Ms Cooke brings up an excellent point.....for some reason or another 'man-kind' is the dominant species on THIS planet with pretty much control over most others...not coach roaches......we just need to be humane in all that we do......I had stopped raising rabbits because I just got sick and tired of killing them......and not to start a fight, we'd all be better off if we ate less or NO meat of any kind......I was at a former student's Bar Mitzah a few weeks ago and the Rabbi stated..."When you're in a situation where no one is acting human, you need to act human.......FB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula M. Cooke" <pcooke212@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:27:02 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: OT Horse slaughter house ban expored Any of us who had dogs in the 40's - 60's fed horsemeat.  Many cultures eat dog, some with some shocking (to us) preparation methods.  Why is this country so into anthropomorphizing??  Japan ate Ferdinand, the Kentucky Derby winner.  I hear it was quite the party!  They bought him, he was theirs to do with as they pleased.  Unless you prefer to follow PETA's beliefs, of course. Paula, 314 days and counting Home of BIS, BISS, Multi-Group Winning, AKC JAM/AOE, Intern'l & Am CH, Silver Grand Champion Asgard Harley Davidson, HT, PT, CGC, TC, HIC, OFA CHIC #64047 (Hips, Elbows, Cardiac, & Thyroid),.1st male GSD Grand Champion. 2010 #1 GSD in California, Lifetime #1 GSD in Michigan, 2010 #1 GSD male in USA (AKC GCH Stats), 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Invitee. 2010-2011-Lifetime AKC Eukanuba invitee. ---------- Original Message ---------- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:13:24 -0800 (PST) From: "Chris S. Kimerer" <tanbarkgsd@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: OT Horse slaughter house ban expored Really cool info, thanks for sharing that. � Regarding actually�listing horse as an ingrediant, I doubt that will ever happen.� As stated in the original article,�the American people do not view the horse as they do a cow,�pig, or�sheep.� Horses are part of our American history and certainly not viewed as just another farm animal.� John Q Public can drive past a stockyard and maybe be apalled at the smell, but it does not incite the feeling a slaughterhouse for horses evokes.� � I feed raw deer meat to my dogs, many of my friends think I'm nuts and find it disturbing.� My dogs love it and look great on it.� But I think I might have a harder time knowingly feeding horse meat.� � Chris Chris S. (Jolley) �Kimerer www.tanbarkgsd.com  ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011.  All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post.  This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org  SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================