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Put Horse Slaughter Down for Good!

Target: Gregory Hammer, President of the American Veterinarian Medical Association (AVMA)
Sponsored by: National Horse Protection League

We think of veterinarians as gentle animal advocates, yet the American Veterinarian Medical Association (AVMA), and its president, Gregory Hammer, refuse to denounce the cruel and barbaric practice of horse slaughter throughout the United States, or to call for banning the export of horses or horse meat for human consumption.

With their allies in the meat industry, the AVMA is lobbying against passage of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (S.311).

Horse slaughter is motivated by greed and indifference to American horses. Killer buyers pick up horses for small sums at slaughter, and resell them to the slaughterhouses where horsemeat is shipped off to Europe and Asia to satisfy gourmet diners.

Dr. Hammer and the AVMA should be protecting the welfare of these animals, not the interests of the meat industry.

Please sign our petition and tell Dr. Hammer that the AVMA is wrong.
Horse slaughter must be put down for good.

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To: Dr. Hammer, President of the American Veterinarian Medical Association

Dear Dr. Hammer:

We disagree with you and the American Veterinarian Medical Association (AVMA), for refusing to denounce the cruel and barbaric practice of horse slaughter throughout the United States, or to call for banning the export of horses or horse meat for human consumption.

Horse slaughter is motivated by greed and indifference to American horses. Killer buyers were picking up horses for small sums at slaughter and reselling them to the slaughterhouses where horse meat as shipped off to Europe and Asia to satisfy gourmet diners.

The AVMA should be protecting the welfare of these animals, not the interests of the meat industry. It is wrong that the AVMA, with allies in the meat industry, are lobbying against passage of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (S311).

For now, thanks to the Illinois legislature and the federal courts, the three slaughterhouses in Texas and Illinois have been closed. They could open up in other states, of course, at any time. And even worse, the killer buyers now are trying to haul their suffering acquisitions across the border to slaughterhouses in Mexico and Canada. Yet the AVMA refuses to speak out against this needless suffering.

[Your Comments]

The AVMA's current position is wrong. We urge you to publicly denounce horse slaughtering throughout the United States and to call for banning the export of horse meat for human consumption. Horse slaughter must be put down for good.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]
[Your Address]

We signed the “Put Horse Slaughter Down for Good!” petition!

# 50:

5:53 pm PDT, Mar 19, JC Corcoran, Georgia

# 49:

5:50 pm PDT, Mar 19, Melissa Santella, Pennsylvania

# 48:

5:49 pm PDT, Mar 19, Shannon Wallis, Alabama

# 47:

5:47 pm PDT, Mar 19, Jennifer Mann, Georgia
Please stop this cruelty; it's unthinkable this can happen in this country.

# 46:

5:44 pm PDT, Mar 19, Sandra Carr, Alabama
This is appalling!!!!

# 45:

5:40 pm PDT, Mar 19, Arthur Poletti, Illinois

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5:39 pm PDT, Mar 19, Laura Horning, Ohio

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5:38 pm PDT, Mar 19, Denise Santoro, New York

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5:27 pm PDT, Mar 19, Emily Bielawski, Illinois

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5:17 pm PDT, Mar 19, Linda Flowers, Florida

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5:06 pm PDT, Mar 19, Lindsay Cleavenger, Ohio

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4:55 pm PDT, Mar 19, Robin Welch, South Carolina
There is no excuse for this horrible behavior.

# 38:

4:51 pm PDT, Mar 19, Elena Roth, Colorado
The position of AVMA on this issue proves the fact that medicine is all about business, not compassion.

# 37:

4:44 pm PDT, Mar 19, Name not displayed, Ohio
horses recongize grace and beauty, not slaughter, and horses arnt for eating or glue

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4:42 pm PDT, Mar 19, Name not displayed, Alaska
Why in the name of the Powers that Be would any Veterinarian EVER approve of, support or even speak up FOR the needless slaughter of innocent horses??I will never understand it, do not want to. But I do want to know how this man was allowed to have a license to practice any form of Veterinarian medicine? These horses have the right to live. They do not have to be slaughtered for any reason. We spay and nueter dogs and cats. Why in heaven can we not do the same for horses IF it is the OPINION that these animals over breed? I absolutely do not believe that they do. I believe that humans over populate the planet and destroy other spieces out of greed and power for money and land. Take your pick. BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE STOPPED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. NOW!!!

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4:40 pm PDT, Mar 19, Karen VDay, Indiana

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4:34 pm PDT, Mar 19, Carrie Gavin, Washington

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4:30 pm PDT, Mar 19, Lesley Kipling, United Kingdom
Why is this still happening?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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4:29 pm PDT, Mar 19, Michael Barth, California

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4:27 pm PDT, Mar 19, Chris Kuhar, Virginia

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4:27 pm PDT, Mar 19, Becky Forde, United Kingdom

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4:14 pm PDT, Mar 19, Linda Hughes, Florida

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4:14 pm PDT, Mar 19, Jeanie Delgado, California
I cannot believe we are still going around in this rediclous circle! "THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DO NOT WANT OUR HORSES MURDERED FOR ANY REASON!!!!!!!! PERIOD"I sugges that everyone that reads this post boycots all vets un less it is an absolute emergency Put adds in the papers and find nurses willing to teach you to do injections. You practise on oranges. I give my self shots. It's not hard. Completely boycot vet. officesas much as possible. Put adds in the and find Pro-horse vets.

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4:03 pm PDT, Mar 19, Roxanne Acosta, Florida

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4:01 pm PDT, Mar 19, Kayla Philbrick, Maine

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3:57 pm PDT, Mar 19, Erica Beer, Oklahoma

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3:52 pm PDT, Mar 19, Diana Martz - Animalspirit, Indiana

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3:41 pm PDT, Mar 19, William Bilger, Pennsylvania

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3:38 pm PDT, Mar 19, Karin Braunsberger, Florida

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3:31 pm PDT, Mar 19, Elle Jordan, Massachusetts
It should be obvious to the American Veterinarian Medical Association why they should stop horse slaughter. If not then they should choose another profession.

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3:29 pm PDT, Mar 19, Amy Black, Florida

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3:28 pm PDT, Mar 19, Debbie P, New Jersey

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3:21 pm PDT, Mar 19, Name not displayed, California

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3:19 pm PDT, Mar 19, William Harper, Georgia

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3:12 pm PDT, Mar 19, Sylvia Alfonso, Florida

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3:09 pm PDT, Mar 19, Joy Jaffe, Florida

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3:07 pm PDT, Mar 19, Patrick O'regan, New York

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2:52 pm PDT, Mar 19, Denise Medeiros, Massachusetts

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2:49 pm PDT, Mar 19, Jennifer Page, Virginia

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2:47 pm PDT, Mar 19, Lesley Crum, Indiana

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2:46 pm PDT, Mar 19, Genifer Desmond, New York

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2:39 pm PDT, Mar 19, Susan Rasmussen, Mississippi

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2:34 pm PDT, Mar 19, Belinda Green, Indiana

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2:31 pm PDT, Mar 19, Sarah Panullo, Pennsylvania

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2:30 pm PDT, Mar 19, Jim Nicholas, California

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2:19 pm PDT, Mar 19, Catherine Anne Galvin, New Jersey
STOP HORSE SLAUGHTER NOW!!!!

# 4:

2:08 pm PDT, Mar 19, Alexa Miller, Tennessee
Veterinarians should be there to protect and help our animals. In this particular situation it looks as if the AVMA is doing none of this. They would not do this to any other domesticated animal, such as a dog or cat, so why slaughter such a beautiful creature that has been helping us for thousands of years?

# 3:

2:06 pm PDT, Mar 19, Cheryl Jasso, Oklahoma

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2:01 pm PDT, Mar 19, Alison Lambert, Rhode Island

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2:01 pm PDT, Mar 19, Chrissy Keeley, New Jersey
no more horse slaughter

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