John,
This week, Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, in partnership with Animals' Angels, released a comprehensive national investigation into trafficking of horses and other equines for slaughter for human consumption.
Our report shows that horse slaughter is an economically negligible industry, but still horrifying in the mistreatment it delivers. Americans don't eat horses, and
don't want them treated this way.
John, if it's wrong to slaughter American horses in Illinois or Texas, it's wrong to slaughter them in Alberta or over the border in Mexico.
Will you make a contribution to the Center for a Humane Economy today so we can keep a spotlight on this cruel practice and put an end to horse slaughter?
As the Congress tees up the Farm bill, we want to alert you to our findings and to urge you to join us in extending the U.S. ban on horse slaughter to include a prohibition on live exports to Canada and Mexico.
You can read the full report
here. or check out the
key takeaways below:
Key findings and take-aways:
- There has been an enormous decline in the number of American horses butchered for meat — from 350,000 horses sold for slaughter in 1990 to 150,000 in 2010 to 20,000 today.
- The near collapse of the enterprise of horse slaughter happened because major foreign markets dramatically scaled back purchases because of residues of drugs in the meat.
- No longer can the excuse be honestly presented that horse slaughter is a needed outlet for unwanted horses. The number of American horses slaughtered annually has declined by more than 90 percent since 1990 and by 75 percent since 2010. There's been no uptick in abandonment or cruelty tracked by animal welfare groups during those periods.
- Our report shows that the mistreatment of the animals could hardly be worse. Injured animals never get treatment, they slip on manure- and urine-soaked floors on transport trucks and fall and get trampled, they are subjected to temperatures of minus 30 Fahrenheit in unprotected holding pens in Canada.
- Contagious diseases, such as Strangles, fester at slaughter holding facilities are breeding grounds for contagious diseases. As explained in our report, one kill buyer in Colorado illegally moved sick horses from his pens in Colorado and exposed horses throughout the West to this contagious disease.
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John, when you support the Center for a Humane Economy, your support goes directly into work like this that makes a difference for vulnerable animals everywhere. Will you make a contribution today so we can put a stop to horse slaughter?
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Thank you for caring,
The Center for a Humane Economy
P.S. You can check out a
top story on the investigation in the Des Moines Register/Yahoo.com and
one from the Colorado Sun.
