Taken by Barbara Livingston week after Kentucky Derby Win 2006
Edgar Prado and Barbaro breeze by 7 lengths winning the 132d Kentucky Derby 2006. Not since Assault (Triple Crown Winner 1946) has any horse won the Derby by that many lengths.
Seabiscuit overtakes War Admiral (Triple Crown Winner 1937) and wins by over 4 lengths History's biggest rematch Horse Race in 1938 at Pimlico, Maryland (New York Times Archives)
In Memory of "Streets On Fire" Saint Liam who was euthanized August 22, 2006. Here he is with Edgar Prado winning the 2005 Whitney Classic
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UPDATE: Monday, October 9, 2006
WMUR will be contacting us with their investigative news team
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Tom Griffith
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http://ksdk.com/printfullstory.aspx?storyid=104394 More horses saved from horse slaughter after accident with horse trailer heading horses to plant for slaughter. September 27, 2006
http://www.longislandpress.com/index.php?cp=40&show=article&a_id=9571
This second article tells what is really going on at foreign-owned horse slaughter plants with severe abuse to horses and why we need to ban horse slaughter!!!
Aware you filmed horses brought into EPONA here in New Hampshire were saved from horse slaughter plants. http://www.campaigningforbarbaro.com/ (William & Carole Shaw, Official Barbaro Ambassadors for New Hampshire) September 27, 2008..We Will Continue Campaigning For Barbaro Until We Make A Difference.
In Canada, recent rescue of Special Decision, Granddaughter to AFFIRMED, the Last USA Triple Crown Winner was humanely euthanized by a local veterinarian and put down due to her severe condition (Being purposefully starved, and suffereing from Cancer) was put down two days ago. She was spared the horrible slaughterhouse death but could not be saved as starvation was too severe on her system.
We are one of the links in EPONA working to help get legislation through to BAN HORSESLAUGHTER & abuse of horses in America (Have Ambassadors across USA working to get senators to cosponsor S.1915 and get them to move it out of the Committee of Commerce, Science, and Transportation and onto the Senate floor for discussion and voting before the 109th Congress ends its session in November/December 2006. Senator Sununu of New Hampshire resides as full member on that committtee. Twelve members of othe 22 are now cosponsors in favor of S.1915 which will close the loophole and permanently ban horseslaughter and prevent the USDA of taking money under the table to privately be paid by illegial blood money of the three horse slaughter houses which of stepped up the bloodbath doubling efforts to murder an estimated 70 percent of American's stolen 55,000 horses per year (http://www.netposse.com/, and www.thehorse.com/printarticle.aspx?ID=7731 , and http://www.timwoolleyracing.com/ (Discussion & Forum Section, Antislaughter Issues for America's Horses ; famous USA TRIPLE CROWN Winners that went to slaughter - Ferdinand, Exceller, & Affirmed's granddaughter who was just saved but had to be humanely put down. ; ORGANIZING THE STATES FOR THIS MISSION; ALEX's REMINDER: CRITICAL STEPS FOR HORSES; www.ahdf.org/html/slaughter06.html Kaufman, Texas plant goes back online Monday, September 25, 2006 after being shut down for 6 weeks; doubles efforts to slaughter 400 horses on Monday with 400 more scheduled Thursday morning September 28, 2006 per Mayor Paula Bacon (her phone number 972-932-2856; Dallas Crown trying to confiscate her computers. She is one of the good guys trying to stop Dallas Crown from continuing their slaughter and defying Texas and Federal Laws. "It isn't going to stop or prevent the slaughtering of horses for human consumption," said Dallas Crown's Lawyer, Mark Calabria and the company is intent on fighting its move. He told the Times, "Anyone who thinks this is quite naive. There are already plants in Canada and Mexico, South and Central America, Romania, Asia, and Mongolia."
http://www.equineprotectionnetwork.com/ , and www.barntowire.com/stophorseslaughter031227.html , and, http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/AGEN/Sep2706a.htm , http://www.hsus.org/ (keep our horses off the table and in the stable), and http://files.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/2003FallSWRO.pdf
& http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/159614943?1t1=1158522429&1t1=1158881460
EQUINE RESCUES ACROSS AMERICA STEP UP TO ASSIST TRYING TO BUY YOUNG HEALTHY BABY COLTS & HORSES AT KILLER AUCTIONS:
THE GRACE FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA http://www.thegracefoundationofnorcal.org
EPONA www.eponarescue.org
STANDARDBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION http://www.adoptahorse.org/main.html (ex-racing horses)
LONGMEADOW RESCUE RANCH OF MISSOURI http://hsmo.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=1rr_Donate_Horse_Heroes
http://www.hsmo.org/m_eventsprograms/inthenews.php
MIRACLE HORSE RESCUE with the Barbaro Rescue Challenge has raised over $10,000.00 as of September 30, 2006 to assist in outbidding killer buyers at the auctions. www.Miraclehorse.com
www.palmbeachpost.com/royalpalmbeach/content/neighborhood/npall/epaper/2006/...
IN HONOR OF THE BARBARO RESCUE CHALLENGE (http://www.timwoolleyracing.com/) (See www.Miraclehorse.com)
MERCY RESCUE LEAGUE
RIVER BLUFF RESCUE RANCH OF MISSOURI www.riverfluffrescueranch.org
SPCA
THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES
(more to follow)
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Take a look at this site's sample letters on Cosponsoring: www.whoanm.org/AntiHorseSlaughterActProject/AntiHorseSlaughterActProject.htm
UPDATE 3: Saturday, September 23, 2006
UPDATES ON SALVATION:
Updates on Salvation (colt)
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I have posted this message on the comments board, but I am putting it over here also because I thought that it would, perhaps, bring some peace of mind to all of us who are very upset about this little colt that has now been rescued from the slaughterhouse.
I spoke via phone with Beth DiCaprio at the Grace Foundation which is where the colt is being taken care of. She told me that Salvation had a very bad leg...that it LOOKED bad, but that she thought with proper veterinary care would be all right. They are taking him to UC Davis, so he is in good hands there.
Salvation is only two months old, and for those that don't know, he shouldn't be weaned until probably six months old. Beth said that they had tried to team him up with a mare which , I think, didn't work. She said they were bringing a cow in to see if they could use her. I told her what we have done with our babies that have been orphaned, and she was glad to hear about it and said they would try it. She said that I could call back tomorrow and see how it's going. Colts, unlike calves, are very, very difficult, if not impossible to teach to suck again once they are away from the mother. So, I will call tomorrow and get an update.
I told her of all the anti-slaughter work going on over here and she was MORE than grateful to hear it. And she is sending pictures of the baby so that we can use it to show that NOT just OLD, INFIRM horses go to slaughter.
Hope I didn't take up too much space...but thought this report would help to make people feel better.
Thank you.
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UPDDATE: Sunday, October 8, 2006
by Wm & Cle Shaw
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FACT 1: "THE MOTHER OF ALL FACTS"
"CATTLE SHUTES AND BOLT GUNS ARE NOT DESIGNED AND WERE NEVER MEANT TO BE USED FOR HORSES. THEY HAVE MUCH LONGER NECKS THAN CATTLE AND REACT FAR DIFFERENTLY BY NATURE. THAT IS WHY THE BOLT GUN 'REMAINS INEFFECTIVE AFTER REPEATED BLOWS' AND IS PAINFULLY EVIDENT in FULLY DOCUMENTED VIDEOS -- THIS IS NOT HUMANE EUTHANASIA." Testimony of Dr. Patricia Hogan, Equine Surgeon(Washington DC, July 25, 2006 referencing unannounced visits to horse plants documenting by VIDEO how young, healthy horses throats are slit and killed while still alive, screaming, and kicking; (http://www.hsus.org/)
( http://www.hsus.org/video_clips/keep_horses_in_the_stable.html)
FACT 2: "ASK YOURSELVES THIS QUESTION"
WOULD ANY MEMBER OF THE AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association), or the AAEP (American Association of Equine Practitioners, or the AQHA (American Quarterhorse Association) or the AHC (American Horse Council) "humanely euthanize" their own horse companions using the captive bolt gun?
Unequivocally, NO ONE WOULD SAY YES! And there lies the key problem and here is its solution: PERMANENTLY SHUT DOWN TEXAS and Illinois HORSE-KILLING HOUSES -- NEVER DESIGNED OR INTENDED FOR KILLING OUR COMPANION HORSES!
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The other main reason is using the bolt gun is “ illegal and directly violates the Humane Slaughterhouse Act of 1958. Dr. Lester Friedlander, DVM and former Chief USDA Inspector and the Humane Farming Association Video (http://www.manesandtailsorganization.org/media.html and http://www.themodernreligion.com/misc/an/an_slaughter.htm ) both verify that the captive bolt gun causes extreme pain. In a study conducted at Hanover University, EEG and ECG recordings were taken on all animals to measure brain and heart conditions during course of slaughtering and stunning. Readings showed, that although the animals were apparently unconscious (equines not long though even with repeated stuns), … they were in severe pain immediately after stunning. Horses regain consciousness after approximately 30 seconds after captive bolt is applied. Due to inherent differences in skulls between bovines and equines, each species reacts to the captive bolt differently. Equine brains set back further than bovines… equines regain consciousness (even after repeated stuns) and are not insensed to pain (ie. are in severe pain) shortly after shackled and hoisted. Therefore, THEY ARE VERY MUCH AWARE OF BEING BUTCHERED ALIVE!”
FACT 3: COSPONSORING SHOWS AMERICANS & FOREIGNERS CONGRESS WILL NOT TOLERATE CIRCUMVENTION OF OUR LAWS
BY COSPONSORING, you are telling hundreds of millions of American voters you officially support restoring the "WILL OF CONGRESS" and its Protective Horse Act already passed! Furthermore, you and your Commerce Committee endorse S.1915 or HR 503 to be passed (closing the loop hole) so foreigners, circumventing our U.S. Government by paying illegal blood money to the USDA, quit rubbing our noses in it! IT IS TIME AMERICANS and CONGRESS RESTORE "our rightful respect" and "our horse companions' honor!" Horses have done more for our culture than any other animal in America's history -- IT IS OUR AMERICAN LEGACY! Shameless abuse IS NOT! As each week passes, these horse killer plants sharply increase their production of our over 50,000 stolen young, healthy companion horses along with 10,000 imported ones. Every week that is delayed, 1500 more healthy baby colts and young horses will be butchered. This Monday, September 25, 2006 Dallas Crown resumes operations and has stepped up its killing schedule to slaughter 400 with an additional 400 on Thursday, September 28, 2006. Our horse companions will die horrible deaths unless immediate FEDERAL ACTION is taken to shut them down (Mayor of Kaufman, Texas, phone call)(http://www.timwoolleyracing.com/ ; http://www.marynash.org/; http://www.netposse.com/, http://www.hsus.org/). "As a nation, we treat terrorists with kid gloves but intentionally mistreat, abuse, and destroy a young, healthy, trusting, companion animal who never deserved this in the first place." TRUE? OR FALSE? IF INACTION RULES, THEN EVIL PREVAILS-- TRUE? OR FALSE?
FACT 4: UNTIL CONGRESS PASSES S.1915 or HR 503 AMERICA LOSES EFFECTIVENESS AS A NATION OF POWER & PRINCIPLES
"According to factory worker testimonies, when stolen horses come into their horse plants, they simply remove the RFID locator chips, destroy and toss them, so they don't contaminate the meat." Beltex knows and still pays stealers of our horse pets (http://www.marvwalker.com/ ; http://www.hsus.com/).
SENATOR Barack Obama of Illinois had this to say:
"Late last year, CONGRESS made it clear that it does not support the commercial sale of horsemeat abroad. During Senate consideration of the annual appropriations bill funding USDA operations, Senators John Ensign (veterinarian, R-NV), and Robert Byrd (D-WV) offered an amendment to prohibit the federally funding the USDA's food meat safety inspections at horse slaughterhouse plants in the United States, thereby effectively blocking export of horsemeat abroad. The amendment, which I voted for, passed the Senate
by a vote of 68 to 29 and was enacted into law."
"In response, however, the USDA recently announced it will continue performing inspections at horse slaughterhouses by charging the (FOREIGN-OWNED) Slaughter companies a fee-for-service beginning March 10, 2006.
I VIEW THIS INITIATIVE BY THE USDA ADMINISTRATION AS NOTHING MORE THAN A BRAZEN MANEUVER TO CIRCUMVENT THE CLEAR INTENT OF CONGRESS."
FACT 5: AMERICANS HAVE MEANS & PRIVATE FUNDS TO SAVE THESE HORSES AND CAN DO IT ONCE FEDERAL PROTECTIVE LAWS ARE ENFORCED!
WHO WILL ASSIST IN EFFORTS TO RELOCATE STOLEN HORSES TO THEIR OWNERS?
"THERE IS MAJOR CONCERN WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE UNSLAUGHTERED HEALTHY, YOUNG HORSES." Of those saved, mathwise, you are looking at approximately 6,000 horses combined in one month from all 3 plants shut down. With over 500 organizations to assist, this is certainly a workable number for rescue operations to handle anywhere from 10 - 20 horses and baby colts per nonprofit group. Networking they can assist in "returning thousands of horses" to their "rightful owners" and those that are imported can be safely adopted. For those so badly abused and purposefully starved unable to recover, they will be humanely euthanized by a qualified veterinarian. Americans stand ready to privately sponsor and assist in this effort! Now it's our US Senate's turn to make this happen and get S. 1915 voted upon to be made law and close this loophole BEFORE the end session of the 109th Congress. Somehow, we doubt you want Foreign Governments and Americans to view the Senate as weak and ineffective! (http://www.hsus.org/; )
"WHY HAVEN'T SENATORS HEARD DIRECTLY FROM HORSE RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS? In accordance with NFP 501(c)(3)/s Federal Law, rescue organizations are prohibited from Lobbying. It's as simple as that! American citizens and voters have become the voices of all rescue organizations in our fifty states. Even Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Puerto Rico,Czechoslovakia, Peru, Israel, Bulgaria, Australia, Portugal, South Africa, Croatia and other nations are voicing with us and are appalled that this is happening to our national symbol of freedom/spirit right here in America." (http://www.timwoolleyracing.com/ ) (http://www.campaigningforbarbaro.com/)
FACT 6: THOSE EATING "TOXIC HORSEMEAT" WILL END UP SICK AND WE AMERICANS WILL ULTIMATELY PAY FOR IT IN HIGHER TAXES UNLESS WE CLOSE THE FEDERAL LOOPHOLE.
WHY IS HUMAN CONSUMPTION OF HORSEMEAT DANGEROUS AND KNOWN AS THE SILENT UNSPOKEN ISSUE IN HORSESLAUGHTER?
"Based upon concrete medical evidence, American horses are given an array of unregulated medications, hormones, and steroids. Here are some of the substances given and found in horses based on toxology tests and the FDA prohibition of these substance in animals "INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION." (National Horse Protection Coalition, and http://www.barntowire.com/ )
"Phenylbutazone ("Bute"); substance given to horses for pain managment but outlawed to be given to humans in the USA as it causes severe blood dyscrasias and aplastic anemia, leukopenia, agranulocytosis, thrombocytopenia and death.
www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/03-4741.htm "For animals, phenylbutazone is currently approved only for oral and injectable use in dogs and horses. Use in horses is limited to NOT INTENDED FOR FOOD."
WHAT ABOUT ALL OF OUR STOLEN PET HORSES THAT END UP SLAUGHTERED & SENT OVERSEAS to the Europeon Union and Asia? They are being served tainted/toxic horsemeat!
USDA BLUE BOOK 2002: (www.barntowire.com/stophorseslaughter031227.html)
"Page 7 shows USDA DOES NOT TEST HORSES for the most commonly used medications in the equine community referencing Banamine, Phenylbutazone, and Clenbuterol (Beta 2 Agonist). Page 13 shows horses have the highest percentage rate of VIOLATION IN RELATION TO ANTIBIOTIC OVERAGES. Page 14 shows horses have the HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF OVERAGES FOR AVERMECTINS. (www.fsis.usda.gov/ophs/blue2002/sec6tab.pdf) "
*DOES ANYONE SEE ALARM BELLS GOING OFF HERE?*
"The same lackadaisical response to unsafe, tainted horsemeat should cause ALARM BELLS TO go off in Europe and Asia. The same countries who are banning imported American BEEF should be banning American horsemeat. It would seem, though, that the concern for HUMAN SAFETY has been OVERCOME by GREED for MONEY. Represenative Gary Ackerman (D-NY) said,
"I blame it on greed, greed, greed! The greed of the Industry, the greed of the lobbyists, the greed of the members of Congress." In time, we will pay in higher taxes because of those becoming sick with cancers from eating tainted horsemeat.
*ANYONE WISH TO PROVE HIM WRONG?*
(Might want to check out http://www.beyonddelay.org/ and SEE WHO TOPS THE LIST OF CORRUPTION IN WASHINGTON D.C.'s SENATE; It's all on file and recorded)
(TOP 5 Most Corrupt Members of Congress To WATCH. Why are we not surprised?)
www.beyonddelay.org/summaries/burns.php
www.beyonddelay.org/summaries/frist.php
FACT 7: WHY TRANSPORTING SLAUGHTER -BOUND HORSES PUTS THE REST OF THE HORSE POPULATION AT RISK
"Transportation of slaughter-bound horses puts the health of the general horse population aat risk because a "Coggins" Certificate is required to transport a horse to slaughter. Therefore, horses with Equine Infectious Anemia can be transported and held near other horses risking the rapid spread of infection. The disease is carried by horseflies. There is no vaccine for this disease, once a horse contracts it and there is no recovery.
It should also be noted that the care being taken to avoid the feeding of "downed cattle" to ruminants DOES NOT CARRY OVER TO HORSES. The protein from animals suspected of bovine spongiform encephalopathy can be processed into feed and supplements given to horses. It should also be noted that protein derived from horses can then be used in feed processed for cattle. Please see pages 5, 9, 33 and 34 of this document from the US General Accounting Office: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02183.pdf .
Horsemeat is exported as a high-priced delicacy for human consumption. The Europeon Union has strict laws in place controlling the substances given to horses intended for slaughter. This has increased the cost of horsemeat to Europe, and the foreign-owned slaughterhouses are able to slip in "cheaply-purchased meat" and sell it for high prices because of an overlooked loophole in the import certificatons. This despite that the above listed substances commonly found in "ALMOST ALL HORSES" are labeled "NOT FOR USE IN HORSES INTENDED FOR FOOD." (Gail Vacca, National Horse Protection Coalition)."
*Investigated & compiled by www.campaigningforbarbaro.com
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UPDATE 2: Friday, September 22, 2006
REPRINTED with permission from the www.hsus.org:
May reprint for faxing, emailing, and letters to Congress -
September 14, 2006 HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES 202-676-2302 (page 1 of 6)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - HORSE SLAUGHTER (H.R. 503/S. 1915)
QUESTION: Will the Legislation lead to an increase in horse abuse and starvation or neglect cases?
ANSWER: No, State bans on horse slaughter have not led to an increase in horse abuse and neglect. In California, where horse slaughter was banned in 1998, there has been no corresponding rise in cruelty and neglect cases. In fact, horse theft has dropped in CA by 34% since the enactment of the ban. There was no documented rise in Illinois following closure of the state's only horse slaughter plant in 2002. Further, allowing one's horse to starve is not an option - state anti-cruelty laws prohibit such neglect. Rather, people will have their horses humanely euthanized which will remain legal under my Amendment. Finally, the idea that horse slaughter is necessary to deal with the "unwanted horse" population is a myth. According to the USDA, at least 5,000 horses have been IMPORTED into one of the three (France or Belgium) foreign-owned slaughter plants in the U.S. for slaughter since August 2004. If there were too many horses, there would be no reason to IMPORT horses for slaughter.
QUESTION: Didn't we already take care of this problem by passing the Aricultural Appropriations amendment last year?
ANSWER: No, Unfortunately, the USDA has circumvented the will of Congress by illegally paying for inspections. We are fighting this violation of the Federal Meat Inspection Act in court (February 2006 Lawsuit). But the temporary nature of appropriations amendment will limit any positive effect from the amendment. It is outrageous that any agency can thumb its nose at Congress in this manner - especially after landslide, bipartisan votes in both House (269 - 158) and Senate (69 - 28). This endrun by the USDA underscores the reason we need to pass H.R. 503/S. 1915 and enact a permanent ban on horse slaughter.
QUESTION: Isn't slaughter a form of humane euthanasia?
ANSWER: No. Horse slaughter is a far cry from humane euthanasia. "Euthanasia" means a gentle, painless death provided in order to prevent suffering. Horse slaughter is a death fraught with terror, pain, and suffering. Horses are shipped for more than 24 hours at a time in crowded, double-decked cattle trucks without food, water, or rest. Pregnant mares, foals, injured horses, and even blind horses must endure the journey. Once they arrive, their suffering intensifies - "Undercover footage" obtained by The Humane Society Of The United States demonstrates that "fully conscious" horses are shackled and hoisted by the rear leg and have their throats slit. Because horses are skittish by nature, it is particularly difficult to align them correctly and ensure the captive bolt gun renders them unconscious. Unwanted horses should be humanely euthanized by a licensed veterinarian when "no other option" exists, rather than placed on a truck, cruelly transported, injured, and then butchered. The "vast majority of horse owners" already provide humane euthanasia for older or ill horses.
(page 2 of 6)
QUESTION: What will we do with all the unwanted horses who otherwise would go to slaughter if there isn't room for them in sanctuaries?
ANSWER: Not every horse currently going to slaughter will need to be absorbed into the rescue community - many will be sold to a new owner; Others will be kept longer and a licensed veterinarian will humanely euthanize some. Passage of this legislation will not necessarily lead to an increase in the number of horses sent to rescue facilities, precisely because humane euthanasia is so widely used. It is not the government's responsibility to provide for the care of horses voluntarily given up by their owners, as these animals are private property. Hundreds of horse rescue organizations operate around the country, and additonal facilities are being established. In an efforts to "end the slaughter of racehorses," the New York Racing Association has partnered with other groups to launch the "Ferdinand Fee" to raise funds for the care of retired racehorses, and to honor Ferdinand, a former Kentucky Derby Winner, who went to slaughter. The organizations leading the charge in favor of the legislation are the very organizations that are actively working to provide sanctuaries and solutions for any horses that would otherwise go to slaughter.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS - HORSE SLAUGHTER (H.R. 503/S. 1915) (2 of 6 cont.)
QUESTION: If slaughter is not an option, what will we do with sick, old, and "unwanted horses?"
ANSWER: Approximately 690,000 horses die annually in this country (10 percent of an estimated population of 6.9 million) and the vast majority are not slaughtered, but euthanized and rendered for burial without any negative environmental impact instead. Humane euthanasia and carcass disposal is highly affordable and widely available. The average cost of having a horse humanely euthanized and safely disposing of the animal's carcass is approximately $225, while the average monthly cost of keeping a horse is approximately $200.00.
QUESTION: Is it true that slaughter is only a last resort for infirm, dangerous, or no longer servicable horses?
ANSWER: No. 92.3% of horses arriving at slaughter plants in this country are in "good" condition, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Guidelines for Handling and Transporting Equines to Slaughter. Horses arrive at slaughter after being purchased by "killer buyers" (middlemen hired by slaughterhouses to secure horses) who seek out "healthy, fat horses" who provide greater profits than older, leaner horses.
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QUESTION: Won't the disposal of thousands of horse carcasses cause environmental issues?
ANSWER: Hundreds of thousands of horses are safely disposed of annually by means other than slaughter, and the infrastructure "can absorb" an increase in numbers. Conversely, the operation of the horse slaughterhouses has a "very real negative impact," with all three in "violation of current environmental law relating to the disposal of blood and other waste materials." Mayor Paula Bacon of Kaufman, Texas - the home of one of three horse slaughter plants in the United States - desperately states "...Dallas-Crown is operating in violation of a multitude of local laws pertaining to waste management, air quality, and other environmental concerns...Residents are also fed up with the situation. Long-established neighbors living adjacent to the plant cannot open their windows or run their air conditioners without enduring the most horrific stench."
QUESTION: Won't this legislation result in "unregulated shipment of horses to slaughter" and horses being shipped longer distances to Canada or Mexico for slaughter?
ANSWER: No. Under the bill, American horses "are not allowed to be exported for slaughter." The bill will terminate any legal option for sending American horses to slaughter - within the United States at one of the three, foreign-owned plants or any foreign slaughterhouse.
QUESTION: Don't transport regulations provide strong protection for horses being shipped to slaughter?
ANSWER: No. The 2002 regulations allow horses to be shipped for more than 24 hours without food, water or rest, with broken limbs, with eyes missing, even heavily pregnant. Industry pushed to delay the prohibition on use of double-decker trucks until December 7, 2006. The regulations only cover the final journey to the slaughterhouse. If horses are loaded and unloaded, at various places a part of their route to slaughter, only the final leg of the trip is covered. Enforcement of these regulations will only occur if the truck reaches the slaughter plant, so these guidelines will have little preventative effect. These regulations are wholly inadequate and allow extreme suffering in transport to continue.
QUESTION: Aren't many horse sanctuaries lacking adequate facilities and uniform standards?
ANSWER: No. Standards of care have already been developed and embraced by hundreds of equine rescue and retirement facilities that exist throughout the country that routinely rescue horses from slaughter. The Doris Day Animal League and the Animal Welfare Institute published "Basic Guidelines for Operating an Equine Rescue or Retirement Facility" in 2004. Additionally, the Association of Sanctuaries and the American Sanctuaries Association provide accreditation programs, a code of ethics and guidelines for the operation of sanctuaries and rescue organizations. Horse rescue groups must also comply with state and local animal welfare statutes
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS - HORSE SLAUGHTER (H.R.503/S. 1915) (page 4 of 6)
QUESTION: Won't the federal government face the financial burden of care for horses no longer going to slaughter?
ANSWER: Certainly not. Horses that are currently going to slaughter would not suddenly become the financial responsibility of the federal government. Horse owners, not the government, will remain responsible for the care of their horses. Owners who no longer wish to keep their horses and who cannot sell or place their horses in a new home will have the option of humane euthanasia. Again, the average cost for veterinarian-administered euthanasia and carcass disposal is approximately $225, the cost of one month's care - is simply a part of responsible horse ownership.
QUESTION: Won't the prohibition on horse slaughter create negative precedent for beef, pork and poultry producers by legitimizing efforts to end consumption of food derived from any animal?
ANSWER: No. Americans don't eat horses, and unlike other livestock, we don't breed them for human consumption. Additionally, horses are different from cattle (and other animals specifically bred, sold and transported for human consumption) due to their instinctive flight response in stressful situations, making it difficult to accurately stun them prior to slaughter. "Undercover footage has demonstrated that many horses are dismembered while fully conscious," underscoring the need to ban this utterly inhumane process. The American public overwhelmingly supports a ban on horse slaughter precisely because horses have a "special place in our heritage" and they are "beloved companions to millions today."
QUESTION: Isn't horsemeat a healthy and lean option for human consumption?
ANSWER: Actually, horsemeat is potentially dangerous to people when eaten because horses are not raised for this purpose. Recent lab work revealed that horsemeat from one of the Texas plants contains several substances that are not intended for human consumption. Our horses are regularly treated with worming medications, drugs, and other injections that are not intended for human consumption.
QUESTION: What does the American public think?
ANSWER: Poll after poll shows that Americans want this practice to end. There has been extensive media coverage on this issue by newspapers and television networks nationwide including CNN, The L.A. Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and many others. For years, legislation that would prohibit horse slaughter has been under consideration in Congress. The U.S. House of Representatives engaged in thoughtful and substantial public floor debate on the horse slaughter ban amendment which led to its passage by a landslide bipartisan vote of 269 - 158, This was followed by the Senate's 69 - 28 vote on an identical amendment.
QUESTION: If there is a ban on horse slaughter, will horsemeat no longer be available for pet food?
ANSWER: There is no horsemeat in pet food. This practice stopped decades ago and has some connection to the enactment of protections for American Wild Horses in 1971. The U.S. public and Congress were outraged to learn federal agencies were rounding up and allowing the exploitation and slaughter of these "national treasures" for items such as pet food. Some by-products of the horse slaughter industry are used in various consumer items but they are derived from the rendering (an entirely different process than slaughter and not affected by the Amendment) of dead horses and other animals
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS -HORSE SLAUGHTER(H.R. 503/S. 1915)(Page 5 of 6)
QUESTION: If the bill is passed, will zoos be prevented from feeding their big cats an adequate diet?
ANSWER: No. Zoos will be able to continue to feed horse meat to their big cats, as the amendment will only stop domestic slaughter of horses for human consumption. The Federal Meat Inspection Act doesn't require the same inspections for meat products intended for animal use. However, there is a growing trend to feed a beef-based diet to captivate big cats. Several USDA-licensed facilities that keep big cats like lions and tigers have switched over to such diets because it is better for the cat's health.
QUESTION: Don't slaughterhouses provide meaningful financial resources for their communities? And employ many workers who will be out of a job?
ANSWER: In all three local communities, horse slaughterhouses have worn out their welcome. For example - on August 15, 2005, the Kaufman City Council, home to Dallas Crown, fed up with the ongoing problems stretching from the plant's opening in 1986, voted unanimously to implement termination proceedings against the plant. Mayor Paula Bacon of Kaufman has written a letter to the entire Senate requesting federal action to stop horse slaughter in their community. She came to Washington D.C. with several Kaufman residents asking for help from the U.S. Congress through passage of the amendments last year and the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. Both of the other horse slaughterhouses, also foreign-owned, have repeatedly been fined for violations of local laws and creating sewage overflows in the community. These plants pay less local property tax ($7500 for Dallas Crown) than an average citizen in the community. There is no import or export tariff on horse meat and most, if not all, of the profits are sent back to the parent companies in France and Belgium. It is difficult for these communities to attract any new businesses because of the negative stigma created by these plants. The minimal financial contributions of these facilities are vastly overshadowed by the enormous econmic and development - suppressing burden they represent to their local communities and the "negative image they create for our country." As Mayor Bacon said in her letter:
"The more I learn about horse slaughter, the more certain I am: There is no justification for horse slaughter in this country. The three plants are foreign-owned, employing fewer than 150 people. We do not raise horses to eat, we do not eat horse meat, and our American economy does not profit from this industry. My city is little other than a door mat for a foreign-owned business that drains our resources and stigmatizes our economic development. There is no justification for supporting horse slaughter over my community." She goes on to state," As a community leader where we are directly impacted by the horse slaughter industry, I can assure you the economic development return for our community is negative. The foreign-owned companies profit at our expense -- it is time for them to go.
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS - HORSE SLAUGHTER (H.R. 503/S. 1915) (Page 6 of 6)
QUESTION: Don't these slaughterhouses employ many workers who will be out of a job?
ANSWER: The plants employ a sum total of less than 150 workers and those workers receive poor pay and benefits. Many are undocumented immigrants who work in one of the highest risk jobs because horses, in particular, are so flighty that they are difficult to stun properly before dismemberment. This leads to a high rate of injury and limb loss among workers as they wield sharp knives and deal with fractious horses. The employment opportunities related to the horse slaughter industry are vastly overshadowed by the direct harm to their employees, the enormous burden they represent to their local communities, and the negative impact they create for our country.
QUESTION: Won't people just lie and ship horses to Mexico and Canada under false pretenses?
ANSWER: If they do, they will be criminally liable under the False Claims Act which makes it illegal to falsify any information in statements made to the U.S. government. Further, any legislative change requires enforcement and there is already an enforcement mechanism in place with the USDA. Making it illegal to move horses this way, as the legislation does, will at the very least, dramatically reduce the number of horses exported for slaughter and it will make a criminal of anyone who dares to continue this practice. We remain committed to funding the USDA's enforcement efforts, as we have for many years, to ensure that anyone acting illegally is prosecuted.**
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UPDATE 1: Friday, September 22, 2006
Hi Everyone! This is Carole, Deb's cochair for http://www.campaigningforbarbaro.com/
IF YOU GO TO http://www.saplonline.org/ & http://capwiz.com/compassionindex/dbq/vote_info* there is a section specifically set up for each STATE SENATOR and a COMPASSION INDEX THAT SHOWS WHETHER OR NOT YOUR STATE SENATORS SUPPORT OR ARE COSPONSOR FOR THESE HORSE PROTECTION AMENDMENTS/ACTS/AND BILLS--particularly S.1915 IT IS SET UP EXTREMELY WELL SO PLEASE USE IT!!! THANKS/ and here is NEW HAMPSHIRE's for both SENATORS JUDD GREGG (first) and JOHN SUNUNU. **ATTN: YOU MUST CLICK ON "VIEW FULL MESSAGE" At the BOTTOM of this page TO SEE VITAL INFORMATION YOU ARE MISSI NG******IT will show all the info on Senator Judd Gregg & BILLs HE supports and if he cosponsored which he has on animal welfare. SAPLONLINE CREATED THIS NEW Feature.
UPDATE Thursday, September 21, 2006
CONFIRMATION FROM SENATOR SUNUNU's office in WASHINGTON DC: Senate will recess September 30 to November 13, 2006 and work up through January 7 or 8, 2007 when new Senators elected in November 2006 elections are sworn in for their 4 year term. NEXT we all must work on Tennessee Senator FRIST who schedules and we must push and ask him to get the Horse Bills onto the calendar for November or early December 2006 if possible. Continue working on Alex's list compiled by Melissa (Georgia's Ambassador) and Carole (NH's).
Following is a letter sent to Senator SUNUNU in Washington DC:
FROM: Major Bill & Carole N. Shaw, USAR
TO: Senator John E. Sununu
1589 Elm Street, Suite 3
Manchester, NH 03101 Ph: (603) 647-9342 FAX: 647-9352
ATTN: Simon Thomson
Simon, Thank you for taking time from your schedule to talk with us this morning, September 21, 2006 (Thursday). Appreciate your help in seeing this gets to Senator Sununu with new vital information confirmed by several reliable and influential sources.
ATTN: Senator John E. Sununu
111 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington D.C. 20510-2903 Ph: (202) 224-2841 FAX: (202) 228-4131
Dear Senator Sununu,
Thank you for quickly responding back within 2 hours to our first email sent to you last week. Know you are busy…so will get straight to the point. As of this morning, Senators Bill Nelson, and John McCain have officially cosponsored S.1915 along with
ten other senators that reside with you on the Committee of Commerce, Science, & Transportation in Washington D.C.
We ask you to do the same and COSPONSOR this American Horse Slaughter Prevention Bill along with HR 503 which just overwhelmingly passed in the House of Representatives September 7, 2006. Are you aware that over 55,000 of our American HORSE Companions/pets are stolen from us every year? That means over 70 % are
Stolen and sent to the last remaining 3 horse slaughter plants here in the U.S.A. By Cosponsoring these companion bills, you are helping to stop killer auctions from being set up here in New Hampshire. And it also means you do not approve of horses being stolen right from under our ownership noses and ending up as horsemeat in a foreigner’s stomach. Would you eat Barbaro or any other Champion/horse pet/companion? Believe the resounding answer to that one is NO!
Twelve members on your committee fully support and agree with us, this inhumane practice of slaughtering a majority of our young healthy stolen horses must STOP!
They are: Ted Stevens (Alaska); John McCain (Arizona); Trent Lott (Mississippi);
Olympia Snowe (Maine); Jim DeMint (South Carolina); Daniel Inouye (Hawaii);
John Kerry (Massachusetts); Barbara Boxer (California); Bill Nelson (Florida);
Maria Cantwell (Washington); John Ensign (Nevada); and Frank Lautenberg (New Jersey). These senators have put aside their political differences and realize it is TIME for the rest of the senate to do the same. If two opposing Democrat – Republican Gentlemen like Patrick Kennedy and Jim Ramstadt can bond together for a common cause by sponsoring and supporting each other for humanity’s sake, then certainly you can do the same for your fellow committee members and millions of Americans.
Over 93 percent are appalled by the atrocities of inhumanity found in slaughtering our stolen horses/companions which do not even get humane euthanasia.
Please for the sake of rightness and fairness we ask you to cosponsor too! It takes but a moment to say yes like your fellow committee members and get the bills onto the Senate floor for voting. Each week that passes, 1500 more healthy American STOLEN HORSES are slaughtered. This translates to each plant killing 500 disease-free baby colts and young adults per week.
They are killed for the sake of pleasing someone’s taste in the name of capitalistic greed and money which looks like a new form of terrorism and way of foreigners to usurp the will of Congress and allow the USDA to continue taking money under the table.
Appreciate your support and look forward to your feedback. Enclosed are a list of questions and answers that will clearly show documented evidence of how this practice has to stop. There are also 2 articles from ThoroughbredTimes.com.
Fourteen horse slaughter places and auctions have been shut down permanently. IT ISTIME TO SHUT DOWN THE LAST REMAINING THREE plants here in America. Thank you most sincerely.
Respectfully,
Bill & Carole Shaw
www.campaigningforbarbaro.com
New Hampshire’s Official Ambassadors for Barbaro
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Saturday, September 16, 2006
James F. McCartyPlain Dealer Reporter
A Cuyahoga County judge sentenced two modern-day horse rustlers to six months in prison Friday.
A jury convicted Charles Burneson, 37, of Chippewa Lake, and John Queen, 37, of Grove City, in May of stealing two prized racers, Jakeman and For All You Girls, from their stalls at Thistledown racetrack in North Randall. The men were trainers at the track.
The horses were valued at more than $5,000 each.
Their owner, Mike Newell of Fort Erie, Ontario, had planned to donate the horses to Canter, a nonprofit farm in Lake County where retired racehorses are sold to new owners to live out their lives as show horses, breeding stock or pets. The 4-year-old horses could have lived to be 30.
But before Noell Sivertsen of Canter could pick them up, Burneson and Queen took the horses and sold them for $250 each to an auctioneer, who sold them to a slaughterhouse.
Newell and Sivertsen feared the tall bay gelding and the stocky bay mare ended up on dinner plates in parts of Europe and Asia, where horse meat is eaten like beefsteak in the United States.
The U.S. House voted last week to ban the slaughter of horses for meat. The Senate has yet to act on a similar bill.
Assistant County Prosecutor Jeffrey Kocian asked Judge Eileen T. Gallagher to give the defendants the maximum 18 months in prison for theft.
"What we have here are two barbarians who saw nothing but meat walking around with four legs," Kocian said.
The judge denied requests from defense attorneys James Dawson and Howard Maniker that their clients receive probation or a new trial. She also ordered the Ohio Racing Commission to be notified of the defendants' conviction and sentencing. Burneson and Queen could lose their licenses as trainers.
The defense attorneys said they intended to file appeals on behalf of their clients.
The defendants received little sympathy from Sivertsen.
"I hope they never work in the racing business again," Sivertsen said.
© 2006 The Plain Dealer
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From: Thoroughbredtimes.com
(August 10, 2006) - Just days after a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives tried to kill legislation aimed at curtailing commercial horse slaughter in the United States, a Mississippi man hauling 19 horses to a Texas slaughterhouse has been charged with animal cruelty involving horses in Arkansas.
Bryan Morgan of Belmont, MS was charged with five counts of animal cruelty under Arkansas state law in Texarkana this week after eyewitness testimony, photographs and video showed 19 horses being transported in a single trailer to the BelTex slaughterhouse in Fort Worth were badly injured and abused.
"This only further demonstrates the immediate need for my legislation to be passed and signed into law,” said Rep. John Sweeney (R-NY), who with Rep. John Spratt (D-SC) and Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) is leading the fight to outlaw horse slaughter. “This is a perfect example of why I am so committed to seeing an end to this brutal practice as quickly as possible."
Although it is what one congressional witness, Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens, called “America’s dirty little secret,” some 90,000 horses are hauled to three U.S. slaughterhouses in Texas and Illinois each year and butchered for human consumption, with the meat exported to Europe and Asia and sold as a delicacy in high end restaurants.
“If there were any doubt that the horse slaughter industry leads to cruelty and abuse of horses, this erases it with graphic reality,” said Chris Heyde, deputy legislative director of the Society for Animal Protective Legislation (SAPL), based in Washington, D.C. The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H.R. 503) is scheduled to be voted on by the House of Representatives in early September.
In the Arkansas case, Morgan picked up the horses in Mississippi and was driving to Fort Worth when the trailer he was pulling blew two tires and forced him to stop in Texarkana for repairs. Employees at the shop called local police after noticing several horses had abrasions and marks across their faces and bodies, including one with facial gashes and swollen eyes.
“It looked like someone took a baseball bat and beat the hell out of the horse,” said Greg Fett, manager of GCR Tires in Texarkana.
Twenty citations for animal cruelty were initially written by local police, after which Morgan was allowed to drive the horses on to the slaughterhouse. This incident illustrates how woefully inadequate the regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are in ensuring the humane treatment of horses being transported to slaughter facilities.
“The local police in Texarkana were particularly diligent in this situation,” said SAPL legal counsel Tracy Silverman. “Often we just never hear about these cases and thankfully responsible citizens alerted authorities to the severely injured animals.”
At a hearing before the House Agriculture Committee on July 28, Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) condemned the legislation that would stop commercial horse slaughter as an unwarranted intrusion on the rights of horse owners. The committee allowed the bill to go to the House floor for a vote, but only after deriding it as unnecessary and unfair to horse owners.
SAPL will assist in the prosecution of Morgan and is filing a formal complaint with the USDA against Robbie Solomon of Belmont, MS, the owner and shipper of the horses, for violating several federal regulations regarding the commercial transportation of horses to slaughter.
"Until We Can Make A Difference, We'll Continue Campaigning For Barbaro!" campaigningforbarbaro.com "Fans of Barbaro"
Debra
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Major Bill and Carole Shaw, USAR Saturday, September 16, 2006
Dear Robert,
As loyal customers of Sundance, we reviewed your interesting Fall Collection but what struck us most was your “Iron Horse” description about your childhood memories of trains. We, too, have fond memories of not Iron Horses but of our natural and national treasures, horses. You helped inspire a greater fondness for them in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but even moreso when you did “The Horse Whisperer.” Recently two poems we wrote, “Barbaro’s Goodnight Whisperer,” and “Barbaro’s Whispering Legacy For All” gained national attention. Thank you for inspiring us! We write you of another serious concern threatening us all.
Our majestic horses in song and poetry have symbolized our American “Spirit of Freedom.” Without them, we never would have won our Independence if Paul Revere had no horse to warn us the British were coming. We never would have gotten our mail if the Pony Express had not delivered it. We never would have won our wars if our US Cavalry had not horses to ride into battle. Even General Patton saved the famous Lipizzaner stallions during World War II. Basically, none would be here today if it were not for our American Horse Heritage.
We come from a family of horse owners as you probably are one yourself. My father was Delaware ’s Horse Racing Commissioner for almost forty years and his love for horses taught us to truly respect them. Carole grew up with horses as her grandfather owned a large thoroughbred horse farm in Pennsylvania until tough times forced them to sell. Despite being in the military, we managed to enjoy riding them.
While serving in the Persian Gulf war, we have maintained residence in New Hampshire right in the middle of horse country. We have sponsored rescue horses and the Humane Society of the United States in efforts to provide humane ethical treatment for companion animals and continue today. We were appalled to learn that the will of Congress was undermined by Belgian and France-owned horse slaughterhouses still operating in Texas and Illinois as we write you. Over 90 percent of Americans are shocked by witnessing the atrocities of the most inhumane “fully documented” treatment of our national treasure – young healthy American horses slaughtered alive and screaming for their lives like a human since they do have flight responses identical to ours (http://www.marynash.org/). The Humane Society (http://www.hsus.org/ ) obtained undercover VIDEO from Dr. Patricia Hogan, a prominent equine surgeon of New Jersey who went before the Senate Subcommittee this past July 25, 2006 . She witnessed firsthand during “Unannounced Visits” these morally and ethically wrong acts.
The US House of Representatives passed HR 503 with S 1915 to stop this September 7, 2006 but we still have to get these bills passed by the Senate for both to become permanent law with President Bush’s signature.
Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee Chairman Senator Ted Stevens ( Arkansas ) and Co-chairman Senator Daniel Inouye ( Hawaii ) are working to get these bills out on the Senate floor for voting before October 6, 2006, when the Senate will take recess. We must get all Senators to cosponsor the bills so that killer horse auctions will not be allowed to set up private practice in other states along with any other horse slaughter plants. While they rethink the issues, these foreign-owned slaughter plants continue killing our "Spirit of Freedom" and the owners are essentially “thumbing their noses at us by paying our USDA inspectors under the table and circumventing Congress's will (http://www.hsus.org/ )."
Time has come to restore our horses to their rightful place as our companions, not as some foreigner’s stomach choice for a gourmet delicacy—“Dine on an American Champion with our compliments”—referring to Ferdinand, America’s Kentucky Derby Winner 1986 who ended up in a Japanese slaughter house and on French restaurant tables. Please help us get the following Senators on the Committee who are supportive of S 1915 but still have not cosponsored it and HR 503 yet: John McCain (AZ); Conrad Burns (MT); Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX); Gordon H. Smith (OR); George Allen (VA); John Sununu (NH); David Vitter (LA); John D. Rockefeller (WV); Bryon L. Dorgan (ND); Bill Nelson (FL); E. Benjamin Nelson (NE); Mark Pryor (AZ).
Whatever you can do to exert your positive influence would greatly be appreciated! List of all Senators and their website/email addresses with phone numbers is available at www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm . Thank you for your help in advance and look forward to your efforts!
Sincerely,
On Behalf of Tens of Thousands, for Fans of Barbaro at http://www.timwoolleyracing.com/
Official New Hampshire Barbaro Ambassadors
http://www.campaigningforbarbaro.com/ Until We Make A Difference, we will continue campaigning for Barbaro & His Horse Friends.
WE WILL BE CONTACTING HIS CORPORATE OFFICE Monday Morning to email him this and a courtesy copy was hand-delivered SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2006 to his FIRST COUSIN WHO WILL see he gets a copy. ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A BACK UP PLAN...WILL INCLUDE A COPY OF THE FOLLOWING POSTER WITH IT: One of little 2 month old SALVATION rescued from a Fallon, NEVADA feedlot by THE GRACE FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA week of Sept. 7, 2006.
POSTER: THOSE WHO WOULD APPROVE THE SLAUGHTER OF AMERICAN HORSES CLAIM THAT ONLY OLD, UNWANTED ANIMALS ARE KILLED. "The bolt designed supposedly to humanely euthanize him actually causes excrutiately pain while trying to render him unconscious. It misses his tiny head, meaning he would be killed alive by some other horrible means by those employed by foreign blood money to carry out this evil in an illegal operation that is carried out in Texas and Illinois. For the sake of conscious, put an end to this practice NOW. Please do all you can to get S.1915 directly onto the Senate Floor for immediate vote. It should not take more than 30 minutes for the Senate to pass it. IT IS the right, nonpartisan American thing to do. Thank you." (PHOTO shows Salvation was purposely starved and tagged for slaughter, his mother was not so lucky as she could not be saved).
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THIS IS A FOLLOWUP LETTER TO THE FIRST ONE HANDCARRIED BY ROBERT REDFORD's cousin Melissa to his secretary AND WE FINALLY GOT HIS EMAIL so he could get the email version of the first letter to readily click on the links...WHEW!!!
WORKING ON PAUL NEWMAN & JULIA ROBERTS NEXT...THANKS FOR THE INFO ON PAUL NEWMAN's Hole In the Wall Gang and Newman's Own Charitable Grants here in Connecticut.
From: William & Carole Shaw
Official New Hampshire Barbaro Ambassadors
On Behalf of 100,000+ Fans of Barbaro & Sundance
(our email address omitted here for privacy reasons)*
http://www.campaigningforbarbaro.com/ & http://www.timwoolleyracing.com/
"We will continue to campaign for Barbaro & Horses until we make a difference
preserving our American Legacies & Heritage! (http://www.hsus.org/)
To: ROBERT REDFORD & SUNDANCE
Sundance Institute
1825 Three Kings Drive
ParkCity UT 84608 EMAIL: Institute@sundance.org
Dear Robert and Sundance,
We wanted to update you all on baby Colt Salvation, miraculously rescued from Nevada 12 days ago, along with the lastest photos of the rescued Slaughterhouse five and the miracle reunion with mother and colt who were destined to be together against all odds! ENJOY & CELEBRATE...We still have miles to go as AMERICAN CITIZENS to get Senators to COSPONSOR HR 503 and S. 1915 to pass both before the Senate recesses October 6, 2006. The crunch is on now to try calling, faxing, emailing, and getting those senators to move on this by September 29, 2006. If we do not, then this means more delays and the US SENATE MAY NOT vote on this until 2007. Every week that is delayed, 500 young healthy horses purposely starved will end up as horse meat in each operating foreign-owned horse plant in Texas and Illinois (14 have been permanently shut down with these last 3 to go). This means 1500 healthy horses and baby colts are being butchered per week. As humanitarians we can change this!!! Over 500 organizations stand ready to assist in rescuing and helping so please do your part too!!! THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!
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Enclosed you will find recent news update (June 21, 2006) with current photos showing how the 5 young foals & horses were saved from Fallon, Nevada feedlot where they were scheduled for slaughter. Newest foal member to be added last week was Salvation who is on posters across America. Following is an excerpt from "The Horse Whisperer": http://www.thegracefoundationofnorcal.org/
"Back at the feedlot in Fallon, Nevada, the slaughter truck arrived with its single lucky passenger. As soon as the horse was unloaded from the truck, she ran whinnying to the back of the corrals. “She was going crazy,” recalls Shelly. “It was obvious she was trying to get someone’s attention.” Then, another worker at the feedlot heard a tiny whinny coming from the other side of the fence where the orphaned foals were being held. The mare who barely escaped the slaughterhouse on a technicality was none other than one of the mothers of the thought-to-be orphaned foals. "It’s amazing to me all the things that had to happen for this mare and her foal to be reunited," says Beth. "Just think: If the initial papers had noted the second brand, the mare would right now be exported overseas as meat. If the veterinarian had been able to perform the Coggins test, we would have picked up the foals before the truck arrived, and nobody would ever have known that the mare was the foal’s mother. In that case, the mare’s brand would have been re-inspected and she would have been shipped back off to slaughter. So many things had to add up to make this reunion possible that I can’t help but think this was some sort of miracle.”Facing bad publicity, the owner of the Fallon, Nevada feedlot agreed to sell the mare along with the foals for meat prices to The Grace Foundation, which will have to come up with an additional $750 for the meat price and fees for the mare, on top of the $1300 they have already committed for the babies and another mare and foal they agreed to take. "We will find a way," Beth says firmly. "This mare survived the slaughterhouse and six days back and forth to Canada to be reunited with her foal. Can you imagine saying we couldn't take her because of the money?" When the horses are picked up on Friday, they will be taken to The Grace Foundation ranch where they will join forty-four other horses, all victims of abuse and neglect. Their journey will not end there. Eventually they will join the equine team of healers and will spend their lives working with disadvantaged and emotionally and physically challenged kids."
This is the quarter horse mare that lived because they ran out of room on the truck with her very young foal -
he is really cute!
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Quarter mare again with baby - (mom and foal still have their feedlot tags on)
This is the mare that survived the slaughter house and her foal- we have named her Justice, and her foal is Nova (for Casa Nova) - he loves the ladies and everyone else - he is very, very friendly - they are draft crossesJustice (left) and side view of our dear orphaned foal who's mom was not as fortunate as Justice - we have named her Annie (orphan Annie). Justice has adopted her as her own, but she still has sad eyes - We hope in time that fades.
Orphan Annie looking at the camera - they all band together, even eating out of the same bowl (all five of them)
http://www.thegracefoundationofnorcal.org/
Salvation & Bennie Collage September 16, 2006 by Ernesta Corvino(http://www.corvinoballet.org/) Salvation is a 2 1/2 month-old-colt rescued by The Grace Foundation of Northern California a week ago from a Fallon, Nevada Feedlot and tagged for slaughter. The collage is dedicated to his recovery and other baby colts being slaughtered in Texas and Illinois (http://www.thegracefoundationofnorcal.org/) .
SalvationCollage.jpg
Tim Woolley's Forum (http://forums.delphiforums.com/timwoolley/messages/?msg=1169.27)
Hey All! Made a little collage of Salvation & Benny...Enjoy!
JUST CLICK ON SALVATION COLLAGE BELOW
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PLEASE READ NEW HAMPSHIRE CITIZENS & HORSE SUPPORTERS
FROM: Carole, Debra's CoChair http://www.campaigningforbarbaro.com/
ATTN: TO ALL, WE NEED TO CONTACT ALL STATE SENATORS, NOT JUST OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL STATES but those SENATORS on the COMMISSION FOR Commerce, Science, and Transportation where the three related HORSE PROTECTION Acts/Bills/ H. RES 981, S.1915, and HR 503 now reside for upcoming discussion on the Senate Legislative Calendar No. 603 as of September 11, 2006 this was posted but still awaiting when it all goes to the Senate floor to vote. TO SEE THE ENTIRE SENATORS LIST with names, EMAIL ADDRESSES and WEBSITES you can directly write your letters to: CLICK ON THIS LINK PLEASE:
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*NOTE: www.saplonline.org has created a very unique NEW FEATURE called :
COMPASSION INDEX which will tell you how your SENATORS have voted on pertinent ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES (S.1915) and if they are COSPONSORS; CLICK ON BELOW LINK:
http://capwiz.com/compassionindex/dbq/vote_info
Also can be accessed in MESSAGE 14 and 15 at TIM WOOLEY's DISCUSSION FORUM "ORGANIZING THE STATES FOR THIS MISSION"
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TO ACCESS YOUR SENATORS INFO/Addresses/Emails GO TO:
www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Also can be accessed in MESSAGE 14 and 15 at TIM WOOLEY's DISCUSSION FORUM "ORGANIZING THE STATES FOR THIS MISSION"
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***NOTE: THE ENTIRE LIST is fully displayed (item 16 & 17 at TIM WOOLLEY's DISCUSSION FORUM UNDER ANTISLAUGHTER ISSUES - "ORGANIZING STATES FOR THIS MISSION" (click on the title link)
TO CONTACT NEW HAMPSHIRE's STATE SENATORS: or ABOVE
You can start by calling and sending your letters from this link below.
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/FED_2006_horses_senate
"Until We Can Make A Difference, We'll Continue Campaigning For Barbaro!" campaigningforbarbaro.com "Fans of Barbaro"
Debra
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UPDATES 20, 21, & 22 Friday, September 15, 2006
THANK YOU FANS OF BARBARO for responding to our aid to work together as a team for BARBARO and his horse friends, supporting Roy and Gretchen Jackson in their efforts!!!
Received faxed ENLARGED Q's & A's from HSUS yesterday which is now retyped and enlarged correctly for using the 6 pages (MESSAGES 41 & 42, plus 44 - 46 posted in TIM WOOLLEY's FORUM under ANTISLAUGHTER ISSUES with title: "ORGANIZING THE STATES FOR THIS MISSION." We have Richard Patch of HSUS, Deputy Director of Legal Council for Government Legislation. Working with him this week on this made it possible. Lauren Silverman who is Director was able to confirm that the Senate will recess after October 6, 2006 so we do have limited time here. To Download the pages, you will need to HIGHLIGHT FIRST each section and copy it directly into an opened document of MICROSOFT WORD. From there PASTE it into the new document and you will be able to easily print it out and use for faxing to SENATORS and friends and other US CITIZENS in your states to enlist their help in writing/emailing/faxing them to help get HR 503 and S.1915 passed as permanent law.
Currently, these two bills are on the Senate table in the COMMITTEE of Commerce, Science, and Transportation. There is a specific list highlighted in 'DARK BLUE' of the SENATORS ON THIS COMMITTEE who DO SUPPORT these bills but have yet to "OFFICIALLY COSPONSOR' them. We have to "POLITELY ASK THEM TO Cosponsor let them know that by cosponsoring these two horse protection bills that they officially endorse preserving our AMERICAN HORSE HERITAGE and will help prevent killer horse auctions and plants from setting up operations elsewhere within the United States.
PLEASE KEEP US UPDATED ON LETTERS/RESPONSES RECEIVED FROM YOUR SENATORS so we do not have duplication of efforts and can work faster and more efficiently to get these senators to fully support and pass HR 503 without any newly added amendments exactly the same way as was passed overwhelming by the House of Representatives last week, September 7, 2006. Only three weeks left, so let's keep up and "DO IT FOR BARBARO & His Horse Friends."
HERE ARE THE LIST OF SENATORS on the COMMITTEE who have already COSPONSORED & those who support but still have not cosponsored ( in BLUE):
MESSAGE 55 & 104 HERE: AND EVERYONE: verified at SAPONLINE's COMPASSION INDEX THE FOLLOWING: ALL SENATORS OF THE COMMERCE, SCIENCE, & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SUPPORT THE HORSE ANTI-SLAUGHTER PREVENTION ACT S.1915. GREEN LIST ARE THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY COSPONSORS. We have to work on BLUE LIST & TRY TO get them to COSPONSOR even though they DO SUPPORT & WILL VOTE YES on the legislation (as of SEPTEMBER 14, 2006 update) http://capwiz.com/compassionindex/dbq/vote_info
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ALREADY COSPONSORS SUPPORTERS NOT YET COSPONSORS
CHAIRMAN TED STEVENS (R)AK JOHN McCAIN (R) AZ
COCHAIR DANIEL IOUYE (D) HI CONRAD BURNS (R) MT
TRENT LOTT (R) Mississippi MS KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON (R) TX
OLYMPIA SNOWE (R) Maine ME GORDON H SMITH (R) OR
*JOHN ENSIGN (R) NV Introd bills GEORGE ALLEN (R) VA
JAMES DEMINT (R) SC JOHN E. SUNUNU (R) NH
JOHN KERRY (D) MA DAVID VITTER (R) LA
BARBARA BOXER (D) CA JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER (D) WV
MARIA CANTWELL (D) WA BYRON L. DORGAN (D) ND
FRANK LAUTENBERG (D) NJ BILL NELSON (D) FL
E. BENJAMIN NELSON (D) NE
MARK PRYOR (D) AR
ADDITIONAL INFO ON HOW TO GET SOMEONE TO COSPONSOR CAN BE FOUND AT www.whoanm.org/AntiHorseSlaughterActProject/AntiHorseSlaughterActProject.htm
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UPDATE 19: Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Per phone call back from Lauren Silverman, Chairman of the HSUS on Government Affairs & Director Of Legal Council for Government Legislation, reference discrepancies in articles about Bills S 1915 and HR 503. Also requesting answers on specific 500 organizations in favor of these bills that can handle 50,000 - 80,000 horses. Question answered on fact that 5 - 10,000 of these horses are actually imported from other countries outside U.S. borders and sent to the three foreign-owned horse slaughter plants in the U.S. CONFIRMED: There are 10 to 15,000 healthy horse killed while alive without the captive bolt gun and where throats are slit while "Fully Conscious" horses are suspended with one leg. VIDEO footage confirms this. (September 15, 2006)
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UPDATE 18: Monday Evening, September 11, 2006
LETTERS WRITTEN TO NEW HAMPSHIRE's US SENATORS; Please note that Senator Sununu is full member of the US Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. This committee plays a critical part in getting S.1915 off the table and onto the Senate Floor for Debate and Voting. Also note, Senator Stevens (Alaska) is responsible for "getting the bill out of the Commerce Committee and Senator Frist (Tennessee) sets the Agenda for the Senate's Hearing the version to be passed." Once approved, it goes to President Bush for signing. IT IS VITAL THAT ALL OF US (regardless what state you reside in) to call/contact these two: Senator Stevens/Alaska: 202-224-3004Senator Frist/TN 202-224-3344 (provided by Chris Byers for Deb G.).
REMINDER: https://community.hsus.org/campaign/FED_2006_horses_senate/nq053bnjm
Above link takes you directly to Humane Society's TAKE ACTION PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CLICK ON "CLICK HERE" and it will take you directly to section to type in your zip code, click "FIND BUTTON" and it will take you to your SENATORS. Click on "VIEW" and see your SENATORS websites and click on each one individually when you are ready to post and email your letters. There should be an email section or sidelink within each Senator's webpage. They allow usually a maximum of 4,000 to 10,000 words. You can certainly followup with a FAX to their offices as well!
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The following is a current co-sponsor list of senators for S.1915:
John Ensign (R, NV) is the sponsor of S 1915
The current co-sponsors and the date s/he signed on are:
Sen Bayh, Evan [IN] - 12/12/2005 Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - 3/8/2006 Sen Byrd, Robert C. [WV] - 10/25/2005 Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] - 6/14/2006 Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] - 7/26/2006 Sen DeMint, Jim [SC] - 10/25/2005 Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] - 1/25/2006 Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 2/9/2006 Sen Graham, Lindsey [SC] - 3/29/2006 Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] - 10/25/2005 Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 1/25/2006 Sen Landrieu, Mary L. [LA] - 10/25/2005 Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] - 7/12/2006 Sen Levin, Carl [MI] - 10/25/2005 Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] - 10/25/2005 Sen Lott, Trent [MS] - 10/25/2005 Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] - 1/25/2006 Sen Reed, Jack [RI] - 9/6/2006 Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - 3/8/2006 Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] - 10/25/2005 Sen Stabenow, Debbie [MI] - 1/25/2006 Sen Stevens, Ted [AK] - 11/1/2005
the most current list can always be found at http://tinyurl.com/hxd4p
(Above provided by RainyDayRide@timwoolley's)
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Anti Slaughter Issues - Responses to arguments for faxes!!!! Pl
Subscribe (REPOSTED FROM TIM WOOLLEY FORUM NEWS/VIEWS/SUCCESSES section, can be seen there also)***
From:
excelernancy
12:57 am
To: ALL
1057.1
S. 1915: Support Our Lobbyists: ArgumentsCURRENT STATEMENTS AGAINST S. 1915 AND SOME RESPONSESSTATEMENT: A ban on slaughter will be burdensome to owners who have a large number of horses and other alternatives are cost prohibitive.
RESPONSE 1: Eliminating horse slaughter will take away only one alternative to ending a horse's life should it become necessary. Many other alternatives exist, one example being humane euthanasia performed by a veterinarian. The bodies of euthanized horses can be picked up by rendering plants for disposal. Horse owners can have their animals euthanized and bury them (where permissible) or have them cremated.RESPONSE 2: Other options include donating a horse to an equine rescue or sanctuary, a re-training and adoption group, therapeutic riding center, mounted police units or other similar service organizations. The Thoroughbred industry recently initiated the Ferdinand Fee which will be used to fund retirement homes for race horses.RESPONSE 3: USDA statistics tell us that 90% of the horses who arrive at horse slaughter plants are young, healthy horses in sound condition, and approximately 7 out of 10 of them are Quarter Horses. Owners who utilize horses on their farms and ranches should consider attending local auctions and giving these horses another chance at life. Horse owners should also think carefully before breeding a mare and consider adopting their next horse from an equine rescue organization.RESPONSE 4: Horse owners expend a considerable amount of money caring for their horses throughout their lives, and should be just as responsible about the end of their horse's life. Euthanasia by a veterinarian is inexpensive, especially when contrasted to the cost of maintaining them. Owners should set aside funds for humane euthanasia and disposal of the body, in the event this ever needs to be done.STATEMENT: Horse owners have the right to dispose of their property any way they want.
RESPONSE 1: There are many laws and guidelines in place to protect the public regarding the disposal of private property from computers to automobiles to stocks and bonds. RESPONSE 2: Horse slaughter actually endangers a horse owner's private property rights.Statistics from one of the largest groups that assist owners in the recovery of their stolen horses, Stolen Horse International, show that approximately 60% of stolen horses are killed at slaughter plants. Several lawsuits show a large number of horses have been obtained through fraud and civil theft. Testimony given under oath by 3 slaughterhouse employees stated that “We do not check for brands or tattoo's, we will check for the chips but only to remove them before slaughter so they don't taint the meat... We know that these horses could be stolen.” In Texas, the Texas Southwest Cattle Rancher's Association receive $5 per slaughtered horse, a portion of this fee to be dedicated to the prevention of horse theft. Texas has the largest number proportionately of horses stolen in the nation. RESPONSE 3: Horses are sensitive, sentient, domesticated animals and not intended by nature to be part of the human food chain. Horse slaughter is inhumane and cannot be made humane according to all of the standards set by the AVMA and the Humane Slaughter Act. It should therefore be banned and not a legal option for disposal.****************************We should include this in our faxes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep praying!!!
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To:
Judd Gregg
Subject:
STOP SLAUGHTER OF OUR AMERICAN HORSES
Message:
To: Judd Gregg Subject: END SLAUGHTER OF OUR AMERICAN HORSES! Message:
For over 35 years, our father Ben Shaw was Delaware's HORSE RACING Comissioner. If he could speak to you today, he would tell you "slaughtering our horses is not an emotional issue, it's a moral conscience Issue." PLEASE kindly take a few moments to SEE THE TRUTH About Horse Slaughter in special VIDEOS at www.marynash.org.
Once you really view what's happening inside and outside these three remaining slaughter houses (2 in Texas & 1 in Illinois); You know it's inhumanely very wrong!!! Millions of Americans DO NOT WANT to see another Kentucky Derby Winner "Race Horse" like Ferdinand becoming a French, Belgian, or Japanese gourmet meal! "Enough is Enough," said the US House of Representatives in an overwhelming VOTE of 263 in favor of H.R. 503 which passed this Thursday afternoon, September 7, 2006.
We are Barbaro Jackson's Official New Hampshire Ambassadors and part of his voice along with Roy and Gretchen Jackson. We genuinely ask you to co-sponsor Senator John Ensign's S. 1915 and now H.R. 503.
Senator John Sununu supports S.1915 and has received an earlier letter with his response July 31, 2006. Our US House of Representatives passed H.R. 503 to stop the slaughter of our American Horses with "NO ADDED AMENDMENTS." It is time for our US SENATORS to do the same.
We have yet to hear back from you and would genuinely appreciate your endorsement and feedback. Supporting and co-sponsoring these protective ACTS and BILLS making them LAW protects our American Heritage where we can make a difference! There are far better networking ways to preserve and get these horses safely adopted without ending up as meat.
EPONA (www.eponarescue.org) here in New Hampshire, SAPLONLINE, the HUMANE SOCIETY of the United States (www.hsus.org), www.marynash.org, The National Horse Protection Coaltion (www.horse-protection.org), and www.campaigningforbarbaro.com, www.timwoolleyracing.com, are just a few of the organziatons and groups working to see our American Heritage protected.The House heard the truth and majority representatives know over 80% of these horses going to slaughter are HEALTHY and not old or sick as the slaughter houses want you to think.
Time has come to set the record straight and make these two Horse Acts permanent laws! We look forward to positive feedback from you.
Sincerely,
Bill & Carole Shaw
Official New Hampshire's Barbaro Ambassadors
(Barbaro, Kentucky Derby Winner 2006)
www.campaigningforbarbaro.com Category: Animal Welfare & State Issues
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Saturday 7:30 AM, September 9, 2006
To: John Sununu, US Senator, New Hampshire
Subject: CONTINUE YOUR SUPPORT: S.1915 and HR503
"STOP SLAUGHTER OF U.S. HORSES" HEADING BEFORE SENATE SOON! Message: Dear Senator John Sununu,
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Thank you sincerely for your recent letter endorsing your support of Senator Ensign's Amendment to end slaughter of our American horses as edible meat overseas. Last year alone over 90,000 of our HEALTHY (yes, they are not OLD, SICK. OR DYING) horses were killed for their meat!
Thursday, September 7, 2006 marked a LANDMARK DECISION to protect our AMERICAN HERITAGE (Horse - symbol of our US Freedom & Spirit)! The US House of Representatives voted an overwhelming 263 in favor of HR503. Horse owners will no longer have to worry having their Horses stolen, ending up as meals on foreign restaurant tables, so long as the SENATE finally approves the two acts heading your way soon!
However, in reviewing co-sponsors for Senator Ensign's S1915 we did not see your name among the 22 listed. Co-sponsoring prevents anyone from setting up horse slaughter plants elsewhere in the United States. Please review the letter we recently sent to Senator Greg:
To: Judd Gregg "END SLAUGHTER OF OUR AMERICAN HORSES!"
For over 35 years, our father Ben Shaw was Delaware's HORSE RACING Comissioner. If he could speak to you today, he would tell you "slaughtering our horses is not an emotional issue, it's a moral conscience Issue." If you kindly take a few moments to SEE THE TRUTH About Horse Slaughter in special VIDEOS at http://www.marynash.org/. Once you really view what's happening inside and outside these three remaining slaughter houses (2 in Texas & 1 in Illinois); You know it's inhumanely very wrong!!!
Millions of Americans DO NOT WANT to see another Kentucky Derby Winner "Race Horse" like Ferdinand becoming a French, Belgian, or Japanese gourmet meal! "Enough is Enough," said the US House of Representatives in an overwhelming VOTE of 263 in favor of H.R. 503 which passed this Thursday afternoon, September 7, 2006.
We are Barbaro Jackson's Official New Hampshire Ambassadors and part of his voice along with Roy and Gretchen Jackson. We genuinely ask you to co-sponsor Senator John Ensign's S. 1915 and now H.R. 503. Senator John Sununu supports S.1915 and has received an earlier letter with his response July 31, 2006. Our US House of Representatives passed H.R. 503 to stop the slaughter of our American Horses with "NO ADDED AMENDMENTS." It is time for our US SENATORS to do the same. We have yet to hear back from you and would genuinely appreciate your endorsement and feedback.
Supporting and co-sponsoring these protective ACTS and BILLS making them LAW protects our American Heritage where we can make a difference! There are far better networking ways to preserve and get these horses safely adopted without ending up as meat. EPONA (http://www.eponarescue.org/) here in New Hampshire, SAPLONLINE, the HUMANE SOCIETY of the United States (http://www.hsus.org/), http://www.marynash.org/, The National Horse Protection Coaltion (http://www.horse-protection.org/), and http://www.campaigningforbarbaro.com/, http://www.timwoolleyracing.com/, are just a few of the organziatons and groups working to see our American Heritage protected.
The House heard the truth and majority representatives know over 80% of these horses going to slaughter are HEALTHY and not old or sick as the slaughter houses want you to think. Time has come to set the record straight and make these two Horse Acts permanent laws! We look forward to positive feedback from you.
Sincerely,
Bill & Carole Shaw
Official New Hampshire's Barbaro Ambassadors
(Barbaro, Kentucky Derby Winner 2006)
Thank you for responding to us in your first letter July 31, 2006. We look forward to hearing from you and speaking with Senator Judd Gregg about these very important bans/acts/bills which already made history with passing HR503 just days ago!
Sincerely,
William & Carole Shaw
2d generation, for BF Shaw,
Horse Racing Commissioner of Delaware
& Official Barbaro AmbassadorsNew Hampshire
P.S.: Thank you very much for what you've done for NH Flood victims - we were one of them and are getting back on our feet. We saw you on TV a couple nights ago recognizing Military Tribunals under President Bush--were "UNCONSTITUTIONAL" reguiring closer scrutiny and corrections. Thank you! Bill is a US ARMY MAJOR USAR and keeps watch on what you do!
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SECOND FOLLOWUP LETTERS TO SENATORS WITH ADDITIONAL INFO:
John Sununu
Subject:
HERE IS ADDITIONAL INFO ON WHY WE NEED TO BAN HORSE SLAUGHTER
Message:
Saturday, September 9, 2006
Dear Senator John Sununu,
Thank you kindly for reviewing our recent letter. Since HR 503 overwhelmingly passed by 263 votes, could you please tell us when the Senate will vote?
Besides VIDEOS on stolen family's horse pets sold at Killer Auctions, "annually 10,000 healthy horses brutally killed while alive", the integral slaughter house's dealings (see http://www.marynash.org/ & www.campaigningforbabaro/Barbaro_Ambassadors.php),(www.community.hsus.org/humane/leg-lookup/sendmessage.html),and (http://www.eponarescue.org/ in NH) - one more organization needs viewing.
The Equine Protection Network (www.equineprotectionnetwork.com/saveamerciashorses/index.html) has a special survey with findings:
"Survey Shows Texans Strongly Oppose Horse Slaughter May 2003"
sponsored by:Blue Horse Charities and the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation
Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C.
Findings Summary:
"(89%) Overwhelming majority of Texas voters are unaware that horses are being slaughtered in the state for human consumption.
(72%) Majority Voters opposed slaughter of horses for human consumption.(77%) Voter Majority opposed changing state law to permit the slaughter of horses for human consumption.Opposition to a change in law was intense, with 62% of voters stating that they were strongly opposed.
By an 8-1 margin, Texas voters associate the value of horses with Texas state culture, heritage and economy rather than the horses value as a simple livestock commodity like cattle.
11%- Horses, like cattle, are an important livestock commodity and should be treated as such, including slaughter for human consumption.
81%- Horses are an important part of Texas culture, heritage and economy and add tremendous value as companions and recreational animals. They should be afforded a more humane end of life than slaughter for food. These typical responses for every state in the union with voters intent even greater now to save our American Horses by "Keeping our horses in the stable and off the table."..."They are not classified as livestock and hold far greater importance as human companions!"
We ask that you arrange some way for the VIDEOS to be seen by your entire Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee. And, it would be invaluable if all US State Senators could see and review these VIDEOS--then tell America our senators have no moral conscience to do what is right.
We believe you are among those who will make the "Right Decision."We know HR 503 and S.1915 may not be perfectly written; but if the House of Representatives saw their way clear to pass HR 503 with "NO AMENDMENTS ADDED," then perhaps the Senate can see it too.
In closing, just wanted to add a comment from a "Rescued Horse" owner of Georgia: "As the private owner of a rescue that has never received one THIN dime from the U.S. government (or anyone else for that matter), or even a break on pricing from any equine vet for my rescued, unrideable horse, I resent (like hell) the implication that rescued horses become a drain on the national economy......my ONE rescue horse gives *back* to the local business community at the rate of $25k a year, which ALL goes to support small businesses - vets, farriers, hay farmers, grain stores, tack shops, and the like.
In addition, my horse helps raise money for other rescues that ARE 501(c)(3)s by donating his paintings for charity. So he's a drain on the economy how, exactly?" This counters arguments "rescued horses would be bad for the economy."
Look forward to your help in getting HR503 passed before the SENATE ends sessions this year.
Sincerely,
Major William & Carole Shaw
Official Barbaro Ambassadors, New Hampshire
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Message: (2d followup courtesy email after receiving confirmation email that Senators Sununu & Gregg would be responding shortly with letters sent US POSTAL mail***confirmation received September 9, 2006 4:45 pm EST)***
Dear Senator Judd Gregg,
We look forward to your feedback and support of final passage of HR 503. May we never see a "Great Champion" served up as a gourmet meal ever again!
Sincerely,
MAJ William & Carole Shaw, USAR
"WHY WE NEED TO BAN HORSE SLAUGHTER"
Dear Senator Sununu,...Since HR 503 overwhelmingly passed by 263 votes, could you please tell us when the Senate will vote? Besides VIDEOS on stolen family's horse pets sold at Killer Auctions, "annually 10,000 healthy horses brutally killed while alive", the integral slaughter house's dealings (see http://www.marynash.org/ & www.campaigningforbabaro/Barbaro_Ambassadors.php),(www.community.hsus.org/humane/leg-lookup/sendmessage.html),and (http://www.eponarescue.org/ in NH) - one more organization needs viewing.
The Equine Protection Network (www.equineprotectionnetwork.com/saveamerciashorses/index.html) has a special survey with findings:
"Survey Shows Texans Strongly Oppose Horse Slaughter May 2003"
sponsored by:Blue Horse Charities and the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation
Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. of Washington, D.C.
Findings Summary:
"(89%) Overwhelming majority of Texas voters are unaware that horses are being slaughtered in the state for human consumption.
(72%) Majority Voters opposed slaughter of horses for human consumption.(77%) Voter Majority opposed changing state law to permit the slaughter of horses for human consumption.Opposition to a change in law was intense, with 62% of voters stating that they were strongly opposed.
By an 8-1 margin, Texas voters associate the value of horses with Texas state culture, heritage and economy rather than the horses value as a simple livestock commodity like cattle.
11%- Horses, like cattle, are an important livestock commodity and should be treated as such, including slaughter for human consumption.
81%- Horses are an important part of Texas culture, heritage and economy and add tremendous value as companions and recreational animals. They should be afforded a more humane end of life than slaughter for food.
These typical responses for every state in the union with voters intent even greater now to save our American Horses by "Keeping our horses in the stable and off the table."..."They are not classified as livestock and hold far greater importance as human companions!"
We ask that you arrange some way for the VIDEOS to be seen by your entire Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee. And, it would be invaluable if all US State Senators could see and review these VIDEOS--then tell America our senators have no moral conscience to do what is right.
We believe you are among those who will make the "Right Decision."We know HR 503 and S.1915 may not be perfectly written; but if the House of Representatives saw their way clear to pass HR 503 with "NO AMENDMENTS ADDED," then perhaps the Senate can see it too.
In closing, just wanted to add a comment from a "Rescued Horse" owner of Georgia: "As the private owner of a rescue that has never received one THIN dime from the U.S. government (or anyone else for that matter), or even a break on pricing from any equine vet for my rescued, unrideable horse, I resent (like hell) the implication that rescued horses become a drain on the national economy......my ONE rescue horse gives *back* to the local business community at the rate of $25k a year, which ALL goes to support small businesses - vets, farriers, hay farmers, grain stores, tack shops, and the like.
In addition, my horse helps raise money for other rescues that ARE 501(c)(3)s by donating his paintings for charity. So he's a drain on the economy how, exactly?"
This counters arguments "rescued horses would be bad for the economy." Look forward to your help in getting HR503 passed before the SENATE ends sessions this year.
Sincerely,
Major William & Carole Shaw
Official Barbaro Ambassadors
New Hampshire
Category:
Animal Welfare & State Issues
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UPDATE 17: Sunday evening, September 10, 2006
REMINDER WHEN WRITING LETTERS TO SENATORS IN EMAIL OR FAXING:
From:
BarbaraCats4
To:
ALL
1015.15 in reply to 1015.14
Something that has occured to me that might be an interesting talking point in this. It is my understanding that many Congress persons believed that horse slaughter had been eliminated because of legislation passed last year that stopped federal funding of inspections or something of that nature.
I also believe that the USDA figured out a way around that so the slaughter continues. I wonder if we suggested that a broader issue here is that the will of congress has been essentially undermined by the implementation of a loophole. So even if people regard horse slaughter as less important than other issues, how about the constitutional aspect of congressional intent being overturned by the executive branch.
Also, there is an issue regarding states rights here. A number of states wanted to ban this practice but were not allowed to because of a federal court ruling stating that this was interstate commerce so states are powerless to do anything, essentially mandating that this issue be addressed by congress.
I think that there may also be a constitutional issue here if the states are unable to outlaw a practice within their jurisdiction they feel is unconscionable because it involves business concerns outside of the state.
Personally, the treatment of horses is sufficient reason for me that this bill be considered, but those who are belittling this issue might take more interest if the constitutional aspects were highlighted
(REPOSTED FROM TIM WOOLLEY's FORUM as we responded to this above)
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Anti Slaughter Issues - AVMA Against Horse Slaughter Ban
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From: Cle
Miss Disco,
This is Cle and I read your message.
Found a very INTERESTING FACT THAT COUNTERS the ARGUMENT that all the rescue organziations would be swamped estimating 6,000 horses could not be handled by one. Well have great news from the HUMANE SOCIETY FOR The United States. THERE ARE OVER 500 ORGANIZATIONS NATIONWIDE THAT CAN ASSIST! DIVIDE 90,000 horses by estimated 500 gives you roughly 150 to 175 horses per organization for rescue. That is a workable number so you are not given all the facts on purpose. Certain veterinary opponents use these animals for research...and they don't like it when big guns come in to change things.
THERE ARE TWO EXCELLENT ARTICLES, first by HSUS I will post HERE & THE SECOND ONE IS BY A PROMINENT EQUINE SURGEON IN NEW JERSEY, Dr. Patricia Hogan who addressed CONGRESS's SUBCOMMITTEE back on July 25, 2006 and has first hand knowledged and witnessed in "UNANNOUNCED VISITS" the atrocities of unconscienable horse slaughtering with documented VIDEOS.
These videos can also be seen at http://www.marynash.org/ and BELOW: FOUND YOU HAVE TO CLICK ON THE LINK TO VIEW ALL THREE VIDEOS THAT HSUS HAS ON THEIR WEBSITE PAGE!
http://www.hsus.org/pets/pets_related_news_and_events/us_house_horse_victory.html
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FROM: CLE (Sunday September 10, 2006 posted to Tim Woolley's Forum) www.timwoolleyracing.com
FOUND THIS AT www.hsus.org :
COMMON MYTHS ABOUT HORSE SLAUGHTER ISSUES THAT ARE NOT TRUE (Click on Link in BOLD PURPLE ABOVE)
HSUS Answers these questions and more (Second PART of countering AVMA's ARGUMENT along with Dr. PATRICIA HOGAN's speech before the US CONGRESS in which she effectively counters Dr. Beaver of AVMA.
Myth: Banning slaughter will result in unregulated or longer horse shipments.
Myth: A slaughter ban will increase abuse and neglect cases.
Myth: Current guidelines protect horses transported to slaughter.
Myth: Horse slaughter is humane euthanasia.
Myth: Horse sanctuaries are limited and lack uniform standards of care.
Myth: The government will be burdened with care of unwanted horses.
Myth: Ending horse slaughter will cause environmental harm.
Myth: Banning horse slaughter is a step toward ending consumption of all meat.
Myth: Consuming horsemeat is not a public health risk.
Myth: No formal public discussion on this issue has been held.
Myth: Zoos will be prevented from feeding their big cats an adequate diet.
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September 6, 2006
Dear Lori;
I am writing you on behalf of colleague, Melissa Harden, who recently sent you a very interesting article she wrote after doing some serious research. We are a military family. My husband, Bill, took his US Army Officer's Infantry and Advanced Officer's training at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Since he is on field duty and difficult to reach at this time, as his wife, I am asking that you please publish this exceptional article on the Famous Lippizaner Stallions as a special request for all
our US TROOPS serving stateside and overseas. Even Barbaro was recognized as a hero and fallen warrior by our US Army soldiers who flew home from Iraq to present special honors and a flag only flow for 8 hours prior over there.
Thank you in advance for honoring this simple request which I strongly believe General Patton, himself, would wholeheartedly approve. My father served under him during World War II.
Sincerest thanks,
Carole Shaw
for Major Bill Shaw, USAR
for James Nelson, WWII veteran under General Patton
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FROM UNITED STATES BARBARO AMBASSADORS NEWS/VIEWS/SUCCESSES SECTION where Gretchen and Roy Gretchen & Barbaro:
http://barbaro-ambassador-news.blogspot.com/2006/09/united-states-barbaro-team-ambassadors.html
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PS: BARBARO ASKS ALL VISITING HERE TO ***PLEASE TAKE TIME OUT TO VIEW ALL THE SPECIAL VIDEOS CREATED IN HONORING THE MEMORY OF MARY NASH who fought to help SAVE OUR AMERICAN HORSES from slaughter. THESE SPECIAL VIDEOs CAN BE READILY VIEWED IN TEXAS's GOVERNOR Candidate KINKY FRIEDMAN's NEWS/VIEWS/SUCCESSES SECTION NEXT in the side STATE AMBASSADORs LINKS. Just click on his to see his enlightening information that "CLEARS UP THE CONFUSION" on horse slaughter issues and gives you straight answers. THE VIDEOS follow thereafter...Much heartfelt thanks to the work Mary Nash started! While alive, she lived next to Dallas Crown, Inc. (Kaufman's) Slaughter plant as her property abutted theirs (http://www.marynash.org/).
From Tim Woolley's Forum: (Special Thanks To Shelley A.)Please post this link to any site that you visit. It sums it all up and gives easy instructions on how everyone can help.http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/citizen_lobbyist_center/national_day_horses.html
TO READ MORE ABOUT WHAT OUR WISCONSIN's BARBARO AMBASSADOR"s BEEN DOING WITH SHELLEY's HELP (from Tim Woolley's Forum) please visit WISCONSIN's NEWS/VIEWS/SUCCESSES (click on the WISCONSIN header). Shelley will be our "OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENT" and keep us all posted on WASHINGTON DC's ACTIVITY THIS WEEK! She will relay to Christian as a backup plan and then to Alex at Tim Woolley's and Debra webmaster for http://www.campaigningforbarbaro.com/. She is very excited as this is her first big adventure attending a ADVOCACY RALLY in Washington DC. Everyone pray that this bill passes to save part of our AMERICAN HERITAGE - HORSES! Roy & Gretchen Jackson & BARBARO are in the link (http://barbaro-ambassador-news.blogspot.com/2006/09/united-states-barbaro-team-ambassadors.html)
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CHECK OUT THE NEWLY UPDATED http://www.teamusabarbaroloungeii.blogspot.com/ It has a special tribute section for Barbaro: A CHAMPION FOR ALL VIDEO done by JEAN (posted in the Sept 6 - 12, 2006 UPENN Barbaro's Recovery Review, and IN THE NEWLY REVISED BARBARO's LIGHTER FARE & SPECIAL CORNER EDITION II there is a very moving TRIBUTE HONORING STEVE IRWIN who was AUSTRALIA's PREMIERE AMBASSADOR TO all of us. SEVERAL UPDATED VIDEOS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THERE AS WELL.
JUST CLICK ON THE TITLE LINKS. THANKS for your inspiration everybody!!! Barbaro thanks you with a nod and a wink!
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From:
Cle7771
8:06 pm
To: ALL
From: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll433.xml
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 433
(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined) H R 503 RECORDED VOTE 7-Sep-2006 3:01 PM QUESTION: On Passage BILL TITLE: Horse Protection Act
Ayes
Noes
PRES
NV
Republican
106
110
14
Democratic
156
36
1
8
Independent
1
TOTALS
263
146
1
22
---- AYES 263 ---
Abercrombie Ackerman Aderholt Alexander Allen Andrews Baca Bachus Baird Baldwin Barrett (SC) Bartlett (MD) Bass Bean Becerra Berkley Berman Biggert Bilbray Bishop (NY) Blumenauer Bono Boucher Bradley (NH) Brady (PA) Brown (OH) Brown (SC) Brown, Corrine Burgess Burton (IN) CalvertCampbell (CA)Capito Capps Capuano Cardin Carnahan Carson Case Castle Chabot Chandler Clay Cleaver Clyburn Conyers Costello Cramer Crenshaw Crowley Cummings Davis (AL) Davis (CA) Davis (FL) Davis (IL) Davis (KY) Davis, Jo Ann Davis, TomDeFazio DeGette Delahunt DeLauro Dent Diaz-Balart, L.Diaz-Balart, M.Dicks Doggett Dreier Ehlers Emanuel Engel English (PA)Eshoo Etheridge Everett Farr Fattah Ferguson Fitzpatrick (PA)Foley Forbes Fossella Frank (MA)Frelinghuysen Gerlach Gibbons Gilchrest Gillmor
Gonzalez Goode Green, AlGreen, Gene Grijalva Gutierrez Hall Harman Hart Hastings (FL) Hayworth Hinchey Hobson Holt Hooley Hostettler Hoyer Hunter HydeInglis (SC) Inslee Israel Issa Jackson (IL)Jackson-Lee (TX)Jefferson Jindal Johnson (CT) Johnson (IL)J ohnson, E. B.Jones (NC)J ones (OH) Kanjorski Kaptur Keller Kelly Kennedy (MN) Kennedy (RI) Kildee Kilpatrick (MI) King (NY) Kirk Kline Kucinich Kuhl (NY) Langevin Lantos Larsen (WA) Larson (CT)LaTourette Leach Lee Levin Lewis (GA) Lewis (KY)Linder LipinskiLo Biondo Lofgren, Zoe Lowey Lungren, Daniel E.Lynch Mack Maloney Markey Matsui McCarthy McCollum (MN) McCotter McGovern McIntyre McNulty Meehan Meek (FL) Meeks (NY) Mica Michaud Millender-McDonaldMiller (NC) Miller, George Mollohan Moore (KS)Moore (WI) Moran (VA) Murtha Myrick Napolitano Neal (MA)
Ney Northup Olver Ortiz Owens Pallone Pascrell Payne Pelosi Pence Pitts Platts Porter Price (NC) Pryce (OH)Rahall Ramstad Regula Reichert Renzi Reyes Reynolds Rogers (KY) Rogers (MI) Ros-Lehtinen Rothman Roybal-Allard Royce Ruppersberger Rush Ryan (OH) Sabo Sanchez, Loretta Sanders Saxton Schakowsky Schiff Schmidt Schwartz (PA) Scott (GA) Scott (VA)Serrano Shaw Shays Sherman Shuster Simmons SlaughterSmith (NJ)Smith (WA)Solis Spratt Stark Stupak Sweeney Tanner Tauscher Taylor (MS) Taylor (NC) Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Tiberi Tierney Turner Udall (NM) Upton Van Hollen Velázquez Visclosky Walsh Wamp Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Watt Waxman Weiner Weldon (PA) Weller Wexler Whitfield Wilson (SC)Wolf Woolsey Wu Wynn Young (FL)
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Akin Baker Barrow Barton (TX) Berry Bishop (GA) Bishop (UT)Blackburn Blunt Boehlert Boehner Bonilla Bonner Boozman Boren Boswell Boustany Boyd Brady (TX) Brown-Waite, Ginny Butterfield Buyer Camp (MI)Cannon Cantor Cardoza Carter Chocola Coble Cole (OK)Conaway Cooper Costa Cubin Cuellar Culberson Davis (TN) Deal (GA)Dingell Doolittle Drake Duncan Edwards Emerson Feeney Filner Flake Ford Forten Berry
Foxx Franks (AZ) Garrett (NJ) Gingrey Gohmert Goodlatte Gordon Granger Graves Gutknecht Hastings (WA)Hayes Hefley Hensarling Herger Herseth Higgins Hinojosa Hoekstra Holden Honda Hulshof Jenkins Kind King (IA)Kingston Knollenberg Kolbe LaHood Latham Lucas Manzullo Marchant Marshall Matheson McCaul (TX)McCrery McDermott McHenry McHugh McKeon McMorris Rodgers Melancon Miller (MI) Moran (KS)Murphy Musgrave Neugebauer Norwood
Oberstar Osborne Otter Pastor Paul Pearce Peterson (MN)Peterson (PA)Petri Pickering Poe Pombo Pomeroy Price (GA) Putnam Radanovich Rehberg Rogers (AL)Rohrabacher RossRyan (WI)Ryun (KS)Salazar Schwarz (MI)Sensenbrenner Sessions Shadegg Sherwood Shimkus SimpsonSkeltonSmith (TX)Snyder Sodrel Souder Stearns Sullivan Tancredo Terry Thomas Thornberry Tiahrt Udall (CO) Walden (OR) Weldon (FL)Westmoreland WickerWilson (NM)
---- ANSWERED “PRESENT” 1 ---
Obey
---- NOT VOTING 22 ---
Beauprez Bilirakis Doyle Evans Gallegly Green (WI)Harris Istook
Johnson, SamLewis (CA) McKinney Miller (FL) Miller, Gary Nadler Nunes Nussle
Oxley Rangel Sánchez, Linda T.Strickland Towns Young (AK)
***Cle since many of you ASKED EARLIER HERE IT IS ABOVE.
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