Cutting Through the Propaganda

Help Stop the Spread of Disinformation about Horse Slaughter

By Laura Allen, Executive Advisory Board Member Saving America's Horses

Pro-horse slaughter lobbyists are once again using state bills and resolutions to spread disinformation about this cruel, seedy practice. They have once again introduced a number of bills and resolutions in an effort to convince Congress to defeat the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act, H.R. 503/S.B. 727 and also try to dupe the American people into believing that horse slaughter is humane or a solution for so-called unwanted horses.

Bills are active in Colorado, Kentucky, Idaho, Tennesse, Oklahoma, S Dakota, Minneso...

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Another Kentucky Board, Pushing Slaughter Under the Guise of Equine Welfare?

H.B. 398, is championed by the newly formed "Equine Health and Welfare Alliance" (a pro slaughter group) - this bill would create a separate Kentucky Equine Health and Welfare Board. The Board would have the authority to hold public hearings, collect data and issue regulations. ...The Board would report annually to the Governor and the Cabinet and Legislative Research Commission on its work. 

One of the first duties of the Board will be to assess the scope of the so-called problem of "abandoned" or "unwanted" horses. The Alliance acknowledges the information disseminated is largely hearsay. The Board is simply a front for pro-horse slaughter interests that will surely recommend slaughter as an equine "welfare" measure and at the same time control the rescues operated by horse protection advocates who oppose slaughter.  All under the authority of the Kentucky state government. 

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SLAUGHTER ALERT Part Three

Pro slaughter lobby pushing to open horse slaughter plants in 23 states across the US on grounds that there are allegedly too many so called “unwanted” and “excess” horses and/or that horse slaughter is purportedly humane.

Slaughter Alert Part Three 2/15/10

Horse Slaughter Trends from 2006 through 2009

A study of horse slaughter trends analyzing data from 2006 through October, 2009. See how the findings prove that the number of horses slaughtered is not related to the number of "unwanted horses", but to the demand for horse meat.

By Executive Advisory Board Member John Holland

Horse Slaughter Trends from 2006 through 2009

CANADIAN EQUINE EXPORT FIGURES

In a study by WFLF of the Canadian Equine Export Records, WFLF charts a focused look at the Canadian exportation trends related to horse slaughter and horsemeat.

Canadian Equine Export Figures for 2004-2008

SLAUGHTER ALERT Part Two

Learn how the humane argument as supported by the AVMA and the AAEP has been used to influence and mislead certain industry leaders and US policy makers.

Slaughter Alert Part Two 2/1/10

SLAUGHTER ALERT Part One

Learn about the ggressive campaign of sweeping the country to establish HORSE SLAUGHTER plants nationwide. Also, get the facts about the UOH’s newest campaign effort; a nationwide so-called 'Do Not Slaughter' registry,

Slaughter Alert Part One 1/26/10

HOMELESS YES! "Unwanted" NO!

The Unwanted Horse Coalition (UHC) and the UOH (United Org of the Horse) supports horse slaughter. Their theme is to restore horse meat processing (aka horse slaughter) in the US to control their invented “unwanted horse problem” and what they claim to be the overpopulation of wild and feral horses on federal, state, tribal, and private lands. (learn more here)

WFLF HUMANION FILMS covers the topic of the “unwanted horse” in the feature documentary film "SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES A NATION BETRAYED". WANTED VS. "Unwanted"

Slaughter Supporters Call for Boycott of Some of America’s Most Beloved Horsemen and Most Effective Horse Organizations

by John Holland and Vicki Tobin, Advisory Board Members

Willie Nelson, Carrie Underwood, Pat Parelli, Sheryl Crow, Vigo Mortenson, Barbie Twins, USEF, Humane Society, PETA Under Attack From Obscure Animal Agriculture Group

CHICAGO, (EWA), – Some of America’s most prominent horse lovers were verbally assaulted and accused of malfeasance today for exercising their right of free speech over the ongoing decimation of the wild horse herds and their opposition to horse slaughter. The unprecedented attack came in a release issued today by little known Wyoming State Representative, Sue Wallis of United Organizations of the Horse (UOH), and left many in the horse industry scratching their heads.

The rambling diatribe called for a boycott of the respected United States Equestrian Federation, legendary horse trainer Pat Parelli, Willie Nelson and others for speaking up for the humane treatment of horses and protection of Mustangs. The release accused them of taking “dirty money” and selling out to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), but offered no specifics or proof.

The attack comes on the heels of a week of growing press coverage of nationwide demonstrations against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and its removal of wild horse herds from the American West. In an earlier release, Wallis praised the BLM’s actions in removing the horses and she has suggested they be slaughtered and fed to the world’s hungry. Currently, horse meat sells for $30 per pound in Europe, making such a humanitarian offering unlikely. (more)

 

BLM's Final Solution for the Wild Horses and Burros

by John Holland and Valerie James Patton, Advisory Board Members

Internal documents from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) shed light on the agency's motives and plans for the wild horses and burros.

Two reports issued by the BLM for internal use only, The Herd Management Option Plans from October 2008, and the Team Conference Calls Report from July-September 2008 contain astonishing proposals to manipulate the WFRHBA and NEPA, eliminate the wild horses and burros altogether from the wild, and until they can be euthanized or sold most likely for slaughter, sterilize them and place them in feedlots paid for by rescue organizations duped into thinking the animals are in private "preserves".  

BLM is the agency within the U.S. Department of Interior that is tasked with protecting the wild horses and burros pursuant to the Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, 16 U.S.C. §1331 et seq. (WFRHBA) as free roaming animals in their historic herd areas and designated ranges. "All management activities are to be at the minimal feasible level." 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1333. Wild horses are not to be subject to "capture, "harassment" or "death". 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1331 (more)

Political Lobby Group Joins Disinformation Campaign

by John Holland and Vicki Tobin, Advisory Board Members 

CHICAGO - A fight is brewing in Washington over equine issues, including slaughter (HR 503), Mustang protection (HR 1018) and humane transport (HR 305). Now a group calling itself the "Center for Consumer Freedom" (CCF) has joined the barrage of disinformation campaigns with a new twist. While other groups such as the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) are circulating disinformation on equine issues, CCF is hiding behind their non-profit status and attacking the messengers that oppose their agendas.

The most recent target of their attack is the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). HSUS, through their legislative arm, has been extremely successful in promoting animal welfare through legislation as well as litigation. ....[T]he CCF attack [i]s a blatant attempt to discredit HSUS, a mainstream organization supported by an overwhelming number of Americans in backing the federal legislation to end the slaughter of American horses. (more)

 

Showdown at Horse Slaughter Pass

by John Holland, Executive Advisory Board Member

On April 3rd, Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana issued an amendatory veto of House Bill 418. The bill, designed to attract a horse slaughter facility to the state, would have effectively removed the ability of Montana residents to challenge such a plant's operations in state court. (more)