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Show Me Horse Slaughter In Show-Me Missouri?

 

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Photo: Horses sold for transport to a Canadian slaughterhouse.

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Missouri, the "Show Me State," is already the nation's puppy mill capital.

Now the enterprising state aims to reinstate horse slaughter. Rep. Jim

Viebrock, R-Republic, has introduced H.B. 1747 to sidestep federal

regulations that bar horse slaughter for human consumption. According to

Viebrock, his bill would jump-start the "ailing equine industry."

 

WHEREVER YOU LIVE: THIS BILL AFFECTS YOU. The last three U.S. kill plants

were shut down in 2007. Don't let Missouri revive a despicable industry.

 

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Missouri House of Representatives:

 

Please reject Rep. Jim Viebrock's bill to sidestep federal rules that bar

horse slaughter for human consumption. If passed, H.B. 1747 lets horse

processors operate in Missouri -- even though no equine plants legally

function in the U.S. right now. While supporters insist slaughter "saves"

horses from neglect and starvation, their argument fails to recognize:

 

-- "Americans oppose horse slaughter by an overwhelming margin," says Glen

Bolger, national pollster and founding partner of the nonpartisan Public

Opinion Strategies (POS). In a 2007 poll, POS found that 71% want horses

preserved as part of American cultural heritage. Nearly half are less likely

to vote for a Congressperson who is against a horse slaughter ban.

 

-- Equine plants are known polluters that congest sewers and contaminate

land and water.

 

-- Under Missouri Anti-Cruelty Statues Chapter 578, animal abandonment is a

crime punishable by fines and jail time. Rather than advocate slaughter as

an alternative to neglect, lawmakers ought to enforce criminal prosecution.

 

-- Slaughter is NOT humane euthanasia. Methods to stun and kill cows and

pigs are excruciating when used on horses. Nonetheless, these excitable,

long-necked animals are subjected to captive bolt pistols that often don't

render them insensible. Some remain aware while killed.

 

-- Overpopulation stems from industries such as Premarin and Prempro (HRT

drugs made from mare urine); carriage horses; riding stables, etc. that

over-breed horses. Focus should shift to breeding oversight and responsible

care. Moreover, there is no documented connection between closure of

domestic plants and a spike in horse abuse cases. In contrast, slaughter

supplies a "dumping ground" for irresponsible breeders and caretakers.

 

H.B. 1747 wants to impose a U.S. market for horsemeat on a nation that

doesn't want it. The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act, H.R. 503/S.B. 727,

currently before Congress, bans possession, shipment, transport, purchase,

sale, delivery or receipt of any horse for the purpose of human ingestion.

In 2006 Congress cut off funding for mandatory ante-mortem inspection of

horses. This de-funding was reinstated in the 2010 Appropriations Act. It is

illegal to kill uninspected horses under the Federal Meat Inspection Act.

 

In 2007 the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals proclaimed horse slaughter

illegal in Texas, home to two foreign-owned equine plants. Later that year,

U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly froze America's last kill

plant in DeKalb, Illinois for its failure to assess environmental impacts of

horse slaughter, in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act.

 

Missouri's proposed "rebirth" of a doomed industry is economically and

ethically shortsighted. Horse slaughter is a no-win for horses and people.

Please do not support H.B. 1747.

 

Sincerely,

 

>>>YOUR FULL NAME

>>>ADRESS, CITY, STATE

>>>COUNTRY

 

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Find your reps' contact info: http://www.house.mo.gov/member.aspx

 

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AGRICULTURE POLICY COMMITTEE + ENTIRE MISSOURI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

Sue.Allen, Bert.Atkins, Joe.Aull, NitaJane.Ayres, Kenny.Biermann, Walt.Bivins, Ellen.Brandom, Rachel.Bringer, Dan.Brown, Jason.Brown, Michael.Brown, Mark.Bruns, Eric.Burlison, John.Burnett, Don.Calloway, Chris.Carter, Ron.Casey, Maria.ChappelleNadal, Mike.Colona, Pat.Conway, Wayne.Cooper, Michael.Corcoran, Stanley.Cox, Mike.Cunningham, Shalonn.Curls, Cynthia.Davis, David.Day, Bill.Deeken, Charlie.Denison, Mike.Dethrow, Scott.Dieckhaus, John.Diehl, Bob.Dixon,

Curt.Dougherty, Tony.Dugger, Gary.Dusenberg, Ed.Emery, Vicki.Englund

 

Doug.Ervin, Sally.Faith, Joe.FallertJr, Linda.Fischer, Barney.Fisher, Thomas.Flanigan, Tim.Flook, Michael.Frame, Ward.Franz, Doug.Funderburk, Chuck.Gatschenberger, Jason.Grill, Jeff.Grisamore, Casey.Guernsey, Jim.Guest, Belinda.Harris, Steve.Hobbs, Steve.Hodges, Jason.Holsman, Denny.Hoskins, leonard.hughes, Jake.Hummel, Allen.Icet, Kenny.Jones, Tim.Jones, Tishaura.Jones, Jason.Kander, Shelley.Keeney, Chris.Kelly, Gayle.Kingery, Jeanne.Kirkton, Andrew.Koenig, Sam.Komo, Michele.Kratky, Will.Kraus, JC.Kuessner, Mike.Lair, Sara.Lampe, Scott.Largent

 

Mike.Leara, Roman.LeBlanc, Paul.Levota, Albert.Liese, Scott.Lipke, Tom.Loehner, Beth.Low, Rebecca.McClanahan, Tom.McDonald, Mike.McGhee, Cole.McNary, Margo.McNeil, Tim.Meadows, Kate.Meiners, Chris.Molendorp, James.Morris, Brian.Munzlinger, Bob.Nance, Jamilah.Nasheed, Stacey.Newman, Brian.Nieves, Jerry.Nolte, Charlie.Norr, Jeanette.Oxford, Sharon.Pace, Mark.Parkinson, Mike.Parson, Darrell.Pollock, Bryan.Pratt, Paul.Quinn, Ronald.Richard, Jeanie.Riddle, Jeff.Roorda, Martin.Rucker, Marilyn.Ruestman, Don.Ruzicka, Ray.Salva, Therese.Sander, David.Sater, Luke.Scavuzzo, Rob.Schaaf, Rodney.Schad, Dwight.Scharnhorst, Ed.Schieffer

 

Charlie.Schlottach, Shane.Schoeller, Sue.Schoemehl, Jill.Schupp, Tom.Self, Tom.Shively, Ryan.Silvey, Trent.Skaggs, Jason.Smith, Joe.Smith, Michael.Spreng, Bryan.Stevenson, Mary.Still, Rachel.Storch, Rick.Stream, Mike.Sutherland, Terry.Swinger, Mike.Talboy, Mike.Thomson, Steven.Tilley, Tom. Clint.Tracy, Jim.Viebrock, Michael.Vogt, Maynard.Wallace, Gina.Walsh, Rochelle.Gray, Jay.Wasson, Steve.Webb, Don.Wells, Raymond.Weter, Hope.Whitehead, Kevin.Wilson, Terry.Witte, Billy.Wright, Patricia.Yaeger, Anne.Zerr, Jake.Zimmerman

 

 

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Slaughter of horses in U.S. could resume, in Missouri

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/3335E5FAA88015DC862576E2000F6ECE?OpenDocument

Show MO Legislators Why They Should Oppose H.B. 1747

http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article/1160