elle Animal slaughter
Horses
Congress opened up funding to the united states inspectors which ends up a window for horses to be killed. Every year also approximately 150,000 horses are being slaughtered every year. 24 horses are put in a horse transporter at a time to be taken to a slaughterhouse. In texas and illinois facility killed and proceed 90,000 for human consumption. In conclusion many of horse are suffering and dieing for consumption. Horse meat sales have declined over time but has become popular in some places such as France ,belgium ,italy and japan .
Pigs
Pig slaughter is an activity necessary to obtain pig meat (pork). Pigs are slaughtered at different ages.Generally divide piglets, witch are usely 1.5- 3 months old they are
As an immediate effect of the closure of American harvesting facilities, people began to ship horses to Mexico and Canada. In these countries, there are no laws governing the humane killing of animals. In these countries, horses have very little chance of dying painlessly. According to a report to Congress by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) the number of horses exported from the United States and then slaughtered increased from 33,000 in 2006 prior to the ban, to 138,000 in 2010, three years after the ban. (GAO, 12) In addition to the heartless killing tactics they now face, horses intended for slaughter now face extended transportation distances, which can prove hazardous. The ban of horse slaughter in the United States did not help these animals.
What are currently the poor conditions for animals in the American slaughterhouses, what are the causes of these conditions, and what are the best methods for preventing slaughterhouse cruelty?
Today in the US, people do not consume horse meat on a whole sale basis. But because many other counties do, the exporting of horse meat is a huge industry. When the ban was in place, US horses were being transported to Canada and Mexico to be slaughtered instead. From 2006 to 2010 the increase in horses being exported to Canada and Mexico was 148 and 660 percent. They are loaded up on trailers and shipped across the boarders, often times going days without food or water until they reach their destination. The regulations, or lack thereof, are different than in the US. (Shesgreen)
USDA studies show that 92% of American horses killed in American Slaughter Plants were in perfect health. Owners will sell their horses by the pound; they would prefer an overweight horse over a skinny horse any day. “Wild for Life’s” study shows that a great amount of registered Thoroughbred foals born are slaughtered for foal crop. Horses that are sent to slaughtering houses are often rejected from the breeding farms they were sent to. A horse that is rejected is often not the right color, body type, breed or gender. The meat buyers will try and stuff as many horses
There are millions of horses in the United States; many of the horses are virtually worthless due to poor training/treatment, bad attitudes, poor confirmation, lameness, sickness, and also simply being old. Slaughter companies provide an affordable way for horse owners to dispose of their unwanted animals. "'What do you do with the animal when it is diseased, or old, or lame?" said Geert DeWulf, general manager of Dallas Crown... `We provide an outlet'" (Scripps Howard News Service, 3/8/01).
Horses have never been raised for human consumption in the United States. However, for decades now, horses have been bought, stolen, or acquired under false pretenses and then sent to the slaughter house all throughout the world- including here on US soil. According to the Humane Society of America, over 100,000 horses are sent to slaughter each year. Horse meat sales rapidly declined for many years, but it has become popular again in overseas countries like France, Belgium, Italy, and Japan. Naturally, as the demand for the horse meat increased, so did the demand for horses to be slaughtered. Horse meat is considered a “clean meat” and a tasty alternative to beef and other traditional meats because of the multiple contamination scares. Those who consume horse flesh (typically in Europe and Asia) are willing to pay extremely high prices for horse meat. Butchers and
Horse slaughter is not humane euthanasia, while, euthanasia is defined as a gentle, painless death provided in order to prevent suffering, slaughter is a brutal and terrifying end for horses (“Horse Slaughter is not Euthanasia”). It is very shocking to hear all the awful things that horses go through in the slaughter process. When the horses are herded through the plant to slaughter, many workers use fiberglass rods to poke and beat their faces, necks, backs and legs as the animals are shoved through the facility into the kill pen (Horse Slaughter “). The USDA recently released photos of horses with broken bones protruding from their bodies, eyeballs hanging by a thread of skin, and open wounds, all taken at former U.S horse slaughter plants. This does not sound like animals that people love and have used as companion pets for many generations ( “The Horse Fund”). Former inspector has stated that horses are only stunned for 30 seconds, long enough to be hung up by a hind leg (“Jeras”) .The horse is still fully conscious at the start of the slaughter process, during which he or she is hung by a hind leg, his or her throat slit and body butchered. Death is the final step, is excruciating (“Horse Slaughter”).How does it sound okay to butcher an animal before it is even killed? Horse slaughter is a threat to human health because horses are given hundreds of drugs during their lives that have not been approved by the FDA for use in animals intended for human consumption (“ASPCA”). Horses are given medications , prescribed by vets that allows them to enter the human food chain, but yet people still consume it (“The Horse Fund”) . The slaughter process is also inherently cruel, as horses are difficult to stun properly and may be repeatedly injured or stabbed during the procedure(“How to Help a Horse”). Each year more than 100,000 American horses - working, racing and companion horses and even children’s ponies - are
First of all, horse meat is not always safe for human consumption. This is because many horses sent to slaughterhouses were previously given certain drugs that are harmful to humans. One drug in particular called phenylbutazone or PBZ, an anti-inflammatory drug, was proven by Food and Drug Toxicology to be in many American race horses who in end are sent to slaughterhouses once they finish their careers. When ingested by a human, PBZ causes bone marrow toxicity. Although the US Food and Drug Administration banned the use of drugs such as PBZ on horses destined to be slaughtered, there is inadequate testing to ensure that these horses aren't processed into food. These administrations also have no way to track these horses medical
“Perhaps a less brutal and less violent society will one day exist that will understand that life and earth are more important than products of death and cruelty” (Bond). Their four hooves led us to where we are today. They are every little girl's dream at night. They are a cowboy’s closest friend, always there with a shoulder to lean on. If you ask any horse crazy girl or boy you will be told that a horse is the most amazing creature you will ever meet. In return over 100,000 of these beautiful horses are sent to slaughterhouses yearly in the United States alone (“The Facts About Horse Slaughter”). Though euthanasia is not always financially feasible. Horse slaughter
Horses end up at slaughter through a number of ways. The most common being that horse owners bring their horses to livestock auctions when they can no longer afford them, expecting them to find a good home. However, that is not always the case, what sellers fail to realize is there are middlemen for foreign-owned slaughterhouses, known as “kill buyers”, who frequent these auctions looking for horses. Often kill buyers can be see communicating with the auctioneer in the auction ring. They often outbid genuine horse owners and rescues, robbing the horses of the opportunity for a second chance at life. Sometimes kill buyers respond to “Free horse to good home” advertisements. These advertisements are usually from families who love their horses but can no longer afford them so they give them away. They sign a paper thinking that their horse is going to a good home but in actuality they are signing the horse’s death warrant. Along with kill buyers there are people known as rustlers who steal horses straight from barns and dump them at the nearest auction for a quick buck. Even more alarming, wild horses,
There is a stereotypical image of horses found in a slaughter hold: they are either skinny, sick, or old. So why should the U.S. prevent the practice? According to the USDA, most of the horses found in a slaughterhouse are in perfect health and are formally owned by people as pets. Many owner’s explanations as to why they decided to send their horse or horses to slaughter is simply because they cannot afford to take care of them anymore, they no longer have a use (lameness) and convenience. Although horses often can be pricey to own, there are other options to getting rid of them as opposed to shipping them off to a slaughter plant. For example, selling them to another person who will give them a home, or even donating them to a horse rescue
The industry is continuing to seek its reestablishment while lawsuits from animal welfare activists attempt to hinder their attempts. However although horses are not slaughtered or eaten in the United States, more than 100,000 companion, working and even wild horses are shipped to Mexican and Canadian slaughterhouses for consumption overseas in Europe and Asia each year (Stepping).
Did you know, that 80% of American voters favor a ban on horse slaughter? Yet each year more than 150,000 horses are shipped overseas and slaughtered for human consumption. These slaughterhouses are located in Canada and Mexico, where after being slaughtered and processed, they are then shipped to countries such as Europe, Japan, and Asia. In these countries the horse flesh is consumed by humans, the hair, hide, hooves, and any other part deemed usable are made into boots, jackets, cosmetics, jello, and paint brushes. There are still some horse slaughterhouses operating in the U.S as in 2011 under President Obama the ban on American horse slaughter expired. Missouri, New Mexico, and Iowa are just a few of the places in the U.S where horse slaughterhouses
It would be fair to say that there are some clear legal differences between the foundation or early period and the post civil war period of America, although the constitution perhaps shouldn’t be completely separated between those two time tables as many contend. The case known as the Slaughterhouse Cases plays into my argument that the amendments started a slow change and that it took the courts multiple chances to interpret them correctly and fairly. Being the first interpretation of the newly enacted 14th amendment the court was challenged with a pivotal case that would help shape early civil rights law. The court concluded that the 14th amendment's Privileges and Immunities Clause only affected the rights of U.S citizenship not state citizenship.
Laws that are in place to protect animals from cruelty is never enforced by hen farmers. According to Harper's “Humane Methods of Slaughter Act is somewhat of a mystery”. Hen farms, like Knecht and Karcher, consist of 147,000 hens all placed in a confined barn. The hens get food from chain belts that move along a guided path. A dim purple light is used to keep the hens in a dark barn while they would loath around a floor filled with sawdust. However, it is not only laws placed for animals that have been evaded. There are many laws in place for farms that consist of audits and random surveys that have been evaded. Farmers supply the board with U.E.P. members and pay off auditors. How can we possible fix such a corrupt system if we cannot even