Would we tolerate U.S. cats & dogs being eaten in asia?

Would We Tolerate U.S. Cats & Dogs Being Eaten in Asia?
Wednesday June 28, 5:20 am ET
Activist Asks 'Why Do We Slaughter Horses?'

GLENVILLE, Pa., June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Americans would be outraged if an animal shelter as a fund-raiser sold all their cats and dogs to a meat processing plant to be eaten in Asian countries. But every year more than 80,000 horses are shipped to meat processing plants to be eaten in European and Asian countries. Jo Deibel of Glenville, Pa., is devoting her life to rescuing racehorses from being auctioned to kill buyers. Deibel, President of the Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc. (http://www.saveahorsenow.org ) feeds and cares for the rescued thoroughbreds until they are adopted.
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Anti-Slaughter Bill May Have to Wait for After Break

Anti-Slaughter Bill May Have to Wait for After Break
by Amanda Duckworth
Date Posted: 6/28/2006 4:22:29 PM
Last Updated: 6/28/2006 4:24:02 PM

It appears unlikely the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act will be
put to a vote before Congress breaks for the Fourth of July holiday.

"There had been some thought for some quick movement, but it looks like
there are some scheduling and timing issues," Chris Heyde, deputy
legislative director for the Society for Animal Protective Legislation,
said June 28.

While the vote may not come until after the holiday, a lot of lobbying
is going on in Washington, D.C.

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Barbaro, book opening our eyes.

Barbaro, book opening our eyes
By Furman Bisher | Tuesday, June 27, 2006, 07:59 PM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

It probably never occurred to you that if Barbaro had been running in a $25,000 claiming race when he went down on Preakness Day, he would have been euthanized on the track. Sorry, but that’s the way it is. Barbaro was spared, at great expense, because of his future as a breeder. Let me assure you, though, that even some of the great ones aren’t spared, mercilessly destroyed by brutal owners who have no further use for them once their productive days are done.

This has weighed on my mind since a copy of “After the Finish Line” reached my desk awhile ago, months ago to be shamefully honest. Bill Heller, a writer for Thoroughbred Times, produced it, and I’ve dawdled about trying to decide when and how to get about it. I’ve bred and raced thorougbreds, but I only got close to one, named Middleburg Life, co-owned with Sam Huff of the NFL Huffs. This son of Academy Award won a few races before he came down injured a second time, and it was then that Sam and I agreed that we should find a good home for him, and we did, in a lady’s pasture in Virginia.

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