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Your help is urgently needed to stop Texas from overturning its law banning the sale of horsemeat for human consumption. June 1, 2003 Dear Humanitarian – UPDATE: (June 1, 2003) Texas Senate Rejects Efforts to Decriminalize Horse Slaughter. State law prohibiting the sale and possession of horsemeat for human consumption is upheld. Senate offices have reported that they received more calls opposing horse slaughter than all other issues combined during this session! The Senate is not going to concur with the House amendment placed on SB 1413 to repeal Chapter 149 of the Texas Agriculture Code, legalizing horse slaughter for human consumption. However, this means SB 1413 will go to a Conference Committee to further determine whether the House amendment is approved or rejected. Senator Bob Deuell, the Senate chairman of the Conference Committee has pledged not to allow the Repeal of the Chapter 149 of the Ag Code or the Representative Betty Brown language legalizing horse slaughter on his bill - SB 1413. We owe Senator Deuell our support and thanks for his decision and strong leadership to reject the legalization of horse slaughter and the sale of horse meat as a part of SB 1413. Time is running out, please call as many of the Senators as possible urging they oppose this horrible Amendment. Please help protect horses from unnecessary suffering by writing letters in opposition to legislation that would legalize horse slaughter in Texas. Though the state prohibits it, two plants in Texas have flouted the law and are slaughtering horses. These are the only plants slaughtering horses in the United States. The two Texas plants, both foreign owned, slaughter live horses, process their meat, and ship it to France, Belgium, Germany and Japan for human consumption in those countries. What you can do: The Texas Legislature is expected to act at any time so please contact as many members of the Senate as possible and ask them to OPPOSE Amendment #2 to SB 1413 decriminalizing horse slaughter. Please express your outrage at the suffering being inflicted upon our horses so they can be served as a delicacy in Europe and Asia. You may wish to mention the following:
The address for all Senators is:
Please share this urgent alert with others who are willing to contact their Senators and request their opposition to this bill. Thank you for doing all you can to help. In addition to stopping this bill in Texas, SAPL has been working for several years on federal legislation, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (HR 857). To learn more about the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act and how you can help, CLICK HERE. Sincerely,
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