Help end horse slaughter

By Meredeth
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I would like to let everyone know that American horses are being slaughtered today for human consumption. Although a law passed in 2006 shut down the last slaughter houses in America, horses are now transported in cattle trucks to Canada and Mexico to be slaughtered there and their meat is sold to Belgium, Japan and France as a delicacy.

We are being told that horse slaughter is needed to dispose of old, crippled or injured horses. The truth is 92% of horses slaughtered are healthy, sound, usable and young. Those slaughtered include pregnant mares and young foals. The truth is the end is a horrific death.

You can see a video on the Humane Society of the United States website and see what really happens in a slaughter house at http://www.hsus.org/horses_equines/.

You can stop the killing of horses by passing S.311/H.R. 503, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act that will stop the transport of American horses to slaughter for human consumption. You can call the Capital phone numbers below to contact our senators and representatives and ask them to co-sponsor and vote YES on these bills. 1-800-614-2803, 1-800-459-1887, 1-800-828-0498

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posted on Tue, Jun 24, 2008 11:19 AM
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horse slaughter byPat June 24, 2008 (0 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
Thank you for writing this letter. I am against all forms of animal abuse and I think horses being treated this way is especially horrific. People need to be responsible pet owners and stop breeding horses that they do not need. The racehorse owners are to blame too for supplying so many horses. They just race horses until they are not winning anymore and then dump them. I hate it! And we wonder why the world is in such bad shape with people so mean and cruel. "Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace". Albert Schweitzer
Horse Slaughtering byKristy June 26, 2008 (0 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
These things are excruciating to watch, but only when you watch this kind of thing, and it feels like someone's stabbing you in the heart, and you can't stop crying, will you "GET" it. That's when it's time to take the information given and take action. Disregard, indifference, and most especially inaction, are what allows this type of thing to continue. Bravo for bringing this to our website Meredith. The people who participate in this abominable behavior have no heart or conscious. I wish it were they who were getting their neck slit to the spine after being forced to endure heinous conditions of overcrowding, heat and terror. It's what they deserve.