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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 09:30 AM Original message |
Slaughter ban sending horses across borders |
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Corruption Winz (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't see how this wasn't easy to predict... |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Free Trade - The Gift that just keeps on giving |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. Motherfuckers |
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Agent William (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I like you and your friend, n/t. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Do you have a problem... |
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kurtzapril4 (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Hear! Hear! n/t |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. O boy, |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Yes. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. I appreciate consistency... |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
46. I think you're going to need to prove that claim |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. I do. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I appreciate that... |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
48. Just so you know, my husband and I have trained 42 BLM mustangs from wild to saddle |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. I have met people like you before |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. We're not breeders, nor is it about $. Our horses aren't luxury items, |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
45. Well see it's different because ponies are so cute and magical! |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. Ah - The Law of Unintended Consequences at Work. |
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newfie11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's not rocket science |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. and in other no-shit, sherlock news... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. the next step then -- close the damn door. nt |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. They're trying to impose a positive behavior by restricting negative ones. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
8. Horse slaughter was not "humane" in the US |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
9. I've been following this story for almost 2 years now. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. there were people here defending slaughtering of horses |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. look up thread. nt |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. The Slaughter Ban was stupid in the first place |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. Why not slaughter horses? I'm in favor of humane treatment from start to finish, |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Agreed. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. +1... |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. They have a brain the size of a walnut. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Because, that would be like slaughtering a slot machine, and that's just wrong. |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I don't get it either. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Horses are more akin to dogs |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Read my post # 33 |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Those are perfectly valid reasons to guide individual choice or opinion (as are |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
54. it's not necessarily the slaughter that is the problem, but the horribly |
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WranglerRog (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. Don't know how many of you have rescued horses but.... |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Welcome to DU |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
23. let's lift the ban on horse slaughter and bring back badly needly jobs |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. We could slaughter the homeless |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. Count me in as one of those who believe the slaughter ban is dangerous and cruel |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Euthanasia is not banned |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Disposing of a puppy carcass is very different than disposing of a 1200 - 1500 lb animal. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I know what it costs |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Yes but more than a few don't believe that euthanasia is a good alternative end |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Life over money |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I'll go out on a limb and say that more than most of those folks got into financial trouble AFTER |
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rbixby (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
31. Why is the way horses are treated different than other livestock? |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Well.......... |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. Ah, emotional "arguments". |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. What else is there? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Pigs are smarter, cows have worked for us as well |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I hate to be this cynical but after so many years as a pro |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
41. Horse meat is quite tasty. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
44. Long shipping plus lower standards in Mexico = greater animal suffering |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
52. How disgusting are we? |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
53. If we can slaughter pigs, cows, oxen, sheep, chickens, etc... |
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