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No other legislation with such overwhelming support as the horse protection bills receive, have ever been denied a vote for this long. (referring to The American Horse Slaughter Protection Act)
The Nation in brief @ 12.22.11
Popvox legislation monitor:
81% support house bill HR 2966 banning horse slaughter
78% support the senate legislation, S 1176 banning horse slaughter
85% support senate bill S 1281 that would ban double decker trailers for transporting horses
would make the current mismanagement permanent (paltry grazing fees far below the cost of
managing the program) and immune to review.
66% oppose HR 1996 that would amend the Equal Access to Justice law making it difficult for advocacy
groups to bring forth lawsuits against the government by limiting the number of suits and amount of
rewards. This was introduced by Cynthia Lummis in WY and clearly an attempt to halt the lawsuits
against the BLM for their failure to follow the 1971 law. Lummis has been very outspoken in favor of
removing wild horses and burros from public land
Data not available yet - S 1061 is the senate companion bill to HR 1996. This bill was introduced by
John Barasso in WY.
I encourge all of you to register and let your voice be heard - if you haven't already.
The White House petitions calling for a ban on horse slaughter and protection of wild horses and burros both reached 5,000 signatures in record time. Our opponents were almost 3,000 signatures behind calling for horse slaughter when we reached 5,000 on October 9, 2011. I am not aware of any opposition petition on the wild horse and burros. Signing these petitions is now closed.
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112th Congressional Equine Legislation |
Legislation Cosponsor Summary [updated 12.21.11]
Bill House | # cosponsors Senate | # cosponsors
Race Day Drugs HR 1733 | 9 S 886 | 1
Equine Protection HR 2966 | 152 S 1176 | 25
Wild Horses and Burros TBD TBD
Equine Transport TBD S 1281 | 6
View cosponsors for all equine legislation sorted by state for the HOUSE and SENATE
House TBD | S 1281 [Equine Transportation]
Legislation Details
HR 1733 | S 886 [Race Day Drugs]
Interstate Horseracing Improvement Act of 2011 (Race Day Drugs)
Introduced by Ed Whitfield in the House and by Tom Udall in the Senate
Date Introduced: 2011.05.04 [House and Senate]
Text of Legislation
House HR 2966 | S 1176 [Equine Protection]
American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011
Dan Burton and Jan Schakowsky in the House | Mary Landrieu and Lindsey Graham in the Senate
Date Introduced: 2011.09.09 [House] | 2011.06.09 [Senate]
Text of Legislation
Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2011
TBD in the House | Mark Kirk and Frank Lautenberg in the Senate
Date Introduced: 2011.06.28 [Senate]
Text of Legislation (not available yet)
A Blast from the Past!
111th Congressional Cosponsors of House Legislaton (sorted by state)
111th Congressional Cosponsors of Senate Legislaton (sorted by state)
Cavel [last horse slaughterhouse closed in Sept 2007 by IL state law]
These are documents containing the testimony before Congress in 2006 on HR 503. The testimony from Beaver is the one that has been widely circulated because she may have perjured herself not once, but twice by stating that the CBG provides instant death. The CBG is designed to stun, not kill.
| Pro Horse: | Anti Horse: |
| Hogan | Beltex |
| Sweeney | Beaver |
| Heyde | |
| AHDF Summary Debate |
This is testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary: The Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Hearing on H.R. 6598, the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act: July 31 2008
* Note: this is the same Corey that is currently heading the Unwanted Horse Coalition
And last but not least, let's remember what horses have meant to this country and the sphere in which they are held.