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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!

# 200:

5:35 am PDT, Mar 20, Barbara Geittmann, Illinois
Horses are classified as companion animals in Illinois, not livestock. They are not used to being chuted into death chambers where they may be inhumanely "bolted." The issue is responsible horse ownership and re-homing, not monetarily rewarding irresponsible owners for disposal of their animals.

# 199:

5:33 am PDT, Mar 20, Chris Heyde, Washington D.C.

# 198:

5:32 am PDT, Mar 20, Beth Sawyers, Illinois
You hear the pro slaughter folks say horse slaughter is humane.In no way shape or form is slaughter humane euthanasia.One only has to educate themselves to know that this is the farthest things from the truth.The others who can not be swayed are the ones being paid to speak for these slaughter houses and those who represent them.Abolish horse slaughter in the U.S. and get the borders into Mexico and Canada closed and make people responsible for their animals and end these backyard breeders blood money intakes!

# 197:

5:30 am PDT, Mar 20, Marianne Reagan, Virginia

# 196:

5:22 am PDT, Mar 20, Kim York, Massachusetts
Horses are not disposable, please help us make it easier to euthanize our family pets and maybe if that was the least expensive thing less horses would end up in a slaughter pen in pain or injured. they like all out pets deserve a peaceful death, and you CAN help. Please support and help us.

# 195:

5:17 am PDT, Mar 20, Liz Casey, Canada

# 194:

5:15 am PDT, Mar 20, Gail Vacca, Illinois
AVMA...get with the program! Join your VEW and HSVMA colleagues in supporting the AHSPA. Your respect within the animal world is rapidly evaporating...the times they are a changin!

# 193:

5:11 am PDT, Mar 20, Name not displayed, Florida

# 192:

5:01 am PDT, Mar 20, Alessandro Barracciu, Italy

# 191:

5:00 am PDT, Mar 20, Laura Tatti, Italy

# 190:

4:54 am PDT, Mar 20, Name not displayed, Florida

# 189:

4:47 am PDT, Mar 20, Maureen Harmonay, Massachusetts
I cannot understand how a veterinarian could possibly support the slaughter of horses, any more than they could support the slaughter of dogs, cats, or other companion animals. Please rethink your position.

# 188:

4:39 am PDT, Mar 20, D. A. Verret Masters, Virginia
It is appalling that the AVMA and the AAEP would take any position contrary to the humane welfare of any horse. The horsemeat indusrty is a disgusting, barbaric and highly inhumane business. It encourages overbreeding and irresponsible horse ownership. That any physician would support horse slaughter is more than contrary to the oath that they have taken...it is immoral, cruel and unsupportable from where I stand.

# 187:

4:32 am PDT, Mar 20, Nadia Donato, New York
Please end this horrific practice once and for all!!!!

# 186:

4:24 am PDT, Mar 20, Barbara Warner, Kentucky
The AVMA ought to be working to make animal cruelty laws stronger instead of causing more cruelty. For shame.

# 185:

4:23 am PDT, Mar 20, Judy Bloom, Michigan

# 184:

4:17 am PDT, Mar 20, Ron Blaauw, Netherlands
Stop slaughtering �ny animals! In this case: stop slaughtering horses

# 183:

4:10 am PDT, Mar 20, Dominika Wiacek, Spain

# 182:

4:01 am PDT, Mar 20, Shanice Hamilton, South Carolina
People are blamed for abusing dogs and they get arrested but AVMA you people are the worst. Abusing dogs is a crime and abusing horses should be to. So stop what you are doing.

# 181:

3:54 am PDT, Mar 20, Adrian Lewis, South Africa

# 180:

3:50 am PDT, Mar 20, Natalie A. Carter, Ohio

# 179:

3:48 am PDT, Mar 20, Oana Ichim, Romania

# 178:

3:47 am PDT, Mar 20, Name not displayed, India
yes horse slaughter should be stopped

# 177:

3:45 am PDT, Mar 20, Donna Smith, North Carolina

# 176:

3:45 am PDT, Mar 20, Terry L. west, West Virginia

# 175:

3:43 am PDT, Mar 20, Jemma Browning, United Kingdom

# 174:

3:22 am PDT, Mar 20, Andrea Pratt, Ohio

# 173:

3:19 am PDT, Mar 20, Daniela Maroni, Italy

# 172:

3:15 am PDT, Mar 20, Carolyn Barnes, New York

# 171:

3:11 am PDT, Mar 20, Erika Stone, Virginia

# 170:

3:09 am PDT, Mar 20, Gabrielle Bertrand, France

# 169:

3:08 am PDT, Mar 20, Lauren Stone, California

# 168:

3:06 am PDT, Mar 20, Donna Marshall, Georgia

# 167:

2:52 am PDT, Mar 20, Dream Catcher, Netherlands

# 166:

2:40 am PDT, Mar 20, Elaine Secondo, Connecticut

# 165:

2:32 am PDT, Mar 20, Pearl Millard, United Kingdom

# 164:

2:26 am PDT, Mar 20, Mary Daggett, West Virginia
Please join your fellow vets who have spoken out against this heinous practice! Remember your oath?

# 163:

2:23 am PDT, Mar 20, Tom Maxwell, California

# 162:

2:20 am PDT, Mar 20, Ana Sousa, Portugal

# 161:

2:09 am PDT, Mar 20, Leanne Evans, Nebraska

# 160:

2:02 am PDT, Mar 20, Steve Klein, Canada

# 159:

1:55 am PDT, Mar 20, BiLL Fowlie, Maine

# 158:

1:54 am PDT, Mar 20, Sharon Crumb, New Jersey
You took an oath when you became a Veterinarian and that was to prevent animals from suffering. With all the facts regarding horse slaughter, I feel you owe it to each animal and person who takes their animal to you, to do the right thing and stand up against a practice that is disgusting brutal and totally uncalled for. Let the bills in Congress go for a vote, protect the animals that are paying your salary. Protect them because is is ethical. Enough is enough, remember your oath.

# 157:

1:35 am PDT, Mar 20, Donnamarie Sloma, New Jersey

# 156:

1:19 am PDT, Mar 20, ROBIN MCKAY, Kentucky
horses are apart of our history we would not be a country without their help do not let them be destroyed like this

# 155:

1:13 am PDT, Mar 20, Tammie Trower, Missouri
How Disgusting!

# 154:

1:12 am PDT, Mar 20, Lucien Pan Morningstar, Colorado

# 153:

1:08 am PDT, Mar 20, Katia Louise, California

# 152:

12:53 am PDT, Mar 20, Black Tiger Petersen, Canada
Stop killing horses for food, stop shipping them to Canada and Mexico for the purpose of killing for food.

# 151:

12:40 am PDT, Mar 20, Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin

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