H.R. 503/S. 311 would end the slaughter of American horses for human consumption and prohibit their export for slaughter in other countries.

In September 2006, this bill—to permanently ban horse slaughter—passed the House in a landslide, bipartisan vote of 263-146. In September 2005, the Senate passed a funding limitation amendment to ban horse slaughter by a 69-28 margin, and this past April the Senate Commerce Committee passed S. 311 by a 15-7 vote. All three foreign-owned slaughter plants in the U.S. have been stopped from slaughtering horses, but the horse slaughter industry continues to haul American horses to slaughter in Mexico and Canada. Our horses are forced to ensure an agonizing transport, and are once they arrive at the slaughter plant, they are stabbed to death or suffer multiple gun shots to the head. The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act is needed to ensure a permanent ban on slaughter is enacted.

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