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 French petition to save horses! . May 06, 2005 1:29 PM

This is a French petition to try to stop the slaughter of horses for meat. 

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/1703ab/

It's called Horses Are Not For Eating.
Please sign.  The situation for horses in Europe is horrific.
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Signed! May 06, 2005 2:19 PM

And passed on to friends and family. Thank you for posting this!!!!  [ send green star]  [ accepted] 		 
 May 06, 2005 3:50 PM

Signed.
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 May 06, 2005 5:26 PM

signed. thanks for the link...  [ send green star]  [ accepted] 		 
Meat eater? May 06, 2005 7:54 PM

If you are a meat eater, explain why you should not eat horse but chicken and beef are okay?  [ send green star] 		 
 May 07, 2005 12:41 PM

Took the words right out of my mouth SCB. If you are prepared to eat one kind of meat then you should be prepared to eat any as long as they are not an endangered species, hygenic (and taste nice!).  [ send green star]  [ accepted] 		 
Disturbing photos - not for the sensitive! May 07, 2005 1:02 PM


Don't look if you are sensitive - shocking photos!
ames sensibles, s'abstenir... photos choquantes

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 May 07, 2005 3:09 PM

If you are eating meat, you should also consider whether it is harvested sustainably. Unsustainable harvest doesn't necessarily put the species at risk of extinction, but it puts the harvest at risk of economic collapse and upsets the ecosystem. With farmed meat, you should also consider the other environmental, health and cruelty aspects of how the animals are raised.  [ send green star] 		 
Other reasons why horses should not be used for food May 07, 2005 3:24 PM

Beyond the horrific cruelty of the slaughter house are other concerns -In the United States, horses are routinely given medications and wormers, including penicillin and promazine hydrochloride, receive topical treatments such as Betadine scrub, Kopertox for hoof care, SWAT fly repellent, and many others.  Commonly used medications are boldly labeled “Not To Be Used On Animals Intended For Use As Food.”  Horses are not perceived and legally recognized as food animals, hence little concern is given to the administering of drugs such as the ones listed above. But since the occurrence of “mad cow” disease, Europeans and Asians have turned to eating horse as a presumably safer alternative, and buy Canadian horsemeat (which is mostly American horses exported to Canada for slaughter.)  Since horses are not considered food animals here, there is no disclosure to other countries that horse meat meets the accepted standard for consumption as food.  Recently, however, the EU (European Union) inspectors have expressed concern about the safety of U.S. horse meat.

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Hazel, Thank You May 07, 2005 6:28 PM

Your point is well taken.  I would only consider horses that are grown for meat.  There is a difference between those that are being sent to the glue factory rather than the grave and animals that are grown for food.   [ send green star] 		 
 May 08, 2005 12:18 AM

The French would save horses before they help to save a country of people being slaughtered by their own dictator! Go figure!

Anyway, I love horses so I signed too.

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Which people has control of their govt. once elected? May 08, 2005 12:02 PM

I don't see the French people as having any greater control over their government as mine has over ours. With regard to horses, some French people, and not all, no doubt, would like to see a stop being made to horses being slaughtered for meat.  I'm very glad they are trying.  I wish them well.  The thought of cows being raised for slaughter is equally abhorrent to me as horses.  In France it is acceptable to eat horses and some French people want to change that.  I don't eat meat any longer so I can't get into the argument about different species.  My government has been party to the slaughter of 100 000 Iraqi people or more.  I had no control over it, I hate it, I did everything to stop it and I did not vote for the person who railroaded it through. I only voted at all to be one voice against him because unfortunately there is no one worth voting for in Scotland.  I love all the French people I have the good fortune to know.  Governments are a different matter.
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I signed May 08, 2005 12:27 PM

Thanks for the post!!  We must be vigilant and compassionate in our efforts to educate those who still think it's ok, or don't even think about whether it's ok, to torture life and destroy our environment.  Money's A Dream.......Love Is Life!!!!

Unity In One Love,  Matthew     

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 May 12, 2005 7:05 AM

Eleanor and Hazel, thank you so much for your compassion and conprehension !
ScB and Jon, the point is'nt about making a difference between horses, cows, pigs and chiken.
well, of course if YOU are meat eater it's your problem.
Tani, thank you for signing. anyway one should not mix international politics wich as nothing to do with this subject, and your anger against french people and government has probably something to do with the propaganda campains of american mediae. I am sad of your opinion and I guess you probably don't know what you're talking about. personaly I am proud not to be part of this war, but time and history will tell us who was right on this decision, and that is another story.
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 May 12, 2005 7:34 AM

I've signed the petition.  ScB, you are right, if you eat meat you can't feel sorry for one species and not for the other!  That's why I am a Vegan!!  Cows and bulls in the states are treated equally as terrible as horses in france, or chicken in holland for example!  [ send green star]  [ accepted] 		 
 May 12, 2005 3:06 PM

Sorry if I came across rather harsh in my previous post it's just that a petition to stop horses being eaten seems to be aimed at those who are only interested in protecting a "nice" animal. If it's part of a campaign to stop people eating meat then that's fine - but I think that's what it should be seen as. Equally if there are specific reasons about the way horses are reared for meat that are different from the often inhumane way non-organic meat is reared then that's fine as well but again it should be put forward in that light. To appeal to people just about horses because many people view them as nice animals that can be ridden etc. I feel weakens the argument.

Oh and Tani, when you're ready to talk politics with grown-ups then I'll be ready to talk with you.

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For me it's any animal suffering! May 12, 2005 3:24 PM

I don't pick and choose.  I feel the same with my arms round a horse as I do with a cow or a pot-bellied pig or.....  Thanks, everyone!

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Or a Misquito ?? May 15, 2005 7:17 PM

Just curious, I have a french mom, and, bless her heart, fed me horse meat once.  [ send green star]  [ accepted] 		 
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