The plants won’t reopen. You saw what happened in SD. The bill was shot down before the ink was dry. Horses are not viewed as food animals in this country and slaughter of horses goes against our culture.

You are right on target with your comments on the captive bold and correct about the info in the petition. Most of the dribble in the pro petition is not accurate. The stories of abandoned horses are about as accurate as UFO sightings. We have investigated the articles with state agencies, local authorities, humane shelters and rescues. With rare exception, they were false. The comment on PETA is false because they have been relatively silent and not involved. I also find it deplorable that they take the responsibility of ownership so lightly. Why should anyone but the owner be responsible for caring for their horse? This petition is an insult to responsible horse owners insinuating they will commit crimes by abandoning their horses. Of course, no mention of the irresponsible breeding or taking ownership of an animal that they couldn’t afford in the first place. Horses were being abandoned and neglected when the kill houses were open so how do you justify slaughter as an end to that? Slaughter never stopped the cycle of breed and dump. How many more years of slaughter do we need to right everything? The agencies that report the data have indicated the number of cases has not increased since the closure of the domestic kill houses. You can google the same type of stories last year, when the kill houses were open. Every winter there is a hay shortage and they try to sell, moan about the prices and then in the spring, they buy more horses. Why not just buy what you can afford to care for all year round? I guess that would be too logical.