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Date Posted: 12:08:43 12/17/06 Sun
In reply to:
Daniel C. Fernandez
's message, "Alert on horse slaughter! Federal bills to ban horse slaughter: inmediate attention required!" on 21:45:48 07/17/04 Sat
>URGENT ALERT ON HORSE SLAUGHTER!!! SUPPORT FOR BILLS
>TO BAN HORSE SLAUGHTER DESPERATELY NEEDED!!!
>
>Update on the status of legislations to outlaw horse
>slaughter on both federal and state level. Urgent
>attention required to pass federal bills!
>
>1) FEDERAL LEVEL: HR 857 AND S. 2352: The American
>Horse Slaughter Prevention Act.
>
>HR 857 (also known as The American Horse Slaughter
>Prevention Act) and its Senate version, S. 2352, are
>Federal Legislations which will ban the slaughter of
>horses in the whole country as well as the
>transportation of horses for slaughter across US
>borders making sure that no American Horse is killed
>for human consumption, neither in the US nor in Mexico
>or Canada.
>
>HR 857 is still pending on the House Agriculture
>Committee blocked by Rep. Bob Goodlatte, and its
>Senate version, S.2352, has been introduced on April
>27. Both bills need desperate support and more
>Co-sponsors in order to pass both the House and the
>Senate before the November elections.
>
>THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT! PLEASE, WRITE, FAX, CALL
>AND EMAIL YOUR US SENATORS ASKING THEM TO CO-SPONSOR
>S. 2352 AND YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND THE MEMBERS OF THE
>AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE URGING THEM TO CO-SPONSOR HR 857
>AS WELL AS TO ASK REPRESENTATIVE GOODLATTE TO STOP
>BLOCKING IT. BE SURE TO ASK YOUR RELATIVES, FRIENDS,
>NEIGHBORS AND WORK/CLASS PARTNERS TO DO THE SAME. If
>your Senator or Congressman is already a cosponsor,
>send him a "thank you" letter and contact other
>Congressmen or Senators; it does not matter you do not
>reside on their districts because this is a national
>issue since horses slaughtered at the three only horse
>slaughterhouses remaining in the US (two in Texas and
>other in Illinois, all French and Belgian owned) come
>from all over the country, purchased by killer buyers
>who go from auction to auction through several states.
>Hurry up and start writing today; time is running
>out!!!
>
>It is very important as well to visit legislators and
>express personally your concerns: Congressmen and
>Senators will be in their districts in August. IT IS
>VITAL THAT YOU CALL BOTH YOUR CONGRESSMAN AND SENATOR
>TO THEIR DISTRICT OFFICES AND SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO
>ASK THEM PERSONALLY TO SUPPORT HR 857/S. 2352 AND
>REQUEST THEM TO DEMAND GOODLATTE TO RELEASE HR 857 FOR
>A VOTE!
>
>The second best way to contact your Congressman and
>Senators is by either writing or by sending a fax to
>their Washington, DC office. There are some key points
>you should mention in your letters:
>
>- Since horses are NOT food animals nor are bred for
>food or fiber, they receive VERY POTENT DRUGS, such as
>dewormers, painkillers, hormones, anti-inflammatory
>medications, pesticides. non-for-human use antibiotics
>and vaccines THAT BECOME RESIDENT ON THEIR FLESH and
>which are not only VERY STRONG CARCINOGENS but also
>EXTREMELY TOXIC WHEN CONSUMED BY HUMANS. These drugs
>are already BANNED ON FOOD ANIMALS such as cows or
>pigs and this is clearly stated on their packages (not
>for use in horses intended for food). Horse meat poses
>a great risk for the health of people who eat it
>abroad and therefore lawmakers must not allow the
>production and exportation of this product. Tell
>Legislators how unconscionable it is to allow a food
>product to be exported for human consumption that
>simply is not safe to be consumed.
>
>-The argument saying that a ban on horse slaughter
>will lead to a increase on equine abuse is false and
>ridiculous. Since California banned horse slaughter in
>1998 equine abuse decreased a so did horse theft,
>which dropped by 34%. Also during the last years the
>number of horses killed has dramatically decreased and
>this didnīt result on a increase on horse abuse or
>horses being abandoned in fields or streets. Tell them
>that horse slaughter promotes abuse and theft; that in
>Texas, where are located the two only slaughterhouses
>remaining in the US horse abuse and theft is rampant.
>
>- Since there is no export tariff on horse meat NO
>PROFITS FROM THIS DISGUSTING INDUSTRY REMAIN IN
>AMERICA. They are siphoned directly to Belgium and
>France, the home country of the only 2 operative horse
>slaughterhouses remaining in the US. In addition,
>these plants pays NO state taxes. Tell Legislators
>that horses are more valuable for the economy live
>than dead and how the horse industry really provides
>profits for the community such as money, jobs and
>investments.
>
>- Horses in the US are NOT food animals, they are
>instead pets, like dogs or cats and sport, leisure
>animals. Eating horse in America or allowing their
>slaughter for consumption overseas is ETHICALLY AND
>MORALLY UNACCEPTABLE; that it is just UN-AMERICAN.
>
>- There are better alternatives to deal with unwanted
>horses, such as rescuing, retraining programs or
>chemical, painless euthanasia.
>
>- It is false and ridiculous that banning horse
>slaughter will lead to a ban of the slaughter of food
>producing animals such as cows, pigs or sheeps. Horses
>are NOT food animals and as such must be protected
>from slaughter.
>
>You can find out who your Senator or Congressman is
>and their contact info on the following website:
>
>http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/index.html
>
>To find out who the members of the House Agriculture
>Committee are visit the following website:
>
>http://agriculture.house.gov/inside/members.html
>
>If you need more information about HR 857 and S. 2352
>log on to:
>
>http://www.saplonline.org/Legislation/ahpa.htm
>http://www.ahdf.org
>
>We have available a list of of contact information for
>the members of the Agriculture Committee. You can ask
>one by emailing us at fletosojoi@tiscali.es
>
>We have designed as well a Power Point Presentation
>exposing the real facts about horse slaughter and
>rebutting the misrepresentations of those who support
>it. You can watch it in the website below, make sure
>all your contacts see it:
>
>http://www.habitatforhorses.org/news/factsandfallacies.
>pps
>
>At the end of this message you can find a list of
>Senators Washington phone and fax numbers and a sample
>letter for S. 2352.
>
>We also need to expose Rep. Goodlatte for trying to
>kill HR 857 by blocking it in the House Agriculture
>Committee he presides. Please write and call Bill
>O'Reilly at FOX News and ask him to confront Goodlatte
>and ask him why he is sitting on HR 857. O'Reilly's
>contact information is:
>
>EMAIL: oreilly@foxnews.com
>PHONE: 1-888-369-4762
>
>2)UPDATE ON STATE LEVEL: BATTLE TO OUTLAW HORSE
>SLAUGHTER IN ILLINOIS IS NOT OVER. SEN. CULLERTON AND
>REP. MOLARO PROMISE TO KEEP FIGHTING TO END HORSE
>SLAUGHTER.
>
>Although the bill to ban horse slaughter in Illinois
>preventing Cavel horse slaughterhouse from operating
>was defeated in the Illinois House of Representatives
>last May 28, State Senator John Cullerton and State
>Representative Robert Molaro promised to keep fighting
>to outlaw horse slaughter in Illinois and shut down
>the stateīs only horse slaughterhouse, Cavel
>International. They also count with the support of
>Illinois Governor Rod Blagoyevich, who fought so hard
>for the passage of the ban on horse slaughter.
>
>As for now, write Governor Blagoyevich and thank him
>for his unwavering support of our horses. Here it is
>his contact information:
>
>Governor Rod Blagojevich
>Room 207, Capitol Building
>Springfield IL 62706-1150
>
>Phone# 217-782-6830
>FAX # 217-524-4049
>
>If you have any questions regarding this alert or any
>other horse slaughter related topic, please feel free
>to email us to fletosojoi@tiscali.es
>
>PLEASE CROSSPOST THIS MESSAGE EVERYWHERE!!! THANK YOU
>SO MUCH FOR YOUR COLLABORATION!!!
>
>Daniel Cordero Fernandez
>Volunteer for Habitat for Horses
>409-935-0277
>
>------SAMPLE LETTER TO US
>SENATORS/REPRESENTATIVES--------
>
>(Cut and paste it on a text file, file the gaps and
>change the wording when writing Representatives about
>HR 857. We encourage you to "customize" it with your
>own words so the letters do not look like "form
>letters"; thanks)
>
>The Honorable _________________
>
>
>Subject: Support S. 2352, The American Horse Slaughter
>Prevention Act
>
>Dear Senator _________________:
>
>I am writing to you in the hope that I can somehow
>convince you to support and co-sponsor S. 2352, The
>American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. This bill was
>introduced by Senators Ensign and Landrieu along with
>several other Senators and would prohibit the
>slaughter of horses for human consumption, as well as
>the trade and transport of horseflesh and live horses
>intended for human consumption.
>
>I ask you to support and co-sponsor this legislation
>as being positive for Americans, American horses and
>the American horse industry. Also, please let me take
>this opportunity to remind you of some of the strong
>arguments I have in asking you to support it.
>
>Eating horses in America or killing them for human
>consumption is ethically and morally unacceptable.
>Horses in America are considered pets and
>sport/leisure animals; not food animals. The
>foreign-owned horse slaughter industry has slaughtered
>and exported for human consumption over 3 million
>American horses in the last two decades. This is
>intolerable and we should not allow this abominable
>practice to continue in our country.
>
>Since horses are not food animals, nor are they
>specifically bred for food or fiber, they are
>medicated with very potent drugs, such as dewormers,
>painkillers, hormones, anti-inflammatory medications
>and pesticides for fly control. These medications
>become resident in their flesh and are specifically
>labeled not for human use. Not only do they contain
>very strong carcinogens but are also extremely toxic
>when consumed by humans. Some of these drugs are
>already banned on domestic food animals such as cows
>or pigs and this indication is clearly stated on their
>packages (NOT FOR USE IN HORSES INTENDED FOR FOOD).
>
>Horse meat poses a great risk for the health of people
>who eat it abroad and therefore we must not allow the
>production and exportation of this product. It is
>unconscionable to allow a food product to be exported
>for human consumption that simply is not safe to be
>consumed, especially in light of recent bans by the
>European Union on exports of American meat.
>
>Since there is no export tariff on horse meat, no
>profits from this deplorable business remain in
>America. In addition, these foreign-owned companies
>pay no state taxes at all. Therefore, all the profits
>from horse slaughter are siphoned directly to Belgium
>and France, the home countries of these corporations.
>Economically, it is point proved that horses are more
>valuable for the economy live than dead. While the
>live horse industry creates millions of dollars each
>year and provides jobs for thousands of people, the
>horse slaughter industry only creates profit for these
>corporations.
>
>Horses are taxed as a non-food and recreational animal
>(although classified as "livestock"), and as such are
>not exempt from state and local sales taxes, as are
>animals that are traditionally raised for food. If
>horses become part of the "food chain", each state
>will lose millions of dollars annually in sales tax
>revenue alone.
>
>Horses slaughtered by these foreign-owned industries
>in the United States have often been hauled several
>thousand miles over several days, contrary to
>acceptable non-slaughter standards for water, food,
>and rest. Horses sent to be slaughtered are often
>shipped on crowded double-decker trucks designed for
>shorter necked species such as pigs, cattle and sheep,
>and are forced to travel in a bent position which can
>result in suffering, injury and death.
>
>Callous and extremely inhumane treatment at the
>slaughterhouse results in prolonged suffering. Horses
>endure repeated blows to the head with stunning
>equipment that often does not render the animals
>unconscious and many horses remain conscious during
>their own slaughter, including having their throats
>slit.
>
>Horse slaughter is a barbaric and despicable business.
>A vast majority of Americans (over 85% according to
>recent polls) are opposed to it. They, together with
>the horse industry's professionals and numerous equine
>welfare and other humanitarian organizations, are
>currently working to get the American Horse Slaughter
>Prevention Act (whose House Version has already 224
>Co-sponsors) enacted in order to ban it entirely from
>this country.
>
>Claims saying that a ban on horse slaughter will lead
>to an increase on abuse cases and horses abandoned on
>streets and fields is false and ridiculous. There is
>no overpopulation of horses. Since California passed
>legislation banning horse slaughter and its transport
>for slaughter 6 years ago, horse abuse and starvation
>cases decreased. Also, during the last years the
>number of horses slaughtered decreased dramatically
>(from over 300,000 in the 90's to less than 50,000 in
>2003) and the extra number of horses that were not
>slaughtered each year did not cause any increase on
>abuse or neglect cases.
>
>Americans do not eat horses nor do we raise our horses
>for food. The only reason horse slaughter exists is to
>satisfy the palates of foreigners who consider
>horseflesh a delicacy along with the greed of the
>corporations which provide it. "Killer buyers" who
>travel from one auction to the next filling up their
>trucks provide the horses for this industry. Others
>are stolen; even our federally protected wild horse
>population can end up there. In addition, horse
>slaughter promotes horse theft. Since California
>banned the slaughter of horses in 1998, horse theft
>has decreased over 34%, while the welfare of horses
>has significantly improved. May I also point out that
>in Texas where the only two operating horse
>slaughterhouses remaining in the US, horse theft and
>abuse is rampant.
>
>In spite of contrary claims, the great majority of the
>horses slaughtered are not old, sick, crippled or
>unwanted, but instead, are young, healthy, fat
>American horses, including federally protected wild
>horses. Pregnant mares and mares with very young foals
>at their side; purchased at auction where
>slaughterhouses middlemen dubbed "killer buyers" which
>outbid families and farmers looking for pets, riding
>and working horses.
>
>Horses have played a significant role in the history
>and culture of the United States. As a non-food and
>recreational animal, horses should be protected from
>slaughter. Again, I urge you to support and cosponsor
>S.2352, The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act.
>
>I look forward to receiving a response from you
>regarding your position on this issue, which is of
>significant and great importance to me. Thank you for
>your time and consideration of my letter.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>_______________________
>
>
>----------SENATORS DC PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS------------
>
>SENATOR & PARTY PHONE FAX
>
>
> AREA CODE FOR ALL: 202
>
>AL Richard C. Shelby [R] 224-4744 224-3416
>AL Jeff Sessions [R] 224-4124 224-3149
>AK Ted Stevens [R] 224-3004 224-2354
>AK Lisa Murkowski [R] 224-6665 224-5301
>AZ John McCain [R] 224-2235 228-2862
>AZ Jon Kyl [R] 224-4521 224-2207
>AR Blanche Lincoln [D] 224-4843 228-1371
>AR Mark Pryor [D] 224-2353 228-0908
>CA Dianne Feinstein [D] 224-3841 228-3954
>CA Barbara Boxer [D] 224-3553 415-956-6701
>CO Ben Campbell [D] 224-5852 228-4609
>CO Wayne Allard [R] 224-5941 224-6471
>CT Christopher Dodd [D] 224-2823 224-1083
>CT Joseph Lieberman [D] 224-4041 224-9750
>DE Joseph R. Biden, Jr. [D]224-5042 224-0139
>DE Thomas Carper [D] 224-2441 228-2190
>FL Bob Graham [D] 224-3041 224-2237
>FL Bill Nelson [D] 224-5274 228-2183
>GA Zell Miller [D] 224-3643 228-2090
>GA Saxby Chambliss [R] 224-3521 224-0103
>HI Daniel Inouye [D] 224-3934 224-6747
>HI Daniel Akaka [D] 224-6361 224-2126
>ID Larry Craig [R] 224-2752 228-1067
>ID Mike Crapo [R] 224-6142 228-1375
>IL Richard Durbin [D] 224-2152 228-0400
>IL Peter Fitzgerald [R] 224-2854 228-1372
>IN Richard Lugar [R] 224-4814 228-0360
>IN Evan Bayh [D] 224-5623 228-1377
>IA Charles Grassley [R] 224-3744 224-6020
>IA Tom Harkin [D] 224-3254 224-9369
>KS Sam Brownback [R] 224-6521 228-1265
>KS Pat Roberts [R] 224-4774 224-3514
>KY Mitch McConnell [R] 224-2541 224-2499
>KY Jim Bunning [R] 224-4343 228-1373
>LA John Breaux [D] 224-4623 228-2577
>LA Mary Landrieu [D] 224-5824 224-9735
>ME Olympia Snowe [R] 224-5344 224-2693
>MD Paul Sarbanes [D] 224-4524 224-1651
>MD Barbara Mikulski [D] 224-4654 224-8858
>MA Edward Kennedy [D] 224-4543 224-2417
>MA John Kerry [D] 224-2742 224-8525
>MI Carl Levin [D] 224-6221 224-1388
>MI Debbie Stabenow [D] 224-4822 224-2262
>MO Christopher Bond [R] 224-5732 224-8149
>MO Jim Talent [R] 224-6154 228-1518
>MT Max Baucus [D] 224-2651 224-4700
>MT Conrad Burns [R] 224-2644 224-8594
>NE Chuck Hagel [R] 224-4224 224-5213
>NE Ben Nelson [D] 224-6551 228-0012
>NV Harry Reid [D] 224-3542 224-7327
>NV John Ensign [R] 224-6244 228-2193
>NH Judd Gregg [R] 224-3324 224-4952
>NH John Sununu [R] 224-2841 228-4131
>NJ Jon Corzine [D] 224-4744 228-2197
>NJ Frank Lautenberg [D] 224-3224 228-4054
>NM Pete Domenici [R] 224-6621 228-0900
>NM Jeff Bingaman [D] 224-5521 224-2852
>NY Charles Schumer [D] 224-6542 228-3027
>NY Hillary Clinton [D] 224-4451 228-0282
>NC John Edwards [D] 224-3154 228-1374
>NC Elizabeth Dole [R] 224-6342 224-5432
>ND Kent Conrad [D] 224-2043 224-7776
>ND Byron Dorgan [D] 224-2551 224-1193
>OH Mike DeWine [R] 224-2315 224-6519
>OH George Voinovich [R] 224-3353 228-1382
>OK Don Nickles [R] 224-5754 224-6008
>OK James Inhofe [R] 224-4721 228-0380
>OR Ron Wyden [D] 224-5244 228-2717
>OR Gordon Smith [R] 224-3753 228-3997
>PA Arlen Specter [R] 224-4254 228-1229
>PA Rick Santorum [R] 224-6324 228-0604
>RI Jack Reed [D] 224-4642 224-4680
>RI Lincoln Chafee [R] 224-2921 228-2853
>SC Ernest Hollings [D] 224-6121 224-4293
>SC Lindsey Graham [R] 224-5972 224-3808
>SD Thomas Daschle [D] 224-2321 224-6603
>SD Tim Johnson [D] 224-5842 228-5765
>TN William Frist [R] 224-3344 228-1264
>TN Lamar Alexander [R] 224-4944 228-3398
>TX Kay Hutchinson [R] 224-5922 224-0776
>TX John Cornyn [R] 224-2934 228-2856
>UT Orrin Hatch [R] 224-5251 224-6331
>UT Robert Bennett [R] 224-5444 228-1168
>VT Patrick Leahy [D] 224-4242 224-3479
>VT James Jeffords [I] 224-5141 228-0776
>VA John Warner [R] 224-2023 224-6295
>VA George Allen [R] 224-4024 224-5432
>WA Patty Murray [D] 224-2621 224-0238
>WA Maria Cantwell [D] 224-3441 228-0514
>WV Robert Byrd [D] 224-3954 228-0002
>WV John Rockefeller IV [D] 224-6472 224-7665
>WI Herb Kohl [D] 224-5653 224-9787
>WI Russell Feingold [D] 224-5323 224-2725
>WY Craig Thomas [R] 224-6441 224-1724
>WY Michael Enzi [R] 224-3424 228-0359
>
>-------------------------------------------------------
>--
>
>For more information on how to help to stop horse
>slaughter go to:
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/againstslaughter/.
>
>Find background information about horse slaughter at:
>http://www.saplonline.org/Legislation/ahpa.htm
>http://www.kaufmanzoning.net/horsemeat/index.htm
>http://www.justsaywhoa.org/
>http://www.ahdf.org/
>
>
>PLEASE CROSS-POST THIS MESSAGE EVERYWHERE!!! Thanks
>for your help!!
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