Write legislators to stop horse slaughter.
Write legislators to stop horse slaughter
An American Icon, the horse. Will the 110th Congress do the right
thing?
As a constituent, I’m looking for Floridians to stand up for our
horses.
We may not have horse slaughterhouses here, but we’re still allowing
horses to be sold at auction to the killer-buyers and transported
through our state. This has got to stop.
This isn’t a plea from PETA, nor any other animal extremist group. We
are approximately 75 percent of America. We are the people for the
people asking why the 109th Congress failed to pass the American Horse
Slaughter Prevention Act that would prevent our horses from being
slaughtered here in our own country for the sole purpose of being
served
up as a delicacy for human consumption overseas?
After years of lobbying, horse lovers and horse advocates across the
country were just about ready to exhale when the House of
Representatives passed the anti-horse slaughter bill. Unfortunately,
against the will of the American people, the Senate allowed the bill to
die and went home early for the holidays.
According to the USDA, more than 100,000 horses were slaughtered in
2006, and that number is quickly rising as the slaughterhouses are
slaughtering as fast as they can, fearing their own death is near.
The slaughtering of our horses isn’t a new idea. It’s been around
for
years, but it wasn’t until Ferdinand, the 1986 Kentucky Derby winner,
was slaughtered and ended up on dinner plates in Japan that our country
caught on to this inhumane and cruel practice. Yes, God bless you,
Ferdinand, for bringing America’s dirty little secret to the
attention
of many Americans.
Horse slaughter is the truest form of betrayal - as our horses have
served us well since the beginning of time. Horses have carried us
through battle, tilled our fields, pulled our wagons and enriched our
lives as friends and companions. They are an icon of our nation. They
are our horses.
Slaughterhouses kill approximately 100,000 horses each year with 100
percent of the horse meat shipped to Europe and Japan for human
consumption. The owners operate these slaughterhouses at a loss to
avoid
paying taxes in the United States as they ship all the horsemeat to
Europe and Japan for human consumption and make their profits abroad.
It’s time to come together to show what kind of country we really
are.
Join us in our fight to end horse slaughter in America once and for
all.
Please call, fax and e-mail our senators and representatives and ask
them to support the ban on horse slaughter. It’s time for the 110th
Congress to do the right thing. I don’t like the idea of anyone
eating
horse meat, but if they wish to consume horse meat overseas, let them
dine on their own.
Debra Lopez
Clearwater
An American Icon, the horse. Will the 110th Congress do the right
thing?
As a constituent, I’m looking for Floridians to stand up for our
horses.
We may not have horse slaughterhouses here, but we’re still allowing
horses to be sold at auction to the killer-buyers and transported
through our state. This has got to stop.
This isn’t a plea from PETA, nor any other animal extremist group. We
are approximately 75 percent of America. We are the people for the
people asking why the 109th Congress failed to pass the American Horse
Slaughter Prevention Act that would prevent our horses from being
slaughtered here in our own country for the sole purpose of being
served
up as a delicacy for human consumption overseas?
After years of lobbying, horse lovers and horse advocates across the
country were just about ready to exhale when the House of
Representatives passed the anti-horse slaughter bill. Unfortunately,
against the will of the American people, the Senate allowed the bill to
die and went home early for the holidays.
According to the USDA, more than 100,000 horses were slaughtered in
2006, and that number is quickly rising as the slaughterhouses are
slaughtering as fast as they can, fearing their own death is near.
The slaughtering of our horses isn’t a new idea. It’s been around
for
years, but it wasn’t until Ferdinand, the 1986 Kentucky Derby winner,
was slaughtered and ended up on dinner plates in Japan that our country
caught on to this inhumane and cruel practice. Yes, God bless you,
Ferdinand, for bringing America’s dirty little secret to the
attention
of many Americans.
Horse slaughter is the truest form of betrayal - as our horses have
served us well since the beginning of time. Horses have carried us
through battle, tilled our fields, pulled our wagons and enriched our
lives as friends and companions. They are an icon of our nation. They
are our horses.
Slaughterhouses kill approximately 100,000 horses each year with 100
percent of the horse meat shipped to Europe and Japan for human
consumption. The owners operate these slaughterhouses at a loss to
avoid
paying taxes in the United States as they ship all the horsemeat to
Europe and Japan for human consumption and make their profits abroad.
It’s time to come together to show what kind of country we really
are.
Join us in our fight to end horse slaughter in America once and for
all.
Please call, fax and e-mail our senators and representatives and ask
them to support the ban on horse slaughter. It’s time for the 110th
Congress to do the right thing. I don’t like the idea of anyone
eating
horse meat, but if they wish to consume horse meat overseas, let them
dine on their own.
Debra Lopez
Clearwater