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I think Kelley is right, all slaughterhouses are sick.  If someone thinks they need to eat the horses because of the economy, they should really try vegetables and quit raising animals they can't afford to take care of properly. 

Having a pet is a lifetime commitment.  If you can't make that commitment, which includes the end of life (humane euthansia and cremation in this case) then you shouldn't have the pet.  The woman with the three "beloved" horses she'd had all their lives but is going to send them off to a slaughter house because it's too expensive to have them cremated is shirking her responsibility.

If you can't afford to take care of your elderly parents or buy medicine for your sick child, what's next?  Soylent Green?

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  If someone can't afford to do the right thing by their pet, which includes the animal's entire life, (yes, it's a commitment!) then they shouldn't have the pet in the first place.  I've seen dogs and cats at the Oregon Humane Society that have been brought in for many reasons, and one of the worst is "too many animals in the house".  DUH, why did they get more then?  I think it's all a matter of follow through.  I can't believe that lady (Jackie?) saying that she had three horses, one of which she reared from a baby, and she can't afford to have them humanely euthanized and cremated properly.  In my opinion, there is NO excuse for that. What are these people thinking?

 Can't afford to take care of aging parents or sick children?  Next we'll have Soylent Green!

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