http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/03/AR2008120303381.html?wpisrc=newsletter
In Transition Agriculture
Thursday, December 4, 2008; A02
Kathleen Sebelius
Current job: Governor of Kansas.
Credentials: Eight years in the Kansas legislature; two terms as state insurance commissioner; now in her second and final term as governor. Served as chairwoman of the Democratic Governors Association, a group Bill Clinton once led. Gave the Democratic response in January to President Bush's last State of the Union address.
What she offers: Sebelius, 60, is considered a rising star in the Democratic Party and is well regarded for her leadership abilities. Time magazine in 2005 named her one of the nation's five best governors. She has been a strong advocate for children's health issues in her state, activity that is seen as an asset since the USDA's largest and fastest-growing programs are for federally subsidized nutrition programs for infants and children.
Vetting: Sebelius has no Washington experience, and her knowledge of agricultural issues is limited to those she has confronted as governor of an agriculturally rich state.
Quote: "In a state like Kansas, where over 20 percent of our jobs and economy involves agriculture and the land, changes in the climate and atmosphere can be devastating. Less water and hotter temperatures will result in fewer crops and less production, and that affects our state, the country and the world."
Charles W. Stenholm
Current job: Lobbyist and senior policy adviser at Washington-based agricultural law firm Olsson Frank Weeda.
Credentials: Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 13 terms, from 1979 to 2005, and former ranking Democratic member of the Agriculture Committee. Graduated from Texas Tech University with bachelor's and master's degrees in agriculture education. Operated a cotton farm near Abilene, Tex., for several years.
What he offers: Stenholm, 70, has extensive experience shaping agricultural policy in Congress and a working knowledge of farming operations.
Vetting: Was an instrumental player in the 2002 farm bill, which has been criticized for including lucrative deals for large farming interests. His work as a lobbyist on agricultural issues, including the horse-meat industry, could be an obstacle because Obama has vowed to reduce lobbyist influence in his administration.
Quote: "The so-called world market is not a free market by anyone's definition. As long as you have Europeans subsidizing wheat exports, and marketing boards in Canada, you're going to see continued market influence by governments. We have the most efficient farmers in the world, but most of them can't compete with government-imposed prices overseas."
Dennis Wolff
Current job: Pennsylvania agriculture secretary.
Credentials: A sixth-generation dairy farmer who owns Pen-Col Farms, a 600-acre dairy cattle operation. Serves as a board member of the Pennsylvania Dairy Stakeholders and on the university board of trustees at Penn State. Successfully pushed for a state law that deals with water-quality issues and helps to result conflicts between farmers and local communities.
What he offers: Wolff, 57, has firsthand experience running a farm and managing a government agriculture department. In Pennsylvania, he has expanded farmers markets, which Obama wants to see grow nationally.
Vetting: His political experience is limited, primarily to the three years in his current post in a state with great agricultural challenges. He is viewed by some small farmers as being too supportive of larger, corporate farms.
Quote: "Food safety is a top priority for ensuring public health. From farm fields to the dinner plate, every participant involved in the supply chain plays a key role in the food production and safety process -- from producers and processors to state and federal agencies to consumers preparing food at home."
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
URGENT! Horses Need Our Help Today!
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE LEGISLATURES CONSIDERS PRO-HORSE SLAUGHTER RESOLUTION – AGAIN
ACT TODAY TO DEFEAT THE MEASURE
December 5, 2008
Dear Humanitarian:
At its December 10-13 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, the National Council of State Legislatures (NCSL) will once again consider a resolution designed to promote the cruel and foreign-driven horse slaughter industry. Similar to the resolution considered – and defeated by Agriculture, Environment & Energy Committee– at the NCSL summer meeting, this resolution paints horse slaughter as a humane and necessary industry and calls on Congress to oppose the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act.
Here are the facts:
· Horse slaughter is a cruel, predatory and profit-driven industry – not a humane service for ‘unwanted’ horses.
· Unlike humane euthanasia, horse slaughter causes enormous animal suffering and results in a brutal death.
· Most Americans oppose horse slaughter and the public has called on the United States Congress to ban the practice.
· States that have played unwilling host to the foreign-owned slaughterhouses (Illinois and Texas) have made their opposition to the industry clear by passing laws to ban horse slaughter.
· In addition, California voters passed a ballot measure against horse slaughter while Delaware passed a resolution in support of a federal ban. Last year, an attempt to promote horse slaughter in South Dakota was defeated in the state legislature. Should NCSL approve the pro-slaughter resolution it would be acting entirely out of step with current state actions.
· Conditions in Mexican and Canadian horse slaughter houses, where American horses are still slaughtered, are horrific with some facilities stabbing horses in the spine multiple times to induce paralysis prior to slaughter.
· The US-based plants, while still operational, were hardly better. Recent information obtained by Animals’ Angels (WARNING: GRAPHIC) through FOIA show that horses at US plants regularly suffered horrific injuries and conditions including:
o Bloody, battered faces
o Legs missing or hanging off
o Eye balls dangling from their sockets
o Mares giving birth to their foals at the slaughterhouse
o Horses dead on arrival
· A federal ban on horse slaughter will end this cruelty and NCSL is out of step with the majority of American voters in opposing the measure.
· Wild horses are not unwanted or in need of a home, there is more than enough public land for all wild horses to roam free. In addition, Madeleine Pickens has been working with the Bureau of Land Management to provide a home for every horse currently in BLM holding facilities.
What You Can Do:
If you are from a state listed below please take a moment to call or email your legislator and urge them to oppose and speak out against this misguided resolution during the conference. Be sure to share the above mentioned facts with them so they are aware of how cruel this industry is and out of step the resolution is with current public opinion and legislative actions.
For more information on horse slaughter and how you can help make a difference please visit www.every5minutes.org.
Sincerely,
Chris Heyde
********************
Christopher J. Heyde
Deputy Director, Government and Legal Affairs
Animal Welfare Institute
PO Box 3650
Washington, DC 20027
Tel: (202) 337-2332 ~ Fax: (888) 260-2271
www.awionline.org
www.compassionindex.org
For over 57 years, AWI has been the leading voice for animals across the country and on Capitol Hill. Please join us in our ongoing campaigns to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans. Sign up for AWI eAlerts to receive the latest news on what you can do to help us protect all animals: http://www.awionline.org/joinus.
P Please consider the animals and their habitat before printing.
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Agriculture, Environment & Energy Committee
Chair: Senator Harris B. McDowell III, Delaware
Harris.McDowell@state.de.us
Main office: 302-744-4147
District office: 302-577-8744
Chair: Senator Stephen R. Morris, Kansas
morris@senate.state.ks.us
Main office: (785) 296-2419
Vice Chair: Senator Brian Bingman, Oklahoma
bingman@oksenate.gov
Main office: (405) 521-5528
District office: (918) 227-1856
Vice Chair: Representative John A. Heaton, New Mexico
jheaton@caverns.com
Main office: (575) 887-5983
Vice Chair: Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi
chydesmith@senate.ms.gov
Main office: (601)359-3246
Vice Chair: Representative Thomas E. Jackson, Alabama
Main office: (334) 242-7738
Office: (334) 246-3597
Immediate Past Chair: Senator Beverly Gard, Indiana
http://www.in.gov/legislative/senate_republicans/5315.htm
Main office: (800) 832-9467
***If you email or fax, here are the links to give to these state reps/senators:
This is Animals' Angels page and link to the USDA materials:
http://www.animals-angels.com/index.php?pageID=start_us&sessionLang=us
when there, see the text box to the lower right and the first item there under "What's new"
Here's the AA press release:
http://www.kaufmanzoning.net/horsemeat/nov24/pressrelease.pdf
Here you can access the multiple USDA documents received via FOIA:
http://www.kaufmanzoning.net/horsemeat/foia.htm
ACT TODAY TO DEFEAT THE MEASURE
December 5, 2008
Dear Humanitarian:
At its December 10-13 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, the National Council of State Legislatures (NCSL) will once again consider a resolution designed to promote the cruel and foreign-driven horse slaughter industry. Similar to the resolution considered – and defeated by Agriculture, Environment & Energy Committee– at the NCSL summer meeting, this resolution paints horse slaughter as a humane and necessary industry and calls on Congress to oppose the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act.
Here are the facts:
· Horse slaughter is a cruel, predatory and profit-driven industry – not a humane service for ‘unwanted’ horses.
· Unlike humane euthanasia, horse slaughter causes enormous animal suffering and results in a brutal death.
· Most Americans oppose horse slaughter and the public has called on the United States Congress to ban the practice.
· States that have played unwilling host to the foreign-owned slaughterhouses (Illinois and Texas) have made their opposition to the industry clear by passing laws to ban horse slaughter.
· In addition, California voters passed a ballot measure against horse slaughter while Delaware passed a resolution in support of a federal ban. Last year, an attempt to promote horse slaughter in South Dakota was defeated in the state legislature. Should NCSL approve the pro-slaughter resolution it would be acting entirely out of step with current state actions.
· Conditions in Mexican and Canadian horse slaughter houses, where American horses are still slaughtered, are horrific with some facilities stabbing horses in the spine multiple times to induce paralysis prior to slaughter.
· The US-based plants, while still operational, were hardly better. Recent information obtained by Animals’ Angels (WARNING: GRAPHIC) through FOIA show that horses at US plants regularly suffered horrific injuries and conditions including:
o Bloody, battered faces
o Legs missing or hanging off
o Eye balls dangling from their sockets
o Mares giving birth to their foals at the slaughterhouse
o Horses dead on arrival
· A federal ban on horse slaughter will end this cruelty and NCSL is out of step with the majority of American voters in opposing the measure.
· Wild horses are not unwanted or in need of a home, there is more than enough public land for all wild horses to roam free. In addition, Madeleine Pickens has been working with the Bureau of Land Management to provide a home for every horse currently in BLM holding facilities.
What You Can Do:
If you are from a state listed below please take a moment to call or email your legislator and urge them to oppose and speak out against this misguided resolution during the conference. Be sure to share the above mentioned facts with them so they are aware of how cruel this industry is and out of step the resolution is with current public opinion and legislative actions.
For more information on horse slaughter and how you can help make a difference please visit www.every5minutes.org.
Sincerely,
Chris Heyde
********************
Christopher J. Heyde
Deputy Director, Government and Legal Affairs
Animal Welfare Institute
PO Box 3650
Washington, DC 20027
Tel: (202) 337-2332 ~ Fax: (888) 260-2271
www.awionline.org
www.compassionindex.org
For over 57 years, AWI has been the leading voice for animals across the country and on Capitol Hill. Please join us in our ongoing campaigns to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans. Sign up for AWI eAlerts to receive the latest news on what you can do to help us protect all animals: http://www.awionline.org/joinus.
P Please consider the animals and their habitat before printing.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agriculture, Environment & Energy Committee
Chair: Senator Harris B. McDowell III, Delaware
Harris.McDowell@state.de.us
Main office: 302-744-4147
District office: 302-577-8744
Chair: Senator Stephen R. Morris, Kansas
morris@senate.state.ks.us
Main office: (785) 296-2419
Vice Chair: Senator Brian Bingman, Oklahoma
bingman@oksenate.gov
Main office: (405) 521-5528
District office: (918) 227-1856
Vice Chair: Representative John A. Heaton, New Mexico
jheaton@caverns.com
Main office: (575) 887-5983
Vice Chair: Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi
chydesmith@senate.ms.gov
Main office: (601)359-3246
Vice Chair: Representative Thomas E. Jackson, Alabama
Main office: (334) 242-7738
Office: (334) 246-3597
Immediate Past Chair: Senator Beverly Gard, Indiana
http://www.in.gov/legislative/senate_republicans/5315.htm
Main office: (800) 832-9467
***If you email or fax, here are the links to give to these state reps/senators:
This is Animals' Angels page and link to the USDA materials:
http://www.animals-angels.com/index.php?pageID=start_us&sessionLang=us
when there, see the text box to the lower right and the first item there under "What's new"
Here's the AA press release:
http://www.kaufmanzoning.net/horsemeat/nov24/pressrelease.pdf
Here you can access the multiple USDA documents received via FOIA:
http://www.kaufmanzoning.net/horsemeat/foia.htm
Congressional Leaders Send Message to BLM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Congressional Leaders Send Message to Bureau of Land Management
Don't Even Think About Killing America's Wild Horses and Burros
Washington, D.C. (December 4, 2008) - Joining with a growing public chorus of outrage at a recent proposal by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and their Wild Horse Advisory board to euthanize up to 33,000 wild horses, several leaders in the US House of Representatives sent a letter to the agency stressing their strong opposition to any such effort.
Today, Congressman Nick Rahall, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee and Congressman Raul Grijalva, chairman of the National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee sent a letter to James Caswell, director of the Bureau of Land Management.
The chairmen said, “We continue to be concerned about your agency’s proposal to deal with problems facing the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Program by defaulting to a policy of mass euthanization of thousands of healthy horses. As recently as November 17, the Wild Horse Advisory Board and the BLM continue to support mass euthanization, even considering options to expand sale authority in ways that will lead to the extermination of more horses. The policy is not a solution – it is a failure.”
This powerful letter comes on the heels of an announcement by Madeleine Pickens in which she as stepped forward to provide a permanent and safe home to those horses in BLM holding facilities to ensure they are not killed as the agency tries to balance its books. “Mrs. Pickens is one of the most generous and compassionate individuals I have ever known,” said Chris Heyde, deputy director of Government and Legal Affairs for the Animal Welfare Institute. “Mrs. Pickens is acting out of pure selflessness. She has been a long time fighter for America’s horses and her commitment to protecting these national treasures is historic.”
In 1971, the American public and US Congress had to come to the rescue of America’s wild horses who were being wiped out by the BLM by enacting the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act. Thirty-seven years later, they are both coming to aid of them again from the mismanagement by the very same agency. There are many other options in dealing with wild horses on public lands and AWI will be working closely with Congress and other organizations to ensure the Agency is fixed so our horses and the public are not in this situation in a few years.
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For More Information:
Animal Welfare Institute Condemns BLM Proposal to Kill Thousands of Wild Horses in Holding Facilities
Managing for Extinction: Shortcomings of the Bureau of Land Management's National Wild Horse and Burro Program
Contact:
Chris Heyde, (202) 337-2332
For over 57 years, the Animal Welfare Institute has been the leading voice for animals across the country and on Capitol Hill to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans. To learn more about us, please visit www.awionline.org.
********************
Christopher J. Heyde
Deputy Director, Government and Legal Affairs
Animal Welfare Institute
PO Box 3650
Washington, DC 20027
Tel: (202) 337-2332 ~ Fax: (888) 260-2271
www.awionline.org
www.compassionindex.org
For over 57 years, AWI has been the leading voice for animals across the country and on Capitol Hill. Please join us in our ongoing campaigns to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans. Sign up for AWI eAlerts to receive the latest news on what you can do to help us protect all animals: http://www.awionline.org/joinus.
P Please consider the animals and their habitat before printing.
Congressional Leaders Send Message to Bureau of Land Management
Don't Even Think About Killing America's Wild Horses and Burros
Washington, D.C. (December 4, 2008) - Joining with a growing public chorus of outrage at a recent proposal by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and their Wild Horse Advisory board to euthanize up to 33,000 wild horses, several leaders in the US House of Representatives sent a letter to the agency stressing their strong opposition to any such effort.
Today, Congressman Nick Rahall, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee and Congressman Raul Grijalva, chairman of the National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee sent a letter to James Caswell, director of the Bureau of Land Management.
The chairmen said, “We continue to be concerned about your agency’s proposal to deal with problems facing the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Program by defaulting to a policy of mass euthanization of thousands of healthy horses. As recently as November 17, the Wild Horse Advisory Board and the BLM continue to support mass euthanization, even considering options to expand sale authority in ways that will lead to the extermination of more horses. The policy is not a solution – it is a failure.”
This powerful letter comes on the heels of an announcement by Madeleine Pickens in which she as stepped forward to provide a permanent and safe home to those horses in BLM holding facilities to ensure they are not killed as the agency tries to balance its books. “Mrs. Pickens is one of the most generous and compassionate individuals I have ever known,” said Chris Heyde, deputy director of Government and Legal Affairs for the Animal Welfare Institute. “Mrs. Pickens is acting out of pure selflessness. She has been a long time fighter for America’s horses and her commitment to protecting these national treasures is historic.”
In 1971, the American public and US Congress had to come to the rescue of America’s wild horses who were being wiped out by the BLM by enacting the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act. Thirty-seven years later, they are both coming to aid of them again from the mismanagement by the very same agency. There are many other options in dealing with wild horses on public lands and AWI will be working closely with Congress and other organizations to ensure the Agency is fixed so our horses and the public are not in this situation in a few years.
##30##
For More Information:
Animal Welfare Institute Condemns BLM Proposal to Kill Thousands of Wild Horses in Holding Facilities
Managing for Extinction: Shortcomings of the Bureau of Land Management's National Wild Horse and Burro Program
Contact:
Chris Heyde, (202) 337-2332
For over 57 years, the Animal Welfare Institute has been the leading voice for animals across the country and on Capitol Hill to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans. To learn more about us, please visit www.awionline.org.
********************
Christopher J. Heyde
Deputy Director, Government and Legal Affairs
Animal Welfare Institute
PO Box 3650
Washington, DC 20027
Tel: (202) 337-2332 ~ Fax: (888) 260-2271
www.awionline.org
www.compassionindex.org
For over 57 years, AWI has been the leading voice for animals across the country and on Capitol Hill. Please join us in our ongoing campaigns to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans. Sign up for AWI eAlerts to receive the latest news on what you can do to help us protect all animals: http://www.awionline.org/joinus.
P Please consider the animals and their habitat before printing.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
A Plan For All Horses!
MADELEINE PICKENS: A PLAN FOR ALL HORSES
By Ray Paulick
How do you corral 30,000 horses, having taken them off the range where they lived, and just say night night? asked Madeleine Pickens, the animal-lovingwife of billionaire T. Boone Pickens and better known in Thoroughbred racing circles as the former Madeleine Paulson, who with her late husband, AllenPaulson, developed one of .............
You may view the complete and latest post at http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/madeleine-pickens-a-plan-for-all-horses/
Best regards,Ray Paulickray@paulickreport.com
By Ray Paulick
How do you corral 30,000 horses, having taken them off the range where they lived, and just say night night? asked Madeleine Pickens, the animal-lovingwife of billionaire T. Boone Pickens and better known in Thoroughbred racing circles as the former Madeleine Paulson, who with her late husband, AllenPaulson, developed one of .............
You may view the complete and latest post at http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/madeleine-pickens-a-plan-for-all-horses/
Best regards,Ray Paulickray@paulickreport.com
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Madeleine Pickens - Person of the Week on ABC
Friends,
I thought everyone might want to send Madeleine Pickens a thankful email for her generosity in making the attempt to save our wild horses.It is truly an act of pure GENEROSITY.You can type her website into your browser and find her contact info from there.
For more information on Madeleine Picken's project, visit her Web site:
www.madeleinepickens.com
Please also check out this story on Madeleine Pickens on ABC news and comment:
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/PersonOfWeek/Story?id=6307278&page=1
I thought everyone might want to send Madeleine Pickens a thankful email for her generosity in making the attempt to save our wild horses.It is truly an act of pure GENEROSITY.You can type her website into your browser and find her contact info from there.
For more information on Madeleine Picken's project, visit her Web site:
www.madeleinepickens.com
Please also check out this story on Madeleine Pickens on ABC news and comment:
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/PersonOfWeek/Story?id=6307278&page=1
Monday, December 1, 2008
Spread The Word, Get Involved, Join Today!
Dear Friends,
As we gear up for the 111th Congress, Americans Against Horse Slaughter is seeking constituents from all states to help spread awareness. We have built up a strong grass roots coalition but we must continue to grow.
If you are able to lead your state in this National Grass Roots campaign please contact us. We are setting up AAHS Blogs for each state. If you, are not a member of one of our state groups but are willing to set up a state blog to help us gain more constituents and raise awareness, please contact us. The following states still need a state leader:
Kentucky
Missouri
Montana
North Dakota
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
We know you've all been working long and hard to end horse slaughter but we need you again. It seems that 2009 will bring us more friends in Congress and this should be our year. However, we must come out early and come out strong. Together we WILL get this done!!
www.americansagainsthorseslaughter.com
Spread The Word, Get Involved, Join The Movement Join Today!!
As we gear up for the 111th Congress, Americans Against Horse Slaughter is seeking constituents from all states to help spread awareness. We have built up a strong grass roots coalition but we must continue to grow.
If you are able to lead your state in this National Grass Roots campaign please contact us. We are setting up AAHS Blogs for each state. If you, are not a member of one of our state groups but are willing to set up a state blog to help us gain more constituents and raise awareness, please contact us. The following states still need a state leader:
Kentucky
Missouri
Montana
North Dakota
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
We know you've all been working long and hard to end horse slaughter but we need you again. It seems that 2009 will bring us more friends in Congress and this should be our year. However, we must come out early and come out strong. Together we WILL get this done!!
www.americansagainsthorseslaughter.com
Spread The Word, Get Involved, Join The Movement Join Today!!
Please Sign the Petition to Save America's Horses!
Dear Fellow Horsemen/Women/Others,
Although horse slaughterhouses have been shuttered in this country, each year thousands of horses continue to be shipped across our borders into Canada and Mexico to be slaughtered for their meat, which is then sent to European markets. What happens to these horses every single day on their journey en-route to slaughter is just so appalling. So, I thought I might I urge you to consider reporting on the treatment of horses.
The mistreatment of these animals during the series of shipments, and feedlot layovers is well documented, and in violation of the law. Under the Freedom of Information Act, (FOIA) on October 29, 2008 Animals Angels obtained USDA investigative reports documenting the horrific, and illegal treatment of horses in transport to slaughter. I'd like to warn those who have an aversion to graphic content. These images are more than a little bit disturbing. But I'm urging you to please view as the text within is so very important and we'd like you to know just how important this issue has become. Please See:
http://www.animals-angels.com/index.php?pageID=675&synlink:docID=i8386&synlink:linkID=48
The inhumane and illegal treatment of horses in transport to slaughter continues to this day. While Americans may disagree on the necessity of horse slaughter, I think there would be no disagreement on how these beautiful animals should be treated en-route to it. A journalistic investigation, would go a long way in helping us to reveal this issue. We need to let Americans know about what evils are perpetrated and get some help for the horses. If you won't do it for the horses, how about as a personal favor to me?
If the content in the previous link is a bit much for you, would you please take out a moment to sign this online petition below? We can all help the horses with your signature!! Please click the link below to sign petition for our beloved horses:
America Against Horse Slaughter and Equine Cruelty
Have trouble with that link above? Just copy and paste the link below into your browser subject line. Thanks!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/america-against-horse-slaughter-and-equine-cruelty
Although horse slaughterhouses have been shuttered in this country, each year thousands of horses continue to be shipped across our borders into Canada and Mexico to be slaughtered for their meat, which is then sent to European markets. What happens to these horses every single day on their journey en-route to slaughter is just so appalling. So, I thought I might I urge you to consider reporting on the treatment of horses.
The mistreatment of these animals during the series of shipments, and feedlot layovers is well documented, and in violation of the law. Under the Freedom of Information Act, (FOIA) on October 29, 2008 Animals Angels obtained USDA investigative reports documenting the horrific, and illegal treatment of horses in transport to slaughter. I'd like to warn those who have an aversion to graphic content. These images are more than a little bit disturbing. But I'm urging you to please view as the text within is so very important and we'd like you to know just how important this issue has become. Please See:
http://www.animals-angels.com/index.php?pageID=675&synlink:docID=i8386&synlink:linkID=48
The inhumane and illegal treatment of horses in transport to slaughter continues to this day. While Americans may disagree on the necessity of horse slaughter, I think there would be no disagreement on how these beautiful animals should be treated en-route to it. A journalistic investigation, would go a long way in helping us to reveal this issue. We need to let Americans know about what evils are perpetrated and get some help for the horses. If you won't do it for the horses, how about as a personal favor to me?
If the content in the previous link is a bit much for you, would you please take out a moment to sign this online petition below? We can all help the horses with your signature!! Please click the link below to sign petition for our beloved horses:
America Against Horse Slaughter and Equine Cruelty
Have trouble with that link above? Just copy and paste the link below into your browser subject line. Thanks!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/america-against-horse-slaughter-and-equine-cruelty
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