Stop the Slaughter of Horses

UPDATE: Thanks to your help, on May 18 the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved an amendment -- the Rahall-Whitfield-Sweeney-Spratt amendment -- to stop the commercial sale and slaughter of wild horses and burros. It must now pass the Senate as well. Please contact your two U.S. Senators and ask them "Please co-sponsor S. 1915, the Ensign-Landrieu bill to stop horse slaughter."

The fight to protect wild horses is a key component of the larger goal of ending all horse slaughter for human consumption. There are nearly 100,000 horses sent to three foreign-owned slaughterhouses operating in the United States. The horses are shipped in cattle trucks and sent to slaughterhouses, where these majestic animals are dismembered and then exported in order to please the palates of consumers in Belgium, France, and Japan.

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