Once you are finished with this page you will have an education
you will never forget. Be careful if you are very faint at
heart. Warning!! - Some of the links are very graphic. Our purpose
on this page is to offer educational information so that horse
owners form their own opinions about horse slaughter. We
invite people from both sides of the slaughter issue to submit
articles and links to be added to this page. Send your
link info to
stolenhorse@netposse.com
Humane Euthanasia - It is the united opinion of Veterinarians for Equine Welfare (VEW) professionals that horse slaughter is inhumane, and that it is an unacceptable way to end a horse's life under any circumstance. They believe that it is an unethical and dangerous practice for the AVMA and AAEP to attempt to equate horse slaughter with humane euthanasia. Here are humane euthanasia video clips from VEW provided by Judy Marteniuk, DVM. Dr. Marteniuk is a faculty member at Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, where she specializes in Equine Medicine in the Department of Large Animal Clinical sciences.. Clip One -- Clip two --- Clip three --- Clip four --- Clip five --- Clip six
New horse slaughter policy stirs debate in Oklahoma
5/11/09 - Some worry no-kill policy leads to abuse, slow death and costly fees
Willie Nelson Wants to Be a Horse, We Recall Horse Trapper-Keepers - Rolling Stone Magazine: Now, we used to ride horses as kids, so this is a topic particularly close to our hearts, but even with that admitted bias, we think most people will find Wilson’s letter moving.
Homeless on the range
Horses By Mary Zeiss Stange USA Today: Horses are being homeless and are being abandoned by the thousands across the USA. Some are strays, others a result of overbreeding or a sour economy. How should we humanely lessen their numbers? Read more
** Note from one of the anti slaugher movements biggest supporters John Holland, about this article - "The USA Today has repeatedly published pro-slaughter articles without regard for the truth. I know that they are aware of the truth because I am one of several people who have spoken directly with their writers who were preparing articles. They have ignored the facts. Spread the word.... This article isn't ok. They aren't looking for facts If you can't trust the USA Today on this issue, can you trust them on any issue?"
Undercover video of US horses exported to Mexico for slaughter - Video shows, more horses are being sent to Mexico and Canada ...Warning - Graphic
Investigation of horse slaughter in Mexico - Part 2Investigation on Horseslaughter in USA and Mexico. MOre than 100.000 horses are being slaughtered....Warning - Graphic Youtube video
Cruelty Uncovered in Mexico:Graphic undercover video reveals the barbaric slaughter of horses exported to Mexico.
U.S. horse slaughter exports to Mexico increase - December 27, 2007 - Since all three U.S. horse slaughter operations were ordered closed last year, the number of horses exported to Mexico for slaughter has exploded. As of Dec. 20, 2007, 44,475 horses had been shipped to Mexico for processing for human consumption compared with 10,783 shipped at the same time in 2006 - a 312 percent increase.
Horse slaughters taking place on the border - October 2, 2007 -- CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico —No one disputes that slaughter-bound horses have it far worse today than before U.S. courts, upholding state bans, ended horse slaughter at two plants in Texas earlier this year and at the nation's single remaining one in Illinois on Sept. 21 **Warning--This article is graphic and is not for the weak at heart. However, if you want to know what is happening to the horses in the Mexican slaughter facilities, this article is a must.
Horse Slaughtering Inspires Plant's Last Gasp Amid Illinois Ban -
Sept. 5, 2007 (Bloomberg) -- DeKalb, Illinois, might brag about being the hometown of Cindy Crawford, but the supermodel moved away long ago. All the more reason to embrace the town's other claim to fame: It's the U.S. horse-slaughter capital.
Illinois legislators passed a law that would shut DeKalb's Cavel International Inc. plant, the only remaining equine slaughterhouse in the U.S. They assert that killing horses for human consumption is inhumane. Cavel lawyers, supported by business leaders in the town an hour west of Chicago, are challenging the horse-slaughter ban on grounds that it violates international commerce rules.
Will Canadians stomach a horsemeat industry? September 4, 2007 at 4:22 AM EDT
As U.S. slaughterhouses shut down, domestic abattoirs are courting demand for the delicacy abroad and controversy at home
KATHERINE HARDING From Tuesday's Globe and Mail NEAR NEUDORF, SASK. — At the end of a remote gravel road in southern Saskatchewan's Qu'Appelle Valley is the next target in a growing movement to rid North America of its horse slaughterhouses. Horse advocates in both Canada and the United States are outraged that this vast green valley, lush and rolling, is now home to this country's newest federally licensed horse abattoir: Natural Valley Farms Inc.
US District Court Order Allowing Cavel International to resume business - The 7th Circuit granted Cavel its injunction which means they can resume slaughtering during the appeal. Click link above for the court order.
HSUS ad that appeared in the Austin paper May 2007 - PDF Document
Approval of horsemeat sale slipped into bill - Friday, May 11, 2007 Legislature: Measure sidesteps state ban; House fight predicted
By EMILY RAMSHAW and JIM GETZ / The Dallas Morning News It was supposed to be a simple housekeeping bill for the Texas Animal Health Commission. But a bill approved this week by the Senate turned into something far different – a measure authorizing the sale of horsemeat in the state.
Texas Horse Slaughterhouses Violate Law, Court Says - Jan. 20, 2007 (Bloomberg) -- Two Texas slaughterhouses
responsible for half the 100,000 horses killed in the U.S.
annually for overseas consumption may face criminal charges if
they don't shut down, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
decided.
Bill S.1915, The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act - The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act will end the
slaughter of horses for human consumption and the domestic and
international transport of live horses or horseflesh for human
consumption. Last year alone 91,757 horses were slaughtered in
one of the three foreign-owned, US-based horse slaughtering
facilities located in Texas and Illinois. In the Senate. S. 1915
has been reintroduced by Senator and veterinarian John Ensign
(R-NV) and Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA). Last year in the House
228 bipartisan Members of Congress cosponsored the bill, lets
reach that number again.
HR 503 PASSES--FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL - See
how your state representative voted on the Horse Protection Act
9-7-06. H.R. 503, The American Horse Slaughter Prevention
Act has been reintroduced in the US House by Congressman John
Sweeney (R-NY), Co-chair of the Congressional Horse Caucus,
Congressman John Spratt, Jr. (D-SC) and Congressman Ed Whitfield
(R-KY).
HR 503 NEWS LINKS
- Readers are sending in news links of all kinds to SHI.
We invite you to research these links and send us ones you feel
are important concerning both sides of this heated issue.
SAVING THE HORSES - Americans Wake Up To Equine Abuse
BY ALICYN LEIGH 08/31/2006 10:45 am - Imagine traveling to
Japan, Belgium or France, sitting down to dine in a fine
restaurant and finding that the special on the menu is American
Thoroughbred. In 2005, according to the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), 94,037 horses were slaughtered for human
consumption at the three foreign-owned horse slaughter plants in
this country (two in Texas and one in Illinois).
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UPDATE!
HORSES SAFE FROM SLAUGHTER FOR 2006!
- he Horse Slaughter Amendment to the
Agricultural Appropriations Bill was approved by the
Agricultural Appropriations Conference Committee!
Sweeter: It's time to stop beating this dead horse
- By Wendy Sweeter
January 4, 2006 2:02 PM CST Since our Nov. 25 issue when we ran our first letter regarding horse slaughter, we have had at least one letter per issue on the subject.
Well, we are starting out the new year with zero horse slaughter letters to the editor.
Victory for
America's Horses - Letter from The American Humane Society: Thanks to your amazing work over the past several months, we have made unprecedented progress to protect nearly 100,000 American horses from being slaughtered for human consumption overseas
10/30/05
Dallas Crown lawyer says horse plant would take legal action
- 08:27 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 By JIM GETZ / The Dallas Morning News
-- KAUFMAN - The Dallas Crown horse-slaughtering plant, already the
target of opponents ranging from its neighbors to Congress, now faces action by a city board that could shut the facility down.
Foals, Yearlings and Mares Bound For Slaughter Need Help; National Group Protects Equines Young and Old from Slaughter
- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today many
of healthy horses, yearlings and foals will begin their journey
to one of the three equine slaughterhouses where they will meet
with a cruel and heinous death. Many people are still not aware
horses are slaughtered in the US and have no idea of the cruelty
involved.
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=42951
News Release - Senate Says: Horses-What's Not For Dinner:
Washington, D.C. March 11, 2005- The highlight of the week during which people from across the country came to weigh in with their representatives in the House and Senate, was the introduction of a bill to the Senate by Robert C. Byrd (D-WV). The bill, S. 576, is a companion bill to one introduced recently by Representative Nick Rahall (D-WV) and Ed Whitfileld (R-KY), H. R. 297.
http://www.netposse.com/slaughter/senatesayshorses.htm
Backyard
Butcher - PHILADELPHIA (KYW) The last place you might expect to find a backyard butcher is in the middle of a residential community. After a nine-month investigation the I-Team found an illegal slaughterhouse selling horsemeat.
If you travel down 47th Street in West Philadelphia you'll find you can buy pounds of horse...click
link to continue. Nov 4, 2004 11:15 pm US/Eastern
http://kyw.com/special/local_story_309231552.html
A Horse Of
Course, by Don Blazer - I love horses…..I don't want to see them
slaughtered. But I can't support the anti-slaughter campaign. It's not realistic, it's based on misplaced emotion and it is effort wasted rather than applied for the good of horses.
http://www.pelham-saddlery.com/horse_column/anti-slaughter-campaigns.html
Backyard Butcher:
I-Team Follow Up
PHILADELPHIA (KYW) Philadelphia officials have shut down an illegal slaughterhouse that was operating in the heart of the city.
Nov 5, 2004
http://kyw.com/special/local_story_310233602.html
Blood
Country... a Texas Shame - This
movie is very upsetting. I wouldn't watch it with the kids around. Also, don't watch it if you will be offended - it contains information regarding the slaughter houses in Texas. Some of the scenes are very
graphic.
Polls on Horse Slaughter 1995 - 2003
- Summary of poll findings from Equine Protection Network
An Education in the Unthinkable
- by Leigh Anne O'Kelley of Rescue Wishes
Equine
Slaughter Poll - Vote on this issue
Horse Slaughter Casts Dark Cloud Over
"Seabiscuit's" Legacy
Texas Congressman Co-Sponsors Bill to Stop Horse Slaughter
Horse
Slaughter Bill H. R. 857 2/13/03 To prevent the
slaughter of horses in and from the United States for human
consumption by prohibiting the slaughter of horses for human
consumption and by prohibiting the trade and transport of
horseflesh and live horses intended for human consumption, and
for other purposes
Beltex asks court to strike down Texas horse meat law
By Dan Piller: Star-Telegram Staff Writer
The Beltex Corp., operator of the nation's largest horse slaughtering facility, filed suit Thursday in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth, asking that a Texas state law banning the sale and export of horse meat be declared unconstitutional.
Slaughter,
What Can You Do? - Read this Horse and Rider article about
steps you can take to assure humane treatment of horses.
Equine slaughter
Legislative debate grows on processing horse meat in U.S.
By Barry Schlater: Star-Telegram Staff Writer
The last roundup for tens of thousands of American stallions and mares ends not far from Fort Worth's historic Stockyards
Banning Equine Slaughter in the United States Article # 2737
Proponents of the bill suggest that this will effectively end slaughter of horses in the United States and prevent slaughtering of U.S. horses in neighboring countries. Opponents of the bill say that this will cause only more suffering for those horses which are unwanted or unusable for physical or behavioral reasons.
Rescued Horse Found At Slaughterhouse
NewsChannel5's Ted Hart reports that Katie first love was a 4-year-old horse named Bugs. For Katie, who has cerebral palsy, the gentle and loving horse was therapy. With a promise of lifelong foster care, they gave Bugs away, but she now believes she made a terrible mistake.
Foot-And-Mouth Disease Boosts Demand for U.S. Horse Meat Exports
April 25, 2001 Philadelphia Inquirer by Amy Worden
California Initiative to Ban Horse Slaughter
in 1998
Prop. 6 won by the largest percentage of votes (60%), of any California animal protection initiative to date.
Horse slaughterhouse fights to stay open
DEKALB, Ill. - This agricultural town is nicknamed Barb City because the spiky wire was perfected here. But the mayor receives postcards from animal activists saying it should be called the city of barbarians.
DeKalb is home to the last remaining plant in the United States where horses are slaughtered for human consumption. Except for a portion sold to U.S. zoos, the horse meat is shipped to be eaten by diners overseas. ~ Added 6/15/07
Program to save horses dooms them By Martha Mendoza, Associated Press writer
RENO, Nev. -- A multimillion-dollar federal program created to save the lives of wild horses is instead channeling them by the thousands to slaughterhouses where they are chopped into cuts of meat.
Among those profiting from the slaughter are employees of the Bureau of Land Management, the federal agency that administers the program.
These are the conclusions of an Associated Press investigation of the U.S. Wild Horse and Burro Program, which has rounded up 165,000 animals and spent $250 million since it was created by Congress 25 years ago.
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