Surprisingly PETA leaders have issued statements supporting the re-opening of the facilities. They claim they couldnt have anticipated the grave consequences that closing the facilities would have on horses, even though everyone who actually had a brain tried to warn them. But they say in light of facts, they think it is better for horses to be killed humanely in regulated U.S. facilities rather than die the slow agonizing deaths of neglect, starvation and disease or risk them suffering the brutal deaths of unregulated Mexican facilities.
Facts: Before the close of the U.S. facilities they killed on average about 200,000 head annually...In the years since closing about 180,000 head cross Mexican and Canadian borders for slaughter, so they really didnt curve the trend....in the 5 yrs since the ban documented/investigated cases of neglect, starvation, abuse have more than tripled...with the economy its not so much an issue of unwanted horses, but a rising number of people who can no longer afford to care for their horses...thus horses have been turned out to fend for themselves increasing the wild horse populations and the number of wild horses in holding facilities...many owners who no longer have the resources to care for horses are not willing to send them to sales because they love their horses and are unwilling to risk them going to Mexico.
Its funny that about 90% of those speaking out against horse slaughter are urbanites who would be incapable of even keeping a gerbil or goldfish allive much less have any clue about how to care for a horse. Also some of those who know absolutely nothing about caring for a horse have tried to open rescues which are overcrowded and horses dont receive adequate care and they get government grants for them, yet those honest horseman that truly love their horses and hit hard times are not able to get government grants to provide proper care for their horses. My solution is this, if any of you know anyone who is against horse slaughter and feels that all horses can be saved, please collect those peoples names and addresses, we will start collecting the starving or neglected horses, and those from people who simply cant afford to care for them anymore, and those on kill trucks headed to Mexico and Canada, and those in holding and so called rescue facilities that arent receiving adequate care. We will collect all of these horses and start delivering them to those people who think they no better and sign a contract that they must provide adequate care to the standards of the AVMA and AAEP on their OWN DIME. I know I could easily place a couple hundred horses a day if not more probably. Let these people provide adequate care on their own dime and face prosecution if they fail to, just like they think everyone else should. Let them do that for a while and see how long it takes them to be in favor of horse slaughter.
