Well I lost track of the days and weeks, so I’ll just post one now and get back on track next week.

So I’ve mentioned about the horses being slaughtered here in Florida, and I doubt this is the only place that this is happening. Things like this don’t get much attention by the media.

Why not? We’re tax payers. We spend our hard earned money at various stores, especially caring for our horses. It’s time to make a stand, everyone else does.

I feel so helpless. People keep asking me “what are you going to do to protect your horses?” Well one woman came to me and said she heard a veterinarian on a news channel the other day, who brought up a good point. He commented on the meat these people are harvesting is tainted, poison to humans. The light bulb went off. A lot of the drugs, wormers, and supplements state right on the containers or bottle, “Not meant for horses intended for human consumption.” If we can’t stop them from butchering our horses, maybe we can stop people buying the meat, which in turn will stop them. I do know that they will continue selling it as long as there’s a market (which by the way is a “Black Market). But it certainly won’t hurt to try.

We need to flood the news media with this point. I know these people have no conscience and don’t care if people die, all they want is their money, but what else can we do?

We need to go to anyone who will listen with this information. Police, government officials. It’s a thought and we need to try.

Well since this post was written around Christmas I’ve been hard at work, not successfully, but at work. I contacted three of the local TV stations. At one of the stations I have a personal friend who is a news reporter. His hands were tied because he’s only allowed to report in one county and all this is happening out of that area. I sent emails to two of the other stations and have gotten no response. I did speak to someone at the news desk at my friends station and was told that the incident took place on the outskirts of their viewing area and if it happens closer to Tampa they’ll report it. I told them that there was an unsuccessful attempt closer, but no horses were killed so they couldn’t use it. They had reported on one several months ago, but until something happens in the Tampa area it’s not news worthy. Another happened closer the other day, but they got away before anyone could do anything and the horses were left with rope burns and one of their dogs had holes in it. I don’t know if they were gun shots or what.

More people are watching and disrupting the slaughter, but it will happen again.

The news idea had good points and bad. Yes if we could catch these people and make an example of them it would be good, but it could also bring out the wackos who would be copy cats.

Several people who intervened have seen these people and now the hunt is on. I’ll let you know if anything comes from this.