Don't patronize businesses that over-breed horses and then send their unwanted equines to slaughter.
Check out riding acadamies and camps - find out where their "used-up" horses go. There are humane operations - take the time to find them.
For estrogen replacement therapy, ask your doctor about one of numerous alternatives to Premarin, including Cenestin ("synthetic Premarin)" a new plant-based form of conjugated estrogens by Duramed Pharmaceuticals.
Don't breed your horse: rescue one - from camps, riding acadamies, race tracks, etc. You could save a horse from ending up as "dinner", while GAINING a new "Best Friend".
Don't buy articles made from horse hide, i.e., "Corinthian Leather" (some auto upholstery), clothing and accessories made from "Pony Skin", and brushes and other items made from horse hair.
Before attending an auction, familiarize yourself with all animal health, transportation and cruelty laws in your state. Document all violations effectively and report them to law enforcement. Getting the laws enforced will cost the offenders money and help prevent suffering
Support efforts in your state to oppose horse slaughter. If several states prohibit it, a federal ban would then be possible.
Spread the word about horse slaughter. Thanks to the efforts of pioneers like newspaper reporter Ross Peddicord (for his groundbreaking expose' "The Last Ride" in the Baltimore Sun in 1989 ), TV journalist Christine Lund (for her award-winning series on Eye Witness News in 1992), the now defunct show, HARD COPY, for its shocking and award-winning report, "Save The Horses" (which was repeated over and over in 1995 and '96), and Cathleen Doyle, the originator and main motivating force behind the historic passage of California's "Prop 6" in 1998 (the first anti-horse-slaughter legislation in the nation), horse slaughter is now on the decline. Join those who have already made a huge difference by educating people you know about slaughter auctions and the horse slaughter industry.

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