Now, horse slaughter is no worse or no better than the slaughter of any other animal, but it's a practice that has been found contemptible by a wide variety people in the U.S., regardless of their stand on animal rights and veganism, and so we must act on this broad consensus and move forward to make it impossible to circumvent this very clear mandate against killing at least this one species of animal for food.
The simplest tool for making sure your legislators are supporting this bill can be found here. Use the links on that page to be sure your House and Senate members aren't already co-sponsors before filling out the form you'll find there and sending it off. If they have already co-sponsored the bill, visit this page instead to applaud them for their support of this act.
The other page is solely for people whose representatives have not yet co-sponsored H.R. 503/S. 311, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, which would both end the slaughter of American horses for human consumption and prohibit their export for slaughter in other countries. Surely that's worth taking a couple of minutes to support.
Labels: animal law, horse slaughter, horses
