The Facts
The Ultimate Betrayal
A Recycling Bin For Horses
California Says No!
America Says No!
The Statistics
Bogus Studies - Inadequate Regs
Meet Paula
Inside a slaughterhouse
What You Can Do
Equine Advocates, Inc.
© Equine Advocates, Inc. Material and images on this site are the property of Equine Advocates. Permission must be granted to reprint or reproduce - that includes on the Internet!
Promoting The Humane And Responsible Treatment of Horses
Welcome to the online edition of our recently released pamphlet: Equine Advocates: Horse Slaughter, An American Disgrace. We've arranged the site so that you can visit sections of particular interest, or you can follow through and read each section as it is set up in the pamphlet.
WARNING: This pamphlet contains graphic and disturbing photos throughout its pages. In order to tell the whole truth and show what really takes place, the inclusion of graphic photography was absolutely necessary.
(click here for a printable text-only version of the pamphlet)
THE FACTS
It is estimated that more than a third of all slaughter-bound horses in the U.S. are bred for racing. They are either no longer competitive or just don't make the grade. Others include: "camp", show, "back yard," and rental horses, Amish mules, work and "buggy" horses, used up rodeo "bucking" stock, wild horses, urban carriage horses, PMU mares and foals, and unwanted pregnant mares and barren broodmares. (read more about this...)
THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL
An average of over 100,000 American horses are being slaughtered here and in Canada annually; this will continue to be the case until Americans become more educated about this unspeakable practice and begin to take action to stop it. (read more about this...)
A RECYCLING BIN FOR HORSES
Slaughter gives indiscriminate "backyard breeders" and some people in the horse industry an easy way to get rid of their unwanted horses quickly, and for a profit. (read more about this...)
CALIFORNIA SAYS NO!
Californians voted overwhelmingly to pass "Proposition 6", a state initiative to prohibit horse slaughter for human consumption, punishable as a felony. Hopefully, other states will soon follow Calfornia's historic lead. (read more about this...)
AMERICA SAYS NO!
State and nationwide polls have shown that the vast majority of Americans are strongly opposed to horse slaughter. (read more about this...)
THE STATISTICS
We know from 1980 to 1998 well over 4,000,000 american horses were slaughtered at U.S. & canadian plants for human consumption. statistics of u.s. horses shipped live over the border to canada were only available to us from 1990 to 1998.) (read more about this...)
BOGUS STUDIES - INADEQUATE REGS
Inadequate federal guidelines by the USDA regarding the transportation of horses to slaughter are being adopted despite protests from numerous equine and animal protection groups all over the United States. (read more about this...)
|
MEET PAULA Rescued from slaughter by Equine Advocates, she is now mascot and "poster child" for its national campaign against horse slaughter. (read more about this...) |
INSIDE A SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Warning: graphic photographs on this page(read more about this...)
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Some guidelines in helping you to actively oppose horse slaughter (read more about this...)
EQUINE ADVOCATES, INC.
Visit our main site, for more information about our organization, and also about Premarin, and Cenestin ("synthetic" PREMARIN).
(click here for a printable text-only version of the pamphlet)