Horsemeat Argumentative Essay

Horsemeat has been discovered in the U.S food supply. Every day it is dumped on the dinner plates of unsuspecting consumers. Not only do Americans oppose the slaughtering of horses, but the equine are not raised for food. Over the course of their lives they receive a wide variety of drugs and other substances that cause their meat to be contaminated.

Being sold for slaughter is one of the many challenges horse’s face to solely live their lives free of abuse and suffering. Hope can be found in the homes and hearts of millions of people willing to protect them. Whether you own equine, or just love them; I urge you to play a part in their protection through adoption, donations, volunteering or advocacy. A proposed law should end the production,

U.S horsemeat has a health risk to humans because of the unregulated administration of numerous toxic substances to horses before slaughter. Horses are given hundreds of drugs and other substances, both legal and illegal, over their lifetimes that can be toxic to humans if ingested. According to Equine Right (O’Connor, 2013) “Bute is only one of the many drugs and medications fed routinely to horse that is listed as prohibited for human consumption by the CFIA.” Bute is one of the most common medications administered to horses. Horse owners should be well aware of the health risks associated with this medication. It is a cancer-causing medication that is commonly administered to horses as a kind of aspirin for all sorts of minor/ major injuries, swelling, pain, and

When the horses are brought into the slaughterhouse, they go down a ramp, into a feeding pen and in small room. The employees then hold a gun called a “captive bolt pistol” up to the horse's forehead and shoots a 4-inch piece of metal into their brain. Sometimes the workers shoot three or four times until the horse stops moving. After, the horses are then dumped outside and strung upside down by their feet, at which point workers slit its throat and drain the blood. The body is then cut up and sent off to a meat company. A lot of these slaughterhouses could cause a great deal of suffering to these poor horses. Horse slaughter does solve the problem of old, injured and unwanted horses. When they become too old or weak, for racing or for farm work, they will be euthanized if they are not sold to slaughterhouses. Sending them to butcher houses, which follow safety hazards, is the most humane way to get rid of the horses. This also takes out the burden from owners of horses who have outlived their useful lives.

Slaughtering horses provides income. Slaughtering them for food provides income for the owner. Raising horses is expensive because of foods, housing and medications. When the owner sells horse meat, he gets some or more money he