- Signatures: 2,939
- Goal: 1,000
- Deadline: 8-22-2007
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Email this PetitionEVERY FOUR MINUTES OF A WORKING WEEK A HORSE, FOAL OR MARE IS BRUTALLY AND UN-NECESSARILY SLAUGHTERED IN THE UK.
Please be careful as in the following there are facts and figures that you may find disturbing. If you would like to help without reading on please sign the petition..
Please be careful as in the following there are facts and figures that you may find disturbing. If you would like to help without reading on please sign the petition..
Horses have the intelligence of a four year old child, and the sensitivity of an autistic child and we in this country slaughter over thirty - five thousand of them every year, many for human consumption abroad.
Horses like these for no reason other than profit will be driven to a slaughter house and brutally slaughtered TODAY
A horse like this will be shot in the head for a continental to enjoy on his dinner plate TOMORROW!
Horses are stunningly beautiful and graceful, but they are also friendly and welcoming creatures. They have been our workmates, our companions, our friends and our pets. They have amused us and entertained us.
Warning, the following is graphic!
Please be careful as in the following there are facts and figures that you may find disturbing. If you would like to help without reading on please sign the petition..
Robin Cook Article
Robin Cook MD (the well known author) in going uncover to a slaughterhouse to research for a book he was writing he described it as “the most terrible thing I have ever seen, both as a medical doctor and as a man”
An extract from his description is as follows.
They are led to the pneumatic “captive bolt” gun containing their final destiny. The shooter will try and take aim as best as he can, trying to hit the panicked and thrashing animal in the forehead (between and slightly above the eyes) the object is not to actually kill, but only to stun the animal but more often than not the bolt will not actually hit it’s intended mark, and must be brutally slammed into the skull again before the horse goes down.
As the horse falls (after a sickening to watch reflexive pain jump) from the induced shock of having the bolt penetrate it’s brain, it drops, this once magnificent animal, knowing it has been mortally wounded and must escape, goes to the only defence it knows against this unknown foe- flight.
It gallops at full speed toward the safe pastures of youth, to a time when a human hand held treats not death. But now, helplessly lying on it’s side on the blood and urine splattered floor of the slaughter house, it’s once fast and elegant legs just thrash helplessly in the air, the beat of its fleet hooves only a distant memory.
The slaughterhouse workers seeing this once powerful and majestic animal in it’s last gallop of death callously cheer it on. The noise is deafening – the smell even worse, the horse has been urinating all over itself since being led unwillingly into this horror, the smell of acrid urine manure and blood-all mixed together makes the senses reel.
If the animal is lucky it dies quickly to be hoisted up it’s carotid artery cut and allowed to hang there till it bleeds to death- most foreign horsemeat buyers prefer there “biftec de cheval” processed this way.
It gallops at full speed toward the safe pastures of youth, to a time when a human hand held treats not death. But now, helplessly lying on it’s side on the blood and urine splattered floor of the slaughter house, it’s once fast and elegant legs just thrash helplessly in the air, the beat of its fleet hooves only a distant memory.
The slaughterhouse workers seeing this once powerful and majestic animal in it’s last gallop of death callously cheer it on. The noise is deafening – the smell even worse, the horse has been urinating all over itself since being led unwillingly into this horror, the smell of acrid urine manure and blood-all mixed together makes the senses reel.
If the animal is lucky it dies quickly to be hoisted up it’s carotid artery cut and allowed to hang there till it bleeds to death- most foreign horsemeat buyers prefer there “biftec de cheval” processed this way.
The horse above has a captive bolt hole in its cheek! It is still alive waiting to be processed.
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| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | City | State | Country | How do you feel about this? | Picture | Report |
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| 2,952 | 2:24 am PDT, Jun 18 | Ms. | Amy Evans | Bishops Castle | United Kingdom | Most of these horses were bred for our national obsession with gambling. They spend their lives being thrashed around a racecourse, only to end up on someones plate. Its immoral |  |
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| 2,951 | 3:57 am PDT, Jun 17 | Ms. | Leanne Needham | Rugby | United Kingdom | I feel sick to my stomach. This is discusting. I am a horse owner and I KNOW that loving homes could be found for thses horses who are slaughtered. | |
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| 2,950 | 4:25 am PDT, Jun 16 | Ms. | Anonymous | Den Haag | Netherlands | I feel sick when i look at the pictures, this must stop | |
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| 2,949 | 2:48 am PDT, Jun 16 | Mrs. | sarah wills | Gloucestershire | United Kingdom | Please use your powers to do something good. Please help these horses. Any human that can do this to a horse; just think about what they could do a a human. | |
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| 2,948 | 8:27 pm PDT, Jun 15 | Mr. | Garrick Speer | Benton | Arkansas | United States | I'm speachless. | |
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| 2,947 | 6:03 am PDT, Jun 14 | Ms. | Holly Clarke | felixstowe | United Kingdom | it is disgraceful that in this day and age we still do this to beautiful craetures. i just saw a video that made me cry so much. a beautiful pony bein slaughtered as it was no longer useful when it clearly could have been sold for a least few hundred pounds n made someone happy! | |
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| 2,946 | 6:00 am PDT, Jun 14 | Ms. | Kerri Zimmerman | Winnipeg | Estonia | I think this is absolutely disgusting and has to be put to an end. No animal or human being should suffer the way these horses are suffering. | |
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| 2,945 | 2:34 am PDT, Jun 7 | Mr. | shaun franklin | herefordshire | United Kingdom | i feel there is no reason, its cruel in the conditions the have, most of hte horseas are healthy and have no reason for this except money | |
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| 2,944 | 9:45 am PDT, Jun 4 | Ms. | Lucy Brown | Reading | United Kingdom | Its horrendous, theyre companion animals, they should not be slaughtered | |
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| 2,943 | 11:25 am PDT, Jun 1 | Ms. | Sophie Perry | Knighton, Powys | United Kingdom | This is horrific, barbaric, cruel and unessacery it must stop | |
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| 2,942 | 1:22 pm PDT, May 31 | Annelies Ooms | Westerlo | Belgium | I feel sick!!! This is so sad, why do people do this???????? |  |
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| 2,941 | 11:51 am PDT, May 30 | Ms. | nikki jones | oswestry | United Kingdom | We all say we love our horses and yet we stand by and let innocent animals be slaughtered we over breed in racing to get the best and the ones that aren't good enough are left on the scrap heap its time we looked after the under dog in all aspects of life! | |
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| 2,940 | 3:47 pm PDT, May 28 | Mrs. | K Bragg | West tytherley | United Kingdom | Stop un-necessary slaughter in the UK for human consumption abroad. It's always about the money isn't it MR BROWN! | |
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| 2,939 | 3:15 pm PDT, May 28 | karen jones | bishop auckland | United Kingdom | this is barbarick,inhumane,undignified and totally unnessecary.how can anyone enjoy eating meat killed in such a careless manner. | |
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| 2,938 | 4:59 pm PDT, May 23 | Ms. | Anonymous | west allis | Wisconsin | United States | i feel horse slaughter in all is just horrible in itself. it doesnt matter what race you are or whatever, it should not be happening. let an animal die on its own in time. no animal should be killed, for entertainment, for joy, or for consumtion. this is so not right at all. i own horses. NEVER IN MY LIFE WOULD I SEND ANY HORSE TO AUCTION OR SLAUGHTER. YOU KNOW WHY? ID RATHER SEND MYSELF THAN A HORSE. end of story you sluty ass whore brtish. lets see you try and attack america. =/ | |
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| 2,937 | 12:21 pm PDT, May 22 | Kathryn Smith | Stoke on Trent | United Kingdom | Please stopthis NOW!!!! | |
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| 2,936 | 10:00 am PDT, May 21 | Mrs. | Jane Reynolds | Norwich | United Kingdom | This is appalling, there are far too many horses being bred, be they TB or not, and so the market is swamped. I believe the racing industry needs more control over numbers, owners need to access the market before putting the 'old mare' in foal, and foreigners need to stop eating horsemeat (some hope!) | |
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| 2,935 | 11:29 am PDT, May 20 | Ms. | nicola howells | port talbot | United Kingdom | this destroyed me, how can anyone look into the horses eye see the soul behind crying out for help, then treat them this way. | |
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| 2,934 | 12:16 am PDT, May 20 | Jessica Fallas | Darwin | Australia | If they must kill horses THEN Y CANT THEY DO IT IN A HUMAN WAY??!! ITS DISCUSTIN AND UNECESSARY HOW THEY R TREATED!!! SUM PPL DONT DESERVE TO LIVE!!! |  |
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| 2,933 | 1:15 pm PDT, May 19 | Ms. | Jennifer Barragan | Aventura | Florida | United States | I am outraged that Horse Slaughter is allowed anywhere in the world. If owners/trainers of these beautiful creatures cannot see their life through then they should not have them in the first place! Where is the human heart, where has it gone! I pledge to put an end to this cruelty once & for all! | |
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| 2,932 | 3:23 am PDT, May 19 | Ms. | Nicole Que | Quezon City | Philippines | i dont want horses to be endangered too >:O |  |
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| 2,931 | 9:30 pm PDT, May 13 | Elizabeth Gill | Berkeley | California | United States | I HATE PEOPLE. HORSES NEVER CREATED AN ATOMIC BOMB AND DROPPED IT OVER A SCHOOLYARD IN HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI. I LOVE HORSES. THEY HAVE NEVER GIVEN ME ANYTHING BUT LOVE BACK AND PEOPLE ,WELL...THIS IS SO MENTALLY DISTURBING--CAN'T WE DO MORE FOR THE ANIMALS OF THIS PLANET? I AM ASHAMED TO SAY I AM HUMAN--EVERYONE SAYS "LOVE' YET THEY INFLICT AGONIZING PAIN ON INNOCENT ANIMALS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T TALK AND TELL US ABOUT THAT PAIN. NOT TO MENTION THAT THEY HAVE FEELINGS!!! I WISH THAT ONCE AND FOR ALL THE ANIMALS WOULD WIN.WILL THE ALIENS ONCE AND FOR ALL GET HERE AND TAKE CHARGE OF THIS EVIL THAT MEN DO? ZAP US ALL WITH YOUR LASERS IF YOU HAVE TOO. | |
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| 2,930 | 2:45 am PDT, May 13 | Ms. | Jessica Ford | southampton | United Kingdom | This is horrible ,cruelty of the most disgracefull kind. Reduced me to tears | |
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| 2,929 | 6:44 am PDT, May 12 | Mrs. | berni lyons | walton on thames | United Kingdom | this is horrific, poor horses | |
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| 2,928 | 11:31 am PDT, May 11 | Mrs. | Ann V | Antwerpen | Belgium | I'm outraged | |
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| 2,927 | 10:15 am PDT, May 9 | Mrs. | Lisa Salazar | Belmont | California | United States | Horrible and barbaric! | |
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| 2,926 | 10:13 am PDT, May 9 | Lauren Cockerill-Wright | derbyshire | United Kingdom | Desgusting,Vile,Uncooth,inhuman. the people that do it should be treated the same way. |  |
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| 2,925 | 5:42 am PDT, May 8 | Ms. | Anonymous | Channel island | United Kingdom | Disgusted by this. The horses try their best for you and stay by you, they greet you when you go to their stable or field every morning, you ride them and love them, then when you've outgrown them you send them to slaughter instead of letting it live its days in a field or letting someone else ride them, or a racehorse that has tried it's best but wasn't good enough, instead of retiring them and retraining them or simply letting them enjoy their retirement in a meadow with other horses like it should, you cut it's life short all to save money, most people who own horses can afford to take care of their ponies/horses/retired racehorses, but are just too tight and wont part with it, they are ignorant and a disgrace to themselves, your horses place their trust in you and thats how you repay them?! Anybody that sends a horse to slaughter wants shot, theyre sick. | |
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| 2,924 | 4:59 am PDT, May 6 | Anonymous | Leicestershire | United Kingdom | truely disgusting | |
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| 2,923 | 11:43 am PDT, May 5 | Ms. | Elizabeth Larson | Lucerne | California | United States | This is one of the most horrifying things I've ever encountered. It must be stopped! As someone who has owned and loved horses all of her life, I can't imagine anything more atrocious. What's next -- are we going to eat the homeless and elderly? |  |
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| 2,922 | 9:35 pm PDT, May 4 | Mrs. | mariel LaBarbera | Fort Myers | Florida | United States | This is a cruel way to end the live of a majestic creature. | |
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| 2,921 | 12:16 pm PDT, May 4 | Ms. | olivia flynn | preston | United Kingdom | DISCUSTED!! |  |
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| 2,920 | 6:19 am PDT, May 1 | Diane Malpass | Nr Wolverhampton | United Kingdom | This must be stopped now. | |
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| 2,919 | 3:58 pm PDT, Apr 30 | Ms. | Christine Holder | Bolton | United Kingdom | I'm absolutely disgusted with this !!!!! | |
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| 2,918 | 6:59 pm PDT, Apr 29 | Tamara Dunn | Lithia | Florida | United States | I find this deplorable and disgusting. Just as we are fighting in the US so shall we fight in the UK. I agree with the poster below, I WILL FIGHT UNTIL THEY ALL ARE SAFE | |
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| 2,917 | 6:23 am PDT, Apr 29 | JoAnne Wilson | Salem | New York | United States | We will fight until they are "all" safe! | |
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| 2,916 | 4:57 pm PDT, Apr 28 | Ms. | Colleen Wozney | Saskatoon | Canada | Stop this atrocity now. | |
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| 2,915 | 2:54 pm PDT, Apr 28 | Mrs. | Joan Ballard | Newmarket | United Kingdom | Sick,disgusted and very upset. Such beautiful creatures do not deserve such an awful and excrutiating end.STOP THIS NOW!!! | |
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| 2,914 | 2:54 pm PDT, Apr 28 | Ms. | Julie Felter | Park City | Utah | United States | Ashamed to be human... | |
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| 2,913 | 2:51 pm PDT, Apr 28 | Tanina Linden | East Windsor | New Jersey | United States | We fought long & hard to end this horror in the US and are now working to stop the transport of horses to Mexico and Canada for slaughter. How can this brutality still continue in the UK - I thought blood sport had been abolished? Horses are to be loved - not eaten. |  |
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| 2,912 | 2:16 pm PDT, Apr 28 | Ms. | j s | pensacola | Florida | United States | . | |
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| 2,911 | 1:37 pm PDT, Apr 28 | Ms. | Kelly McNulty | Boca Raton | Florida | United States | Why would anyone eat a horse? I am a vegetarian and don't believe in killing anything, but there is no reason to kill horses for food or any animal for that matter. Have some compassion for life that feels pain just like you! | |
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| 2,910 | 11:54 am PDT, Apr 28 | Mr. | Chris Munton | Wolverhampton | United Kingdom | This is terrible - end it now! | |
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| 2,909 | 11:25 am PDT, Apr 28 | Ms. | brenda carr | Saint Marys | West Virginia | United States | all horses should have a chance to live if you kill them than one of the world's most love animals will no longer be. Horses impact people with disabilities, give them a home at a riding stables for the disabled. |  |
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| 2,908 | 10:47 am PDT, Apr 28 | Cathy Clements | Wolverhampton | United Kingdom | It is hard to believe that this kind of thing happens to an animals which is supposedly held in such high regard in this country. However, I know how little an animals life costs to some people and have seen many atrocities inflicted on all species. Please stop this! | |
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| 2,907 | 9:14 am PDT, Apr 28 | Mr. | julian temple | Chula Vista | California | United States | stop this now!!! |  |
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| 2,906 | 7:12 am PDT, Apr 28 | Mr. | Bobbie Flowers | New York | New York | United States | I am very upset because EVERY FOUR MINUTES OF A WORKING WEEK A HORSE, FOAL OR MARE IS BRUTALLY AND UN-NECESSARILY SLAUGHTERED IN THE UK. | |
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| 2,905 | 6:49 am PDT, Apr 28 | Mrs. | Meredith Erickson | Marietta | Georgia | United States | This is appalling | |
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| 2,904 | 6:44 am PDT, Apr 28 | Ms. | nikki coburn | worcester | United Kingdom | i feel physically sick at the thought of what goes on. especially as these are healthy horses that could have a happy life elsewhere | |
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| 2,903 | 6:25 am PDT, Apr 28 | anne anthony | mount bethel | Pennsylvania | United States | This inhumane behavior should be stopped immediately. | |
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| 2,902 | 4:18 am PDT, Apr 28 | Ms. | Becky Hewitt | Stoke | United Kingdom | This is disgusting | |
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| 2,901 | 3:42 am PDT, Apr 28 | Kerry Lewis | Wolverhampton | United Kingdom | Sickened. | |
Please put an end to British Horse Slaughter!
They do not deserve to die in this cruel and brutal way.
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