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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE House of Representatives Overwhelmingly Votes 277-137 to End Sale and Slaughter of America’s Wild Horses WASHINGTON (April 26, 2007) – A bill to restore federal protections for wild horses and burros from the sale and subsequent slaughter for human consumption overseas overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House of Representatives today by more than a two to one margin in a vote of 277 to 137. In considering today’s bill, the House also defeated two “poison pill” amendments by Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) which were designed to kill the legislation. Sponsored by U.S. Reps. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) and Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), H.R. 249 restores a decades-old ban on the commercial sale and slaughter first enacted under the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971. The longstanding protections were removed by a controversial rider slipped into an omnibus spending bill in late 2004 by

former U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns, who was defeated in the 2006 elections. “The slaughtering of America's horses is a betrayal of our responsibility to animals and a subversion of an anti-slaughter provision of law that had been in place for 34 years until it was covertly repealed just a couple of years ago,” said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, the nation’s largest animal protection organization. “We’re extremely pleased the House of Representatives voted to reflect the strong sentiments of the American public to end the barbaric slaughter of our wild horses.” “Horses are an integral part of the tapestry of this country, and Americans have always championed their survival and expect they will be protected,” Rep. Rahall said. “The time has long since passed to restore the prohibition on the sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and I urge the Senate to heed the will of the American public and respond to common decency by supporting this legislation. We owe no less to these living symbols of the American West.” "We have a responsibility to protect wild mustangs and burros who are native to this country,

who have been protected in this country,” said Rep. Whitfield. “This bill simply reverses the Burns amendment and restores 34 years of public policy of protecting wild mustangs and burros." Yesterday, a similar bill that would permanently ban the slaughter of all American horses passed the Senate Commerce Committee by a vote of 15-7. That bill, S. 311, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, was authored by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.). The House companion bill, H.R. 503, also is co-sponsored by Reps. Rahall and Whitfield, along with Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.). Facts The number of wild horses in the US is dwindling. Down from more than 2 million in the 1800s and 56,000 in 1971, today’s wild horse and burro population is approximately 31,000. The entire wild horse and burro populations of six western states have been completely eradicated. The Bureau

of Land Management’s current removal policy is costing more than $39 million tax dollars a year. According to the U.S. Geological Survey millions of dollars could be saved every year by using contraceptive measures. Since 1988, the wild horse population of Maryland’s Assateague Island has been controlled using a contraceptive vaccine developed with the help of The HSUS. Private cattle outnumber wild horses and burros at

least 200 to 1 on public lands. The BLM’s private livestock grazing program encompasses 214 million acres of public lands and more than four million head of private cattle. A congressionally mandated study found that in one year, livestock consumed 70 percent of grazing resources on public lands, while wild horses and burros consumed less than 5 percent. Wild horses aren’t the cause of rangeland degradation, according to a GAO study. The study determined the primary cause of the degradation is poorly managed domestic livestock grazing. Timeline April 25, 2007: The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, S. 311/H.R. 503, advances in the Senate. This bill would ban the slaughter of all American horses. January 2007: H.R. 249 was introduced by Reps. Rahall and Whitfield May 2005: Legislation similar to H.R. 249 was passed unanimously as an amendment to the House Interior Appropriations bill. It was stripped from the final bill in a House-Senate conference committee. April 2005: Six horses purchased under the assumption they would be

used for a church youth program instead were sent to slaughter in Illinois. April 2005: 35 of the 83 horses initially bought by a Sioux Indian group but later re-sold to a broker went to slaughter at the same Illinois plant. BLM has tried not to sell any horses to slaughter, but it is impossible to prevent once title has passed. November 2004: Sen. Burns slips rider into omnibus spending bill that strips wild horses and burros of federal protections from commercial sale and slaughter. The amendment passed with no hearings or public review. 1971: Congress passed the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act in response to enormous public outcry over the shootings of hundreds of thousands of horses and burros and the slaughter of horses for pet

food and human consumption overseas. -30- The Humane Society of the United States is the nation’s largest animal protection organization – backed by 10 million Americans, or one of every 30. For more than a half-century, The HSUS has been fighting for the protection of all animals through advocacy, education, and hands-on programs. Celebrating animals and confronting cruelty -- On the web at www.humanesociety.org The Humane Society of the United States 2100 L St., NW Washington, DC 20037 www.humanesociety.org Promoting the Protection of All Animals This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. All market prices, data and other information are not warranted as to completeness or accuracy and are subject to change without notice. Any comments or statements made herein do not necessarily reflect those of JPMorgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and

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Vegetarian Network of Dallas asks our members to remember that we must remain polite in our expression of disapproval when we telephone and email Senator Hutchison. To do otherwise, hurts our cause and no one wants that. Thanks very much. M

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Please consider expressing your disdain (in a respectful manner, of course...breathe deeply! with our federal Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison who voted against S 311.

 

As you are well aware, Senator Hutchison has power since she serves on the Senate Commerce Committee where this bill was this past Wed. and she used that power to condemn horses to a merciless and grisly death (i.e.: exporting them for slaughter in Canada and Mexico!). Please consider e-mailing, faxing, calling her DC office (202-224-5922) and urging her to reconsider her position.

Here's some ammo: Repeatedly, from her office, I have received many statements that she is "concerned for the welfare of animals" and even yesterday, I received this statement quoted verbatim: "You may be sure I will continue to work to prevent cruelty to animals." Her vote against S 311 is how she puts her words into action. Disgusting!

 

 

 

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And more good news!!!!!

 

CONGRATS AGAIN!

 

The Humane Society of the United States

 

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

House of Representatives Overwhelmingly Votes 277-137 to End Sale and

Slaughter of America’s Wild Horses

 

WASHINGTON (April 26, 2007) – A bill to restore federal protections for

wild horses and burros from the sale and subsequent slaughter for human

consumption overseas overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House of

Representatives today by more than a two to one margin in a vote of 277 to

137. In considering today’s bill, the House also defeated two “poison pill”

amendments by Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) which were designed to kill the

legislation.

 

Sponsored by U.S. Reps. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) and Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.),

H.R. 249 restores a decades-old ban on the commercial sale and slaughter

first enacted under the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of

1971. The longstanding protections were removed by a controversial rider

slipped into an omnibus spending bill in late 2004 by former U.S. Sen.

Conrad Burns, who was defeated in the 2006 elections.

 

“The slaughtering of America's horses is a betrayal of our responsibility

to animals and a subversion of an anti-slaughter provision of law that had

been in place for 34 years until it was covertly repealed just a couple of

years ago,” said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of

the United States, the nation’s largest animal protection organization.

“We’re extremely pleased the House of Representatives voted to reflect the

strong sentiments of the American public to end the barbaric slaughter of

our wild horses.”

 

“Horses are an integral part of the tapestry of this country, and

Americans have always championed their survival and expect they will be

protected,” Rep. Rahall said. “The time has long since passed to restore

the prohibition on the sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and

burros, and I urge the Senate to heed the will of the American public and

respond to common decency by supporting this legislation. We owe no less to

these living symbols of the American West.”

 

"We have a responsibility to protect wild mustangs and burros who are

native to this country, who have been protected in this country,” said Rep.

Whitfield. “This bill simply reverses the Burns amendment and restores 34

years of public policy of protecting wild mustangs and burros."

 

Yesterday, a similar bill that would permanently ban the slaughter of all

American horses passed the Senate Commerce Committee by a vote of 15-7.

That bill, S. 311, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, was

authored by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.). The

House companion bill, H.R. 503, also is co-sponsored by Reps. Rahall and

Whitfield, along with Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Rep. John Spratt

(D-S.C.).

 

Facts

 

The number of wild horses in the US is dwindling. Down from more than

2 million in the 1800s and 56,000 in 1971, today’s wild horse and

burro population is approximately 31,000. The entire wild horse and

burro populations of six western states have been completely

eradicated.

The Bureau of Land Management’s current removal policy is costing

more than $39 million tax dollars a year. According to the U.S.

Geological Survey millions of dollars could be saved every year by

using contraceptive measures. Since 1988, the wild horse population

of Maryland’s Assateague Island has been controlled using a

contraceptive vaccine developed with the help of The HSUS.

Private cattle outnumber wild horses and burros at least 200 to 1 on

public lands. The BLM’s private livestock grazing program

encompasses 214 million acres of public lands and more than four

million head of private cattle. A congressionally mandated study

found that in one year, livestock consumed 70 percent of grazing

resources on public lands, while wild horses and burros consumed less

than 5 percent.

Wild horses aren’t the cause of rangeland degradation, according to a

GAO study. The study determined the primary cause of the degradation

is poorly managed domestic livestock grazing.

 

Timeline

 

April 25, 2007: The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, S.

311/H.R. 503, advances in the Senate. This bill would ban the

slaughter of all American horses.

January 2007: H.R. 249 was introduced by Reps. Rahall and Whitfield

May 2005: Legislation similar to H.R. 249 was passed unanimously as

an amendment to the House Interior Appropriations bill. It was

stripped from the final bill in a House-Senate conference committee.

April 2005: Six horses purchased under the assumption they would be

used for a church youth program instead were sent to slaughter in

Illinois.

April 2005: 35 of the 83 horses initially bought by a Sioux Indian

group but later re-sold to a broker went to slaughter at the same

Illinois plant. BLM has tried not to sell any horses to slaughter,

but it is impossible to prevent once title has passed.

November 2004: Sen. Burns slips rider into omnibus spending bill that

strips wild horses and burros of federal protections from commercial

sale and slaughter. The amendment passed with no hearings or public

review.

1971: Congress passed the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act

in response to enormous public outcry over the shootings of hundreds

of thousands of horses and burros and the slaughter of horses for pet

food and human consumption overseas.

 

 

-30-

 

The Humane Society of the United States is the nation’s largest animal

protection organization – backed by 10 million Americans, or one of every

30. For more than a half-century, The HSUS has been fighting for the

protection of all animals through advocacy, education, and hands-on

programs. Celebrating animals and confronting cruelty -- On the web at

www.humanesociety.org

 

The Humane Society of the United States

2100 L St., NW

Washington, DC 20037

www.humanesociety.org

Promoting the Protection of All Animals

 

This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. All market prices, data and other information are not warranted as to completeness or accuracy and are subject to change without notice. Any comments or statements made herein do not necessarily reflect those of JPMorgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates.

 

This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential, legally privileged, and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Although this transmission and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by JPMorgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates, as applicable, for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you.

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A man of kindness, to his beast is kind.

But, brutal actions, show a brutal mind:

Remember, He who made thee, made the brute,

Who gave thee speach and reason, formed him mute;

He can't complain, but God's omnicient eye

Beholds thy cruelty - He hears his cry!

He was designed thy servant; not thy drudge,

But know - That his Creator is thy judge.

 

Unknown author from The Ladies' Equestrian Guide, 1857.

 

 

 

 

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