Guest guest Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 - luckypig !TheMulti-D Saturday, January 15, 2005 3:45 PM Multi-D News The American Wild Horse & Burro Situation Today - KsAPigButt Saturday, January 15, 2005 12:53 PM The American Wild Horse & Burro Situation Today Again, from the Best Friends forum. And all just to enable the animal farming and dairy industry to continue to feed people cancer, ecoli contaminated products, dairy products that cause a host of illnesses, in addition to the human form, Creutzfeldt-Jakob's disease, of Mad Cow disease (bovine spongioform encephalopathy), and an unknown number of other illnesses and diseases, by *manufacturing* and slaughtering billions of animals every year. Ever wonder why humans are the only animals who drink the milk from another pregnant species? Ever wonder why humans are the only animals who drink milk passed the age of infancy? Ever wonder why your stomach is always torn up or why you suffer with gas and other lower intestinal disorders? Ever wonder why humans are considered carnivores when we only have 4 out of 32 teeth (2 on the top and 2 on the bottom) that are canine teeth, teeth made to tear flesh and muscle, but the other 28 teeth are flat teeth made for eating and chewing vegetables and fruits? Ever wonder why there's such a high cholesterol, high blood pressure, high number of stroke and heart attack victims, high number of diabetics, an ever increasing number of "senile" or "Alzheimers" patients in the US?.....and on and on and on.....? Because the animal farming industry became a very powerful and wealthy lobbyist that bought out Congress years ago and then proceeded to brainwash the medical professionals and was able to establish the "Food Pyramid" guide. This caused a boom to the animal farming industry that then went from raising a hundred or so head of animals (as was in the day of my grandfather) per farm to raising hundreds of thousands of animals on each farm. Animals who used to be let out to pasture to graze, exercise, and enjoy the sun are now kept confined to huge, several block long, closed-in and dark barns, standing on cement, confined in stalls, and breathing stale, stench filled air their entire lives. (Not to mention the depleted ozone layer caused from the nitrogen in all that urine and feces, land and water pollution, the gazillion gallons of water needed to raise these animals, and the greed and need for more and more land as the industry continues to grow as does the growth of all the before mentioned problems.) The US kills *billions* of cows, hogs, and chickens every year. Add horses, goats, ducks, geese, and sheep, and we're talking *trillions* of animals every year. The horrific part of it all? The whole thing only serves to kill the animals and cause them untold pain and suffering, and also kills the humans who ingest meat and dairy products, while the animal farming industry laughs all the way to the bank, the doctors and hospitals have an unending supply of customers, and the insurance company is profiting from it all more than the other 2 groups....while, of course, the humans and the animals are paying the price. Don't ever say nonhuman animals are dumb. They're not the ones who can make their own decisions and choices and speak out for their lives.....and don't. Question from Arthur: I was recently appalled when I heard on the news that wild horses are going to be sold for slaughter. How can this happen when they are supposed to be protected? Haven't we as taxpayers been supporting programs and the public lands where they were being protected? What can we, as Americans, do to stop this from happening? Response from Susan Wagner: For years, the cattlemen have wanted the laws protecting our wild herds (in existence for over thirty-six years) to be lifted. Their greed was rewarded when Senator Conrad Burns (MT) slyly attached a rider (Section 142) to the omnibus Appropriations Bill which recently passed both Houses of Congress. His goal to secure all public lands for cattle ranching, combined with the plans of others to drill for oil, have materialized into a giant death warrant for wild horses and burros. Unless this deadly legislation is repealed immediately, the U.S. government will be able to eliminate thousands of the remaining 37,000 wild horses off of the public lands (and the horses' rightful homes) so that the cattlemen can have their four million cattle graze there at the bargain rate of $1.49 per acre per month. That program is often referred to as the "Biggest Welfare Scam in America." We now have word that thousands of wild horses over the age of ten already in captivity on government "sanctuaries" have been separated and are being sent directly to slaughter. In addition, the so-called Congressional Horse Caucus (with 59 members), not only failed to catch, act and remove this disastrous language before the bill passed, but did not alert other members of Congress or any of the national animal welfare and equine protection organizations so that preventative measures could have been taken . With friends like these, our horses do not need enemies. A slaughterhouse in Illinois which had burned down was recently rebuilt and reopened under the Horse Caucus' "watch", bringing the number of equine slaughterhouses in this country from two back up to three (There are two operating in Texas.) Congress was asleep at the wheel. All of our taxpayer dollars which went into protecting our treasured wild herds for well over three decades have gone down the drain as President Bush signed legislation privatizing them with the stroke of a pen. The notion to try to force Americans to accept slaughter as a common practice will occur unless immediate steps are taken to reverse this dangerous trend. This is just the beginning. The U.S. government is now promoting and escalating the slaughter of America's horses. It appears as though Representatives Bob Goodlatte (VA) and Charles Stenholm (TX) are leading a pro-horse slaughter movement in Congress. Politicians with radical agendas like Senator Conrad Burns (MT) and others who want to destroy our wild horse and burro herds and allow them to be sold for slaughter need to be exposed. To take immediate action, contact President Bush and let him know how upset you are by the sneaky and underhanded manner in which thirty-six years of wild horse and burro protection was lifted without a word, a warning or a hearing. Let him know that you oppose this legislation and want it repealed. Call the President at (202) 456-1111; Fax: (202) 456-2461 E-mail: President and/or write to him at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500. It is just as important that we convey the same messages to your U.S. Senators and Representatives. By visiting www.senate.gov and www.house.gov you will be able to download all their contact information. Please take action now and voice your opinion. That is the only hope we have in restoring the precious protection that was cruelly taken away without the American people's consent or knowledge. Equine Advocates will remain involved and on top of this issue. Stay tuned for more developments... 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