Legislation Important for the Cause

112th Congress (2011-2012)

H.R. 2966
9/19/2011—Introduced: .American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act Amends the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to detain for examination, testing, or the taking of evidence:

1. any horse at any horse show, horse exhibition, or horse sale or auction that is sore or which the Secretary has probable cause to believe is sore; and
2. any horse or other equine that the Secretary has probable cause to believe is being shipped, transported, moved, delivered, received, possessed, purchased, sold, or donated in violation of such prohibition. Increases the cap on the amount of appropriations that may be used to carry out such Act.

S. 1176
6/09/2011 - Introduced: American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes.

To truly end the slaughter of our American horses once and for all, we must pass this very important federal legislation. Each of us can do our part by contacting our representatives asking them to co-sponsor. To find your representative please go to: Contact Congress

Many people believe that horse slaughter has ended because the three US horse slaughter plants have closed. This is not true. The slaughter of American horses continues: our horses are cruelly transported thousands of miles to Canada and Mexico.

Double Decker Transportation

Since October 7, 2011 the new amendment of the Commercial Transport of Equines to Slaughter Regulation is in effect, making it illegal to use double deck trailers for any transport of slaughter horses. However, the protection of the regulation is only as good as its enforcement.

On June 27, 2011 Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk and New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg introduced the Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2011, S.B. 1281. This bill would ban the use of double decked trailers to transport any and all horses. Please join us. Help us write a respectful and humane legacy for the next generations of our country.

Commercial Transport & Horse Cruelty Issues