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That is a good point to make, that escapes so many, because it makes such a good, catchy “cause of the moment” for propaganda, “saving from slaughter!”
The reality is that only animal rights extremists would believe that banning slaughter makes any sense.
They don’t seem to understand how this world works, that everything alive is alive because something else died, animal or plant.
We are all natural, renewable resources, is how our world evolved.
A gazelle is a natural, renewable resource to lions and tigers and hyenas.
Mice are to most any other out there, even chickens will eat them.
As part of that, we should be mindful of what we use and try not to throw away senselessly so much, as we do.
That is one more reason why, other than in super rich, wasteful cultures as our own, most others over millennia have made that one more use of all kinds of some animals thru slaughter, including of SOME horses.
That, as you say above, doesn’t mean that now everyone that is not following animal rights extremists trying to eliminate all uses of animals is wanting to kill all and everything out there!
Slaughter is just one more process by which we use the natural, renewable resources SOME animals are for humans.
It is a better, more civilized way to use SOME animals than running them down and tearing them apart and eating them half alive, as other predators do in our world.
Slaughter is not inherently either good or bad.
Slaughter is as good or bad as it is regulated, inspected and managed, just as any other out there we do.
To make judicious, proper use of our resources is just the natural order of the world and for humans, slaughter is but one part of how we do that.
Remember, animal rights extremists are against ALL and any use of any animals, including thru slaughter, banning horse slaughter one more handy stepping stone to, eventually, change the world into “one without any animal slaves in human hands”.
As one of them told us right here, on COTH, “the world would be better off without humans”.
As the humans we are, that makes so much sense, does it.
This is really a topic for another thread, we had enough of these before, if anyone wants to do a search for them and become better informed about all this.[/QUOTE]
This needs repeating…in full
Since the anti-carriage protest involved the threat of slaughter…discussions about slaughter are relevant to a discussion regarding the anti-carriage movement.
These “tend” to be women who have the time and money and lack of caring that enables them to toss firecrackers at the horses and hope there is an accident to prove their point. As with any business it is NOT just “the horse”. Carriage drivers must purchase carriages…made for and therfore paid for by owners. That is employment. Leather harness comes from ANIMALS…usually cattle…and again…it provides employment for those who make it. All metals on the haims, harness and attachments come from extraction of ore and refining to make it usable. Metal for farriers to use as protection for the hoof. The tourist who decides to visit New York City AND has an enjoyable experience may return and spend money in restaurants, plays, hotels and regular transporation modes.
The carriage industry is , but one of the many attrractions that invite people people to come and see NYC and also their money helps rebuild the physical and emotional core of the city.
The protestors produce nothing. They are the equivalent of those who own one horse or no horses and tell breeders they must provides lifetime homes and can not use, IF REQUIRED, slaughter.
They are the same ones who scream that we must cull…but them fight to have vetrs refuse to euthanize healthy horses and support slaughter bans.
Sadly…the do as I say and not as I do philosophy has captured America.
It is all about our feelings and how we transfer them to animals to make them our four legged children rather than livestock to be used (and not abused as determined by a subjective thought process)
