DON’T BE by Katia Proponents of slaughter have misguided the public and many policy-
makers in an effort to support the reopening horse slaughter in the U.S. This has resulted in the propagation of myths and false or misleading and unsub- stantiated information that is, in turn, simply repeated through the media as if they are true.
Facts that Refute the 7 Most Common Myths about Horse Slaughter
MYTH 1: Slaughtering horses in the U.S. would be more humane than transporting them across federal borders to be slaughtered elsewhere because U.S. humane laws and regula- tions guarantee the humane treatment of equines through the process of slaughter.
FACTS: a. Documented evidence of egregious violations and a lack of enforcement by the USDA in U.S. slaughterhouses led to the defunding of USDA inspections in 2007, but in the absence of a federal ban on horse slaughter, America’s wild and domestic horses continue to be shipped across federal borders where they are slaughtered just as inhumanely to this very day. b. If horse slaughter plants are reopened in the U.S., horses will undoubtedly suffer torturous agony on U.S. soil again. This is evidenced by cruelty violations and lack of enforcement of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act that have been documented in GAO reports. c. Violations to humane guidelines are rarely recorded or enforced. d. Whistleblower laws fail to adequately protect conscientious agency employees that would otherwise report problems and enforce protective guidelines. e. Slaughter plants pressure unskilled workers and agency veterinarians and employ- ees to ignore egregious cruelty violations and to instead keep the slaughter lines going while animals suffer. f. U.S. undercover surveillance footage shows horses being whipped, beaten and elec- trically prodded and repeatedly bludgeoned, resulting in fully conscious horses being dragged, hung, bled out and dismembered alive. g. The AMERICAN HORSE SLAUGHTER PREVENTION ACT would provide the necessary protection for America’s horses from slaughter. The HORSE TRANSPOR- TATION SAFETY ACT would effectively ban any use of double deck trailers to transport horses regardless of destination and thereby protect America’s horses from this cruel method of transport.
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