Since U. Horses sent to slaughter are typically transported in cramped, dangerous trailers. They cannot balance properly and they are denied food, water and rest. They are often seriously injured or die before arrival.
The vast majority of horses who become victims of this industry could be sold, donated or otherwise rehomed. But once a horse goes to auction, "kill buyers" outbid legitimate horse owners and rescues, robbing horses of ever having a second chance at life.
Are brutally slaughtered abroad each year so their meat can be shipped overseas for human consumption, including working, racing and companion horses—even ponies. For every animal saved, countless others are still suffering. By stepping up for them, you can create a future where animals no longer have to suffer in puppy mills, factory farms, testing labs or other heartbreaking situations.
Start saving lives today! Kathy Milani. View your U. Representative's social media handles. You simply need to do your homework , and follow our tips for attending town hall meetings. Some town meetings are conducted in person, while others follow a call-in format. You can find the schedule for upcoming meetings by visiting the websites of your federal legislators or calling their offices. The U. Help out at your local horse rescue facility.
Rescue work is a demanding, round-the-clock job requiring dedication, resources and lots of hands-on help. Contact your local horse rescue and offer to lend a hand feeding, grooming, fundraising or organizing volunteers.
Co-founded by the HSUS, the Homes for Horses Coalition is a group of equine welfare and rescue organizations dedicated to ending horse slaughter and equine abuse as well as promoting collaboration and professionalism in the equine rescue community.
You can help fight horse slaughter. Keep cruel horse slaughter out of the U. Horse slaughter is NOT humane euthanasia. Horses bound for slaughter who may include pregnant mares, foals and horses who are injured or blind are commonly and legally shipped for more than 24 hours at a time in crowded trucks without food, water or rest.
The methods do not uniformly offer provide quick, painless deaths for all and there are documented instances in which horses have been observed conscious during dismemberment. As flight animals, horses commonly respond to a noisy environment where they see, smell and sense danger by flinging their heads in the kill box, creating obvious potential for multiple injuries during stunning.
The last three U. In , these facilities killed more than , horses for human consumption, shipping the meat overseas. Slaughterhouses have proved to be environmentally damaging as well as economically draining to the communities that have housed them. Notably, communities with experience hosting horse slaughter facilities do not want them back: Texas and Illinois have enacted laws that specifically ban selling, giving and possessing horse meat intended for human consumption.
Though exports have been dropping in recent years, tens of thousands of American equines continue to be shipped to slaughter across our borders annually. Looking at data from to , an average of , American horses were trucked over our borders each year to slaughter facilities in Mexico and Canada. In , that number dipped to under 40, Reopening slaughterhouses in America is not the answer to ending this form of cruelty. In fact, even when horse slaughter facilities operated in the United States, tens of thousands of American horses were still exported to other countries for slaughter.
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