Dear Friend,

In the past few months, The Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Legislative Fund have made critical progress in protecting our country's wild and domestic horses from slaughter. With your help, we successfully lobbied the U.S. House of Representatives to abolish the slaughter of horses for human consumption abroad.

Right now, we have an opportunity to finish this work - and stop horse slaughter for good - by focusing our energies on the U.S. Senate. Will you help? Click here to make your emergency contribution to stop the needless killing of America's horses.

When U.S. Senators come back to work in just a few weeks, we expect them to immediately introduce legislation that will ban the transport, possession, purchase, or sale of horses to be slaughtered for human consumption overseas. That means we have only a few weeks to gather all our forces to make sure this critical legislation passes.

It will not be easy. That's because our opponents - the livestock industry with its deep, deep pockets - have persuaded many legislators that American horses should be slaughtered and their meat shipped overseas to diners in Belgium, France, and other countries.

It is sickening to think about, but the extent of this awful "market" is shocking. Last year alone, more than 65,000 American horses were killed in the United States and processed for human consumption. In addition, thousands of live horses were transported across the border to Canada for slaughter. After these horses are killed, their flesh is shipped to Europe and Asia for human consumption.
This grotesque and inhumane practice must be stopped. Please, help us raise $100,000 to ensure that the legislation passes, despite our opponents' efforts to stop it. Click here to make your donation to help save horses today.

The weeks ahead are critical to our efforts to stop the slaughter of these beautiful animals, and your support will help us move ever closer to victory. I hope that I can count on your contribution to help protect America's horses from needless slaughter.

Thank you for all you do on behalf of animals.

Sincerely,

Mike Markarian
President
Humane Society Legislative Fund

P.S. The cruelty of horse slaughter is not limited to the act of killing the animals. Horses bound for slaughter are frequently shipped long distances and are usually not rested, fed, or watered during travel. Economics, not humane considerations, dictate the conditions, including crowding as many horses into trucks as possible. Help put an end to these inhumane practices. Click here to contribute today.

P.P.S. Donations to the Humane Society Legislative Fund are used exclusively to press for laws to protect animals from cruelty, and therefore are not tax-deductible. Please donate today to help pass legislation to protect America's horses.