Call In Day Jan. 22 for the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act! Please
help pass this important legislation to protect American horses from slaughter
by calling your Senators and Reps. You do not have to speak to them just call
to voice your opinion so it is noted!
http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article-210
Update: January 12, 2008: On Tuesday, January 22, 2008 call the U.S. Capitol
switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for your U.S. representative and two U.S.
Senators.
Please call and urge each of your legislators to "Please cosponsor and push
for the passage of H.R. 503/S. 311 to protect horses from slaughter". Your
calls are critical.
Read Animal Law Coalition's report below for more information on the American
Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, H.R. 503/S. 311, and how you can find and
contact representatives and senators considering this bill as well as your own
legislators.
Spread the word - ask every friend and family member to call.
Original report: On April 25, 2007 a U.S. Senate Conference Committee passed
the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, S.B. 311, by a vote of 15-7. The
bill, however, has not yet been voted on by the full Senate. But it is on the
Senate Calendar. Write or call your Senators now and urge them to vote yes on
S.B. 311. Find and contact Senators
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La) introduced the bill. There are 30 co-sponsors.
Click here to find out if your senators are co-sponsors. (or your favorite
presidential candidates) Senate Co-Sponsors of American Horse Slaughter
Prevention Act
The horse slaughter industry lobbyists are there at the U.S. Capitol, working
to convince Senators to vote against the bill. The horses have only you. Horse
slaughter in the United States has been shut down by the dramatic federal court
rulings this year. But it's not over. U.S. horses can still be shipped to
other countries for slaughter for human consumption. This bill is essential to
ensure horses are not shipped abroad for slaughter for human consumption and
that U.S. slaughter houses never reopen.
Don't wait. Write or call now! Pass the link to this article to everyone you
know and ask them to help!
S.B. 311 and its counterpart in the House of Representatives, H.R. 503, would
amend the Horse Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. 1821 and end the "shipping,
transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling,
or donation of any horse or other equine to be slaughtered for human
consumption" in foreign or interstate commerce. Check ALC's Pending Bills for
copies of both the House and Senate versions.
The House of Representatives' version, H.R. 503, is currently before the
House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Click here to contact
subcommittee members and urge them to support H.R. 503. Members of House
Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
Click here to find your representative and call or write and urge him or her
to vote yes on H.R. 503, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. Find and
contact Representatives
Remember Beltex Corporation, owner of one of the now-shuttered Texas horse
slaughterhouses, also owns a controlling interest in a third slaughterhouse,
Empacadora de Carnes de Fresnillo, that operates in Mexico. There is no law
right now that stops the shipment of horses to Mexico or any other country for
slaughter. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 2006 33,400
horses were sent from the U.S. to Mexico or Canada for slaughter.
Illinois' Anti-Horse Slaughter Law
Notably, Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojjevich has signed H.B. 1711, making
it illegal in that state to slaughter horses for human consumption. This
stunning victory for the horses guarantees the horse slaughter house owned by
Cavel International, Inc. in DeKalb, Illinois will never reopen. The new law
also bans the export of Illinois horses for slaughter for human consumption.
Other States
Other states are also attacking horse slaughter this year. Bills are pending
in New Jersey and New York that would end the sale, distribution or possession
of horses for slaughter for human consumption. The New York bill has already
passed the state senate.
Click here to contact New York Assembly members to pass NY A.B. 2572 and S.B.
1462. Find and contact New York Assembly Members
Click here to contact New Jersey legislators to pass A. 2032 & S. 1051 Find
and contact New Jersey Legislators
For more on the cruelty and horror of horse slaughter including compelling
Congressional testimony from Christopher J. Heyde, Deputy Legislative
Director, Society for Animal Protective Legislation (A Division of the Animal
Welfare Institute), click here.
http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article/211
For more on the federal court rulings this year that brought horse slaughter
in the U.S. to an end, click on these links.
http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article/17
http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article/212
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"There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like
about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to
other animals as well as humans, it is all a sham." -- Anna Sewell
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