How is horse slaughter different from other animal slaughter?
In my opinion (get your thumbs ready, folks) it isn’t different. Domesticated animals are bred, born, and raised for human use. They would never have lived if not for that. People get hung up on horse slaughter because of the romance of the horse. They view them as companion animals, which they may be, but they’re also edible livestock. NO ONE has to put their horse into the slaughter house if it’s a pet! If they choose to, they really don’t consider it that way. For myself, I took on a lifelong committment to each of my horses when I got them. They will not end up in slaughter because I love them and I have made arrangements for them even in the case of my death. Most people feel everyone should feel that way, but I feel if they don’t it’s unfair to make them. Some people feel they can sell a pet and expect to still control what people becomes of them, but that’s unreasonable. I wish no animals had to die in scary slaughterhouses, but nowadays most slaughterhouses in the US are well r
