Robert Redford, ex-NM Gov. Richardson fight against domestic horse slaughter

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2. I've owned horses and been around them my entire life

I still have 2 out in my pasture.

Have I ever sold one for meat, no.
BUT don't think your doing them a favor by banning slaughter.

Hay prices are at an all time high, vets are expensive, the market for horses is low, unless we're talking , race, eventing, cutting, etc.

Without slaughter, horses belonging to folks with no/little money will slowly starve to death. Injured horses are not treated due to costs.

This is not doing them any favors. What should be done is tightening up rules and regs on care at slaughter houses and transporting to there.

Horses did not fare well being trucked to Mexico/ Canada for slaughter when we had the ban. Think bringing it back will stop the shipping, I don't think so.

People need to get out to the real world and see what's happening to horses and what their banning slaughter is doing to horses.