , YOU ARE RIGHT ON THE MONEY.I ADORE YOUR POST. YES TIS ME, KATHLEEN, KEEVA'S AUNTIE WHOM SAVED KEEVA'S PREGNANT THOROUGHBRED MOTHER FROM A LOCAL KILLER BUYER.IF IT WERE NOT FOR 501C3 EQUINE RESCUE GROUPS LIKE MINE, WE NEVER WOULD HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER KEEVA HERE AT OUR RESCUE FARM, SAFE,HEALTHY AND SOUND.BEING A VERY HIGHLY EDUCATED NORTHEASTERNER WITH SEVERAL DEGREES, THAT HAS SAVED 4518 EQUINES FROM THE IMMORAL BUTCHERSHOPS AND HELLHOLE, SHITHOLES LIKE THE STEPHENSVILLE AUCTION DUMP.WE DID NOT EVEN HAVE TO USE A DUMB ASS TEXAS A&M AGGIE KNOW NOTHING DVM.LUCKILY WE HAVE A DVM THAT HAS AN EASTERN PREVET EDUCATION THAT OBVIOUSLY SURPASSES THE PRO-SLAUGHTER BONNIE BEAVER IDIOTIC MORONS. WHAT A JOKE. SOME OF THE AGGIE VETS DID NOT EVEN KNOW HOW TO PERFORM A PROPER RECTAL EXAM.LMAO.AND , OMG, WATCHING THEM TRYING TO INTUBATE AN EQUINE IS DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS.WE SHALL PREVAIL. WE SHALL PASS HR503 AND S311 THIS COMING NEW YEAR 2008.i WONDER WHAT ALL OF YOU MORONIC HORSEKILLERS ARE GOING TO DO FOR WORK???MAYBE YOU CAN GET A JOB IN MEXICO BREEDING IMBECILS LIKE YOURSELVES.''''JUST SAY NO TO EQUINE SLAUGHTER''''''FROM A TERRORISTIC ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND EQUINE RESCUER.ALSO PROUD TO BE A VEGAN, IRISH AND A NORTHERNER.

I'm sure am glad they shut down those kill plants in Texas, because we ALL know that now that all the horses that are going to kill plants in Mexico, are probably being treated with more respect by those hard working Mexicans who get paid five dollars a day than they were here in Texas were they were probably abused by these horrible Americans. Those horses activist are a joke, and everyone involved in shutting down the Texas kill plants are naive

The legislation banning horse slaughter in the U.S. also bans the export of horses to any foreign country for slaughter. It is not only "naive" but also irresponsible for commenters to oppose legislation which they apparently have not even read. The majority of Americans, in every poll taken, want a law banning horse slaughter and the export of our horses to slaughter. If you are a member of that majority, call your Senators and urge them to vote for Senate Bill 311 and your Representative to vote for the indentical bill in the House, HR 503. It only takes a minute and will truly make a difference. Thank you for protecting our American horses.

Megan, I read your article about the horses being slaughtered. What these animal rights people don't understand is that 90% of the horses going to slaughter are horses that these city slickers have ruined and the animals become unmanageable because of bad habits. The older horses and unmanageable horses end up at the sale. The crippled and sick animals also end up there. I guess the animal rights people don't have a problem if you call a vet to put them down. People in Europe have been consuming horse meat since world war one & two. This practice will continue as long as there is a market. I guess chickens,goats,cattle, sheep and hogs don't have the same right to life. These same idiots are the same reason we're not drilling in Alaska, and look where the gas price is!!! If any of these people ever worked a ranch they would know this practice is just a part of life.