Horse Slaughter- My Big Project

I'm only a Freshmen, but I have decided I need to take action on this subject. I've started a file that I will modify and add to every day. I would love your opinions and ideas. It's still rough and I have alot to mull over before I can try to carry my plan out, but I've decided I need to 'try' even if I don't follow it out. Here's my what I've currently found and made:

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Project Horse
Fact: A ban on horse slaughter will not lead to an increase in unwanted horses or abuse and neglect.


Fact: Most horses who go to slaughter are in good condition. USDA documents that more than 92 percent of horses who go to slaughter are in good condition—they will not need to be euthanized. Some 900,000 horses die annually and are safely disposed of by means other than slaughter, and the infrastructure can easily absorb an increase in numbers. More than one million cattle die on the farm each year—with no resulting environmental hazards. Rendering, incineration and burial are all options, depending on local laws. Conversely, the operation of the horse slaughterhouses has a very real negative environmental impact, with all three in violation of local environmental laws related to the disposal of blood and other waste materials.


Fact: Horse owners, not the government, will remain responsible for the care of their horses.

Solution:

This is a very controversial subject. Many people all over the country are petitioning for this to stop, but fail to bring up an alternative plan. We simply cannot save every horse, much to our own fault. Many horse owners don’t administer adequate breeding supervision of their herds. Many have large herds that they don’t monitor and castrate properly, and as a result breed too many horses, which result in Horse Slaughter. To this day horse owners created a crisis that many people have a problem with yet no one has brought up another option. To manage the problem we’ve created we must start thinning our horse herds down. Try to adopt instead of breed. The economy is terrible for horses, many people are trying to sell their horses often result in turning them out to fend for themselves or Horse Slaughter.

The money the government puts into keeping, feeding and preserving our wild horses should be put into castrating and preventing the growth of our herds. I think we need to take all unwanted horses and castrate them, scattering them out across the country on open ranges. The slaughter house can take horses over 15 years of age to slaughter (with the exception of horses physically damaged beyond natural repair or diseased), while turning the horses 15 and younger out on open ranges across the country, castrated. I have included the slaughter house only to control the amount of horses; it will prevent our horses from starving on the open range. Before horses are released, adoption can be performed a month before horses are turned loose (all adopted horses must be castrated).

Resources:
http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/horse_slaughter/facts/facts_horse_slaughter.html

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I'll update my file weekly to let you all know how its coming, I'd love your ideas and opinions! I'd also love to encourage to take a stand, even for something little. Everything is worth it :). What's your Big Project??
Keep it Natural,
                       Kaylee