Fwd: [STOP_HORSE_CRUELTY] Please call to help the horses Jan. 22

January 17, 2008

Call In Day Jan. 22 for the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act! Please help pass this important legislation to protect American horses from slaughter by calling your Senators and Reps. You do not have to speak to them – just call to voice your opinion so it is noted! http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article-210 Update: January 12, 2008: On Tuesday, January 22, 2008 call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for your U.S. representative and two U.S. Senators. Please call and urge each of your legislators to "Please cosponsor and push for the passage of H.R. 503/S. 311 to protect horses from slaughter". Your calls are critical. Read Animal Law Coalition's report below for more information on the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, H.R. 503/S. 311, and how you can find and contact representatives and senators considering this bill as well as your own legislators. Spread the word - ask every friend and family member to call. Original report: On April 25, 2007 a U.S. Senate Conference Committee passed the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, S.B. 311, by a vote of 15-7. The bill, however, has not yet been voted on by the full Senate. But it is on the Senate Calendar. Write or call your Senators now and urge them to vote yes on S.B. 311. Find and contact Senators Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La) introduced the bill. There are 30 co-sponsors. Click here to find out if your senators are co-sponsors. (or your favorite presidential candidates) Senate Co-Sponsors of American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act The horse slaughter industry lobbyists are there at the U.S. Capitol, working to convince Senators to vote against the bill. The horses have only you. Horse slaughter in the United States has been shut down by the dramatic federal court rulings this year. But it's not over. U.S. horses can still be shipped to other countries for slaughter for human consumption. This bill is essential to ensure horses are not shipped abroad for slaughter for human consumption and that U.S. slaughter houses never reopen. Don't wait. Write or call now! Pass the link to this article to everyone you know and ask them to help! S.B. 311 and its counterpart in the House of Representatives, H.R. 503, would amend the Horse Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. 1821 and end the "shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of any horse or other equine to be slaughtered for human consumption" in foreign or interstate commerce. Check ALC's Pending Bills for copies of both the House and Senate versions. The House of Representatives' version, H.R. 503, is currently before the House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Click here to contact subcommittee members and urge them to support H.R. 503. Members of House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry

Click here to find your representative and call or write and urge him or her to vote yes on H.R. 503, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. Find and contact Representatives Remember Beltex Corporation, owner of one of the now-shuttered Texas horse slaughterhouses, also owns a controlling interest in a third slaughterhouse, Empacadora de Carnes de Fresnillo, that operates in Mexico. There is no law right now that stops the shipment of horses to Mexico or any other country for slaughter. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in 2006 33,400 horses were sent from the U.S. to Mexico or Canada for slaughter.

Illinois' Anti-Horse Slaughter Law Notably, Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojjevich has signed H.B. 1711, making it illegal in that state to slaughter horses for human consumption. This stunning victory for the horses guarantees the horse slaughter house owned by Cavel International, Inc. in DeKalb, Illinois will never reopen. The new law also bans the export of Illinois horses for slaughter for human consumption. Other States Other states are also attacking horse slaughter this year. Bills are pending in New Jersey and New York that would end the sale, distribution or possession of horses for slaughter for human consumption. The New York bill has already passed the state senate. Click here to contact New York Assembly members to pass NY A.B. 2572 and S.B. 1462. Find and contact New York Assembly Members Click here to contact New Jersey legislators to pass A. 2032 & S. 1051 Find and contact New Jersey Legislators For more on the cruelty and horror of horse slaughter including compelling Congressional testimony from Christopher J. Heyde, Deputy Legislative Director, Society for Animal Protective Legislation (A Division of the Animal Welfare Institute), http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article/211 For more on the federal court rulings this year that brought horse slaughter in the U.S. to an end, click on these links. http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article/17 http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article/212 http://www.chooseveg.com/meet-your-meat.asp"There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to other animals as well as humans, it is all a sham." -- Anna Sewell

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