Friday, January 06, 2006

Horses in Danger

Dear Readers,

It's been a sad week for wild horses, but you've helped them before and you can help them again.
First, a young wild mare, in foal, was shot and died a slow death on a North Carolina beach. Next, BLM revealed it wants to capture half the horses in the Red Rock Canyon herd near Las Vegas. Now the law that slowed horse slaughter in the United States is under attack.
The three foreign-owned horse slaughter factories in the United States have submitted a petition saying they want to PAY the U.S. Department of Agriculture so that they can stay open.
There is no benefit to having foreign owned slaughter plants in our country. Horses suffer painful, terrified deaths and such a change goes against the will of the American people.
The ban on horses slaughter beginning in February this year and ending October 1st of this year won a 269-158 vote in the House of Representatives and 69-28 in the Senate. Ask adults you know what they think about foreign businesses paying to change U.S. laws!

As a citizen and voter, I object.

There's a simple way for you to have an impact on this problem. Today, you can write an email, letter or call

Secretary Mike Johanns
U.S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250

E-mail: Mike.Johanns@usda.gov

Phone: 202-720-3631


What should you say? Be polite, but speak up. Here's what I said:

Dear Secretary Johanns:
Please do NOT accept the petition by foreign owned horse slaughter plants to fund USDA inspectors to allow American factories to continue slaughtering horses.
This runs contrary to the will of the American people and the laws of our country. The only motives to support such a move are greed and arrogance.
Sincerely,
Terri Farley


Feel free to use my words.
The horses would thank you if they could, but you are their only voice.

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