Friend,

This is the time of year when excitement builds for the three biggest horse races in the country—the Belmont Stakes, the Preakness Stakes and the Kentucky Derby.

But the dirty secret is some of those magnificent horses wind up in the slaughter pipeline. Today, we’re fighting for those horses and others who don’t make the spotlight. Horses who are trucked across our nation’s borders without food or water for days, only to be gruesomely slaughtered for their meat.

Will you make a $20 gift to the Humane Society Legislative Fund right now to support our work to end horse slaughter and protect animals?

Horses sent to slaughter rarely have a quick, painless death. Some suffer injuries or even die in transit, packed in trailers without rest, food or water. Horses who arrive at the slaughterhouse face agony. Horses are difficult to stun, and as a result they’re often struck repeatedly and some are still alive as they’re dismembered.

This practice is shocking. But it’s just one of the many ways in which animals are abused and exploited every day. You have the power to defend suffering animals. Your support means we can fight for the protections animals deserve in the halls of Congress and beyond—wherever we can make the biggest impact for the most animals in need.

So please give now to help ensure our work continues as long as animals need us!

Thank you,

Sara Amundson
President
Humane Society Legislative Fund