To: Mitt Romney, President Donald Trump, The Ohio State House, The Ohio State Senate, Governor Mike DeWine, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
End American Horse Slaughter
In October of 2011, President Barack Obama quietly signed into law a spending bill that would restore the horse-slaughter industry in the US. There was a domestic ban on the mass horse homicide, but it didn't end it altogether, instead just relocated it. IT shifted the site of butchery to Mexico and Canada - which meant increased abuse or neglect as the horses were shipped out of the country and beyond the reach of U.S. law.
The ban had been imposed in 2006 when Congress defunded the government’s ability to inspect plants that butchered horses for consumption. Without inspections, the meat couldn't be sold, and the industry withered.
Strong legislation banning the slaughter of America's wild and domestic equines needs to pass swiftly. The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act bill numbers are Senate Bill S.1176 and House Bill H.R. 2966. Now is the time to contact your two US Senators and your US Congressional Representative in the House to push for the passage of these two bills during the current Congress.
The ban had been imposed in 2006 when Congress defunded the government’s ability to inspect plants that butchered horses for consumption. Without inspections, the meat couldn't be sold, and the industry withered.
Strong legislation banning the slaughter of America's wild and domestic equines needs to pass swiftly. The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act bill numbers are Senate Bill S.1176 and House Bill H.R. 2966. Now is the time to contact your two US Senators and your US Congressional Representative in the House to push for the passage of these two bills during the current Congress.
Why is this important?
"Horse slaughter is the way by which irresponsible people get rid of their unwanted horses quickly and for a profit. Every year, well over 140,000 equines from the United States are slaughtered for human consumption to satisfy the taste for horsemeat in Europe and Japan where it is considered a delicacy. Currently, these equines are being transported across the Canadian and Mexican borders where they are slaughtered and their meat is then exported overseas selling for between $15 and $25 per pound. While there are no horse slaughterhouses operating in the US now, that could easily change due to a movement by the small, but powerful special interest groups that have successfully blocked passage of federal legislation banning horse slaughter for nearly a decade. " http://www.equineadvocates.org/issueDetail.php?recordID=2#