Please help get these bills passed - please?

[Solitaire]

Hi all,

Our New York State Senate passed Bill #1462 to ban horse slaughter in New York. The Assembly Bill #2572 sits and waits for a vote, because Assemblyman William Magee who is the Chair of the Assembly Agriculture Committee and Speaker Sheldon Silver evidently don't care or do not want this bill to come to a vote before the Assembly.

I am asking all New Yorkers to call, write, email and fax your Assembly Member and to call, write, email and fax Mr. Magee and Mr. Silver. Let them know how you feel about this bill not going for a vote. Let them know that this will not stand, and that we want horse slaughter banned in New York.

We want this bill to at least come to a vote! This bill should not be held up due to personal preferences. Please let them know.

If you want an easy way to do this, just go to the link below and fill in your information:
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/NY_2007_horseslaughter

Of course, writing individual letters/faxes and making calls, will have a greater impact.

Assemblyman William Magee

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Assemblyman Sheldon Silver

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You can find your Assemblyman by going here and putting in your zip code:
http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/


Let's go New York, we don't have to sit by and let this happen. It's time to act like a true New Yorker!

Please pass on to all New York residents; let's at least end horse slaughter in New York.

If anyone has friends who work for the Press, perhaps they might like to do a story on this.

Best,

Sol



http://horses.generitek.com


A man of kindness, to his beast is kind.
But, brutal actions, show a brutal mind:
Remember, He who made thee, made the brute,
Who gave thee speach and reason, formed him mute;
He can't complain, but God's omnicient eye
Beholds thy cruelty - He hears his cry!
He was designed thy servant; not thy drudge,
But know - That his Creator is thy judge.

Unknown author from The Ladies' Equestrian Guide, 1857.

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Done and passed on, my friend.

And here is my little Jack, quite big for a Brussels Griffon, at 14 lbs. Meneken tipped the scales at eight, LOL.

[Solitaire]

6. thank you!!!

He's gorgeous, Rhiannon!!!

Thank you for posting his picture :)

[Solitaire]

9. Full page ad yesterday in DRF by National Horse Protection Coalition

Full page ad yesterday in DRF by National Horse Protection Coalition.

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCATION AND THE AMERICAN ASSOCATION OF EQUINE PRACTITIONERS

STAND UP AND TAKE A BOW

DUE TO YOUR EFFORTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN HORSES HAVE BEEN KILLED ANNUALLY IN FOREIGN OWNED SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND SENT ABROAD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

We could go into detail about the treatment these horses receive in transport, in the holding pens and during the actual slaughter process, but in the interest of good taste, we won't go there. Suffice it to say that what happens to these horses ranges from casual brutality to extreme cruelty. We have a few words to say about these groups.

The American Quarter Horse Association has never polled its members on how they feel about horse slaughter. And we wonder why the AQHA insists on keeping them in the dark about this brutal practice. Our own attempts to inform their membership about this practice have been thwarted; our gentlemanly ads making the case against horse slaughter for human consumption have been rejected by the AQHA magazine. We're guessing that the AQHA position that horses are mere "livestock" would come as news to much of their membership and the owners of Traveler, Silver, Scout, Trigger, Champ, Secretariat and Barbaro. (When was the last time you heard of a cow with a name?)

We think it's time for the AQHA to show some respect for these members and the American people. It's time for this organization to publicly show its hand. It's reprehensible to gush sentimentally about horses while you have a back door open leading to the slaughterhouse. This can no longer be swept under the rug.

As for the veterinarians, our quarrel is not with them individually (most are our staunch allies) but rather with the political organizations that purport to represent them. The pitiful positions of the AVMA and AAEP rest on two points: that some of the slaughtered horses might have been in bad homes had they been allowed to live and that horse slaughter is nothing more than a form of humane euthanasia. We find these positions terminally insensitive and hypocritical and reject the contention that our position qualifies us as extremist "animal rights activists." We'd like to remind these organizations that our own board includes veterinarians and even a few hunters but not a single vegetarian.

We hear a lot these days in the public discourse about taking an "up or down vote" on this matter or that. How about the AQHA, the AVMA and the AAEP taking an up or down vote with their memberships on the matter of the slaughter of American horses for human consumption abroad? Or is the outcome of that vote a foregone conclusion? Find out what you can do to help. Go to www.horse-protection.org.

[nuxvomica]

2. I am not well-versed in this issue so I used the HSUS form

I added this little note to the beginning:

We must recognize the special bond we have shared with horses throughout our nation's history. They plowed the land, brought the settlers West, and fought our wars. How can we countenance the cruel slaughter of such faithful animals for the sake of some gourmand's delight at the dinner table?

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Wow. What a great post. Thank you, my friend, and I totally agree with your words...

And thank you for kicking this important post, from my friend, Solitaire...:-)

Rhiannon:hi:

[nuxvomica]

5. Glad to do it

:kick:

[Solitaire]

7. thank you so much!

I am so appreciative - everyone who is helping, is helping to end the atrocity of horse slaughter in this country.

I hope we can get this passed in our Assembly. It's been passed by the Senate now two or three times and the Assembly keeps ignoring it.

Best,

Solitaire

[Cooley Hurd]

4. K&... well, K!

:kick:

[Solitaire]

8. Horse Slaughter Poster

I have uploaded a new horse slaughter poster to help spread the word: http://horses.generitek.com

Please help to spread the word.

Thank you,

Solitaire