Horse Slaughter Research Paper

Horse slaughter is a commonly unknown issue to the public but yet an important issue. One reason horse slaughter should be legalized is it would reduce equine neglect cases and thus reducing the need to rescues. People tend to breed two random horses together in hopes someone will buy that horse, but in reality people tend to buy more horse than they really need. This means the below average rider will buy the above average horse which leaves the below average horses unmarketable. From experience horses are expeive to keep, due this and the fact below average horses are difficult to sell, people tend to reduce care on these horses. This reduction in care increases the neglect cases along with the need for rescues. By legalizing horse slaughter in the United States horses bought at auctions would not endure hour long trips without food and water before being slaughtered. There is one major auction in
For the duration of the trip the horses are crammed in a trailer with no food or water and with minimal room to move around. Due to this horses will get injured and some will not even survive it to the slaughterhouse. If horse slaughter became legal in the United States the horses would not have to travel this long distance and it would reduce the suffering. It is also important to note that humans have been slaughtering cattle, sheep, pigs, and chickens for years. The only big difference between a horse and cattle is the number of toes and weight.
On the contrary horse slaughter should not be legalized, because this would increase breeding. The general public would start to understand that money can be made in this market so more people would be willing to breed more animals. This would result in the dilution of breed standards. Another reason the legalization of horse slaughter is negative is because when kill buyers look at a horse they only