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For Immediate Release - Horse
Slaughter to resume in US- click here.
Do grey horses go to
slaughter? Look at the pictures of the plants and what is there waiting to
be slaughtered to answer that question. Unfortunately, none of these
horses survived the slaughter plant. Click the picture of the grey tagged
horse below who shipped to slaughter in fall 2011 to see the other grey horses
at the plants in various stages of the process to learn the truth.
Click the picture of
the grey tagged horse to see the other grey horses at the plants in various
stages of the process to learn the truth about grey's.
Update June 16, 2011:
By a vote of 215-200, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 2112,
the 2012 agriculture appropriations bill.
Rep. Jim Moran's amendment made in committee remained intact in the final
version.
Under Rep. Moran's amendment, inspections required for horses bound for
slaughter for human consumption will remain de-funded as they have been since
2006. This means if the House version becomes law, commercial horse slaughter
for human consumption will remain illegal.
Also
see our media page for the latest news
http://www.ac4h.com/AC4HMedia.htm
Natural Valley
Slaughter interview with Howling Ridge Radio- what don't they slaughter?
Hear it from the inside!
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:b9DaVPd-FIIJ:manesandtailsorganization.org/radio.htm+howling+ridge+radio+natural+valley&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com
Then click on
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
~ Guest: Henry Skjerven of the defunct
Natural
Valley Canadian Horse
Abbatior
Association of phenylbutazone usage with
horses bought for slaughter: A public health
risk.
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have the option to sign when a horse is signed in at the
auctions. The first auction that implemented it to my
knowledge was Middleburg. Approximately 2 weeks after
that New Holland started offering the form to
consignors. If a horse has this form it is simply
announced at the auction that the horse "has a note"
or is "certified".
This doesn't mean the horse will be bought for
slaughter. Anyone in attendance can purchase the
horse. Also in the same respect if a horse doesn't have
a form it also doesn't mean it is safe from slaughter.
Anyone in attendance at the auctions who knows who is
who has seen kill buyers purchase horses without these
forms. It doesn't matter - if they have it then it is
simply one less form to fill out.
I feel that it is very important with all the
discussion and confusion about these forms to educate in
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Click
here: The fallacy of horse slaughter
State
regulations shut down the US Slaughter plants. However, American horses
have always been and still are exported to Canada and Mexico for slaughter for
human consumption. Now the pro slaughter side is attempting to reopen slaughter houses in the USA!
State by state..... it all started in ND read more details below.
On March
30, 2010 the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition released its
latest investigative reports on two of Canada's largest horse slaughter
plants, Bouvry Exports in Alberta and Richelieu Meats in Quebec:
Chambers
of Carnage - A Sweeping Undercover Investigation of Canada's Leading Equine
Slaughterhouses
Video
cameras captured footage at both facilities in late February 2010. What is
happening to our horses in these plants is horrible beyond words. The
footage is difficult to view as they contain images of horses meeting their
end at the barrel of a gun. Those fortunate enough to go down quickly are
spared the suffering of many that do not meet their end so quickly or
painlessly. If you find it hard to watch the footage, there are also
footage indexes that you can read instead.
From World
Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
"The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) is appalled by
evidence of grossly inhumane slaughter of horses taking place in Canada. We
have been sent video footage that is stated to have been taken recently in
Bouvry Exports Calgary Ltd slaughterhouse in Fort Macleod, Alberta and
Viande Richelieu Inc./Richelieu Meat Inc. slaughterhouse in Massueville,
Quebec.
It
is clear that neither the facilities nor the behaviour of the personnel
shown are suited to the humane slaughter of horses, and that extreme
suffering results for many individual animals. Problems include failure to
restrain each animal's head properly before shooting, shooting from too
great a distance, shooting in the wrong part of the head or body, failure to
follow up with an immediate second shot in animals that were not killed by
the first, hoisting apparently conscious animals, and - in the case of the
Richelieu plant - cruel handling and treatment of the horses, including
excessive whipping and overuse of an electric prod as well as an apparent
callous disregard for the animals' suffering. An additional cause of very
major concern is the presence of what appear to be either plant supervisors
or inspectors who observe the employees' actions and yet do nothing."
From
Nicholas H. Dodman, D.V.M., one of the world's most noted and celebrated
veterinary behaviorists, a founding member of Veterinarians for Equine
Welfare and Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine Professor
“Noise,
blood and suffering is what you get at the Bouvry equine slaughter plant:
Horses kicking after they have been shot, sinking down and rising up;
sometimes periods of struggling or paddling before a second or third shot
has to be administered. This atrocity goes against all veterinary guidelines
for humane euthanasia. Terror and suffering is the rule at this equine house
of horrors ... and all in the name of the gourmet meat market.”
From
Alberta Veterinarian Dr. Debi Zimmermann
"I conclude
that the wary and flighty nature of the horse, coupled with the poorly
designed kill plant systems currently in place at Bouvry Exports and Viande
Richelieu, results in unacceptable levels of suffering endured by horses
(both in number of horses and degree of suffering), and poses inherent
dangers to plant personnel. The shooters are seldom able to adhere to the
required protocols for euthanasia by firearm, due to a combination of horse
and human factors."
The CHDC
asks you to take action and let the CFIA know that this suffering will not
be accepted! Horses cannot be humanely killed in an assembly-line
fashion. This evidence makes it abundantly clear. All of the footage
compilations from Bouvry and Richelieu have been uploaded onto YouTube here:
www.youtube.com/twylafrancois
WARNING:
Very graphic but enlightening on
horse slaughter in Canada.
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Pending Legislation - you can type in the word
"equine" for information pertaining to horses. PA's Electronic Bill Room -
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/session.cfm
A hearing has been set on Feb. 2,
2010 before a Congressional
subcommittee on H.R. 503, the
Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act, a
bill that would stop the export of
American horses to foreign slaughter
houses for human consumption and
basically end the commercial trade
and transport of American horses for
slaughter for h
uman
consumption. Go here for more
information and how you can take
action to help pass this bill:
http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article/567See
More
The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act (H.R.
503) was introduced in the U.S. House on January 14, 2009 by Congressman
John Conyers (D-MI) and Congressman Dan Burton (R-IN). An identical version
(S. 727) was introduced in the Senate on March 26, 2009 by Senator
Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and veterinarian and Senator John Ensign (R-NV) along
with 13 original bipartisan cosponsors.
Thank you Senatory Landrieu!
It all started in ND - unopposed!!
North Dakota State Rep. Rod Froelich, a Democrat, and State
Sen. Joe Miller, a Republican, are
sponsoring ND House Bill #1496, a bill introduced in the state House that
would authorize a $100,000 study by the state's Commerce Department to
determine the feasibility of a privately owned horse slaughterhouse in the
state. Rep. Froelich himself is a breeder of Quarter-Horses. It is well
known that registered Quarter-Horses make up over half of all horses
slaughtered, yet, The American Quarter-Horse Association (AQHA) is one of
our greatest FOES in that they are lobbying hard against us in Washington DC
to keep horse slaughter & their exportation for slaughter legal.
The state measures were prompted by a resolution submitted into the
National Conference of State Legislatures' (NCSL) Agriculture and Energy
Committee in December 2008 by Wyoming State Rep. Sue Wallis and then South
Dakota State Rep. Dave Sigdestad. The NCSL is a bipartisan organization
that advocates for state governments interests before Congress and other
federal agencies. The resolution encourages legislators in rural states to
promote horse processing on the basis of generating jobs and addressing the
issues of the "unwanted horses:.
Twelve state legislatures are now considering measures
to express their support of or actively encourage the reestablishment of
U.S. horse processing plants.
Resolutions indicating opposition to HR 503, the federal
Conyers-Burton Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act, which would eliminate
horse slaughter nationwide and prohibit the export of horses to
slaughter are either under consideration or have already passed in:
- Arizona (SCM 1001)
- Kansas (HCR 5004)
- Minnesota (SF 133)
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North Dakota (HB
1496)
- South Dakota (SCR 2)
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Utah (HJR
7)
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Wyoming (HJR
8)
Bills amending state laws to promote private investor plant
development are pending in:
- Arkansas (HCR 1004)
- Illinois (HB 0583)
- Missouri (House, HCR 19 House; Senate, SCR 8)
Montana (HB
418)
Tennessee (HB 1361)
Working on defining horses as Livestock:
Sponsored by Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Delano), HF797 would clarify
that raising equines for riding, driving, competition, racing,
recreation, sale or as breeding stock, is an agricultural
pursuit and they should be considered as livestock for the
purpose of financial transactions. Approved by the House
Agriculture, Rural Economies and Veterans Affairs Committee, it
awaits action by the full House. The definition change could
impact the disposal of dead horses and whether they would be
covered under federal animal cruelty laws. Rep. Dave Olin (DFL-Thief
River Falls) said the Animal Humane Society had issues with the
bill’s language and successfully amended it deleting the
phrase, “Horses may be used for meat, hides, and animal
by-products. The bill’s companion, SF755, sponsored by Sen. Amy
Koch (R-Buffalo), awaits action by the Senate Taxes Committee.
For information on these bills and others, log onto
www.house.mn.
New Radio show focusing on Horse Slaughter
Please visit the program's
resource page and pass the link along to everyone you know who
might be interested.
~~The latest on the anti slaughter issue....
This is the 111th Congress and it will run through December of 2010.
To contact your
Senator
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
First Bill introduced in 2009:
Representatives Kirk (R-IL) and Cohen (D-TN) introduced, H.R. 305, the Horse
Transportation Safety Act, to ban the use of double decker trailers for all
horse transport.
Double decker trailers were not designed for horses. There have been
numerous accidents resulting in injury and death of horses.
Some articles:
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Young Belgians
Jammed in Double Decker
... it took hours of work to rescue the horses from the
overturned trailer, half a
dozen fire departments, ...
www.regardinghorses.com/2007/10/31/accident-brings-horse-slaughter-issue-to-forefront/
- 41k -
Cached -
Similar pages
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SAN JUAN, Puerto
Rico - Nearly 20 race horses,
packed inside a double-decker ... The president of
Optical People, Manolo
Gonzalez, declined to comment. ...
www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/us-probes-horse-shipment-to-puerto-rico.htm
- 68k -
Cached -
Similar pages
HR.305, the double decker trailer ban.
You can reach your Representative and ask for their support through the Capitol
Switchboard at 202-224-3121
http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/2009/01/10/double-decker-horse-transport-inherently-cruel/
Pennsylvania signed HB 1139 into law on June 25th 2001 which bans
double deckers for transport of horses.
http://www.equineprotectionnetwork.com/transport/transportindex.htm -
current information regarding Double Deckers thank you EPN.
H.R. 503 January 15, 2009- The
Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act was reintroduced by House Judiciary
Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Representative Dan Burton
(R-IN).
~~Information
Rebuttal by John Holland to"Frequently
asked questions about unwanted horses and the AVMA's policy on horse slaughter"
http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/features/horseslaughter-132.shtml
Are Horses safe to eat???
Here is an article about the toxins that are in horse meat
http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/hanchette182.ht
~~Equine Slaughter Statistics
USDA - NASS Horses
slaughtered in the USA
http://www.nass.usda.gov/QuickStats/index2.jsp - USA slaughter houses were
closed in 2008 due to state regulations. However, horses have always been
exported to Mexico and Canada for slaughter.
Note-
With a growing number of
slaughter houses in Canada and Mexico more USA horses are being slaughtered now
than when the US slaughterhouses were open.
Export of USA horses to Mexico Statistics -
http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/al_ls635.txt
Weekly Imports from Canada (by region):
http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/WA_LS637.txt
~~Reports, studies and information
The Truth About Abandoned Horses
http://www.kaufmanzoning.net/horsemeat/
Report-Deleting the Fiction: Abandoned Horses-Dec 23, 2007, Report-Deleting the
Fiction: Abandoned Horses, Part 2-March 2008 and Report-Deleting the Fiction:
Short Paper-Feb,2008-Factual Evidence Against Written Articles on Abandoned
horses
~~Links
Veterinarians For Equine Welfare
http://www.vetsforequinewelfare.org/
Washington DC pictures March 08 - American's Against Horse Slaughter
Please help end the inhumane slaughter of America's horses for overseas human
consumption:
http://humanityforhorses.blogspot.com/
The wind of heaven is
that which blows between a horse's ears. ~Arabian Proverb ~Lor in PA
www.marynash.org
Review of 2008 ~
AC4H on HBO
investigates horse slaughter -http://www.hbo.com/realsports/stories/2008/episode.134.s1.html.
Few casual horse racing fans are aware that
many former racing horses are slaughtered for profit. When a thoroughbred race
horse reaches the end of its career or is simply no longer profitable on the
track, it is often taken directly to auction and sold for meat. Because horse
slaughter is no longer practiced in this country, these thoroughbreds are now
being shipped by "killer buyers" to slaughterhouses abroad, which are frequently
less regulated and less humane than former U.S. slaughterhouses. Correspondent
Bernard Goldberg, who recently won the 2008 Sports Emmy(r) for Outstanding
Sports Journalism for his 2007 REAL SPORTS story on the NFL concussion crisis,
traces the disturbing journey many of these young and healthy horses take from
the track, to auctions, to slaughterhouses, and finally to the plates of
European and Japanese diners who pay top dollar for the delicacy.
IAC4H
on Inside Edition
Thank you John Holland for all of your hard work, dedication and direction.
Thank you Inside Edition for giving the horses air time! Also, I would like
to thank the Horse Rescue Coalition who assisted in getting permission for
Inside Edition to attend the auction, who drove from far distances to attend
and help the horses as they do every day and thank you to the people who
donated to save lives and a special thank you to the FOB's I did make
special mention of you for all you do in the interview that I did.
Unfortunately, it didn't make it to the finished product so I am thanking
you all again personally here.
Christy Co-Founder AC4H interviewing with Matt from Inside Edition
Inside
Edition interview airing 11-26-07
click here to see exclusive pictures and watch the interview on photo bucket.
Video by Laura
YouTube - The Journey Of The Inside Edition Horses
We have also heard that now that the USA slaughter houses are closed that
there are more horses than ever being abandoned or starved. As I just stated
when a followup team actually investigated the reports of abandonment there was
actually no proof... or it happened when slaughter houses in the USA were open
so basically it has nothing to do with the USA slaughter houses shutting down.
Just a quick reminder the USA horses are still going to Canada in higher numbers
to date than when the USA slaughter houses were open and running... so pro
-slaughter side... if you are reporting starvation don't try to link it to the
USA houses being closed... first they don't slaughter skinny horses - no value
and 2nd once again let me drive the point home... to date there is a higher
number of USA horses being exported (we have
always exported) for slaughter than when the USA
slaughter houses were over.... THERE IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN SLAUGHTER AND
STARVATION OR ABANDONMENT.
A ban on horse slaughter in the US is looking likely. What fate will befall
the 100,000 animals that have headed for slaughter each year? John Holland
suggests there is no evidence the US will end up awash with unwanted horses.
Read more
THERE WILL BE NO "UNWANTED HORSE" CRISIS!
Slaughter in no way helps with unwanted horses. In
my white paper prove there is no relationship:
Each horse in America is the responsibility of its
current owner. The only thing that is going to change is that those
owners will not have the option of abandoning their horses to this cruel
fate for a few pieces of silver. As rescuers (and yes I rescue too), it
is not our responsibility to save every horse an owner wants to get rid
of. It is there responsibility. Abandoning their horses or neglecting
them are not legal options.
Many horses are sent to slaughter because it is
marginally lest costly than treating them right. For example, a string
of camp ponies can be replaced each season slightly more cheaply than it
can be wintered over. The same goes for other horses. If a race horse
has an injury that keeps it from racing for a few months, it is often
sold to slaughter, etc, etc. It is all about money folks! It is also
about whether horses are nothing more than property that can be
discarded at will.
Finally, horse slaughter rewards bad behavior. When
you reward bad behavior you just get more bad behavior and a sense of
entitlement on the part of the abusers.
John Holland
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By: John Holland November 5rd, 2006
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