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Ok, so you might have heard that horse meat from our 2 packing plants here have been banned from HUMAN consumption now. That’s all . They can still carry about their horrendous acts for anything else they deem necessary.Do you want your pet to be eating this?

Did ya know that not only are our American horses at these plants but emu,bison,wild boar and ostrich? There was nearly 100,000 horses killed alone last year from just the 3 plants in the US. Since two of them are here I think we CAN do something about it. The other factory already said if the 2 remaining ones in Texas close they will not expand due to the threat already attacking the industry.That’s not only good news for us but the precious lives that will be saved yearly.

David Broiles ( Ft.Worth attorney rep for slaughter) is getting a petition ready for a rehearing with the 3 judge panel but keep in mind that there is no timetable for the appeals court to decide upon whether to grant it or not…So, our efforts are being heard and you can’t just give up now. Work with the most passion you could ever desire to get what you crave. Freedom. Freedom, for creatures we hold near and dear to our hearts. The rights we all are fighting for. Feel free to speak your mind everyday. We need to be heard and for once they are listening. Keep those voices LOUD and STRONG! Keep those phone lines busy,mail bags pouring and email’s flooding! This isn’t over until their doors are closed forever!

Letter from Wayne Pacelle

President & CEO

The Humane Society Of the United States

On Friday, Jan. 19 after years of litigation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit finally upheld a 1949 Texas law banning the sale of horsemeat for human consumption. The Humane Society of the United States had filed an amicus brief in the case in March 2006, argueing in favor of the state law banning horse slaughter. Two of the three existing horse slaughter facilities in the United States are located in Texas, and as soom as the ruling goes into effect, Illnois will stand alone as the last state where American horses are slaughtered for foreign dinners.

Last week, U.S. Reps. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Ed Whitfield (R-KY), John Spratt (D-SC), and Nick Rahall (D-WV), and U.S. Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and John Ensign (R-NV) introduced H.R. 503/S. 311, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. This legislation would ban horse slaughter in the U.S. amd stop the export of horses for slaughter across our borders. Take action to help protect American horses forever!

In the 109th Congress, the U.S. House voted five times and the U.S. Senate voted once to stop horse slaughter, but time ran out before the legislation crossed the finish line. Now, at the beginning of the 110th Congress and with this major Texas court ruling, we are poised for a big push to protect all American horses from this horriable fate. We are coming at the horse slaughter industry from all directions, and they are operating on borrowed time.

We want to shutter these plants every step of the way. We’ll need your action, so please be on the lookout for our updates. With your continued phone calls and emails, Congress will get the job done and save 100,000 horses per year from this grim and painful end. Let’s start now by encouraging lawmakers to cosponser H.R. 503/S. 311 to build support for a permanent ban. With your help, we can make this a historic year for horse protection.

And don’t forget to tell your friends and family to let their legislators know that it’s time to end the brutal slaughter of Americas horses.

Your actions will not only make a difference, theywill help make history. Help us end horse slaughter in the United States forever.

The Dallas Morning News Sunday January 21, 2007 has some really good coverage by Jim Getz Staff Writer Horse meat ban is upheld, it is really good coverage and tells the who, what, where why and who did what to who, it is worth looking up…

Recomended reading BEAUTIFUL JIM KEY The Lost History of A HORSE and A MAN Who Changed the World by MIM EICHLER RIVAS, ISBN 0-06-056703-1, Copywright 2005. It tells of a dramatic shift that took place in the public mind that made kindness to animals a cornerstone of mordern civilization and helped launch the animal rights movement. This happened over a hundred years ago… isn’t it amazing how we backslide with the help of lobbiest and greedy primadonna recipents…

From the Animal Law Coalition:

Tuesday, December 5 Is National Call In Day For The Horses: Urge the Senate to Bring The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act To A Vote And Pass This Landmark Legislation

December 4, 2006 : 12:00 AM

Call or write (faxes are best) U.S. Senators on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 and, in particular, the Senate leadership and let them know they must pass S. 1915, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act.

The slaughterhouses will have their lobbyists at the Capitol today urging Senators to kill this bill. We need you, the advocates for the animals, to call in and tell Senators they must pass the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. The horses have no one else.

It is time for this bill to become law. It is time to end the brutal slaughter of American horses for their meat which is considered a “delicacy” abroad.

It is almost the end of this Congressional session. There are only a few days left. There is little time for the U.S. Senate to consider and pass this important bill. The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, S. 1915, will die if it does not pass before the end of this session. This is likely the last call in day for this bill.

This bill, so important for the horses, has already passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 263-146. Prior to the recess for the November 7 mid-term elections, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is reported to have invoked an anonymous legislative hold. The hold delayed consideration of the bill by the Senate.

To contact members of the Senate and urge them to support this bill, click here. Senators

To contact the Senate Majority leader and other leaders in the Senate, click here for their names and contact information. U.S. Senate leaders

Let them know it is time to bring S. 1915, the American Horse Slaughter Act to a vote. Calls and faxes are best, but you can also send them an email.

Read the entire article here.

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