Anti-Slaughter
Sadly, horses have been slaughtered for human consumption overseas, for many years in the U.S.A., and in Canada and Mexico. Last year 135,000 American horses were slaughtered, and the meat was shipped to France, Belgium and Japan. The meat is also consumed in French Canadian restaurants. Considered a delicacy, the meat fetches high prices and is in demand. The three horse slaughterhouses that were in operation in America were Belgian owned. Facing tremendous opposition for years, two in Texas were finally closed in early 2007, and the remaining Cavel International, operating in DeKalb, Illinois just lost a lawsuit against the State if Illinois.
The closure of Cavel International is another step forward in seeing an end to slaughter in the U.S.A. The problem is far from solved though, as the horses face a long and grueling journey to Canada or worse still, Mexico.
The slaughter of horses is the most inhumane practice imaginable. Horses are purchased at auction by “kill buyers”(KB). Horses are badly treated right from the moment they arrive at auction. Food and water are not always available to them in the holding pens. Weather may be extremely hot or extremely cold, and no shelter provided. Kill buyers buy the horses per pound for their meat. Sadly, many of these are healthy riding horses, and have been someone’s pet. Some owners do not know the horses will end up at slaughter, and some do know but do not seem to care. Other horses arrive at auction sick, emaciated, injured and worse.
Read more about Horse Auctions.
No horse deserves the pain and torture of the transportation to the slaughterhouses, and the act of slaughter itself. Horses are crammed into cattle trucks. Stallions, mares, some heavily pregnant, young horses, old horses, sick, lame, and even blind. A recipe for disaster, many horses do not make the journey alive. They become weak from the journey fall and are trampled to death. They are on the road for as long as 24 hours with no food or water. Transportation laws are broken daily by this industry, as is the 1958 Humane Slaughter Law. These laws, consistently broken are proof enough that this industry should be abolished. Horses are being transported to Mexico and Canada. Animals Angels have conducted investigative reports on the transportation of horses. They have observed the lack of interest in these horses at the border by both the USDA inspectors and the Canadian CFIA. Horses must be checked en route every few hours and are routinely not. Horses arrive at the slaughterhouse very weak, some are even dead or die soon after arrival. No food or water is offered to them at the slaughterhouse, no shelter from the weather, and the conditions at slaughter are unbelievably inhumane. It is cruelty at its worst. Read about the investigation at Richelieu Meat, Inc and the investigation into the transport of American horses to Canada for slaughter. WARNING THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE TRULY DISTURBING.
To watch video of transportation and slaughter and read more about transportation from Animals Angels,
Click Here.
Animals Angels report on horses going to Mexico for slaughter.
In 1998 Proposition 6 passed in California, banning the sale of horses for slaughter for human consumption. Sadly, funding was not put in place for the enforcement of these new laws, making it illegal for anyone to knowingly sell or purchase a horse for slaughter. Kill Buyers still attend auctions in California, purchasing horses for transportation out of state. Horses from California are passed on to other auctions out of state or driven directly to slaughter in Mexico or Canada. There is no enforcement of the law. Hopefully when the federal laws are passed there will be funding and enforcement.
The Humane Society have put the abolition of horse slaughter among their top priorities. Lobbying hard along with The Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL), with Bo Derek as spokesperson, both Congress and the Senate have been hit hard this year with the brutal facts about the horse slaughter industry, the grossly inhumane treatment of the horses and the laws that are broken on a daily basis at auction, transportation and at the slaughterhouses. The legislation pending in Congress HR503 and the Senate S727 are worded exactly the same and will ban the transporation of American horses across the border for slaughter in Mexico and Canada. As part of their campaign HSUS have undercover video, exposing the inhumanity of horse slaughter in Mexico, where 20% of American slaughter-bound horses end up. The method of slaughter used in Mexico “pithing” is illegal in the U.S.A. and in Europe, yet the American government permits our horses to be murdered in this manner across the border. There is a holding station in El Paso Texas where hundreds of horses await the Mexican slaughter trucks to pick them up and drive them to their death. Many are transported in double deck trucks which is illegal in the U.S.A.
NEW LEGISLATION
HR503 – The prevention of Equine Cruelty Act is currently collecting valuable co-sponsors quickly in the House of representatives. Please call your local Representative and encourage him/her to become a co-sponsor of HR503, which will ban the transportation of American horses across the border to Canada and Mexico for slaughter for human consumption.
S727 is the Senate equivalent. This has recently been introduced into the Senate, and in need of co-sponsors. Please call your State Senator to encourage co-sponsorship of this important bill.
For more information on the legislation and how you can help, visit:
Get The Facts on Horse Slaughter
American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act
Society for Animal Protective Legislation
Contact your local legislators and tell them you want to see an end to horse slaughter.
Watch Bo Derrek on Horse Slaughter. WARNING Other horse slaughter videos on YouTube may be graphic!
For more information on slaughter, horse tripping, rodeos, horse “bleeding” and other cruelties against horses visit the International Fund for Horses website.
Every week, across the USA, horses are rescued from going to slaughter in Mexico and Canada. They are rescued off feedlots, or at auction. Saving Horses, inc has saved many from this terrible fate, including Lucky Girl, Second Chance, Gracie, Keelhauled, El Nuki, Daddy, Macy, to mention only a few. By making a donation you will be enabling Saving Horses, Inc., to sustain the horses rescued and make it possible for us to conduct further rescues in the future.
For more information on slaughter and transportation records please visit http://www.kaufmanzoning.net/horsemeat/
The closure of Cavel International is another step forward in seeing an end to slaughter in the U.S.A. The problem is far from solved though, as the horses face a long and grueling journey to Canada or worse still, Mexico.
The slaughter of horses is the most inhumane practice imaginable. Horses are purchased at auction by “kill buyers”(KB). Horses are badly treated right from the moment they arrive at auction. Food and water are not always available to them in the holding pens. Weather may be extremely hot or extremely cold, and no shelter provided. Kill buyers buy the horses per pound for their meat. Sadly, many of these are healthy riding horses, and have been someone’s pet. Some owners do not know the horses will end up at slaughter, and some do know but do not seem to care. Other horses arrive at auction sick, emaciated, injured and worse.
Read more about Horse Auctions.
No horse deserves the pain and torture of the transportation to the slaughterhouses, and the act of slaughter itself. Horses are crammed into cattle trucks. Stallions, mares, some heavily pregnant, young horses, old horses, sick, lame, and even blind. A recipe for disaster, many horses do not make the journey alive. They become weak from the journey fall and are trampled to death. They are on the road for as long as 24 hours with no food or water. Transportation laws are broken daily by this industry, as is the 1958 Humane Slaughter Law. These laws, consistently broken are proof enough that this industry should be abolished. Horses are being transported to Mexico and Canada. Animals Angels have conducted investigative reports on the transportation of horses. They have observed the lack of interest in these horses at the border by both the USDA inspectors and the Canadian CFIA. Horses must be checked en route every few hours and are routinely not. Horses arrive at the slaughterhouse very weak, some are even dead or die soon after arrival. No food or water is offered to them at the slaughterhouse, no shelter from the weather, and the conditions at slaughter are unbelievably inhumane. It is cruelty at its worst. Read about the investigation at Richelieu Meat, Inc and the investigation into the transport of American horses to Canada for slaughter. WARNING THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE TRULY DISTURBING.
To watch video of transportation and slaughter and read more about transportation from Animals Angels,
Click Here.
Animals Angels report on horses going to Mexico for slaughter.
In 1998 Proposition 6 passed in California, banning the sale of horses for slaughter for human consumption. Sadly, funding was not put in place for the enforcement of these new laws, making it illegal for anyone to knowingly sell or purchase a horse for slaughter. Kill Buyers still attend auctions in California, purchasing horses for transportation out of state. Horses from California are passed on to other auctions out of state or driven directly to slaughter in Mexico or Canada. There is no enforcement of the law. Hopefully when the federal laws are passed there will be funding and enforcement.
The Humane Society have put the abolition of horse slaughter among their top priorities. Lobbying hard along with The Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL), with Bo Derek as spokesperson, both Congress and the Senate have been hit hard this year with the brutal facts about the horse slaughter industry, the grossly inhumane treatment of the horses and the laws that are broken on a daily basis at auction, transportation and at the slaughterhouses. The legislation pending in Congress HR503 and the Senate S727 are worded exactly the same and will ban the transporation of American horses across the border for slaughter in Mexico and Canada. As part of their campaign HSUS have undercover video, exposing the inhumanity of horse slaughter in Mexico, where 20% of American slaughter-bound horses end up. The method of slaughter used in Mexico “pithing” is illegal in the U.S.A. and in Europe, yet the American government permits our horses to be murdered in this manner across the border. There is a holding station in El Paso Texas where hundreds of horses await the Mexican slaughter trucks to pick them up and drive them to their death. Many are transported in double deck trucks which is illegal in the U.S.A.
NEW LEGISLATION
HR503 – The prevention of Equine Cruelty Act is currently collecting valuable co-sponsors quickly in the House of representatives. Please call your local Representative and encourage him/her to become a co-sponsor of HR503, which will ban the transportation of American horses across the border to Canada and Mexico for slaughter for human consumption.
S727 is the Senate equivalent. This has recently been introduced into the Senate, and in need of co-sponsors. Please call your State Senator to encourage co-sponsorship of this important bill.
For more information on the legislation and how you can help, visit:
Get The Facts on Horse Slaughter
American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act
Society for Animal Protective Legislation
Contact your local legislators and tell them you want to see an end to horse slaughter.
Watch Bo Derrek on Horse Slaughter. WARNING Other horse slaughter videos on YouTube may be graphic!
For more information on slaughter, horse tripping, rodeos, horse “bleeding” and other cruelties against horses visit the International Fund for Horses website.
Every week, across the USA, horses are rescued from going to slaughter in Mexico and Canada. They are rescued off feedlots, or at auction. Saving Horses, inc has saved many from this terrible fate, including Lucky Girl, Second Chance, Gracie, Keelhauled, El Nuki, Daddy, Macy, to mention only a few. By making a donation you will be enabling Saving Horses, Inc., to sustain the horses rescued and make it possible for us to conduct further rescues in the future.
For more information on slaughter and transportation records please visit http://www.kaufmanzoning.net/horsemeat/
Latest news on the Wild Horses
HR1018 also known as the ROAM Act, has just passed in the House of Representatives. Hopefully it will be heard soon in the Senate. It will provide more acreage for the wild horses and prevent anymore unnecessary cruel round ups. There are currently 30,000 BLM mustangs in holding facilities throughout the U.S. and a cruel BLM plan to get rid of them can be read on this informative site: www.americanherds.blogspot.com
HR1018 will protect these horses. Unfortunately many mustangs have already been illegally sent to slaughter by the BLM, drastically depleting the number of wild horses on the range over the last few years.
The BLM continue with their merciless round up and removal of 2700 mustangs from the Calico Mountains, Nevada. Despite fierce protest from wild horse advocates, letters, phone calls and emails to the White House, the round up continues. 22 horses have died to date, including a few foals whose feet were literally run off them. They had to be euthanized.
Please contact your legislator and tell him/her these roundups must stop. The BLM are mismanaging our heritage and spending the tax payer’s money without our consent. There are currently 33,000 BLM mustangs in holding facilities across the country costing the tax payers millions per year in feed. We fear there are not enough adoptive homes for these horses, and many will end up in a Mexican slaughterhouse.
SHI secretary, Killy, and her son Gavin, attended a wild horse protest
outside Senator Feinstein’s Los Angeles Office in December.
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