Horse Slaughter (H.R. 503/S. 311)
We are working hard to end the suffering endured by more than 100,000 horses each year who are hauled across the country and cruelly slaughtered for human consumption overseas. Tell your legislators to end the slaughter of America's horses and prevent their export for slaughter abroad.

Class B Dealers (H.R. 1280/S. 714)
Protect dogs and cats sold to research by "Class B Dealers" (who acquire animals from free-to-good-home ads and "bunchers" who steal family pets). Tell your legislators to prohibit the sale of "random source" dogs and cats for experimentation.

Dog and Cat Fur Prohibition Enforcement Act (H.R. 891)
Recent HSUS tests showed that animal fur is frequently mislabeled or marked as faux. Tell your legislators to stop the sale of fur from raccoon dogs and require that all fur garments be labeled.

Polar Bear Trophy Hunting (H.R. 2327/S. 1406)
Polar bears face enough challenges from global warming. Tell your legislators to end imports of sport-hunted polar bear trophies into the United States.

Downed Animals (H.R. 661/S. 394) Downed animals suffer terribly on their way to slaughter and are at a higher risk of carrying diseases. Tell your legislators to end the use in human food of animals too sick or injured to stand or walk on their own, and require that they be immediately and humanely euthanized.

Farm Animal Stewardship Purchasing Act (H.R. 1726) Creates animal welfare standards for food purchased by the federal government (for the military, prisons, school lunches, etc.) Tell your legislators that farm animals should be treated humanely, for their good and ours.

Other important legislation we’re working on that needs your help includes:

• Dogfighting (H.R. 3219/H.R. 3327/S. 1880) to further strengthen penalties and make it a felony to engage in dogfighting, possess dogs for fighting, or attend a dogfight.
• AWA Accountability (H.R. 2193) to ban the use of live animals in medical sales demos and increase fines for Animal Welfare Act violations.
• Pet Trusts (H.R. 2491) to allow the creation of charitable pet trusts under the federal tax code.
• Internet Hunting (H.R. 2711) to bar remote-controlled hunting, in which computer users can aim and fire a weapon to kill captive wildlife hundreds of miles away.
• Primates as Pets (H.R. 2964/S. 1498) to prohibit interstate and foreign commerce in nonhuman primates for the pet trade
• Canadian Seals (H. Res. 427/S. Res. 118) to urge Canada to end its commercial seal hunt.

These are just some of the issues we’re tackling in Congress. We hope you’ll work with us to make this a historic year for animals! And don't forget that you can see how all legislators in the 110th Congress scored on animal protection issues at www.humanescorecard.org.