Snapshot Report post Posted April 2, 2018 SCI made a press statement, that HSUS, has given up on trying to ban Cat hunting in AZ.....for now. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ringer Report post Posted April 3, 2018 That is good news. Guess they didn't have enough stinky hippies from California here yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Last Wood Report post Posted April 3, 2018 This is great news for our ranchers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted April 3, 2018 I figured HSUS could get the needed signatures, maybe not. I just went to their website and all references to the cat bill in AZ is gone. But they're busy suing CO and NM over lion and bear hunting and trapping regs. HSUS was instrumental in getting horse slaughter banned in the US a couple decades ago. It was one of those liberal feel good measures that had devastating effects on the horse industry in America. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cjl2010 Report post Posted April 3, 2018 Why weee we slaughtering horses, edge? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10Turkeys Report post Posted April 3, 2018 Why weee we slaughtering horses, edge? I'm not Edge, but for dog food. From what I understand, now a horse has to be processed for that in Mexico, making it cost prohivitive. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted April 3, 2018 Why weee we slaughtering horses, edge?like pork belly, horse meat was a commodity, some chose to eat it or pack it to consumers abroad, or dog food, leather, glue, protein. Horses that went to slaughter were often blind, lame, old or in some other way, undesireable. Some of the unintended consequences of slaughter house closures were the loss of thousands of jobs and horses losing their base price. And worse for the horses, with no US slaughter houses taking them in, horses were then shipped to Mexico for slaughter using rather barbaric kill techniques. And when many thousands of home owners lost their property during the recent real estate bust, you couldn't give a horse away. With no legal slaughter available, former home owners were abandoning their animals out in the desert or dumping them at boarding facilities. Personally I've never taken a horse to slaughter but I was running a stallion station with two studs and scores of quality brood mares when the USDA pulled inspectors from horse kill lots. I went from having horse flesh worth $50-60K to a base line of zero $ per pound over nite. Horses aren't raised here for meat per se but it was always good having their value on the positive side of the books rather than a liability. Sorry OP, getting off track, HSUS is bad news 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCS Report post Posted April 3, 2018 The Humane Society pulling the plug is the best news I've heard since Trump was elected! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted April 3, 2018 HSUS is like a cockroach. They will be back, when the light is turned off. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted April 3, 2018 HSUS is like a cockroach. They will be back, when the light is turned off. So true. https://www.humanewatch.org/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
