I urge you to vote NO on HB 1999 and SB 735, the measures that would make Oklahoma
into the horse slaughter capitol of the US.
Slaughter is NOT humane euthanasia and you do not want USDA inspectors put
into horse slaughter plants.
Not exact matches
If a
slaughter plant opens,
horses will be trucked
into our state.
These media stories have highlighted ARM's investigations
into illegal
horse slaughter, illegal
slaughter farms, animal fighting rings, animal sacrifice for religious purposes and the demise of US wild
horses and burros.
While the eclectic roster touched every link in the chain that turns a
horse into toxic steaks, not surprisingly it contained no speakers who disagree with
horse slaughter as a solution, no mention of the drug residue issue and virtually no true rescue organizations.
Also, from 2005 - 2007 nearly 15000
horses were imported from Canada
into the U.S. for
slaughter.
What initiated as a report of two small dump sites of the head and legs of butchered
horses, quickly merged
into one of the largest, and most gruesome
horse slaughter discoveries in the long history of ARM's black market
horse meat trade investigations.
But on January 18, 2014 President Obama signed
into law a budget once again defunding the inspections, and
horse slaughter for human consumption has been illegal in the U.S. since that time.
Upon this discovery of illegal animal
slaughter farms and the black market
horse meat trade, Couto, also known as «Kudo,» invoked his vision of exposing and implementing solutions for extreme criminal acts towards animals
into reality and created an unstoppable team who are dedicated to our organizations cause.
We are a young rescue and not well funded, so the program has given us the chance to get some of these rescued
horses (all of which were
slaughter bound) started under saddle and made
into useful riding
horses, thus ensuring them a safe and bright future.