THIS is the mindset we are up against...sigh...

Below is my unedited response to an individual who wonders why I don't want horses to be slaughtered. I swear, I could not make up the stuff I get in my emails...from the naive to the nasty pro slaughter folks. I don't know where this one falls - but thought I would share just a sampling of what I get, daily.  


Emailers question is at very bottom, my response is immediately below...we are ANTI horse slaughter.


Hi,

If they (as in the folks who slaughter horses) were "putting them down" humanely, I would have a paying job. 

Horse slaughter is not, at any point in the process from auction to killing floor, humane. The captive bolt is NOT humane for horses. 

Mares, pregnant mares, foals, stallions, etc all being crammed on double decker trucks made for much shorter cattle and the being beaten, screamed at, electrocuted, etc  to get off the truck is NOT humane. Horses hanging upside by one leg with their throats slit still being able to reach out and kick their killer is NOT humane.  Mares having their foals literally ripped out of the stomachs and live foals being tossed in the trash is not humane.

(all mentioned above are documented via video taped events at horse slaughter plants and those are just a few of the thousands of documents abuses taking place at slaughter plants)

Skinny, starved, abused etc horses usually do NOT go to slaughter. The kill buyers get paid for horses in good weight and usually do not buy old, starved horses or sick horses. 

And if they are ill - and usually they are not - who is going to want to eat them? You do know that humans are eating horse meat? Horse meat tainted with cancer causing drugs - would you (if you ate meat) eat a sick cow - or if you don't eat meat would you eat an obviously rotten apple or orange.

There isn't a horse on the planet that deserves to be slaughtered.

Trust me, I work NON STOP from the minute I wake up till, well let's see it's Sunday at nearly 9pm and I am still working, I go to bed, if it were humane I wouldn't be writing this email and I would have a normal life without the horrors I have to see, almost daily.

Jo

Jo Deibel
President/Director
Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc
www.saveahorsenow.org
PO Box 62
Glenville, PA 17329
Phone: 717-965-7901
Fax: 866-892-5069

-----Original Message-----
From:
To: jodeibel <jodeibel@aol.com>
Sent: Sun, May 20, 2012 8:16 pm
Subject: Re: Salem, Oregon gets Angel Acres Anti Horse Slaughter Billboard!

Dear Jo,
    One question. I want to know something. Why do you not want them to be slaughtered? I know it's bad but.... would you rather put them down or watch them suffer? One more question are they getting slaughtered for no reason or because they are ill. If its for no reason thats wrong. But if there ill they should be because they'll be in more and longer pain if their ill.

Salem, Oregon Gets Angel Acres Anti Horse Slaughter Billboard!

Salem Oregon gets Angel Acres Billboard! Media Alert:                                                                                    Media Contact: Fran Burns May 20, 2012                                                                                      fran@boxwoodfarm.com                                                                                                             410 340 7676                                                                                              Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue  Anti Horse Slaughter Billboards Glenville, PA - Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue (www.saveahorsenow.org) is pleased to announce that the newest billboard in their campaign to educate the U.S. public about horse slaughter has gone up in Salem, Oregon. The billboard guides the reader to its companion website www.stopslaughteringus.com which provides up to date factual information regarding horse slaughter. According to the USDA, exactly 133,241 U.S. horses were sent to slaughter last year. These horses are transported to Mexico and Canada in double decker trailers for slaughter and the meat is shipped to Europe for human consumption. Angel Acres’ grassroots campaign is funded strictly by horse advocates donating to the billboard campaign. This billboard was sponsored by Oregonians Against Horse Slaughter. The educational campaign is separate from the rescue activities. “Horse slaughter is a predatory for-profit business, not a replacement for responsible ownership practices, and there are resources available for horse owners needing assistance,” states Jennifer Kunz, member of the grassroots group Oregonians Against Horse Slaughter. Acres Horse Haven Rescue is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit rescue located in Glenville, PA dedicated to saving horses bound for slaughter for human consumption. Learn more about Angel Acres by visiting www.angelacres.net.  Learn more about horse slaughter stats by visiting http://www.equinewelfarealliance.org/uploads/00-Slaughter_Statistics.pdf Oregonians Against Horse Slaughter is a group comprised of horse owners, rescues, trainers, and other concerned citizens. They oppose the slaughter of horses in the United States, and specifically Oregon, for multiple reasons. They do not believe tax dollars should be spent subsidizing foreign interests in a failing industry that does not provide food for Americans. They believe commercial horse slaughter is not and cannot be made humane, and the food safety issues are enormous. Further, slaughter plants also kill communities with increased crime rates and burdens on municipal resources. They ask that Oregon residents step forward to protect the state, and the horses.                                                                                                                   To view the locations of other billboards please go to http://www.stopslaughteringus.com/how-you-can-help/billboards/billboard-locationssee-where-our-billboards-are.html. Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue is accredited by GFAS. (Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries) The Oregon board is shown below - Billboard does NOT have lines - it's a huge digital board & looks this way only when photographed.

Angel Acres Teams Up With Horse Haven To Help Horses :o)

Exciting News From Angel Acres! Ubisoft® and Angel Acres Team Up on Horse Haven™Game to Bring Awareness to Horse Plight! Help us help the Angel Acres gang by playing the new Facebook Game Horse Haven™. Help Angel Acres Horse haven Rescue fight against Horse slaughter! Ubisoft® has teamed up with Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue to help us help more horses in need! How? More info on the forums Angel Acres website Simply purchase the Angel Acres featured items to help us help horses. These items will be available in the game now through June 18, 2012 - so hurry and play today! (items are pictured below - "huge engery pack" not pictured) About Angel Acres:Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue is a GFAS Accredited 501 (c) 3 non-profit rescue located in Glenville, PA dedicated to saving horses bound for slaughter for human consumption. Learn more about Angel Acres by visiting www.angelacres.net. Learn more about horse slaughter stats by visiting http://www.equinewelfarealliance.org/uploads/00-Slaughter_Statistics.pdf  About Ubisoft: Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through a strong and diversified lineup of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has offices in 26 countries and has sales in more than 55 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. For the 2010–11 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of 1.039 billion euros. To learn more, please visit ubisoftgroup.com. © 2012 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Horse Haven, Ubisoft, and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the US and/or other countries. Jo Deibel :o) Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc. PO Box 62, Glenville, PA 17329

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Show Us Your Horse & Be Angel Acres Cover For May!

You love your horse, we love your horse, too and we want to see them...all of them!

Take a moment and submit your horse to our Show Us Your Horse App to enter your horses picture today!

Show Us Your Horse is free, fun and someone's horse will be The Angel Acres Facebook Cover Horse for May!

Click HERE to see the entries so far!

We can't wait to see all the Velvet-Noses out there!

Angel Acres - Hay, We Need It!

Happy Wednesday from Glenville, PA! We've started the Angel Acres Annual Hay Drive! Again, this year I've donated my birthday wish to the Angel Acres Hay Drive. Click HERE to see my birthday wish! PLEASE help if you can - Hay is our #1 expense - we feed A LOT of hay! Remember NO donation is too small! Hay can literally mean the difference between life and death for a horse. Starving horses need it to begin their recovery after rescue, healthy horses need it to maintain good health and even older horses who may get senior feed need hay too. If we could have one wish, it would be for the hay fairy to bring us a big ole load of hay! But, since we don't have an in with the hay fairy, we are asking the Angel Acres Gang to consider making a donation - no amount is too small or too large - to help us get this seasons hay! How Important Is It Really? Your donation of as little as $10 can help us get the hay we need for the season, helping us to make the life of a once slaughter bound, neglected or abused horse just a little bit brighter. The horses at Angel Acres know EXACTLY when breakfast, lunch, midday snacks and dinner are served and boy oh boy do they let us know if we are late!!! Help us keep these ladies and gentleman happy and healthy and make a donation to our hay fund today! Some folks asked about PayPal - we do have a paypal addy - angelacreshorsehaven@yahoo.com is our paypal address. Also...if you have extra hay from last season and would like to donate it to our gang, please email me and we can arrange to have it picked up quickly! Thank you for taking the time to read this email and please share with others and help us get the word out about our hay drive! Have a super happy week ahead,, Jo Deibel :o) Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc. PO Box 62, Glenville, PA 17329

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Angel Acres Anti Horse Slaughter Billboard Goes Up in Oklahoma City, OK!

Anti Horse Slaughter Billboard in Oklahoma City! Media Alert: Media Contact: Fran Burns April 3, 2012 fran@boxwoodfarm.com 410 340 7676 Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue Anti Horse Slaughter Billboards Glenville, PA - Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue (www.saveahorsenow.org) is pleased to announce that the newest billboard in their campaign to educate the U.S. public about horse slaughter has gone up in Oklahoma City, OK. The billboard guides the reader to its companion websitewww.stopslaughteringus.com which provides up to date factual information regarding horse slaughter. According to the USDA, exactly 133,241 U.S. horses were sent to slaughter last year. These horses are transported to Mexico and Canada in double decker trailers for slaughter and the meat is shipped to Europe for human consumption. This board was sponsored by Simone Netherlands, Director of Respect 4 horses, in cooperation with the Documentary Saving Americas Horses and Wild Horse Freedom Federation. “Good riddance,” says Simone Netherlands. “We collectively suggest that they take their deceptive name, their deceptive propaganda and their deceptive agenda far away and go pretend that they care about horses and horse people somewhere else.” The interactive Summit of the Live Horse Press Conference will be broadcast on Ustream.tv, 12 noon CDT April 3, 2012. This is the link where you can log into the live broadcast: Ustream.tv/channel/Respect4Horses It will also be available atwww.Respect4Horses.com Jo Deibel, Founder and Director of Angel Acres, noted “We are thrilled to have this board sponsored by several boots on the ground horse advocates. All are working towards the common goal of exposing the dirty business of horse slaughter to the American public. No matter what pro slaughter folks call it i.e. rendering, processing, harvesting or whatever sanitized word they choose to use, Horse Slaughter Is NOT Humane Euthanasia.” Acres Horse Haven Rescue is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit rescue located in Glenville, PA dedicated to saving horses bound for slaughter for human consumption. Learn more about Angel Acres by visitingwww.angelacres.net. Learn more about horse slaughter stats by visitinghttp://www.equinewelfarealliance.org/uploads/00-Slaughter_Statistics.pdf To view the locations of other billboards please go to http://www.stopslaughteringus.com/how-you-can-help/billboards/billboard-locationssee-where-our-billboards-are.html. Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue is accredited by GFAS. (Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries) Angel Acres Horse Haven Rescue, Inc. PO Box 62, Glenville, PA 17329

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