Fwd: New video shows more abuse of downer cows -- please help them!

May 8, 2008

If you're not on digest and can see attached HSUS alert, please act now. If you can't see it, here's the info: http://www.hsus.org/farm/news/ournews/downer_investigation_050708.html Wayne's blog: http://hsus.typepad.com/wayne/2008/05/downer-cows.html This barbaric, heinous cruelty to farm animals must stop now! It's truly

heartwrenching. To those who watch and/or bet on horse racing: Shame on you. Animals used for human entertainment = animal cruelty.

Tell the USDA to stop the suffering

now!

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May 8,

2008

Dear Deedee,

You probably remember

when The Humane Society of the United States exposed animal

mistreatment at the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company. That

investigation led to the nation's largest-ever beef recall. But now there's

more.

A few months later, a new undercover video

shows farm animals suffering terribly even before they arrive at

the slaughter plant. Cows too weak to walk, called "downers,"

languish for agonizing hours at stockyards and auctions without

veterinary care -- or being put out of their misery. This abuse must not

continue.

The USDA has a presence at slaughter

plants, but the animals at auctions and stockyards are in legal

limbo. No one is watching at these intermediate locations, and

no one is taking responsibility for ensuring humane treatment

and that sick animals don't enter the food supply. It's a major

gap in oversight, and we need to do better.

Please ask the USDA to act

now to close the loophole that allows

some downers to be slaughtered for food, and to require

immediate, humane euthanasia of all downers.

Thank you for all you do for

animals.

Sincerely,Wayne

PacellePresident & CEOThe Humane Society of

the United States

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