AR-News: (US TX) Fate of mares sparks equine controversy

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

By Barry Shlachter

Star-Telegram Staff Writer


Animal rights groups warn that tens of thousands of horses are doomed to 
become what's for dinner in Europe and Asia, because women are using fewer 
estrogen-replacement drugs made from the urine of pregnant mares.
"The horses will be slaughtered," asserted Jennifer Fearing, a spokeswoman 
for the Sacramento-based United Animal Nations, speaking of horses that have 
been maintained for urine production. "We know that because there is a long track 
record."
Groups such as Fearing's have organized "rescue" or "adoption" programs for 
mares and their foals that they contend would be otherwise trucked to Canadian 
and U.S. slaughter plants. And they're using the issue to further their 
campaign against slaughtering horses for human consumption.




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http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/7971316.htm 
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