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. So far this year, we have:
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Helped pass an amendment, by a margin of 269-158, to
the House Agriculture Appropriations bill that
prohibits your tax dollars from supporting
horse slaughter.
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Helped pass a similar amendment to the Senate
Agriculture Appropriations bill by a 69-28 margin.
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Convinced House-Senate conference committee members
to keep the horse-slaughter amendment in the final
Agriculture Appropriations bill, despite vigorous
efforts to strip it. Once the Senate passes this
final version, it will stop horse slaughter in
America
for most of the next year.
These victories are because of you.
Due to your phone calls and letters, Congress has spared
thousands of animals the agony of being hauled over
hundreds of miles and then brutally slaughtered for export
as horse meat. Unfortunately, however, the House
leadership, through backroom dealing, succeeded in
inserting a 120-day phase-in period, during which time
horses will continue to be slaughtered. They also included
language intended to prohibit any future appropriations
amendments to stop horse slaughter.
As
a result, we MUST get a permanent ban on horse
slaughter in place as soon as possible.
Two bills
have been introduced in Congress that would permanently
ban horse slaughter -– HR 503 and S 1915. While
the new amendment will help protect horses during the
upcoming year, it’s only a temporary reprieve for
these beloved animals.
Because
you were so successful with the amendment, we’re asking
you today to let your voices be heard again: Help us
remove our horses from the whims of back-room negotiators
and place them beyond the reach of the butchers for good.
Click
here to contact your legislators today to say
you’re glad Congress approved the horse slaughter ban
amendment, and to urge them to make sure horse
slaughterhouses never open again! Ask
that they co-sponsor HR 503 in the House and S 1915 in the
Senate.
Thank you
for everything you have done for horses. We celebrate
today because of your commitment and
action. We will not stop until horse slaughter is a thing
of the past.
On behalf
of the horses,
