Extreme Graphic - Slaughter House - Please Help Put an End to This Horrific Crime

Caution: Extremely Graphic

CHCD has released footage of the Richelieu and Bouvry Slaughter houses and kill pens. There are about 7 videos and be warned, they are horrific. CHDC had notified us last week and warned us but I didn’t expect this. If you ever need motivation to keep fighting to end slaughter, this will do it. You will note the green USDA stickers so many of these are our horses – minis, ponies…. Some of the horses were loaded two in the kill box forcing one horse to watch as the other was killed, others are left suffering while hanging as several attempts are made to kill them and others were shot several times including both eyes. It is an outrage and beyond cruel.

CHDC will be issuing a press release tomorrow and John & I will most likely be doing a follow-up release. They will also be posting a footage index on their site.

You can view the investigations on the CHDC site http://www.defendhorsescanada.org/ or on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/TwylaFrancois.

A huge thank you to Shelley, Twyla and Sinikka for exposing this cruelty.


Call your legislators and the president. This must end.

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Vicki | A Voice for Our Horses

Help Keep California Horses From Going to Slaughter

• Group: Equus
• Subject: Announcement from Equus
HSUS has asked me to send this message on their behalf. Please note that this message deals with legislation regarding the transportation of horses for slaughter outside the United States.

If you support this bill, please re-post this message.

Thank you so much for your efforts to end horse slaughter!

Best,
Jill Fraser

Help keep California’s horses from going to slaughter!

As you many know, congressional leaders Rep John Conyers (D-MI), Dan Burton (R-IN), Sen Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Sen John Ensign (R-NV) have introduced House Bill 503/Senate Bill 727 (The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2009) to ban the slaughter and export of horses for slaughter for human consumption.

In 1998, California voters overwhelmingly approved a ban on the slaughter of California horses for human consumption but because transport across state and international lines remains legal, California horses continue to be transported and sold out of state so we cannot assure protection of our horses and are dependent on the passage of a federal ban to stop this cruelty.

State Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez has recently introduced Senate Joint Resolution 22 that would declare formally the desire of the California Legislature to see Congress enact these two important bills.


Letters of support from individuals and organizations (must be on your letterhead) are needed. Senator Florez needs to hear from Californians that support his resolution and want to see California’s horses protected from the cruelty of long-haul transport across the border to a gruesome death.


Submit your letters or emails to:

Senator Dean Florez

State Capitol

Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax: (916) 327-5989


Please also spread the word (yes, please forward this alert to all your friends!) and make plans to attend the first hearing of this resolution:

Tuesday, March 16

Senate Food & Agriculture Committee
9:30 am

State Capitol, Room 113

Sacramento, Calif.



Even though this is only a resolution, we expect opposition and need a good showing of California horse lovers throughout this process.


THANK YOU!
Posted By Jill Fraser

Letter from Senator Barbara Box RE: Wild Horses

Dear Ms. Lawrence:
Thank you for writing to me regarding the management of the wild horse population on our public lands. I appreciate hearing from you and share your concerns.
As a long-time supporter of wildlife conservation, I am strongly opposed to any proposals that would destroy or harm our wild horses and burros.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has considered various controversial options in its effort to control the increasing numbers of wild horses and burros. Among these options are the use of euthanasia on healthy animals and the unconditional sale of older horses that have been unsuccessfully offered for adoption. Destroying these magnificent animals is never a viable management option, and the sale of horses without limitations could lead to horse slaughter, which is also unacceptable.
The BLM should more seriously consider more humane solutions such as improving the adoption program, exploring the use of contraceptives or sterilization to reduce herd sizes, or securing additional funds for an appropriate management program that would ensure proper care for these animals.
I also support legislation to expand the range where wild horses could roam freely, enhance the adoption program, encourage the use of non-lethal methods to reduce herd size, reduce the time a horse spends in a holding pen, and prohibit the euthanization or sale for slaughter of wild horses. On July 17, 2009, the House passed the Restore Our Wild Mustangs (ROAM) Act (H.R.1018), which seeks to accomplish all of these objectives. This bill has been referred to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

In addition, I believe strongly in a permanent ban on horse slaughter. That is why I am proud to be an original co-sponsor of the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act (S.727) to prohibit the transport, export, or sale of any horse to be slaughtered for human consumption. I look forward to working with my colleagues to enact the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act.
Thank you again for contacting me about this important issue. Rest assured that I will continue to support efforts to maintain the integrity of wild horse and burro populations on our public lands.

Barbara Boxer
United States Senator


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