Community | September 10, 2008 | 22 comments

No Country for Horses |

source: http://www.cbc.ca/national/blog/special_feature/no_country_for_horses/no_country_for_horses....

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Latest News on Horse Slaughter: 'No Country for Horses'

With slaughterhouses closed in the U.S., Canada is now home to a growing horse slaughter industry. Undercover video exposes some disturbing methods.

WARNING: While the producers have tried to be sensitive about the footage used in this feature, please be advised that some people may find some of these images disturbing.

PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE 6 DIFFERENT VIDEOS ON THIS WEBPAGE:
http://www.cbc.ca/national/blog/special_feature/no_country_for_horses/no_country...

PLEASE SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING TO AMERICAS HORSES!

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22 comments // No Country for Horses |

  • jdeharo
  • kodada
  • desertcat
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      desertcat  

    • Horses being slaughter in Canada and Mexico. One candidate for VP approved bill to allow killing of wolves from the air, prefers oil drilling to polar bears, domestic cats being used for fur, vivisection on animals for cosmetics, it doesn't end, stop one cruel act another picks up momentum. Once we learn to respect and stop abusing Mother earth, then we may have respect for all creatures that inhabit her.

    • 3 years ago
  • Virtual_Will_Rogers
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      Virtual_Will_Rogers  
    • desertcat:

      ...I really liked your reply....looks like you are new to Current....welcome...heres a great name that you or a friend might want to use...it fits what is going on now......Helen_A_Handbasket......keep raging...Will......

    • 3 years ago
  • julesrs007
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      julesrs007  

    • To WisconsinNorm -

      Please do not make excuses for having a lack of empathy (not having a companion animal as a child).

      Compassion, sympathy, empathy... are ethical/moral traits developed (yes, usually as a child) when you have a sense of personal FEELINGS and you realize that others (people &/or other animals) can experience the same.

      You are correct to say that you are off track if you did not bother to take the time to watch any of the videos.

      If you are looking to grow as a human being, watch the videos & imagine it was happening to yourself...

      P.S. maybe you should start with a houseplant

    • 3 years ago
  • nufsenuf
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      nufsenuf  

    • What can I do? I am so sick to death of cruelty and wanton violence - it's becoming epidemic - we have to reclaim humanism and stewardship, we must not go here!

    • 3 years ago
  • MeganMcKenzie
  • WisconsinNorm
  • WisconsinNorm
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      WisconsinNorm  

    • A quick poll: Are more children being raised today in the absence of either a dog or cat? I hardly had a friend without either when I was growing up--I have never been without a "pet companion" ever.

      If you don't develop any empathy for animals as a kid, it can't help but carry through into adulthood...

      I just emailed my "favorite high school teacher" to conduct this poll with her students

      Being screwed up starts young

      Sorry, I didn't watch the video, so I might be wandering from the "real issue" a little.

    • 3 years ago
  • Relevations
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    • WisconsinNorm:

      I think if you want to find what is screwing up children....follow them home...kind compassionate people pass their feelings to their children....so do hateful destructive ones....sometimes though... great children come from destructive parents...the whole wanting to be completely opposite thing....but that is the hard way to get there....Love....is always the answer.....Love of all things....Golden Ruler.....Johnnie Hargrave....

    • 3 years ago
  • onechance
  • wholefreespirit
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      wholefreespirit  
    • WisconsinNorm:

      I didn't have pets growing up....was raised a christian and through Christianity learned that humans were the most important species on the planet.

      I grew up, started to have my OWN ideas about life and found myself drawn to the teachings of the Buddha. I am now a vegetarian (i still eat fish but am trying to stop that too), who won't even kill a gnat flying around my head. I think what matters is if you respect life, and have empathy. Nothing chooses to be born into the existence it must comprehend. You must be capable of, or willing to place yourself in the position of another living being.
      No living thing is more important than another, we are all a part of the same existence. Torture is torture.

    • 3 years ago
  • onechance
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    • WisconsinNorm:

      onechance.....wholefreespirit......WisconsinNorm......to find that there are people like yourselves in the world brings me great comfort.....keep fighting the good fight...I do not know what started you on the journey that made you so aware....but I am thankful to it.....and now you are starting others on that same magnificent journey.....thank you.....Johnnie

    • 3 years ago
  • onechance
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      onechance  
    • WisconsinNorm:

      Likewise Johnnie! THANK YOU- And the recognition/like-minded support really is very inspiring. Let us lift each other onward. Great things are happening. You all are part of an amazing awakening.

      ~THANK YOU~

    • 3 years ago
  • wholefreespirit
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      wholefreespirit  
    • WisconsinNorm:

      Awe....I love you guys. Thank you for that. Sometimes it is hard to stay enthusiastic when there are so many out there who are so disconnected. I appreciate the community we just found here. Thanks for the encouragment.
      Namaste.
      : )

    • 3 years ago
  • Relevations
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    • So many horses asses....so few horses.....Golden Ruler......its not complicated.....you do not want it done to you....do not do it to something else.......Johnnie Hargrave.........

    • 3 years ago
  • boyinfidel
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      boyinfidel  

    • I'm a Canadian, and I remember when the CBC covered this story a few months back ... there is an official government investigation looking into the unethical treatment of animals at Natural Valley Farms as well as a bill about to go through Parliament to end all horse slaughter in Canada for good.

      Keep up the petitions! The Canadian government does actually listen to people (crazy concept i know!), so your voice counts!

    • 3 years ago
  • onechance
  • J_Jammer
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      J_Jammer [removed]  

    • Hahaha...we're south of the border. Funny sounding when it's used that way.

      Hell no to having to kill a Horse. I couldn't do it. I think it's disgusting that people have to find a way around doing something that's illegal...stuff like this.

      But what exactly are they to do with the animals?

      I suppose as long as it's done humanely what's the issue? And since it's not (according to this for the most part) why isn't it? Difficult? Then they are in the wrong business.

    • 3 years ago
  • julesrs007
  • julesrs007
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      julesrs007  

    • H.R. 6598, the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act:

      On Wednesday , Sept. 10, the Congressional House Judiciary Committee will vote on H.R. 6598, the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act. This federal bill will stop the slaughter of American horses, a cruel practice that continues in Mexico and Canada. Wednesday’s vote on H.R. 6598 is crucial and means the difference between life and a brutal death for countless horses. The committee desperately needs to hear from you, as many of its members are on the fence and have never considered this issue before. Your comments are critical.

      PLEASE VISIT:
      http://www.farmsanctuary.org/get_involved/alert_horse_slaughter_08.html

    • 3 years ago
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