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American slaughterhouses (which for horses are currently shut down) used a captive bolt gun which fired an air-powered metal retractable bolt into their brain.
Then they are hung upside down and bled out before being processed. This method is similar to what they do to cattle, however, since horses have longer necks and are more easily frightened, they are sometimes "shot" more than once in the neck or wherever the gun sets while they are struggling. (Saw this in a video.)
In Mexico, they use a 'putilla', a knife that is used to sever the spinal cord. The horse is paralyzed yet still fully conscious as it is being bled out. I do not care for horse slaughter, but the only kind that I find humane is the old-fashioned butcher shops where the horses were brought in one at a time, and put down instantly with a gun or a bolt gun ( note the horse is not panicking here as it is not being rushed through an "assembly line" with 300 other horses, so death comes quickly).
There is much more info if you go to the link below. Warning! Some of the videos are graphic!
It is unfortunate that the banning of horse slaughter in the United States has done the opposite of what was expected. The value of horses have plummeted and the number of horses left starving or completely abandoned has risen dramatically.
A lack of humane slaughter houses for horses has caused more pain and suffer for these creatures than would have occurred in a slaughter house environment. Not to mention the abuse as horses are smuggled out into Canada or Mexico to be slaughtered in far more terrifying and horrible methods then would be legal here. There is hope on the horizon though as Nebraska is hoping to revive the humane slaughter of horses for feeding the demand for horse meat in Europe.
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Kind of horses are used for slaughter?
all kinds. usually ex racehorses, hurt ones
How can people help prevent horse slaughter?
You can help prevent horse slaughter by signing petitions. There are links available at many horse websites. The petitions let people 'in charge' know that the American public dislike slaughtering horses and they want it stopped completely.
Who was the president who loved horses and had his staff brush my horses' teeth every day?
George Washington was the president who had his horse's teeth brushed every day. Thank you for writing here. George W. Bush also loved horses, but he didn't get their teeth brushed everyday. George had all the equine slaughter houses shut down. Not related to teeth, but it is ture :)
What does a slaughter house look like?
Well, slaughter houses depend on size and what they slaughter. You can use the following link to see pictures of slaughter houses. Anyways, slaughter houses again, depend on what they slaughter, where they are located, and how many customers they get. I personally have been to a slaughter house where you bring in the animal, they slaughter it for you, and you get all the meat. There are other slaughter houses that catch there own animals and kill them for sale. If they kill sheep and goats it will look alot different than one that slaughters cows, chickens, horses, and pigs. Also, slaughter houses could be small if they are in a small town. So basically slaughter houses depend on the answers above.^ But my personal experience with slaughter houses looked like this: You walked into a large door and you were in the lobby area. They have meat on sale and people in aprons working the counter and walking in and out of revolving doors. When you entered the revolving doors, there was a LARGE room with all sorts of machinery used to cut the cooked meat. There were 4 other doors. One was all the bacon being cooked in strips in a large oven. The other was a LARGE door that, when opened, was a LARGE freezer with the skeletons/bones of all the animals. The other door was to go out to the back where all the animals were held until being slaughtered. The last door was where they killed and drained the blood of the slaughtered animals.
What is being done to help wild horses?
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) does occasional round ups and puts them up for adoption. For more info go to the BLM's official website. Google It. BLM helps the horses by having multiple sights of acreage for the horses to live on and they do not send them to the slaughter house. They also have sale/ adoption days where they will round up all the horses and let people buy them if they have an approved living place for their new mustang. But they also have the 3 sale rule where if a horse has gone through the sales/ adoption days 3 times without being adopted, they are allowed to be bought be slaughter houses (as terrible as it is they do this). The approved living space for the wild mustang has qualifications, but a few are a fence that is 6 feet tall with no electric or barbed wire, a 3 walled shelter to protect the horse from bad weather, and the suggested space/ maximum area to put your horse in is a round pen (it would be terribly hard to catch a wild horse in your big pasture.)
What is a website were people can find a whole bunch of horses slaughter info?
Peta
Is it illegal to export horses from America for slaughter?
No it is not illegal to export horses for slaughter.
Is horse slaughter banned from the US?
Yes, It has been banned to Slaughter Horses in the U.S
How long has horse slaughter been going on in Canada?
The slaughter of horses became a problem when horses were replaced by cars and their worth was diminished in the eyes of humans.
What states were allowed to slaughter horses?
Any state in the USA could legally slaughter horses at one time. Horses were slaughtered for many years and their meat used in the pet food industry. Technically horse slaughter was not made illegal, The inspection of slaughtered horses by USDA veterinarians was defunded by the federal government.
Where are the winning horses led after they win?
To the slaughter house.
How many horses are sent to slaughter?
about 5 million
What is horse and pony slaughter?
Horse and pony slaughter, referred to only as horse slaughter is when horses are slaughtered for human or animal consumption. In some countries horse meat is considered a delicacy and so horses are eaten. Some countries also allow horses to be processed and made into pet food.
Who made it legal to slaughter horses?
well its illigal in uk (where i come from) but in america obama has allowed horse slaughter :(
Why does horse slaughter happen?
Unfortunately horses are still slaughtered for their meat.
How much horses get slaughered in the us every day?
It is now illegal to slaughter horses in the U.S., so they are shipped to Mexico.
Do horse owners know that their horses are being sold to slaughter?
some horse owners do not know and some are aware of what is happening to their horses.
