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H.R. 503, To amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes (327 comments ↓)
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H.R. 503 would amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption.
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Sen Larry Craig
July 20, 2008, 5:41pm (report abuse)I have block the horse slaughter prevention act, this is what you get for prosecutiing me, and if you tell anyone I will nuke the country, I hate america, and president bush is uneducated and I'm helping Bin Ladin get away, I even paid the makah tribe to kill the gray whale, because I wanted whale meat
K Dot
August 31, 2008, 3:11pm (report abuse)Why are people so up in arms about eating horses but we eat cows pigs and chickens like crazy? What's the difference? I'm wouldn't eat horse meat just because it's not something I'm used to but why those other animals and not horses? Is the meat dangerous or something? That's the only reason I can think of not to allow people to consume it.
Ronnie
September 1, 2008, 4:11am (report abuse)Brian,
I cannot believe you’re so blind or hardhearted in your thinking.
There is a big difference between horses opposed to beef, poultry or pork.
Why not just eat your dog when you get tired of feeding it.
As of 9/1/08 82% of the people that voted had compassion for the equine, 18% had no clue. DON'T KILL THE HORSES!!!!!!!
Shari Bailey
September 9, 2008, 1:19pm (report abuse)The horse has earned the respect he should be given.Please Pass the Bills to stop the brutual and inhumane killing of our beautiful, noble, devoted and loving Horses.. Please watch the vidioes filmed at those barbarick slughter houses, than you will realize why this must end. The horse has earned the respect it should be given. The horse carried our men to war and fought with them in many wars, worked the mines, cleared our land, and was our transportation for years. God did not intend these animals to be used as a food source, as the are not cloved footed as the pigs, cows, goats and sheep. Plese pass the bill to protect our wild horses from the fate during roundup which again is done in a manner that is unhumane, then placing them in small pens. The horse is our heritage please protect them for my Grandchildren and their children to see on the ranges of our Great American West States.
Ilovehorses
September 21, 2008, 1:31am (report abuse)To all of you that are apposed to slaughter I encourage you to donate at least 100.000.00 dollars per year for the next 25-30 years to your local resucue. I love horses but the fact is how man people are willing to put up that kind of money to help care for them. I currently do volunteer work with a resuce and we have 130 horses that no wants or cares about except for the people who are caring for them our projected budget needs to be $100,000 per year just for feed this is not including medical, dental, farrier services and what ever comes up. I am not a big fan of slaughter but until people QUIT BREADING we are going to have this problem. Last year the statistics were 207,000 horse in this country starved to death yes starved to death in the United States of America. Have you ever seen a hose that could barely stand because of starvation? it is not a pretty sight. STOP BREEDING THE LAND IS COVERED UP THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THEM TO GO
Michelle-Bailey
September 21, 2008, 1:44am (report abuse)Shari how many horses do you have? how many horse resuces are you financially supporting? I know it is not a pretty sight but what do you propose when the heard get's to big? at some point we have to do something we have killed off most of the natural enemy. People are living in a dream world urban spawl is taking the Great American plains there home.
Ilovehorses
September 21, 2008, 1:55am (report abuse)Hey Actual agenda, what are you doing for horses? How many do you own and care for? I have an I have an idea put your money where your mouth is .22 cents can add months or even years to horses that are already suffering
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Here’s a New Bill About Horses
Horses are one of the site’s most passionate subjects, as illustrated by this discussion. Here’s a new bill: H.R. 503, which would prohibit “certain conduct” relating to the use of horses for human consumption. The text of the b...