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Horse slaughter legislative alert from the Humane Sociey

4:05 PM Fri, Oct 21, 2005 |

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I received this today from the US Humane Society ....

URGENT ALERT: SAVE THE SLAUGHTER BAN!


With your help, both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to ban horse slaughter in the United States. All of your great work was essential to these dual victories in Congress.

But that work is in danger of being undone!

We fear that the horse slaughter ban is going to be stripped during final passage of the Agriculture Appropriations bill. We cannot allow this outrageous action -- which would violate the overwhelming majorities in both the House and the Senate. If the horse slaughter ban is dropped, nearly 100,000 horses will be slaughtered for human consumption overseas next year.

We have only days left before this issue is decided.

Reach for your phone now and call your two U.S. Senators and Representative in Washington, D.C. and urge them to oppose the final Agriculture Appropriations conference report if it doesn't contain the horse slaughter ban.

Worried about making a phone call? It's simple! Your call will
take no more than two minutes. You will speak to a staff
assistant who will take your message and pass it along to your
Representative or Senators.

Unsure what to say? Just follow this script for your phone call:

"Hello, I'm calling from [your town and state] to let you know
I've heard that the ban on horse slaughter in the Agriculture
Appropriations bill is being stripped by the conference
committee. After landslide votes in both House and Senate, that
is an outrage. I want [your Representative or Senators' names]
to oppose any Agriculture Appropriations conference report that
doesn't include the ban on horse slaughter. Thank you."

We need a massive outcry in the halls of Congress immediately if
we hope to save our horses. Thank you for your fast action on
this critical issue.

Sincerely,
Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States


2 Comments

Kathy O. said:

Via the USHS, I sent an email to Kay Bailey Hutchinson on this topic. This week I received a letter in the mail from Senator Hutchinson advising that she was not in favor of any further legislation regarding the slaughter of horses and sale of horse meat for human consumption. The honorable Senator Hutchinson expressed her belief that the laws already in place are adequate.

October 21, 2005 4:20 PM
Sue Lollis said:

Please ban horse slaughter! The laws in place are not adequate! I will be following your voter record.

January 21, 2006 7:06 PM

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