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AMERICA'S HORSES The USDA says 90% of horses are healthy when they begin their horrific journey to the slaughterhouse. These horses are shipped in cramped, overcrowded transports to the slaughterhouse. They often have no food or water for over 24 hours. In the summer they endure extremely hot temperatures during these transports. Once at the slaughterhouse, the horses are typically shot in the head. They are then hung by their back legs upside down, many times while they are conscious. Sometimes they are sent by individuals or groups no longer able or willing to care for them. Sometimes they are retired or injured racehorses, riding school or show horses, federally protected wild horses, foals born as a by-product of the Premarin industry, or stolen horses. "The majority is not actively sold to slaughter by their owners, but instead arrive at the slaughterhouse via livestock auction, often sold by owners unaware of their ultimate fate. Those purchased at auctions by individuals known as "killer buyers" may then be shipped on trailers for as long as 28 hours without water, food or rest". (continued) Email this PDF Document with FOIA images to your friends.Print it and take it with you. (Viewer discretion advised) Please ask your friends to do the same. Save America's Horses! |
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WHAT YOU CAN DO Send an automated email message to tell your representative to support HR 503. Click Here! Contact your U.S. representative and urge him or her to vote YES on the anti horse slaughter bill. Learn more about the Conyers-Burton Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2009, H.R. 503.) GO! Also, tell your representative to vote YES to stop cruel horse transporting in the US (H.R. 305, the Horse Transportation Safety Act). This will put an end to the cruel transports of horses on double decked trailers. Learn more, GO! Background Information The question always asked is if horse slaughter for human consumption is illegal, what will we do with the unwanted horses? As if a multi-million dollar a year industry is driven by unwanted horses. Horse slaughter is driven by a demand for horse meat. Typically, kill buyers buy horses at auction for slaughter. The kill buyers are not looking for the unwanted or abused or neglected horses. They are looking for healthy horses that can be slaughtered for horsemeat, a delicacy in parts of Europe and Asia. The USDA has said over 92% of American horses slaughtered are healthy. Resource: Animal Law Coalition GO! (Learn More)   |
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