PLEASE STOP MURDERING HORSES! I LOVE THEM & IT IS UNFAIR THAT PEOPLE ARE GIVING THEM THESE FRIGHTENING & PAINFUL DEATHS! PLEASE read this whole thing! It will tell u how the horses r murdered & why it is wrong! IF U DON'T, U R TURNING UR BACK ON ALL HORSES EVERYWHERE! Here is wrote I wrote for my site(please visit it @ http://maxpages.com/sunbelthorses): My opinion about horse slaughter will never, ever change. EVERY single horse that has ever lived and that ever will live must be respected, not slaughtered! Please vote for my site and visit my other pages, even though most of them are under construction! Remember: America was built on horses. Appreciate it. This is about horse slaughter. If you haven't heard of it, read on. Even if you have heard of it, keep reading. It's very important and something you need to know about. Please take your time to read this. Because if you don't YOU are turning your back on the horses WHO NEED YOUR HELP. THE PEOPLE OF PLANET EARTH HAVE SUNK TO ANOTHER LOW.... This is a VERY important issue. For those who haven't heard of it, it's when people take horses, ponies, etc. and MERCILESSLY MURDER THEM! They go through many terrible tortures even the most HORRIBLE CRIMINAL wouldn't have to go through! And what did they do to deserve this PAINFUL AND FRIGHTENING DEATH? NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Even the most innocent are put through this. Such as newly born foals and UNBORN colts and fillies(their mothers are slaughtered STILL pregnant with their foals!)! Horses ARE the most fascinating, beautiful, intelligent animal I have ever come to know. They are and have been and forever will be my ABSOLUTE favorite animal. And many others feel this way. NOTHING surpasses the horse. NOTHING. I would do anything for them. And educating you and others will help a little. But WE have GOT to take action. SOME HORSES THAT OUR SLAUGHTERED ARE STOLEN FROM THEIR OWNERS! PLEASE, I BEG YOU, PROTECT YOUR HORSE, KNOW WHO YOU ARE SELLING IT TO, ALWAYS CHECK IF HE/SHE IS STILL IN THE FIELD/STABLE AND LOCK IT. THIS IS VERY SERIOUS! JUST PICTURE YOUR OWN HORSE BEING STOLEN AND SLAUGHTERED AND I GUARANTEE TEARS WILL WELL IN YOUR EYES AFTER YOU READ BELOW ABOUT HOW THEY ARE MURDERED! This must STOP, NOW! I hope the sickos who eat horse meat know that they are EATING SOMEONE'S BELOVED PET!!!! Most people don't know about it. Or, they don't want to admit and believe it. Some of these horses, slaughtered are retired race horses, still young, but STUPID people think they are useless. Why? Because they lost a few races. That is HORRIBLE and DISGUSTING! Others are old LOYAL childhood ponies people can't take care of anymore. Others are completely normal horses, people sell them thinking their horse is going to a good home, but they ARE TRICKED! People disguise themselves and buy them TO SLAUGHTER THEM. PRETENDING they'll take care of the horses. If you haven't noticed by now, I REALLY want to put an END to horse slaughter. It is VERY WRONG. It will NEVER, EVER be right. What is going on is unthinkable. Horse are LIVING, BREATHING creatures! They should be allowed to live out their lives like the rest of us. I just want this insanity to STOP. The people who sell their horses to auctions need to know what happens to their horses. Some know, but don't care. They could just as easily sell their horses to loving and caring families that will treat the horses right. They could even donate their horses. They would be saving lives(if they donate/sell them to the right people). Old or retired horses should NEVER be slaughtered or mistreated(neither should all other horses)just because they are old. If anything, they should be respected, most of all LOVED. For all that hard work they do, all they get in return is being murdered. Nothing is being done because most people don't know about it. They haven't heard of it. That's because it's unthinkable and hard to believe that man would betray the loyal horse. WHY DO THEY DISRESPECT THE ANIMAL THAT CARRIED EVERY NATION'S MEN TO WAR, DELIEVERED OUR MAIL, HARVESTED OUR CROPS, GAVE US TRANSPORTATION TO THE HOSPITAL(THEY SAVED MILLIONS OF LIVES THIS WAY!) WHEN THERE WERE NO CARS, GAVE US ALL TRANSPORTATION, AND MANY OTHER NUMEROUS THINGS? THIS IS HOW WE REPAY THEM? AT LEAST WE COULD TRY AND HELP STOP THIS. THIS IS ALL THE HORSE EVER GOT IN RETURN. A CRUEL, PAINFUL, FRIGHTENING DEATH. EVERYONE ON THIS EARTH SHOULD BE ASHAMED! ESPECIALLY SINCE NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO STOP IT. LET THE HORSES LIVE! IT'S THEIR RIGHT! THIS IS ALL THE TRUTH, as horrible as it is. PEOPLE WHO SLAUGHTER HORSES DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW. WE, THE PEOPLE OF THIS EARTH, NEED TO KNOW! SO WE CAN STOP IT! THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. TO TELL YOU, AND HOPE AND PRAY THAT YOU WILL TELL EVERYONE ELSE YOU KNOW. TO UNCOVER THEIR EVIL SECRET. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT RIGHT. HORSES SUFFER MORE THAN ANY ANIMAL HAS EVER HAD TO. NO ANIMAL SHOULD SUFFER. WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE'S HEARTS AND MORALS? DO THEY EVEN HAVE ANY? CAN YOU EVEN CALL THEM PEOPLE IF THEY TORTURE INNOCENT ANIMALS? CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? THE MOST REVERED, STRONG, LOVED, UESFUL, POWERFUL, INTELLIGENT, BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS EVER ON THIS EARTH IS BEING MURDERED. As if that wasn't enough, here is how they are slaughtered(this part is from http://www.maxpages.com/helpthehorses until I can write my own description of it). PLEASE READ THIS PART. JUST KNOWING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE HELPLESS AND INNOCENT ANIMALS WILL MAKE YOU WANT TO HELP. AND THAT'S MY GOAL TO GET EVERYONE TO HELP. YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW! IF YOU DON'T READ THE REST OF THIS, YOU ARE TURNING YOUR BACK ON THE HORSE. PLEASE, WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT TURN YOUR BACK ON THE HORSE. HERE IS HOW IT IS DONE TAKEN FROM http://www.maxpages.com/helpthehorses:If yet you don't know the horrifing truth then read below... You are seeing what the horses go through as they approach their violent death. You first spot the horses in a holding pen, standing depressed and confused on the slippery concrete floors. Suddenly, they're moved to a chute and lined up facing what's called the "kill box." Now, depression has turned to terror. What you see is unmistakable. The horses are trembling violently and urinating on themselves. The horse has an acute sense of hearing and smell, well beyond human development. The smell of death is palpable and the horses are reacting with panic and fear. They clearly perceive they are next in line for horrific pain and death. You see the horse, you've been following, funneled into the death trap. A slaughterhouse worker wields a mechanical instrument. Suddenly, the man brings it down with force on the horse's skull. It is a retractable bolt that fractures the horse's skull, but doesn't always render the animal senseless. The horse's bone fragments are driven into the animal's brain along with the bolt. The terror and pain the horse experiences at this moment is unimaginable. The aim of the bolt is NOT to kill the horse, but just to immobilize the animal with the force of the blow. The horse collapses either on the first, second or the third blow. The horse falls onto a conveyer belt, where one hind leg is entrapped in a device that lifts the horse in the air UPSIDE DOWN...STILL ALIVE!!! The horse is hung by this device, it's head dangling toward the floor, STILL ALIVE, and then it's THROAT IS CUT OPEN, so the blood will drain out until the animal's heart beats for the last time. They're bled to death, which is what is required for the horsemeat to be certified for human consumption.THIS IS WHAT IS REQUIRED TO PRODUCE MEAT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. THAT'S HOW YOU GET THAT STAMP OF APPROVAL. Do you now see why we are acting??? TELL YOUR COUNTRY YOU WANT HORSES TO LIVE, NOT BE MURDERED!!!! Let us have your vote to stop this kind of thing happening to any animal, most importantly, HORSES. Sign the guestbook and vote for http://www.maxpages.com/helpthehorsesand http://www.maxpages.com/sunbelthorses if you know horse slaughter is wrong! Also join my HSA (Horse Slaughter Awareness club). It's for people who know horse slaughter is wrong and want their name on my HSA club members page. If you have ANY ideas on how to help stop horse slaughter, PLEASE leave it in the guestbook or email me!!!!