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Putting an End to the Cruel Practice of Horse Slaughter
Necessary Evil or Blind Eye?
Putting an End to the Cruel Practice of Horse
Slaughter
By Christopher J. Heyde
To most Americans the horse slaughter industry exists
only in the phrase "to be taken to the glue factory," but this
antiquated phrase is off the mark. Neglected, surplus, or discarded
horses considered burdensome are currently more likely to fall victim to
slaughtering in the United States for human consumption abroad.
AWI has long fought against the cruel and inhumane
conditions within livestock slaughterhouses. Horse slaughter facilities
are no different and may, in fact, be worse. Since horses in the US are
not raised or consumed for their meat, the horse slaughter industry
manages to avoid much of what little oversight exists. Until December 7,
2001 no regulations even existed in the US governing the treatment and
care of horses during transport to slaughter.
Two terrified horses await their fate at a
US slaughterhouse. (Gail Eisnitz/Humane Farming Association.)
Horses end up
in slaughter in a variety of ways, all unlucky. Sometimes they are sent
to slaughter by individuals or groups no longer able or willing to care
for them. Sometimes they are retired or injured race horses, riding
school or show horses, federally protected wild horses, foals born as a
by-product of the Premarin© industry, or stolen horses.
Auction houses provide an easy out for irresponsible
equine owners to discard an animal they no longer want while getting
some cash in return. Those purchased at auctions by individuals known as
"killer buyers" are then shipped on double-deck trailers for
as long as several days without adequate water, food, or rest only to
arrive at the slaughterhouse where workers abuse them right up to the
actual slaughter.
To better understand the cruelty perpetrated by the
horse slaughter industry I went to one of the three remaining US-based,
foreign-owned horse slaughterhouses (two in Texas and one in Illinois)
to witness what takes place. It didn't take long to realize that all of
the horrible stories were going to prove true before my eyes within the
45 minutes I was there.
Located at the rear of the nondescript facility was a
double-deck trailer fully loaded with horses. They filled both rows and
were unable to stand normally, forced to keep their heads low. Despite
the fact that several of the horses I could see had cuts and blood
trailing from their mouths and noses, all looked healthy and fairly
young. Only a few horses at a time were removed from the truck so many
were still on board when I left. When some were moved off the trailer,
workers poked them with long fiberglass rods through holes on the side
of the trailer. The horses, typically very sensitive animals, slid and
fell down the ramp only to be whipped by another worker's rod. All of
the horses at the facility exhibited fear typical of "flight"
behavior in horses, pacing in prance-like movements with their ears
pinned back against their heads and eyes wide open.
Once inside the building more callous workers,
standing high on the railing that lined the stalls, beat the horses on
the nose, forehead, neck, back, or hindquarters to get them to move.
This continued until they entered the kill chute.
Two egregious acts of cruelty took place right in
front of me. Running across the floor of the barn was a grate-covered
drain about three feet deep. A section of the grate was missing in one
of the stalls through which horses were being forced. Because they were
crammed into a space and panicking, each horse fell into the open hole,
unable to get out since the floor was wet and slippery. Workers
continued to beat the horses until they were able to throw their bodies
out of this hole. Due to the overcrowding and panic, a large male got
his leg hooked over one of the upper rails. Again, workers proceeded to
beat him continually until the horse lunged forward gouging his leg open
on the solid metal fence, which forced his leg free of the rail. Federal
law requires the presence of a US Department of Agriculture inspector
during slaughter, but an inspector was nowhere to be found.
I left the facility with a sense of utter disbelief at
the magnitude of the brutal treatment. These horses were not old, sick,
or past recovery. They were adoptable. One can only imagine how many
more horrific incidents take place at this and other slaughterhouses
each day without any oversight.
Many of those aware of this practice simply say the
industry is a "necessary evil," that slaughtering horses is a
responsible way to dispose of those who are either sick, abused, or no
longer wanted. However, these people stand to gain from the industry.
Selling horses to slaughter provides additional money to purchase
another horse or extra cash to those stealing them. These horses are
being slaughtered simply because the option exists, and money can be
gained. There can be no defense of this industry.
John Hettinger, a Thoroughbred owner well known in the
Thoroughbred community, has taken the issue head on. He received several
awards from the Thoroughbred industry for his tireless campaign to
educate owners and push for a ban on slaughter. Mr. Hettinger, in a
letter strongly refuting a statement issued by the "Horse
Industry," rebuffed its claim that the "Horse Industry"
is opposed to a ban on horse slaughter. He said, "I doubt if there
is complete unanimity on this issue, but have NO doubt that if ALL horse
owners were polled the slaughter of horses would be a thing of the
past." Mr. Hettinger further said that, "The only people with
a stake in this game are a handful of people called (throughout the
'Horse Industry') killer buyers and the callous and irresponsible people
who dump their horses at the end of their usefulness."
Retired horse lives at peace on
one of the many horse sanctuaries throughout the US.
Allowing slaughter to continue is simply turning a
blind eye to the larger problem of cruelty, neglect, and complete
irresponsibility. Horses should not be abused whether they are at a
racetrack or on a farm. Anti-cruelty laws exist in every state and
should be enforced when animals are being abused. Simply exchanging one
form of cruelty for another is not the answer.
Mr. Hettinger summed up the need for a total ban when
he noted, "Absent legislation those of us involved in this work are
doing what we can to remedy a shameful situation. With a ban on
slaughter we could concentrate all our efforts on making sure that the
other quality of life problems of horses will receive more and better
attention than they ever have before."
AWI's companion organization, the Society for Animal
Protective Legislation, together with the Doris Day Animal League, is
working with Congresswoman Constance Morella (R-MD), who introduced
legislation called the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, to ban
the domestic and international transport of live horses or horse meat
for human consumption.
At the end of his life he
should be retired, adopted, or humanely euthanized if no better
solution can be found. Anything else makes a mockery of the
words which for centuries have been used to describe our game
... Sport of Kings.
-John
Hettinger, Trustee, New York Racing Association
 
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