Willie Nelson

Dear Mr. Nelson,
What a wonderful letter.
I cannot believe what is still happening to our nation’s horses. How the AQHA, the AVMA and all other pro-slaughter organizations can endorse this hideous cruelty is beyond my comprehension. They call slaughter “humane.” There is something seriously wrong here.
What can we do to get the Senate to act? I thought we elected these people to represent our needs and wants but obviously I was wrong. They may show up a couple of days a week, collect their vastly too-high paychecks and then forget about their constituents. I live in Iowa and no matter how many calls, letters or emails I send, not one of my Congressional representatives has come out and sponsored, much less voted for the anti-slaughter legislation.
I think all the anti-slaughter people in this country need to band together and march to the Capital and demand that this legislation be voted on and PASSED! With influence from folks such as Willie Nelson, they can’t ignore us forever. Please, lets do whatever it takes to save our horses!!!
Thank you.

Willie, you ‘n’ I both owe a debt of gratitude to Habitat for Horses founder Jerry Finch, don’t we? You saved some beautiful horses from slaughter by adopting them from Habitat, and I first learned about horse slaughter — to my great horror and dismay — from Jerry a few years ago. No one will be happier to see horse slaughter banned than Jerry. Except the horses themselves, of course!

The AVMA, AAEP and AQHA would have us believe the horses used to look forward to being murdered in U.S. plants before they closed down, as if they would have been automatically sentenced to starvation or doomed to endure the torturous Mexican brand of slaughter if the Belgian- and French-owned meat companies hadn’t stepped in to mercifully help out.

We who don’t have dollar signs in our eyes or grease on our palms know better. We know that in every respect — ethically and economically and emotionally — horses and humans will thrive once the federal bill prohibits equines from being commercially butchered both in this country and across our borders.

Thanks for your support, Willie. We’re not going to quit until horse slaughter is not an option for any equine born or brought up on American soil.

We’re behind you Willie. Thank you for speaking out for our horses. I have 20 horses (10 rescued) who I love and will take care of the rest of their lives - not just while it’s “convenient” for me.

Willie, we truly love you and all the great things that you are doing to help us end equine slaughter.Our rescue group, Ipswich Equine Rescue( Massachusetts), has saved and placed well over 4000 equine companions since the 80’s.We started a second rescue farm here in Magnolia, Texas to abolish the brutal butchering of our American horses previously in this state.We really need your assistance to finalize the much needed HR.503 and S.311 equine protective laws to keep all of our blessed equine friends safe.God love you and yours for your wonderful songs and deep admiration and respect for our American horses. Until All American horses are safe. The Horses Thank you from the bottom of their hearts. Bless You. willie. Horses are ” Angels flying to close to the ground” Kathleen, Ed and the Ipswich Equine Rescue critters.

Thank you all for stopping by and letting us know what you’re doing to help horses. We want you to know how grateful we are for your work to stop this cruel practice. Let’s keep getting the word out.

Thank you for your kind words to Willie. This issue is close to his heart and we all look forward to the day when horses are protected from a brutal slaughter.

Great initiative. Anyone out there perhaps also worried about cow slaughter?

Thank you for your help in trying to stop the murder of our horses. My story is long, so I will try to shorten it the best I can. My husband and I are farmer ranchers in Oklahoma. Because of the drought for several years in our part of the state, a serious accident my husband had 2 1/2 years ago our financial situation is bleak. Our banker would not renew our loans if we didn’t sell some horses. We raise a few colts every year, usually train them and sell to working cowboys. Never have I sold a horse for slaughter.
Since I was forced to sell and not given any time to advertise I took 4 bred mares to a sale in Amarillo, Tx, Jan.6, 2008. I found out after the sale that my mares were
bought by killer buyers. I feel like my heart has been ripped out. I have been on the phone to several people that
help rescue horses. I want my mares back, of course I know I will have to pay more than what I sold them for but I don’t care. I have talked to one of the buyers, he assured me that my mare did not go to slaughter, I just can not beleive that, he will not give me the name of the person he sold her too. I had someone contact one of the other buyers.
He finally answered his phone and of course got the same
story, no they did not go to slaughter. The other buyer I cannot locate. I have contacted my congressman to cosponsor
the horse slaughter bill and get it passed. We need to stop
this brutal killing of our horses. Where would we be if were not for the horse. They help found this country, plowed our fields so we could have food, they were are means
of transportation, helped pioneers move west to homestead, carried the mail and the list goes on. How can we the United States of America let these precious animals be slaughtered! It must be stopped. Please keep fighting for the horses.
Thank You
Karen Appleton
OK

Hi! I am Allison and I am in 7th grade. I am doing a paper on why horse slaughter is wrong. I agree with you 100%. This evil called horse slaughter must be stopped!! It would be so totally and completely awsome if I could have a quote or something from you for my project!

Thanks!
Allison Barkley

a few years ago our family sort of rescued thirty six foals that were on the way to a slaughter house. we didn’t rescue their moms or dads. we were told that the foals would have gone to fox farms for fox feed. There were only a couple of crippled horses in the almost two hundred we watched being loaded onto slaughter trucks. It was the first time we ever knew that horses were shipped to slaughter houses for foreign tables.
Currently the local auction barn that is selling slaughter horses is requiring a vet check before the horse can even be sold for slaughter to guarantee it is a young healthy horse. When you have an old crippled horse, it would be kinder to have the vet put the animal down. It is beyond unkind and disloyal to ask an old friend to get onto a crowded slaughter truck. If you have ever watched it you know what I am saying. It is never cheap or easy to have a horse put down, but sometimes the doing right thing isn’t easy.

I was really interested about this subject after seeing Willie Nelson on Ellen and how he spoke of the horse slaughtering. I have a horse and I can’t imagine this being done to these animals. Why would anyone want to do this? I think Willie Nelson is a great man for what he is doing.

Hey there, just caught a peice of the show, never watched before until i saw willy, anyways, i don’t know much on the horse issue, but i also heard him say some about dog fighting, being raised up in the part of oklahoma i’m in, i’ve seen alot of it going on around, but i’d be willing to help out on any or either of the causes, wouldn’t have money to support with but could physically healthy to do whatever, love to put a stop on that., thanks alot…MD

im taylor and im in 7th grade.i love that you are standing up for these horses.its not right that they have to be killed when they have their whole life in front of them.i think that every horse needs someone to love them..but if people slaughter them then the horses wont have that chance.i have 3 horses and i love them dearly and if that every happend to them…i dont know what ill do.i am with you 100% i hope that they stop this cruel slaughtering thing they have goin its just not right!

Is there anyone here brave enough to acknowledge that there is a reasonable argument for slaughtering horses? I don’t like the idea of slaughtering horses any more than you but there are some serious problems; backyard breeders, unadoptable mustangs, PMU, and countless others. We can’t ignore the problems and take away the only solution that has been offered. Since the slaughter plants closed horses are starving to death and being abandoned or simply turned loose b/c people who can’t afford to keep them have no way of getting rid of them. Hay and feed has gone up b/c of fuel prices and horse rescues are maxed out. I’ve been to auctions where people can’t give horses away, there’s no bottom dollar. I’m reading these messages and every one is emotionally driven. NO ONE LIKES THE IDEA OF SLAUGHTERING HORSES, BELEIVE ME!!! I work in the horse industry and we are trying to find other solutions. My advice to everyone here, Willie especially, start thinking of solutions to the problems we had before the slaughter plants closed and now the many more we face without them. Horses are beautiful, sociable, historical, romantic, athletic, and inspiring creatures. They deserve better than ALL of this selfish bickering.

Thank you Willie for taking an initiative on this issue. Unfortunately, domestic animals in our nation are silent victims to our ignorance, over-indulgence, and freedoms. I live in ranch country where domestic livestock and horses are well cared for and revered. However, much like other domestic animals, the ignorance of over breeding / lack of spay or neturing leads to the euthanization of these unwanted animals. 4 to 6 MILLION domestic animals are killed each year… Why? To make money on: horse racing, horse shows, puppy mills, back yard breeders, etc. We have the freedom to do this in our country but it is at the expense of these innocent, unconditional, and loving living beings that are wasted on our ignorance, over-indulgence and lack of involvement. I support solutions and actively pursue the hope to SPAY AND NEUTER our domestic animal population - one at a time!

Thank you, my horses have always been my best friends.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR THOSE BEAUTIFUL HORSES! THEY HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN US AND WERE BORN FREE AND MEANT TO WANDER THE LAND. PLEASE DON’T WASTE SUCH BEAUTIFUL CREATURES. LET SOMETHING IN AMERICA BE FREE LIKE THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MEANT TO BE. THANK GOD FOR PUTTING THEM HERE AND I PRAY GOD WILL HELP YOU KEEP THEM HERE.

Heyy willie im behing you all the wayy, i adore animals
!!!!! and i would love to have horses and i think that eating them is just unbelievable and i dont know how ppl could.
Thank you so much!!!
ily ily

HOPE WE HAVE GOOD NEWS AFTER OUR VISIT TO WASHINGTON TO SPEAK_UP ABOUT BANNING OUR HORSES FROM BEING TAKEN TO SLAUGHTER ACROSS CANADIAN AND MEXICO BOARDERS!!!PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR GROUPS TO CONVINCE ALL THOSE FOLKS THERE TO BE ON OUR SIDE ON THIS!! THANKS MR.NELSON

Dear willie nelson

first off i want to thank you sooo much for stoping or at least trying to stop horse slaughter.horses are to me one of the most majestic beautiful oh what am i saying there is just no way to describe how butiful these animals are.horses have always and always will be my favourite animal an just thinking about what there put through fills me up with saddness and rage.when i grow up i plan on having a rescue center for the horses i save from slaughter.if yuo read your messages than you will see my email manthy1096@hotmail.com please message me becuase i would love to help you put an end to horse slaughter once and for all

sincerly Samantha DesRoches.

Willie, keep of the superb work. I saw Ellen today and, WOW! I like horses and all, really I love all animals. I think killing anything is wrong. What right do we have to take a LIFE. Cows, for example, we could learn so much from our bovine friends. They are peaceful and content creatures but millions are slaughtered every year so that we can stuff our fat faces at fast food restaurants. “How would you like your steak prepared?” How about fat, happy and ALIVE! I see bear rugs, deer heads, stuffed cougars and I am repulsed at our barbaric culture. We are such a self absorbed society we are killing our own unborn babies! The murder must stop! Besides, if we stopped killing all animals for human consumption so many health issues would be solved. I’m with you all the way; you do plan on going all the way, right?

Look, I saw Willie on Ellen today and I came on here hoping I could find out what exactly Willie is doing for horses. You’re not doing much, man. End slaughter and promote adoption. It’s great in theory. There’s just too many horses. It costs too much money, requires too much space and there aren’t enough people who are able to adopt them. There wasn’t enough before and there surely isn’t now. Our gov’t spends 6 billion dollars a year on UNADOPTABLE mustangs alone. I encourage you all to think logically and not emotionally. Which, it appears, may be something we are falling away from in every aspect of politics.

I wish I could have seen the show today. I have known you are an ally in the anti-slaughter movement, thank you for taking the time on the show to make the public aware of this dirty little secret. Our rescue Pure Thoughts saved a record 82 horses from a slaughter auction in November, and just received their first load of nursemare foals, another dirty little secret in America. Last year they saved 60 foals, this year the goal is 100!! Go to the website and see the babies, they remind you what it’s all about, the innocence and beauty. There are not a lot of pictures of the babies yet because they just got there about an hour ago, but there are links to the auction rescue. Anyone interested in helping should go to the sight also, they are the best of the best in my opinion. Remember- saving the life of one horse will not change the world, but it will change that horse’s world forever.

I agree with Robert 100%!!!!!!! I have owned horses all of my life. They are my children, but I had to take one to a slaughter house “myself” and it was not inhumane. She had developed a brain tumor and was very dangerous to anyone around. To euthanize would have been very expensive. To top that off you have to make arrangements for burial. You can’t just give a huge horse a little injection to euthanize, then take it out to the cemetary or back yard for burial. Get real people!!!!! What are you going to be asking for next, to stop slaughter of cows, pigs, sheep, etc? Willie should be spending more of his valuable time on pushing his bio-diesel so the price of fuel can come back down so people will be able to afford to buy more feed so they can keep their horses. Just like Willie said today, even though they have succeeded in closing down the slaughter plants the slaughter still continues in the same numbers, just a different avenue. Willie, step back and take another look at other solutions. “Even you said yours did not work.”

Thank you so much from the horses ! We must be their voice.
I hope you can join Americans Against Horse Slaughter in Washington DC March 4 and 5th.
Remember the Bald Eagle and the American Horse

Dear Willie——-saw you today on Ellen and was impressed that you speak for the horses, who cannot. A national tragedy is still not over for them, until the laws are passed preventing their passage over the borders. The pro-slaughter folks will continue with their skewed opinions, not facts. Thank you for your voice! Sandra

Dear Willy, I was so excited to see you on Ellen today and even more so when you spoke on behalf of saving the horses from slaughter. I wrote to Ellen a few months ago hoping to see you on her show. I am 61 yrs and have started a horse rescue concentrating on race horses. We are currently leasing a few acres and I finance the farms work by renting out a few stalls. We have been bringing in and retraining a few horses on our own dime for about two and a half years now but as my lease is about up I have started a non profit, found the property we need, designed our sixty stall barn, have started sending out our letter of inquiry to private funders, and at this time are working with a local drug and alcohol abuse center as a place for there men in recovery to volunteer their time. When our land is bought and our buildings are up we instead will be taking children recognised as bullies in the central Ohio systems and with the help of the horses that are waiting to be placed in new homes will teach compassion . A grass roots program to “take the bully out of as many bullies” as we can possibly reach. Funding is hard to acquire but I would incourage anyone that has the passion to start a rescue. As I said I am 61 years old have raised five children have 16 grand children, and 7 great grand children, I have raised my children on my own, helped raise my grand children, drove truck coast to coast, owned my own bussiness, worked on the docks, had coffee with Waylon and Charlie One Horse in Tenn., Slept beside the Red Headed Stranger (Bus) in Oklahoma, managed two breeding farms in Ohio and have 54 years in loving and taking care of horses. If I can do this any one can. 3 years ago while standing at an auction(Sugarcreek) My husband and grand daughter had to pull me away from the pen where the horses were being run through to be bought by the meat dealers. I have never heard and seen such pain, fear and confusion in so many at one time. It will be with me for the rest of my life…Carolyn Raike, Heavens legend Farms 6755 Lake Dr Rd, Newark, Ohio 43056

Thank you Willie Nelson for bringing this issue to our attention. I just sent a note to my legislators and made a donation to become a friend of AWI. I hope that enough people are also moved to make a change. I am encouraged by reading the positive responses, and still disgusted when I read replies from folks like Bob who just don’t get it.

Thank you Ellen for using your celebrity to help support animals.

If a horse does have to be put down, why do we have to use the methods that the slaughter house uses? see the video! Of course the reason has to do with contamination of the meat, but putting them down where you don’t have to use a bolt pistol in the head 4 times would be more humane. Can you even imagine what the poor horse was going through after the first shot and then the second shot and then the third shot with then the final fourth shot? Obviously the operator was a poor aim and the poor horse suffered. The operator didn’t care and probably made even worse mistakes that we’ll never know about.
Can you imagine putting your dog down that way? It probably is illegal and animal cruelty. Wonder what Mark Levine would say about using a bolt pistol to put his dog down… MerkLevineShow.com Think I’ll talk to him about the gassly methods used to slaughter horses that can think much more than a hog or a steer.

Thank you Willie for caring the way you do, and thank you for bringing this to light on Ellen’s show. Kudos to Ellen - she is supreme person! I will support this cause and wish I could still have horses. I raised and bred two Arabians for 25 years and lost them to a fire. Of course, they would have been with us for the rest of their natural life if this catastrophe had not happened. They were just like my children and were treated as such. It was my dream since childhood to own a horse and my husband made that dream come true. This has always been so close to my heart and will be forever. Horse lovers know what I am taking about and I am sure you do as well. They are the most beautiful of animals! We WILL get this bill passed.
Thank you again.

Thank You Willie for caring about Horses. They are beutiful creatures as all animals are and how sad our society treats them as they do. Most animals are treated like they are a disposable item. I have had and loved animals all my life, my children and I fostered Cocker Spaniels for a couple yrs. until I attempted to get better conditions, a shelter and more options for homeless animals in our small town in the Adirondacks. With not enough financial support and concerned people in our hometown I didn’t get far. While we live in a small nice community in the beutiful Adirondacks there are many who don’t have an interest in animals and are not willing to help. While I found homes for a handful of dogs I couldn’t do it alone financially.
Recently someone has opened a shelter here for cats but because she received financial backing from someone, she was able to make it giving cats here a safe haven. Kudos to her also for something long overdo in this town.
My fiance and I live on his 40 acres of land that has been in his family through many many yrs. We have six rescued dogs , three goats (2 Does and a 10 month old buck who was in need of a home) and Two beutiful QuarterHorse Mares and a Belgian Ghelding who was also in need of a home.
Unfortunately while we financially can’t help as we are not in that position (wish we were). I would be happy to help any other way I can so please let me know if there’s anything we can do.
I never had the experience to be around horses until I moved here and they are just awesome creatures. Loving and kind.
Thank You again for doing what you do for the Horses.
How Sad, ignorant and cruel humans are!!
Sincerly
Linda G
adirondackcockerkids@yahoo.com

Regarding your consciousness-raising appearance on Ellen’s show regarding horse slaughter, and the material you have posted here at your site:

Wonderful! Thank you so much for getting this great coverage/exposure of this issue out to such a huge public. Bravo indeed.

I am involved with a grass-roots movement to get the federal antislaughter/export bills passed, via http://www.alexbrownracing.com

Asking that you please consider promoting / becoming involved with this upcoming antislaughter lobbying event involving people from that site and many others - the event is Americans Against Horse Slaughter Week - in DC, beginning March 4 & 5. Just around the corner . . .

Here’s a link to an invitation to the Reception the evening of Tuesday March 4th:

http://www.kaufmanzoning.net/horsemeat/AAHSInvitation

and a Press Release (dated Feb. 21) about Americans Against Horse Slaughter Week.

http://forums.delphiforums.com/alexbrown/messages?msg=20134.6

Again, thank you for what you said about the horses on Ellen, as well as what you have been doing all along. Your contribution to the cause is both immense and immeasurable.

Sincerely,

Caroline Jaffe - lifelong horse lover & owner and steadfast Friend/Fan of Barbaro

I recently read an article about all the horses that are being trucked to Canada for slaughter. As a Canadian and horse lover, I would like to know what I can do to help stop this. It sickens and disgusts me to think of the terror these animals are going through. Thanks Willy, but so much more work to be done…

Thank you, Willie.
It’s a shame that every speck of land in this country must be used for someone’s gain, or the ‘unadoptable’ Mustangs would simply be allowed to BE Mustangs, just as the Eagle is allowed to be an Eagle.
It’s ignorant for pro-slaughter folks to cry that those against the practice don’t know squat about horses. Many may not have been around horses…but many own, raise, train, race, show, etc.
Is our neighbor without horses dis-allowed from expressing his or her horror about brutality inflicted upon equines? If that logic holds, no one who doesn’t have children of their own should ever be allowed to speak up on the welfare of children. That’s simply a whack sense of ‘logic’.
The associated propaganda (I’ve yet to see horses roaming the streets here in South Texas) is flat-out sickening. It’s fear-based, not education-based.
The only slipperiness to this downhill slide of humanity (we dare call ourselves civilized?) is the bloodstained cash in the hands of those who think they profit from the grisly mess.
Define profit.

What a wonderful letter! I have so much hope for horses now more than ever. I am so happy Willie that you are helping horses around the globe! Its a cruel world know in days and no one cares any more about our animals so I thank you for the time and all the care you put into this. I hope Ellen speaks out to everyone and I know I will!
Thank you!

Re: Glenda Garroutte’s Comment
WILLIE….GOD BLESS YOU FOR CARING…….AND AS FOR ROBERT, AKA….BOB….IT’S SAD THAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE OUT THERE, THAT IS ONE THING THAT IS WRONG WITH OUR WORLD, UNCARING, COLD HEARTS….I ONLY PRAY SOMEDAY YOU SEE HOW WRONG YOU ARE. WILLIE, WE’RE 100% BEHIND YOU….THANK YOU

Let me make myself clear, I am not for this way of inhumane treatment in any way shape or form. I was only stating the fact that shutting the plants was not the best choice. Willie even stated it did not solve the problem. There are other options. Why didn’t Willie propose that all slaughter houses use the euthanization shots instead of the guns. I am just using reason and looking at the years to come, where others cant see past today.

Hi Robert, People appear to me to take the easy path whenever possible. Most only change when they must. I do feel people are smart though. If we no longer allow the easy way out, people will figure out a new way of dealing. People seem to me to be both smart and lazy so we see much cleverness expended to do something stupid and easy.

History records the advancement of the entire race because of the efforts of a few to do things smarter even if it requires more effort. I have faith in the human race that we are smart enough to find smart ways to deal with other life forms on this planet.

In some ways I feel that the fact that this dialogue takes place achieves as much as any laws. That these considerations now occupy more people’s consciousness will become the long term win.

As people connect and dialogue with each other I notice that everyone wants what is the best solution for all. Robert, you brought up excellent points and it becomes a necessary challenge to address these questions as we work to end horse slaughter.

Both in person and in the media, Willie Nelson gives every indication of following this website including the discussions in the comment areas. You would need to look far afield to find someone who cares as much as Willie Nelson in my opinion.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Horses, like other farm animals, are livestock. They were bred to be used for labor and for food. The view that horse slaughter is wrong is North American viewpoint. Horse meat is widely available in European restaurants and is eaten in many different cultures.

Why doesn’t anybody feel bad for pigs? They are much more intelligent than horse. Horse meat is used to feed zoo animals, such as the large cats and birds of prey.

If the slaughter is done in the most humane way possible, (which it is done in Europe and in Canada) what’s the problem? It’s hypocritical to say horses deserve better than the other animals that are slaughtered. Unless everyone here is a vegan, which I highly doubt.

If you don’t want horses to suffer, reopen the horse slaughter horses so we don’t ship the poor animals thousands of miles to Mexico.

The bottom line is that it’s the breeders’ fault. Raising horses can get quite expensive and requires decades of dedication. Don’t breed them if you don’t intend to take care of them.

I hate that this is going on in Canada(and everywhere else). I drive by a slaughterhouse about once a month and it sickens me. The atmosphere is very dark and gloomy when I drive by that place… I always wonder if there are horses being slaughtered right that second as i drive by. I saw videos on youtube of horses and the horrible conditions they are left in while waiting to be killed..they don’t get any medical care and it’s just very sad. I feel the same way about all animals. After watching that video on youtube of the horses being slaughtered I decided right then and there to never eat meat again. That was almost a year ago and I still have the images burned in my memory.

To Bob. If your horses were like your children then you would never consider slaughtering them no matter how sick they were.. If you can afford to take care of horse then you surely can afford to have it euthanized peacfully..not ship it off to have it cruely disposed of.

We cannot allow such cruelty to animals. By doing so, we are teaching our children that it is ok to do these terrible things to animals. It has been shown that individuals that murder human beings, have tortured animals when they were younger. It is funny that this has not been publisized by any of the animal organizations, ins’t it? Who has put pressure on them to keep quiet? It is not usual for the animal organizations to keep quiet, unless there is something else going on. I appreciate your taking this on trying to rectify such a horrible situation. I am trying to teach my grandchildren that this type of behavior is to be fought against.

Dear Mr. Nelson,
My husband and I have horses and love the life we are able to share with these creatures and what they give to our family in terms of life lessons of commitment and responsibility. We lease a 40 acre horse ranch with good pipe fence, 19 stall barn. It was on the end of a industrial park purchased from the company Terry worked for and I just was moved to ask about it. I just knew we were supposed to be here. We have decided that North Texas does not need another boarding facility and we are taking what little finances we have to obtain a non- profit status and pay a good grant writer to help us secure funds for a horse rescue operation. A real one, not a inadequate facility that just horse trades under the guise of a rescue operation. My dream is to have mandatory education before adoption and home visits. I want to offer the community and families a way to learn how to care for a horse and an opportunity for families to adopt healthy horses that fit thier family. Any direction toward this end would be so appreciated.
God bless you, sir.
Johanna

I have never owned a horse and probably rode a horse maybe 5 times in my life when I was a child. I am now 57 years old and I do love all animals and presently live in South Florida which is not considered horse country. I have owned a bird, many dogs, 2 stray cats, a rabbit and they all have brought me so much joy. I became aware of the horse slaughter situation just recently when the dairy cow problem arose at the Chino California slaughter house. I had no idea that the slaughter process was so horrific. I forced myself to watch the videos because I knew that was the only way to enable me to not put the torture of these poor animals at the back of my mind and go on with my life. One picture in particular that stands out in my mind is one of a little white pony who was looking at its killer with its trusting eyes while waiting to have its head pierced with whatever it is that they use to supposedly kill them. From what I have read and watched, many of the horses and other farm animals are not dead when they go through the next phase of slaugher. This is not acceptable in a civilized society-torture to any living being is sadistic.

There has to be a humane way to prepare an animal for human consumption. I am referring to pigs, chickens, cows, turkeys, etc. This also includes the way they are transported. In my opinion, horse meat is not eaten in this country so horses should not be slaughtered nor shipped to Mexico or Canada to be slaughtered and consumed in foreign countries. Let the countires that eat horse meat figure out how they are going to get what they consider a delicacy from another source other than the U.S.

It’s all about the mighty dollar. That seems to be the American Way. I am going to try to do whatever I can to help with this effort.

Thanks Willie for making a difference. I ahve always been a fan and am a bigger fan now.