South Texas Horse Slaughter

[Rowdy Fulcher]

Howdy
I had a Mustang that came from Rock Spring ,Wyoming . She was an excellent gun Horse , I worked with her so I could shoot off her . Remember it's the 2nd shot that is always the hardest to make . 

[Delmonico]

There are some Mustangs in the Mounted Shooting around here also, but then some of them also do the Pony Express re-ride also.  That's big around here because the trail came right through this area.

[Shotgun Franklin]

Given the huge numbers of Mustangs given away, sold or auctioned off by the Gov't it only stands to reason that there are a lot of'm that make good horses. There are also plenty that are old, crippled or wild 'til the day they die. I own and like horses but firmly believe that the only way to bring this problem into hand is to kill off the undesirable horses. What else ya gonna do?

[Tascosa Joe]

We can always thank Willie Nelson and some of his buddies for helping close down the horse slaughter houses.  As Bill was saying you have to give the cripples away because there is no slaughter market.  God Bless their little hearts. 

[Ima Sure Shot]

The problem is not only in the west.  We in Eastern Kentucky have a similar problem.  Mountain top removal mining has caused  areas that resemble small Prairies/desert sometimes. Perhaps 1,000 acres of flat in grass? weeds waist high, no fences.  Some persons have just turned their horses out on these to fend for themselves. We have some small herds that are now wild as they have produced offspring. Celeste

[Shotgun Franklin]

If the horses are for sure wild/feral, not claimed by anyone, and it's public land or you have permission on private land; they aren't to hard to hunt and are pretty good to eat.

[Yeso Bill]

If (or when) caught, you would probably find yourself facing animal cruelty charges, which you don't want.  I don't understand why it is ok to slaughter the feral pigs by helicopter but you don't dare shoot a horse.  I guess though we should all be happy the pig hasn't reached that status.