From Today's New York Times

To the Editor:

An addendum should be made to your editorial’s point that all horses deserve the “generosity of conscience” that was expended to save Barbaro.

Just days before Barbaro was humanely put down, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act was reintroduced in Congress. In an incredible juxtaposition to the fanfare of Barbaro, more than 100,000 horses were slaughtered last year in the United States and shipped to Europe and Japan for human consumption.

Each one of these animals suffered extreme cruel and inhumane conditions in the transportation and slaughter process.

Surely a nation and a national press that can expend so much attention on the life and death of one racehorse should be able to muster the compassion to pass legislation that would end this cruelty.

Brad Goldberg
President
Animal Welfare Advocacy
Mamaroneck, N.Y., Jan. 30, 2007