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A southeastern Idaho lawmaker wants horse slaughterhouses operating again in the United States to deal with the glut of unwanted horses resulting from the faltering economy that has led to cases of neglect and abandonment. Rep. Thomas Loertscher, R-Iona, has drafted a nonbinding request to Congress backing a return of slaughterhouses so there is a market for horses people can no longer afford to feed. … There is no federal law banning the slaughter of horses for food, but opposition to the killing of horses for that purpose shut down that industry in the U.S./Tacoma News-Tribune. More here.
Question: If you oppose the return of horse slaughterhouses to the US, what would you have owners do with horses they no longer can afford to feed?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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Walkabout on March 24 at 2:02 p.m.
If money was that tight at my house my animals would eat before I would. Horse owners that care about their animals would find a way to feed them. Too bad we can’t force them to get a conscience.
JamesBond on March 24 at 3:38 p.m.
The glut of unwanted horses in this country is an issue that has been vexing me for years. Thank God our Idaho Legislature is going to address this important and critical matter. It’s patriotic, and it makes me cry. When’s the next Lincoln Day dinner? I have a special hat I’ve been dying to wear for it, and I have scribbled down some Hillary jokes on my handy pocket Constitution that I carry everywhere.
Stickman on March 24 at 8:22 p.m.
I have to agree with Walkabout. We are all here together.