Best to HIGHLIGHT then copy into MICROSOFT WORD & print out from WORD; can also copy direct into email if sending with short letter to Senators
WHY HORSE SLAUGHTER BILL REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NOW!!!
FACT 1: "THE MOTHER OF ALL FACTS"
"CATTLE SHUTES AND BOLT GUNS ARE NOT DESIGNED AND WERE NEVER MEANT TO BE USED FOR HORSES. THEY HAVE MUCH LONGER NECKS THAN CATTLE AND REACT FAR DIFFERENTLY BY NATURE. THAT IS WHY THE BOLT GUN 'REMAINS INEFFECTIVE AFTER REPEATED BLOWS' AND IS PAINFULLY EVIDENT in FULLY DOCUMENTED VIDEOS -- THIS IS NOT HUMANE EUTHANASIA." Testimony of Dr. Patricia Hogan, Equine Surgeon(Washington DC, July 25, 2006 referencing unannounced visits to horse plants documenting by VIDEO how young, healthy horses throats are slit and killed while still alive, screaming, and kicking; (
http://www.hsus.org/video_clips/keep_horses_in_the_stable.html)
FACT 2: "ASK YOURSELVES THIS QUESTION"
WOULD ANY MEMBER OF THE AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association), or the AAEP (American Association of Equine Practitioners, or the AQHA (American Quarter Horse Association) or the AHC (American Horse Council) "humanely euthanize" their own horse companions using the captive bolt gun?
Unequivocally, NO ONE WOULD SAY YES! And there lies the key problem and here is its solution: PERMANENTLY SHUT DOWN TEXAS and Illinois HORSE-KILLING HOUSES -- NEVER DESIGNED OR INTENDED FOR KILLING OUR COMPANION HORSES!
FACT 3: COSPONSORING SHOWS AMERICANS & FOREIGNERS CONGRESS WILL NOT TOLERATE CIRCUMVENTION OF OUR LAWS BY COSPONSORING
You are telling hundreds of millions of American voters you officially support restoring the "WILL OF CONGRESS" and its Protective Horse Act already passed! Furthermore, you and your Commerce Committee endorse S.1915 or HR 503 to be passed (closing the loop hole) so foreigners, circumventing our U.S. Government by paying illegal blood money to the USDA, quit rubbing our noses in it! IT IS TIME AMERICANS and CONGRESS RESTORE "our rightful respect" and "our horse companions' honor!" Horses have done more for our culture than any other animal in America's history. IT IS OUR AMERICAN LEGACY! Shameless abuse IS NOT! As each week passes, these horse killer plants sharply increase their production of our over 50,000 stolen young, healthy companion horses along with 10,000 imported ones. Every week that is delayed, 1500 more healthy baby colts and young horses will be butchered. This Monday, September 25, 2006 Dallas Crown resumes operations and has stepped up its killing schedule to slaughter 400 with an additional 400 on Thursday, September 28, 2006. Our horse companions will die horrible deaths unless immediate FEDERAL ACTION is taken to shut them down (Mayor of Kaufman, Texas, phone call)
(www.timwoolleyracing.com ;
www.marynash.org;
www.netposse.com,
www.hsus.org). "As a nation, we treat terrorists with kid gloves but intentionally mistreat, abuse, and destroy a young, healthy, trusting, companion animal who never deserved this in the first place." TRUE? OR FALSE? IF INACTION RULES, THEN EVIL PREVAILS-- TRUE? OR FALSE?
FACT 4: UNTIL CONGRESS PASSES S.1915 or HR 503 AMERICA LOSES EFFECTIVENESS AS A NATION OF POWER & PRINCIPLES
"According to factory worker testimonies, when stolen horses come into their horse plants, they simply remove the RFID locator chips, destroy and toss them, so they don't contaminate the meat." Beltex knows and still pays stealers of our horse pets (
www.MarvWalker.com ;
www.hsus.com). SENATOR Barack Obama of Illinois had this to say: "Late last year, CONGRESS made it clear that it does not support the commercial sale of horsemeat abroad. During Senate consideration of the annual appropriations bill funding USDA operations, Senators John Ensign (veterinarian, R-NV), and Robert Byrd (D-WV) offered an amendment to prohibit the federally funding the USDA's food meat safety inspections at horse slaughterhouse plants in the United States, thereby effectively blocking export of horsemeat abroad. The amendment, which I voted for, passed the Senateby a vote of 68 to 29 and was enacted into law."
"In response, however, the USDA recently announced it will continue performing inspections at horse slaughterhouses by charging the (FOREIGN-OWNED) Slaughter companies a fee-for-service beginning March 10, 2006I VIEW THIS INITIATIVE BY THE USDA ADMINISTRATION AS NOTHING MORE THAN A BRAZEN MANEUVER TO CIRCUMVENT THE CLEAR INTENT OF CONGRESS."
FACT 5: AMERICANS HAVE MEANS & PRIVATE FUNDS TO SAVE THESE HORSES AND CAN DO IT ONCE FEDERAL PROTECTIVE LAWS ARE ENFORCED!
WHO WILL ASSIST IN EFFORTS TO RELOCATE STOLEN HORSES TO THEIR OWNERS?--
"THERE IS MAJOR CONCERN WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE UNSLAUGHTERED HEALTHY, YOUNG HORSES."
Of those saved, mathwise, you are looking at approximately 6,000 horses combined in one month from all 3 plants shut down. With over 500 organizations to assist, this is certainly a workable number for rescue operations to handle anywhere from 10 - 20 horses and baby colts per nonprofit group. Networking they can assist in "returning thousands of horses" to their "rightful owners" and those that are imported can be safely adopted. For those so badly abused and purposefully starved unable to recover, they will be humanely euthanized by a qualified veterinarian. Americans stand ready to privately sponsor and assist in this effort! Now it's our Senate's turn to make this happen and get S. 1915 voted upon to be made law and close this loophole BEFORE the end session of the 109th Congress. Somehow, we doubt you want Foreign Governments and Americans to view the Senate as weak and ineffective! (
www.hsus.org; )
"WHY HAVEN'T SENATORS HEARD DIRECTLY FROM HORSE RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS? In accordance with NFP 501(c)(3)/s Federal Law, rescue organizations are prohibited from Lobbying. It's as simple as that! American citizens and voters have become the voices of all rescue organizations in our fifty states. Even Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, and other nations are voicing with us and are appalled that this is happening to our national symbol of freedom right here in America." (
www.timwoolleyracing.com ) (
www.campaigningforbarbaro.com)
FACT 6: THOSE EATING "TOXIC HORSEMEAT" WILL END UP SICK AND WE AMERICANS WILL ULTIMATELY PAY FOR IT IN HIGHER TAXES UNLESS WE CLOSE THE FEDERAL LOOPHOLE.
WHY IS HUMAN CONSUMPTION OF HORSEMEAT DANGEROUS AND KNOWN AS THE SILENT UNSPOKEN ISSUE IN HORSESLAUGHTER?
"Based upon concrete medical evidence, American horses are given an array of unregulated medications, hormones, and steroids. Here are some of the substances given and found in horses based on toxology tests and the FDA prohibition of these substance in animals "INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION." (National Horse Protection Coalition, and
www.barntowire.com )
"Phenylbutazone ("Bute"); substance given to horses for pain managment but outlawed to be given to humans in the USA as it causes severe blood dyscrasias and aplastic anemia, leukopenia, agranulocytosis, thrombocytopenia and death.
www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/03-4741.htm "For animals, phenylbutazone is currently approved only for oral and injectable use in dogs and horses. Use in horses is limited to NOT INTENDED FOR FOOD."
WHAT ABOUT ALL OF OUR STOLEN PET HORSES THAT END UP SLAUGHTERED & SENT OVERSEAS to the Europeon Union and Asia? They are being served tainted/toxic horsemeat USDA BLUE BOOK 2002: (
www.barntowire.com/stophorseslaughter031227.html)
"Page 7 shows USDA DOES NOT TEST HORSES for the most commonly used medications in the equine community referencing Banamine, Phenylbutazone, and Clenbuterol (Beta 2 Agonist). Page 13 shows horses have the highest percentage rate of VIOLATION IN RELATION TO ANTIBIOTIC OVERAGES. Page 14 shows horses have the HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF OVERAGES FOR AVERMECTINS. (
www.fsis.usda.gov/ophs/blue2002/sec6tab.pdf) "
*DOES ANYONE SEE ALARM BELLS GOING OFF HERE?*
"The same lackadaisical response to unsafe, tainted horsemeat should cause ALARM BELLS TO go off in Europe and Asia. The same countries who are banning imported American BEEF should be banning American horsemeat. It would seem, though, that the concern for HUMAN SAFETY has been OVERCOME by GREED for MONEY. Represenative Gary Ackerman (D-NY) said,"I blame it on greed, greed, greed! The greed of the Industry, the greed of the lobbyists, the greed of the members of Congress." In time, we will pay in higher taxes because of those becoming sick with cancers from eating tainted horsemeat.
*ANYONE WISH TO PROVE HIM WRONG
(Might want to check out
www.beyonddelay.org and SEE WHO TOPS THE LIST OF CORRUPTION IN WASHINGTON D.C.'s SENATE; It's all on file and recorded)
(TOP 5 Most Corrupt Members of Congress To WATCH. Why are we not surprised?)
www.beyonddelay.org/summaries/frist.phpFACT 7: WHY TRANSPORTING SLAUGHTER -BOUND HORSES PUTS THE REST OF THE HORSE POPULATION AT RISK
"Transportation of slaughter-bound horses puts the health of the general horse population aat risk because a "Coggins" Certificate is required to transport a horse to slaughter. Therefore, horses with Equine Infectious Anemia can be transported and held near other horses risking the rapid spread of infection. The disease is carried by horseflies. There is no vaccine for this disease, once a horse contracts it and there is no recoveryIt should also be noted that the care being taken to avoid the feeding of "downed cattle" to ruminants DOES NOT CARRY OVER TO HORSES. The protein from animals suspected of bovine spongiform encephalopathy can be processed into feed and supplements given to horses. It should also be noted that protein derived from horses can then be used in feed processed for cattle. Please see pages 5, 9, 33 and 34 of this document from the US General Accounting Office:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02183.pdf .
Horsemeat is exported as a high-priced delicacy for human consumption. The European Union has strict laws in place controlling the substances given to horses intended for slaughter. This has increased the cost of horsemeat to Europe, and the foreign-owned slaughterhouses are able to slip in "cheaply-purchased meat" and sell it for high prices because of an overlooked loophole in the import certificatons. This despite that the above listed substances commonly found in "ALMOST ALL HORSES" are labeled "NOT FOR USE IN HORSES INTENDED FOR FOOD." (Gail Vacca, National Horse Protection Coalition)."
