Legislation Information
Pending Legislation
PA's Electronic Bill Room
Type in the word "equine" in the search box to locate bills, (proposed legislation) relating to horses.
Federal Laws
Proposed regs will legalize every inhumane practice identified in the transport of horses to slaughter!
Doubles will be legal for 5 years AFTER the proposed regs go into effect. It has already been 4 1/2 years, that makes for 10 years of the continued use of doubles after this legislation passed..
EPN's Comments
on Proposed Regulations For the 1996 Commercial Transportation of Horses To Slaughter Act
CA Equine Council's
Comments on the Proposed Regulations For the 1996 Commercial Transportation of Horses To Slaughter Act
State Laws
Proposition 6,
The PROHIBITION of Horse Slaughter and Sale of Horsemeat for Human Consumption Act Of 1998, Does Not Violate The Commerce Clause
Horsemeat Laws
1996 Commercial Transportation Of Horses To Slaughter Act
December 7, 2001
Final Rule Commercial Transportation of Horses to Slaughter Act
American Horse Council, American Horse Protection Association, & Humane Society of US
propose to legalize every inhumane practice identified in the transport of horses to slaughter & put the very people identified as the abusers, the "killer buyers" in charge of the horses!
Proposed Regulations For the 1996 Commercial Transportation of Horses To Slaughter Act
USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, APHIS
Approval of Livestock Facilities;
Interstate Movement of EIA Reactors
USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, FSIS, Regulations
Biological Residues in Horses;
Slaughter of Foaling Mares;
Slaughter of Sick Horses;
USDA APHIS Humane Slaughter Act
AZ Transport Law
CA Transport Law
CT Transport Law
MA Transport Law
MN Transport Law
NY Transport Law
Ag and Markets, Section 359-a
Horses inside double deck cattle trailer stopped by the NYSP. The owner was later convicted & fined $3000.00.
VA Transport Law
Vermont Transport Law
PA Anti Cruelty Law
Title 18, Section 5511
Sign Posted at PA Horse Auctions is NOT the Law!
Sign outside auctions is incorrect!
Sign posted outside 2 PA horse auctions regarding the PA Anti Cruelty Statute is incorrect! " Maybe the posting of this sign has something to do with "the agreement" that the auctions and the PA SPCA have with each other...
U.S. Anti-Cruelty Statutes
PA Domestic Animal Act
Licensing of Dealers & Haulers
EIA Regulations, Coggins Test
PA Dead Animal Act
Requirements for Removal of Dead Animals
PA Animal Markets
General Provisions
Records
Transactions From Trucks
IL Horsemeat Act
Texas Law
Sale of Horsemeat for Human Consumption
Prohibits Sale of Horsemeat For Human Consumption
Texas Attorney General Cornyn States TX Law
Prohibiting Sale of Horsemeat Applies to the 2 Texas Horse Slaughterhouses!
Links
California Voters "Just Say Neigh" to Horse Slaughter!
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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.
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Consumer Anti-Horse Slaughter Letter
Dear Mr./Ms.
As a consumer, it's important to me that the companies or organizations I support through my purchases, subscriptions and membership dues are socially responsible.
Since your organization serves the equestrian community, you are no doubt aware of the ongoing - and growing - debate over horse slaughter. You probably also know that the slaughter of horses is repugnant to equestrians and non-equestrians alike for more than "animal rights" reasons.
Americans do not eat horses, just as we do not eat dogs and cats.
Here are a few facts:
- Horses are not raised in this country for food and fiber.
- Americans do not slaughter our unwanted dogs and cats. Americans do not slaughter dogs and cats to prevent abuse of these animals.
- the transportation of slaughter-bound equines on double deck trailers is inhumane and counter to industry best practices for equine shipping and management
- transport vehicles themselves are unsafe and a dangerous road hazard.
- State police officers in Pennsylvania have repeatedly put the vehicles of several slaughter buyers out of service for safety violations and for violation of Department of Transportation regulations.
- consumption of U.S.-produced horsemeat is a public health risk.
- European Union countries seeking to ban U.S. meat imports included horsemeat in their recommendations, citing unacceptable levels of drugs and hormones in that meat and poor inspection practices at the point of slaughter.
Would America exist today if it were not for "Brown Beauty", the valiant and noble mare who made history when she tirelessly carried Paul Revere on her back for his famous midnight ride?
My intent is not to alter man's fundamental relationship with the horse, but I do believe that relationship can be made more humane. As a consumer, I need to know that you share my opposition to horse slaughter.
Please respond and let me know that I can count on your organization to act in an ethical and socially responsible manner.
My address is shown below.
Sincerely,
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