Warning Very Graphic Violent Sadistic Animal Cruelty
We are almost afraid to show you this. It is unbelievable that someone could do this to such a
Majestic Animal. But the truth must be told and people seem to be closing their eyes to what is really happening.
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Horse Slaughter vs. Humane Euthanasia
It is the united opinion of VEW professionals that horse slaughter is inhumane, and that it is an unacceptable way to end a horse's life under any circumstance. We believe that it is an unethical and dangerous practice for the AVMA and AAEP to attempt to equate horse slaughter with humane euthanasia.
Below are two sets of videos. The first depicts the use of a captive bolt gun in a horse slaughter facility to kill a horse. The second depicts the humane euthanasia of a horse by trained veterinarians. The second video shows the preferred method of euthanasia promoted by all organizations and taught in veterinary medical schools.
Horse Slaughter Video
Horse Slaughter Clip 1
Horse Slaughter Clip 2
Horse Slaughter Clip 3
Horse Slaughter Clip 4
Horse Slaughter Clip 5
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Horse Slaughter Clip 7
Horse Slaughter Clip 8
Horse Slaughter Clip 9
Horse Slaughter Clip 10
Horse Slaughter Clip 11
* Best viewed using Quicktime
Horse slaughter footage provided by the Humane Farming Association
Humane Euthanasia Video
Humane Euthanasia Clip 1
Humane Euthanasia Clip 2
Humane Euthanasia Clip 3
Humane Euthanasia Clip 4
Humane Euthanasia Clip 5
Humane Euthanasia Clip 6
*Best viewed using RealPlayer
Humane euthanasia footage provided by Judy Marteniuk, DVM, who was a co-producer of the film. Dr. Marteniuk is a faculty member at Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, where she specializes in Equine Medicine in the Department of Large Animal Clinical sciences.
Horse to remain on Japanese plates despite US ban
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1051810
Friday, September 08, 2006 9:50:00 PM
TOKYO: Japan will keep horse meat on its plates, despite US moves to ban the slaughter of horses, as it receives an ample supply from Canada and South America, an official said on Friday. The US House of Representatives voted on Thursday to ban the killing of horses for human consumption. Some 90,000 horses were slaughtered last year with almost all the meat exported to Japan, France or Belgium.
But in Japan, where horse sashimi is a regional delicacy, only 735 of the 8,800 tonnes of horse meat imported last year came from the United States, the agriculture ministry said.
"Japanese imports of horse meat are unaffected by the US vote because first of all Japan does not import that much from the United States," agriculture ministry official Hidetoshi Akinaga said. "Japan's main trade partners for horse meat are Canada, Brazil and Argentina," he said.
The three countries together account for 82 percent of Japan's imports of horse meat, which is seen as a lean alternative to beef and also used in pet food.
Another 7,123 tonnes of horse meat is also produced domestically, which accounts for only 0.2 percent of Japan's output of all meat. The US House of Representatives voted 263-146 to ban the slaughter of horses in an emotionally charged campaign by animal rights activists and horse lovers supported by celebrities such as country music legend Willie Nelson and Hollywood star Clint Eastwood. But the ban needs to be approved by the Senate and US President George W. Bush's administration has opposed the measure.
Wild Horses Shot Dead In Canada
WILD HORSES REPORTED SHOT DEAD
RCMP investigating reports that stallion, five mares killed recently
Nicholas Read | Westcoast News | Vancouver Sun | May 3, 2005
BRITTANY TRIANGLE - Chilcotin RCMP are investigating a claim that up to six of B.C.'s last remaining wild horses have been shot to death.
The horses, which live in the Brittany Triangle region of the Chilcotin, are thought by some biologists to be the province's only extant links with a time -- about 8,000 years ago -- when wild horses were part of North America's natural landscape.
David Williams of Friends of the Nemaiah Valley, a conservation group dedicated to preserving the horses, said Monday that he has received reports from locals in the area that a stallion and a herd of mares were shot to death last week.
Witnesses to the incident refused to speak to The Vancouver Sun, but they told Williams that one of the mares was discovered dead with her two-week-old colt standing over her starving.
"We have heard that wild horses are being shot in the Tatla area [west of Williams Lake in the west Chilcotin]," Williams said in a phone interview.
"At this point, nothing's been confirmed, but the RCMP are looking into it."
Alexis Creek RCMP confirmed they are investigating the incident, but nobody was available to comment.
Alexis Creek is about 100 kilometres from where the horses were said to have been killed.
The 155,000-hectare Brittany Triangle is at the centre of a court case involving the local Xeni Gwet'in nation, which is claiming aboriginal title to the region, about 150 kilometres southwest of Williams Lake. About 700 horses are said to live in the region.
The province wants to issue logging rights to the Brittany so area companies can salvage stands of lodgepole pine, many of which have been infested by the pine mountain beetle.
But the Xeni Gwet'in are suing Victoria for title to the triangle and the right to continue traditional activities such as hunting, trapping and the capture of wild horses.
Xeni Gwet'in Chief Roger Williams says if his nation, in conjunction with five other Chilcotin bands, wins the case, the Brittany will be left untouched.
Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection officials in Williams Lake were looking into the incident Monday.
However, because the ministry doesn't regard the horses as wild, merely feral, it doesn't offer them any protection.
Williams says by taking that position the ministry is condoning the horses' shooting.
"This attitude seeps down to the locals and feeds this kind of activity. There is no protection for the horses. It's open season on them."
He added that while six dead horses is not a threat to their population, it is still serious "because if there's no protection for the horses, it's the kind of thing that can spread."
© The Vancouver Sun 2005
