icnmgrjill
05-18-2006, 04:46 PM
Animal rights is a huge issue for me! This was very exciting news from the HSUS of America -
Once again, your calls and e-mails have won the day in Congress! Earlier today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved an amendment -- the Rahall-Whitfield-Sweeney-Spratt amendment -- to stop the commercial sale and slaughter of wild horses and burros. You and so many other HSUS supporters got so many calls and e-mails into the offices of your Members of Congress over the last few days that the traditional opponents of the legislation in the House caved in and agreed to support the amendment. Last year, this identical amendment passed by a vote of 249-159, which was a very decisive vote in our favor. But today, that vote was unanimous in support of the horses!
The fight to protect wild horses is a key component of the larger goal of ending all horse slaughter for human consumption. As you know, there are nearly 100,000 horses sent to three foreign-owned slaughterhouses operating in the United States. The horses are shipped in cattle trucks and sent to slaughterhouses, where these majestic animals are dismembered and then exported in order to please the palates of consumers in Belgium, France, and Japan.
While this was a hugely important win today, now we must get the same result in the U.S. Senate. Please contact your two U.S. Senators and urge them to co-sponsor S. 1915, the Ensign-Landrieu bill to stop horse slaughter.
We will provide you with updates as the vote in the Senate approaches, and future votes in the House. But let's not ease up. The horses are counting on our vigilance and our vigor in putting a stop to slaughter. Please share this good news with your friends and family and urge them to take action, too.
Thank you for your support, and congratulations to all.
Sincerely,
Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States
Once again, your calls and e-mails have won the day in Congress! Earlier today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved an amendment -- the Rahall-Whitfield-Sweeney-Spratt amendment -- to stop the commercial sale and slaughter of wild horses and burros. You and so many other HSUS supporters got so many calls and e-mails into the offices of your Members of Congress over the last few days that the traditional opponents of the legislation in the House caved in and agreed to support the amendment. Last year, this identical amendment passed by a vote of 249-159, which was a very decisive vote in our favor. But today, that vote was unanimous in support of the horses!
The fight to protect wild horses is a key component of the larger goal of ending all horse slaughter for human consumption. As you know, there are nearly 100,000 horses sent to three foreign-owned slaughterhouses operating in the United States. The horses are shipped in cattle trucks and sent to slaughterhouses, where these majestic animals are dismembered and then exported in order to please the palates of consumers in Belgium, France, and Japan.
While this was a hugely important win today, now we must get the same result in the U.S. Senate. Please contact your two U.S. Senators and urge them to co-sponsor S. 1915, the Ensign-Landrieu bill to stop horse slaughter.
We will provide you with updates as the vote in the Senate approaches, and future votes in the House. But let's not ease up. The horses are counting on our vigilance and our vigor in putting a stop to slaughter. Please share this good news with your friends and family and urge them to take action, too.
Thank you for your support, and congratulations to all.
Sincerely,
Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States