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Posted by Antoinette on 5/23/2006, 5:36 pm
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The following is an e-mail message I sent out to several horse rescue e-mail lists today. Please feel free to cross post it anywhere. -Antoinette Several weeks back, I suggested to the American Horse Defense Fund's e-mail list at Topica, that we ought to contact organizations and individuals who believe there is an overpopulation of horses, or in "unwanted" horses, and get them to substantiate their belief. I can't remember who still believes in those two harmful, damaging, horse-killing lies. HSUS is one of them. I did a search on "overpopulation" & "horse" and came up with only my own website, other than tons of links for pages pertaining to the overpopulation of wild horses, which is closely tied with the overpopulation of domesticated horses, and that is, "overpopulation" makes a handy excuse all around. Anyway, I'm not saying that the HSUS is bad. I'm just saying that I cannot, for the life of me, understand or comprehend why in the world anyone would believe such a blatant lie. I mean, the lie comes from the AVMA, I believe, or the AAEP. I can't remember. I found it on Vivian's site ( A Fund for Horses dot org) several months ago when I was debating those people on the AQHA forum. THEIR OWN MEMO says that they really have NO IDEA how many horses they are talking about when they say "unwanted" or "overpopulated", because they base the number solely upon the number of horses slaughtered per year! They come right out and admit the whole thing is baseless! How dumb do you have to be to still believe the lie? Am I using strong language? YES I AM! Am I yelling? No, I'm not. I just don't want to use html to emphasize my words so that the people on digest can read them, too. I want as many people to read this as possible, because... THE OVERPOPULATION LIE IS KILLING HORSES, LITERALLY!!!!! People, don't you see? This is their 'last hurrah'. We've competently and completely shot down all their other lies- old, sick horses are the ones that go to slaughter; the captive bolt almost always only requires one hit to be effective; slaughterhouses are peaceful businesses; etc. But we continue to shoot ourselves in the foot with this rediculous lie! Do YOU still believe there are "unwanted" horses and/or that there is an overpopulation of horses in the U.S.? If so, bring it on! I want to hear why. If I'm wrong, I'll be the first to admit it. If I'm wrong, then there exists a true need that my rescue has a duty to focus on, to some extent (along with other aspects of rescue). I will tell you in advance, though, that I will refute your every point with undisputable statistics and economic factors that have been historically proven time after time, throughout the ages of mankind. And I will show everyone that you can point to nothing but guesses and suppositions, based on nothing more than your own misguided opinions. I'm ashamed that I didn't find several pages in my search, disputing this harmful, horrible lie. I know that many of you reading this right now have your own horse rescue websites. Our side needs all of you to put up a page on your site about the lie regarding overpopulation, and point out the harmful effect it has on horses every day in this country. Because as long as slaughter continues, these same lying (beeps) are going to keep on pointing to it and successfully claiming that all those horses that are being slaughtered are "unwanted" and part of our "overpopulation". WAKE UP PEOPLE, HERE'S A NEWSFLASH: Rescues can NEVER take in more horses than the foreign diners will consume. Even if every single rescue in the U.S. could take in 20 horses A DAY, the killers would still be out there trolling for product to supply the slaughterhouses, so they could supply foreign diners. And there would still be horses for the nay-sayers to point to and claim that they were "unwanted" and part of an "overpopulation" problem, after all, look how many horses the rescues take in daily and still, horses go to slaughter! And, the worst part is, half of those who believe this deadly lie are US, OURSELVES! Shooting ourselves in the foot, every day, while horses go to slaughter because of it. I know that those of you who agree with me are in the minority; that's just a factor of the lie's success. Our fellow rescuers are merely uneducated, as are many in the general population. Just as we exposed the horror of slaughter itself on our websites, so must we expose the lie that feeds the slaughter! Anyone interested in reading what my rescue's website has to say about this, below is the link. Scroll down to the colored word, "overpopulation" in the text and click there. http://www.usesr.org/slaughter.html I did contact a couple of people, asking them to substantiate their belief to me. I think that those of us who know the truth ought to be helping our colleagues by enlightening them. It's for the horses. Antoinette Smith United States Equine Sanctuary & Rescue www.usesr.org asmith@usesr.org

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