Horse slaughter petitions to sign.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/sd-legislature-wants-horse-slaughter-plant

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/10/stop-the-slaughter

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ak-legislature-asks-for-horse-slaughter-plant

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/arizona-legislature-wants-horse-slaughter

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/23/help-stop-the-canadian-horse-slaughter-houses

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/natl-conference-officially-supports-horse-slaughter

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/wyoming-wants-horse-slaughter

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/illinois-seeks-2-reinstate-horse-slaughter

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/idaho-the-13th-state-to-want-horse-slaughter

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/vote-to-keep-horse-slaughter-out-of-montana

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/tenn-rep-promoting-horse-slaughter

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/america-against-horse-slaughter-and-equine-cruelty

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/228428209

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ny-introduces-anti-slaughter-bill-again

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/state-horse-counsils-lobby-for-horse-slaughter

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/south-dakota-sioux-to-slaughter-horses

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/help-end-horse-slaughter-in-canada

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/utah-wants-horse-slaughter

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/4/end-horse-slaughter-once-and-for-all

Please email or write these Senators and thank them for introducing this legislation.

PRESS RELEASE
Washington, DC (March 26, 2009) – A bill to ban horse slaughter  was introduced in the United States Senate today. Sponsored by Senators Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and John Ensign (R-NV), the Landrieu-Ensign "Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act" will end the slaughter of American horses here and abroad. The sponsors, who have long championed the cause, have the bipartisan support of 14 colleagues who are co-sponsoring the bill.

The legislation comes at a time when horse slaughter no longer occurs on U.S. soil, but each year tens of thousands of American horses continue to be hauled to Canada, Mexico and further abroad. Reports show that horses regularly travel for hundreds or even thousands of miles to the slaughterhouses on double-deck cattle trucks without food, water or rest. At some Mexican slaughterhouses horses are stabbed repeatedly in the spine until they are paralyzed, after which they are butchered while still fully conscious. This country’s three remaining horse slaughter plants – two in Texas and one in Illinois – were shut down in 2007 under state law. Since then, the pro-slaughter camp has led a concerted and disingenuous effort to resurrect the industry domestically, and has used scare tactics in an attempt to defeat the federal ban. The federal legislation is desperately needed to stop the slaughter of American horses, irrespective of where the killing takes place.

"America's horses are being beaten and dragged across the border into Mexico and Canada so that they can be inhumanely slaughtered for food. I will continue to fight in Congress to end this brutal practice and ensure that American horses will no longer be savagely slaughtered for human consumption," said Senator Mary Landrieu.

While horse slaughter no longer occurs on U.S. soil the absence of a federal statute means that horses are shipped out of the country for slaughter. Reports show that horses regularly travel for hundreds or even thousands of miles to the slaughterhouses on double-deck cattle trucks without food, water or rest. At some Mexican slaughterhouses horses are stabbed repeatedly in the spine until they are paralyzed, after which they are butchered while still fully conscious.
"The time to put an end to the practice of slaughtering horses in America is long overdue," said Senator John Ensign said. "Horses have an important role in the history of our country, particularly the West, and they deserve our protection. As a senator and a veterinarian, I am committed to doing what I can for these magnificent animals."