Organizations Supporting the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act

Horse Slaughter: An Unnecessary Evil - white paper commissioned by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation

Press:

National Horse Protection Coalition Formed to Stop the Slaughter of American Horses for Human Consumption

Horse slaughtering: Legislation Safeguards an American Icon - Washington Times, October 16, 2003

Hope for the Horses: Fighting the Slaughter of America's Horses by Christopher J. Heyde, ASPCA Animal Watch , Fall 2003 (PDF)

Where Would All the Horses Go? - John Hettinger, The Blood Horse Magazine, June 28, 2003, pp. 3492-3492

Survey Shows Texans Strongly Oppose Horse Slaughter

Horse-meat sales stir Texas controversy - Kris Axtman, The Christian Science Monitor

America’s Horses Are Ending Up in Europe’s Restaurants  
- AWI Quarterly

Necessary Evil or Blind Eye? Putting an End to the Cruel Practice of Horse Slaughter - AWI Quarterly (PDF)   (Español)

Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies - AWI Quarterly

Help Stop the Slaughter of America's Horses - Roll Call ad, September 8, 2003 (PDF)

Congress:

Dear Colleague Letters from Congressmen Sweeney and Spratt
Stop! The Slaughter of Horses for Human Consumption
It Shouldn't Take a Champion to Save a Life

- Legislative Information provided by the Library of Congress. Search Congressional records and legislation for current and previous years.  Find your member of Congress and their contact information.

General:

US Horse Slaughter Statistics (1989-2003)

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