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i. Slaughter creates a salvage or secondary market that enables and encourages over breeding and contributes to any excess horses in the market.
MYTH 5: Equine meat is healthy and safe for human consumption and is used to feed starving people in third world countries.
FACTS: a. Horsemeat from the U.S. is sold as a delicacy on the foreign market and is not used to feed starving people in third world countries. b. U.S. horses, whether used for competition, recreation or work are treated with many substances known to be toxic to humans; substances that can be lethal when in- gested by humans, and many of which have been banned from the human food chain in most countries. c. Foreign consumers of horsemeat are not made aware of the associated health risks directly related to the substances administered to U.S. horses. d. Most of the countries that consume horsemeat also operate their own slaughter plants.
MYTH 6: Reopening horse slaughter plants in the U.S. would be good for America’s economy.
FACTS: a. Horse slaughter is NOT desirable economic development. As evidenced from the past 30 years of operation in the U.S., these communities have been devastated by slaughter’s negative economic and environmental impacts. b. Millions of dollars in losses are attributed to horse slaughter by those that have come forward from within the slaughter industry. c. The government paid out over five million dollars in tax payer money a year to subsidize three foreign-owned horse slaughter plants in the U.S. d. These foreign companies don’t pay taxes in the U.S. because they sell at a loss to themselves overseas. Later, when the horsemeat hits the foreign marketplace, they take a huge profit. For example, IRS tax records reveal over $12 million in gross in- come in one year, yet only $5 in federal taxes were paid by the foreign owned horse slaughter plant(s). e. Horses have an established total impact on the US Gross Domestic Product of $112.1 BILLION and if “surplus’ horses are not sent to slaughter their re-absorption back into the equine community can instead provide a boost to the economy.
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