Over 50,000 horse's are killed a year!

hey i guess if your reading this you want to help stop the deaths of horses everywhere and trying to stop this mindless slaughter, this is only one of the horroric murder's that have happened to horses all around the world. The pain is hard to see but the video i wanted to show to all of you was unable to be uploaded so here is the website of it horsekillers.com please watch it.
Here are some more shocking facts on horse slaughter and why it must be stopped NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!


(to the left)a severely injured horse at the Beltex slaughter plant.©



Here they are chopping up a mare.




Here they are removing the head unit of th mare horses!



MORE SHOCKING FACTS!!!!

WHO EATS OUR HORSES!
Horse meat is not eaten in the United States; it is exported to serve specialty markets overseas. The largest markets are France, Belgium, Holland, Japan, and Italy.


How do unwanted, surplus horses end up at slaughterhouses?

Most horses destined for slaughter are sold at livestock auctions or sales. The cruelty of horse slaughter is not limited to the act of killing the animals. Horses bound for slaughter are shipped, frequently for long distances, in a manner that fails to accommodate their unique temperaments. They are usually not rested, fed, or watered during travel. Economics%u2014not humane considerations%u2014dictate the conditions, including crowding as many horses into trucks as possible.

Often, terrified horses and ponies are crammed together and transported to slaughter in double-deck trucks designed for cattle and pigs. The truck ceilings are so low that the horses are not able to hold their heads in a normal, balanced position. Inappropriate floor surfaces lead to slips and falls, and sometimes even trampling. Some horses arrive at the slaughterhouse seriously injured or dead. Although transportation accidents have largely escaped public scrutiny, several tragic incidents involving collapsed upper floors and overturned double-deckers have caused human fatalities, as well as suffering and death for the horses.

How are the horses killed?

Under federal law, horses are required to be rendered unconscious prior to slaughter, usually with a device called a captive bolt gun, which shoots a metal rod into the horse's brain. Prior to the closure of the U.S. horse slaughter plants, it was not uncommon for horses to be improperly stunned and therefore conscious when they were hoisted by a rear leg to have their throats cut. With the export of horses to slaughter increasing more than 300 percent, undercover footage shows live horses being dragged, whipped, and crammed into trucks in 110 degrees on their way to a horrific form of slaughter in Mexico and Canada. These horses are stabbed multiple times in the neck with a "puntilla knife" to sever their spinal cords. This procedure does not render the horse unconscious, and it is not a stunning method. Rather, it paralyzes the horse, leaving him/her twitching on the ground, unable to move or breathe, and then the animal dies from suffocation (because their lungs stop working) or from blood loss and dismemberment. Conditions in the slaughterhouse%u2014inside and outside of our borders%u2014are stressful and extremely frightening for horses.


a slaughter house worker applying the captive bolt...truely sad



If you want to read more go to this website  http://www.hsus.org/horses_equines/issues/get_the_facts_on_horse_slaughter.html