These little girl want horse slaughtering to stop.There are currently 3 active slaughter plants operating in the USA. 1 in Fort Worth,Texas 1 in Kaufman,Texas 1 in Deklab ,Ill The way horses are killed is horrible and in humane. Here is a story about a wreck of slaughter bound horses that happened today. One of the horses crammed in to the trailor was a mare heavy with foal... Anyone knows you don;t put stallion together.Here's the story::::
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/state/15621982.htm16 horses die in highway crash
Associated Press
SULLIVAN, Mo. - Sixteen of 42 horses en route to an Illinois
slaughterhouse died after a crash early Wednesday on Interstate 44 in
Franklin County.
The truck overturned about 3:30 a.m. between Sullivan and St. Clair
while en route to Cavel International Inc., a horse processing plant in
DeKalb, Ill., authorities said.
The Humane Society, which directed the rescue effort, said 26 of the 42
horses in the trailer were rescued. Seven died at the scene, and nine
were euthanized because of severe injuries. The 26 rescued horses were
treated at the nearby St. Clair Saddle Club.
The Humane Society's Jeane Jae said the Missouri State Highway Patrol
asked the society to care for the horses at its Longmeadow Rescue Ranch
for now. Their ultimate disposition isn't clear. The Humane Society is
seeking custody of the horses.
Patrol Cpl. Al Nothum said he had no other details.
Horses are slaughtered at three foreign-owned plants - two in Texas and
one in Illinois. In all, about 88,000 horses, mules and other equines
were slaughtered last year, according to the Agriculture Department.
In a statement Wednesday, Cavel said even though the horses were bound
for the slaughterhouse, "where they would have been euthanized under the
supervision of federal inspectors and USDA veterinarians," the horses
belong to the horse trader who bought them until they reach the plant.
It said the horse trader, not the processing facility, arranges for the
transportation and chooses the driver.
Cavel said the driver was taken into custody on outstanding warrants,
and that it was disappointed he'd allegedly been in violation of USDA
transportation regulations.
The Franklin County Sheriff's Department said the driver, Richard
Facinelli, posted a $260 bond - equal to a fine owed for an unpaid
traffic ticket in Newton County - and was set free.
"Treating these animals humanely not only happens to be the right thing
to do, but it's in our best business interest to see that the horses are
treated well during their transportation to our facility," Cavel General
Manager Jim Tucker said.
"Stressed horses result in an inferior product, and injured horses must
be turned away," he said.
Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United
States, said in a statement that the crash is "another example of the
miseries that horses endure once they find themselves caught in the
slaughter pipeline.
"While the foreign-owned horse slaughter industry and its supporters
claim butchering American horses is a 'humane' form of euthanasia and
'for their own good,' what they fail to acknowledge is the intense
suffering the horses endure each step of the way to their fate,
including transport.
"This is a barbaric and inhumane industry, and the plants must be
shuttered."
The U.S. House three weeks ago voted to outlaw slaughtering horses for
people to eat. The measure still needs action by the Senate.
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