Being a person with an independant mind, I am constantly pondering and reconsidering my opinions, which means my ideas are always evolving! I believe in constantly re-evaluating my stances in life- heck, I used to be a republican and now I am a liberal! At one point in my life, I would have never thought this possible! My views on the horse slaughter issue have experienced a similar transformation. I used to think that horse slaughter was the answer to our horse overpopulation problem and the general low value of horses. My thought process was that if there was a base price as set by slaughter houses, then horses would be worth at least 5-600 dollars which would make it easier to get rid of unwanted horses and thus prevent alot of the starvation and abuse cases that we see today.
As I have pondered my stance on the issue, my thoughts began to consider the fact that horses are still being slaughtered and consumed by the same market that existed before slaughter plants in the U.S. were shuttered. As with any business, industry will adjust to meet demand which means the existing plants in Canada and Mexico would ramp up their efforts and kill more horses in response demand.
The link to the article by the AVMA confirms my suspicions. The same number of horses are being slaughtered in Canada and Mexico as were slaughtered before the U.S. plants were closed down! This seems like the perfect scenario for the horse meat industry. Pay nothing for the animals to be processed and sell the final product at the same or probably higher price to consumers! Imagine what their profit margin must be!! I think that all of us as horse owners have been duped into believing that the average horse is practically worthless!! Here is the link to the article. http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/aug11/110815a.asp
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