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Man's Best Friend Campaigns to End Horse Slaughter
January 12, 2010 Chairman John Conyers, Jr. issued a statement today thanking all the members of Americans Against Horse Slaughter (AAHS) for their unwavering support of HR503, “The transportation and slaughter of horses for human consumption is cruel and inhumane, and I intend to continue my efforts to stop this terrible practice. We now have 176 cosponsors to H.R. 503,and support for the bill continues to grow. The support of Americans Against Horse Slaughter (AAHS) is critical to passage, and I appreciate and commend their efforts.”
The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act.:
Learn about Federal Legislation that will end horse slaughter in America and end the brutal transport of our American horses across our borders to
Canada and Mexico to be slaughtered for diner plates over seas.
HR503 THE PREVENTION OF EQUINE CRUELTY ACT
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S727 (Senate Version) Introduced
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The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act (HR503) was introduced on Wednesday January 15th, 2009 by
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) andRepresentative Dan Burton (R-IN).
The bill which will ban horse slaughter and the transport of horses to slaughter for human consumption
was first introduced in the summer of 2008. While it had strong bipartisan support and passed out of the
Judiciary Committee, time ran out for the 110thCongress.
The swift introduction of HR503 to the 111th Congress indicates just how committed Chairman
Conyers is to ending horse slaughter and the brutal conditions surrounding this practice.
HR503 already has 60 co-sponsors in the House and has strong bipartisan support.
"The horse is an American icon, and it is a betrayal of our responsibility to these animals to treat them
like cheap commodities and send them across our borders for slaughter", said Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States.
Although the last remaining horse slaughter plants operating in the US were shut down in 2007,
the practice continues by transporting our horses to Canada and Mexico where they are brutally
slaughtered and their meat is shipped overseas as a delicacy in Europe and Asia.
“There are naysayers who claim we should reopen the US plants rather than seek to ban all horse slaughter. Clearly, they’ve already forgotten how awful the plants here were,” said Chris Heyde, Deputy Director of Government and Legal Affairs for the Animal Welfare Institute.
Americans Against Horse Slaughter is a non funded, grassroots movement comprised of
supporters of a federal ban on the slaughter of American horses for human consumption.
People from all walks of life and from all parts of the country have joined together to form AAHS.
“We have no other agenda, other than to stop the slaughter of American horses.
This should not be a political issue but one of humanity,” said Shelley Abrams,
one of the co-founders of AAHS.
To join the movement and help end the suffering of hundreds of thousands of American horses or for more information, please join www.americansagainsthorseslaughter.com
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