Call-in info for American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act

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End Horse Slaughter Permanently! The slippery grass and hard ground took its toll on all the animals at the Pendleton Round-Up Rodeo. Like the injured calves and steers, injured or "used up" horses of the rodeo industry often go to slaughter. Find out more about the rodeo-slaughter connection at HorseKillers.com. With all three horse slaughter plants in the U.S. now closed, passage of a permanent slaughter ban to prohibit American horses from being trucked over the borders for slaughter is crucial. Horses are still being crowded into trucks, enduring hours without food, water and rest, and driven in all weather extremes to Mexico and Canada for slaughter. The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (HR 503), introduced in the U.S. House by Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), John Spratt (D-SC), Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Nick Rahall (D-WV), and in the U.S. Senate by Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and John Ensign (R-NV), closes this loophole and prevents the exportation of American horses to slaughter plants in foreign countries. It also ensures that horse slaughter is permanently banned in the United States. Tuesday, October 16,

is a national call-in day for The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (HR 503 in the U.S. House of Representatives and S 311 in the U.S. Senate). This effort will be crucial to end the horror of Mexican and Canadian transport and slaughter. Simply pick up your phone, punch in 1-202-224-3121, ask for the name and phone number of your representative and two senators, and give a 30-second call to each of them. For still more info, go to www.rallyforhorses.com While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth? --George Bernard Shaw http://www.myspace.com/fortheanmals