sorry

[Marta Russell]

Was thinking of race horses, work horses, etc. who had to earn their 
keep.  A horse's broken leg can be set like a humans.  There are pain 
killers to help.  So it really wasn't rational for horse/pets to be 
killed either.  We don't kill our cats or dogs when they start to 
limp do we?  At least I don't know of anyone who does.
Dead horses do translate into horse meat for food -- ie, a commodity.
Marta


>I thought that the shooting was often predicated on the idea that people
>did not know how to make the horse comfortable.  People shot horses that
>they kept for pets.
>  >
>>
>>  And one more thing.  It was common practice to shoot lame horses as
>>  they were of no use to human beings anymore.
>>  marta
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>Michael Perelman
>Economics Department
>California State University
>Chico, CA 95929
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>Tel. 530-898-5321
>E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

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