16. Willie, you are my HERO! Thanks for being you! Please call your senators and representatives about supporting this bill, it takes 2 minutes of your time.

Posted at 8:57PM on Nov 11th 2007 by robin w.

17.
To "jennie hegeman", it seems that you are operating under the folling premises:
1. That you can reach people and turn them to your way of thinking through condescenscion and insult.
2. That stopping the slaughter of horses in the U.S. somehow "caused" their slaughter elsewhere.
3. That slaughter in the U.S. was not brutal, unethical and horrific.

On all points you are incorrect, you logic is flawed and your thinking processes lacking lucidity.

How on earth did you ever get a radio show?

Posted at 10:19PM on Nov 11th 2007 by don quixote

18. Hi Everyone,
Jen couldn't be more wrong the fight is far from over. Until we can convince the house and senate to finally push the bill to the floor to be voted on we will not see the end of transport of our horses to over the border slaughter houses.
Each slaughter house that closed simply moved it's production to either Canada or Mexico. There is something we can do right now to help horses in danger. Pure Thoughts Horse and Foal Rescue has joined forces with other rescues to save at least 50 horses from kill during the Thanksgiving Weekend. The rescue is in the midst ofraising funds and colleting supplies for this large save. Simply spreading the word to other horse owners, rescues, and friends of horses it will help them reach their goal. www.purethoughtshorserescue.com
is the website. If veryone could pass it on it will make a difference for horses in direct danger of going to slaughter.
The rescue is a 501c3 and recently with the help of Another Chance 4 Horses went to New Holland Livestock auction. It is arguably the most notorious kill auction on the east coast. The news show Inside Edition followed them around and interviewed both rescues. They also filmed the rescues pull 3 former race horses from kill buyers hands. Of course not everyone has the room or ability to organize such a large save as the one coming up, but saving just one means a new life for that horse, and that is an amazing thing!

Posted at 1:18AM on Nov 12th 2007 by Laura Boothby

19. I forgot to mention you can ask the rescue to pass on a press release for the save so you don't have to spend the time to type a request up.
www.purethoughtshorserescue.com

Posted at 1:23AM on Nov 12th 2007 by Laura Boothby

20. Way to go Willie! If anyone reading this is from Texas, we must get Sen. John Cornyn out of office. He see's nothing wrong with killing all these horses.

Posted at 7:32AM on Nov 12th 2007 by Melanie

21. Jen, first take typing and writing lessons before you get online and rant on something are clueless about. Temple Grandin, horse slaughter expert? Bonehead! She is a slaughterhouse export, not a horse or welfare expert. The AVMA and AAEP are not a welfare groups either. They are a pro-business, pro-horse slaughter organizations. One of their "welfare" vets once recommended tossing live chickens in a wood chipper as a form of killing sick ones. Great advice for cold hearted person.

Most horse industry groups support the ban, including the leading horse and welfare groups. Click here for a list: http://www.awionline.org/legislation/horse_slaughter/supporters_of_ahspa.htm

You seem to be ignoring your own warning by moving through life ignorant and opinionated.

Right on Willie! Unlike Jen, you are making a difference for horses by helping. She would rather talk to the 3 people interested in her show.

Posted at 7:57AM on Nov 12th 2007 by Sue Walker

22. Bravo to Willie and his friends for working to save our American horses from the slaughter industry butchers in this country and abroad.

By the Dept. of Agriculture's own records, the majority of American horses slaughtered are healthy and sound. In every poll taken, the majority of Americans want horse slaughter to STOP. Only the people who make money off of the existence of the foreign-owned horse slaughter industry want it to continue in spite of the will of the majority of the American people.

For anyone who wants to ban the slaughter of our horses to satisfy diners overseas, please go to the humane society website, www.hsus.org and click on 'horses'. You will learn the truth about horse slaughter. Find out how only 5 minutes of your time will be a huge help to the horses. Every voice counts and every email counts.

Posted at 11:54AM on Nov 12th 2007 by trustkeeper

23. Jennie Hegeman -

Ignorant and opinionated? Is that not what you are doing? And in the minority, at that. You are a real airhead and have no business hosting a 2 year olds' tea party, let alone a radio program - what low thing did you have to stoop to to get that job? Nasty girl - get your facts straight - you owe it to anyone who bothers to listen to you!

Posted at 12:19PM on Nov 12th 2007 by Teri Shaffer

24. THANK YOU FOR THIS LETTER WILLIE...PLEASE KEEP THE SUPPORT COMING!!!

I am PROUD to stand behind Willie Nelson in the fight this very critical cause to help our horses! I also stand 100% behind any local horse rescue taking these horses to safety, rehabbing them and giving them another chance at life. What do they have in common? They are passionate people with a heart for our horses. Our horses need us to "speak" for them, and it's just as simple as making a call to Congress, helping a horse rescue, and telling others...SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS SO "LIGHT" IS SHED ON THIS ATROCITY.

Our Horses deserve DIGNITY and RESPECT ... not BRUTALITY and TORTURE!!! They suffer beyond our comprehension, from the moment they are beaten and scared while being bid on "by the pound" at a filthy livestock auction, to the extremely over-crowded double-decker cattle trailers they are forced into (with no place to even hold their head up), with no food and water for days of travel, then forced into a "kill chute" while they are terrified and trying to flee, then stabbed multiple times in the back to force them to their knees, then hoisted by one leg so their throats can be slit to "bleed out" ... ALL of this while they are ALIVE and CONSCIOUS... Please give that a moment to sink in.

FOR JENNIE with the radio show (who is losing her few listeners as I type this)...Before you type any more nonsense or negative comments about this cause...DO THE RESEARCH.

Michelle

Posted at 2:47PM on Nov 12th 2007 by Michelle

25. I AM 100% FOR GETTING THESE BILLS PASSED! ALMOST EVERY DAY I MAKE MY PHONE CALLS FOR THE MORNING. SO SO SO MANY AMERICANS HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THIS EXTREME CRUELTY TO OUR AMERICAN HORSES. THE ONLY WAY TO DO THIS IS FOR EVERYONE TO COME TOGETHER AND BE HEARD!!! YOU GO WILLIE!

Posted at 3:36PM on Nov 12th 2007 by MBUFAL

26. Thank you Willie,
Your support of the legislation to protect equines is a big boost along with our friends Bo and the Barbie twins among others including our sweet Barbaro. As we all know, another great racehorse was slaughtered out of total cruelty, Ferdninand and also the great Exceller. As long as slaughter and the transport to slaughter is legal in America NO horse is safe, not famous race horses nor the horse in your backyard that you love dearly. Please help protect that which 80% or more Americans agree to protect. American horses are not food and especially not for EUROPEAN DINERS! It truly is America's dirty little secret, but a secret no more thanks to Willie and people like him. There are many people like myself who have raised our voices but are not heard so we needed someone to use their fame to speak up and I for one am grateful.

There never was anything humane about horse slaughter, not in the USA, not in Canada and certainly not in Mexico. But the whole time slaughterhouses in the USA (owned by Belgian companies) operated, the workers on the line were always Mexican anyway. It's been witnessed that the USDA inspector was not at the IL slaughterhouse while they were slaughtering so there was no monitoring. Lot's of dirty business going on, illegally dumping in the stream, producing more pollutants than allowed exceeding BOD limits repeatedly. And the odor at the plant was unbearable. Then there were the plants in Texas...I'll not go on. But the worst of it was the extreme torment and suffering of the horses. Let's stop it NOW! HR 503 and S 311

Posted at 5:41PM on Nov 12th 2007 by Susan Pizzini

27. Gee whiz, Jennie, I can't imagine how you could host a radio show having anything to do with horses when you are so poorly informed! Horses have been going to Mexico to be butchered for more than a decade but no one in the AVMA or AAEP, who have known all along, cared until now so their protests about the slaughter methods being used there are propaganda to further their own agenda. AAEP, AVMA are pro-slaughter. But
there are a remarkable number of other industry experts (more than 200 groups I believe) who are vehemently against slaughter, including 2 other veterinary organizations without the funding to lobby Congress. It isn't just celebrities and the HSUS or more than 80% of Americans. Do some research girl!!

Thank you Willie, Amy, Bo and all the others who are speaking out INTELLIGENTLY AND TRUTHFULLY against slaughter. We WILL win this fight.

Posted at 8:47PM on Nov 12th 2007 by Joyce J

28. Willie, thank you so much for all that you do for our horses!

We will end horse slaughter!

And to:
jennie hegeman
host horse talk radio with jen

You need to get YOUR facts straight. Our horses have been going to Mexico to face that barbaric death even while all three horse slaughter plants were open. Please, do your research before you try to spew lies.

It's so embarrassing to have someone that is evidently on the radio talking about horses and doesn't have a clue.

Please, call your senators and representatives and ask them to co-sponsor S. 311 and HR 503; this will end the export of our horses to slaughter anywhere in the world. We must get these bills passed.

http://horses.generitek.com

Posted at 9:50PM on Nov 12th 2007 by MJNYC

29. Mr. Willie,
I'm sure that what you say is true, but a picture is worth a thousand words.
A 61 year old fan. ( Gray Dog )
I love all of GOD's creatures!!!!

Posted at 1:26AM on Nov 13th 2007 by Donald Lee Sims aka ( Gray Dog )

30. It is time to end the slaughtering of our American Horses! This includes shipping them, torturously to Mexico & Canada, for an even more brutal death! We are stewards of this planet, and it's time we start behaving as such. All Life Is Sacred! For those of you who say we should have kept the US slaughter plants open, you are completely out of touch! We now need to move forward, so that our Horses don't get shipped for slaughter. There are many considerations here, going forward, which are similar to all of our domestic Animals. Breeding is of major concern, obviously, since we apparently have more Horses than we want! We must continue to fight for Freedom for our Horses, and thereby, create a more compassionate society which practices what it preaches! Closing the US plants was only the first phase of ending the slaughtering of our Horses. I applaud Wille, and everyone involved with getting this done!

Posted at 8:08AM on Nov 13th 2007 by Rich Russom