Subject: [againstslaughter] Re: A long conversation
with Bob Goodlatte
Great job there John, thank you! If you write Bob again a
few points you might make:
The horse population has remained stable over the last ten years yet slaughter
numbers have dropped from over 300,000 to about 50,000. The extra numbers
not slaughtered have not lowered the price of horses, nor are starving horses
wandering the streets.
The horse industry does not try to make laws for the cattle industry, why are
they allowed to make laws for us?
If horses are treated like other livestock to protect them during drought (as he
stated) the extra government money and the loss of revenue in sales tax, new
agricultural exemptions for horse property, and other agricultural perks the
horse industry will now be entitled to will increase the burden on the American
public and cost much more then any revenue ever generated directly in the States
by the slaughter of horses.