In Arizona: Historic deal over management of free-roaming horses on Navajo land

Monday, May 5, 2014

Historic deal over management of free-roaming horses on Navajo land

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By Horsetalk.co.nz on May 03, 2014 in Focus

Bill Richardson. Photo: Kathy Milani/HSUS

An agreement to humanely manage the thousands of free-roaming horses on Navajo Nation land in the United States has been described as historic.

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The sad unfortunate truth

IN THE HANDS OF KILL BUYERS!
When horses are purchased at auction by buyers intending to kill them, they're hauled away in double- decker tractor trailers where they are beaten and often blinded with baseball bats to mollify them. After crossing the border into Mexico, the animals are stabbed on each side-an act to tenderize their meat-and immobilized. Workers, then saw the horses legs off, at the knee and hang them to bleed out-all while the horses are ALIVE! (This is an excerpt, from an article written by Missy Diaz, crediting Victoria Mc Cullough and Sen. Joe Abruzzo for bringing awareness of horse slaughter, to Florida. In 2010 Florida Legislation unanimously passed the Horse Protection Bill, making it a felony to slaughter horses for personal or commercial use.)