Horse Slaughter
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P. O. Box 232, Friedensburg, PA, 17933.
HoofPAC is the political action committee that has been formed to end the slaughter of America's horses. Cathleen Doyle, founder of HoofPAC, led the successful Save The Horses campaign in 1998 that made the slaughter of California's horses a felony.
Horse Slaughter - An American Disgrace, Not a Necessary Evil
"The supporters of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, AHSPA
must level the playing field by hiring the best professional federal lobbyist
that money can buy; Anything less results in the continued slaughter of
America's Horses against the Will of the American People"
Christine Berry, Equine Protection Network
February 08, 2006
in response to the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service
Fee for Service Program for Horsemeat
Horse Slaughter Statistics
The number of horses slaughtered is galloping at breakneck speed toward the 5,000,000 mark. The EPN predicts if the slaughter continues at this pace 5 million of America's horses will have been slaughtered for human consumption by 2009.
United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service
Livestock Slaughter - Red Meat Production
Under Commodity -Select Equine Only; Under Group -Select Weekly; Select Years; Select All States & U.S.
The Tax Reform Act of 1986 closed the tax-sheltering "passive investment" loophole horse breeders had used to entice wealthy investors interested in a tax shelter bursting the bubble of artificially inflated prices and flooding the market with Arabians, Thoroughbreds, Standardbreds and Quarter Horses. The opening of the floodgates resulted in a bloodbath for the horses as slaughter numbers went from 128,000 in 1985 to 345,500 with another 70,000 horses shipped to Canada in 1990.
In 2003 the Women's Health Initiative, WHI, resulted in a lessened demand for the Hormone Replacement Therapy drug Premarin. In turn Wyeth reduced the number of farms under contract to supply pregnant mare urine, PMU. The horse slaughter numbers again rose from 42,312 in 2002 to 65,976 in 2004 and as of April 23, 2005 are at rate that will approach 85,000 horses by the end of the year , numbers not seen since 1997.
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U.S.A. |
Canada |
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| 2005
As of 4/23/2005 |
25,731 | At this rate 83,000 horses will be slaughterd in 2005 in the U.S. | |
| 2004 | 65,976 | 17,535 | |
| 2003 | 50,564 | 21,269 | |
| 2002 | 42,312 | 23,796 | |
| 2001 Weekly Totals | 56,332 |
22,326
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| 2000 | 47,134 | 85,272 | |
| 1999 | 62,813 | 24,026 | 86,839 |
| 1998 | 72,120 | 23,152 | 85,272 |
| 1997 | 88,086 | 21,729 | 109,815 |
| 1996 | 113,399 | 26,082 | 139,481 |
| 1995 | 112,677 | 30,000 | 142,677 |
| 1994 | 109,353 | 35,000 | 144,353 |
| 1993 | 184,320 | 51,000 | 235,320 |
| 1992 | 243,585 | 60,000 | 303,585 |
| 1991 | 236,467 | 74,000 | 310,467 |
| 1990 | 315,192 | 70,000 | 385,192 |
| 1989 | 342,877 | ||
| 1988 | 300,263 | ||
| 1987 | 246,505 | ||
| 1986 | 170,576 | ||
| 1985 | 143,423 | ||
| 1984 | 105,300 | ||
| 1983 | 99, 300 | ||
| 1982 | 149,600 | ||
| 1981 | 219,300 | ||
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274,500
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Double deck trailer stopped in June 2000 by the PA State Police.
Inside were 17 horses and mules destined for slaughter. On the top deck above the horses was an undetermined number of hogs. Both the owner, Arlow Kiehl, and the driver, Harold Rodgers were later convicted in August 2000 of cruelty to horses under PA Anti-Crulety Statutes, Title 18, Section 5511(e) |
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| Single deck tractor trailer used to transport horses to Canadian slaughterhouse. |
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View from the rear door into the rear section of a double deck trailer. This section is refered to as the 'doghouse'. The opening in the wall leads to the lower deck. Horses jump down into bottom tier of the double cattle trailer. |
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