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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.

deadline: 3-14-2009
goal: 5,000

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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!

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4:27 pm PDT, Apr 21, Anne-Marie MARC, France

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3:56 pm PDT, Apr 21, Tara Kelly, Australia

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3:54 pm PDT, Apr 21, Hannah Harrison, United Kingdom

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3:22 pm PDT, Apr 21, Shana Duncan, Florida
I am shocked to hear that the AVMA supports the slaughter of horses. It is disappointing that the meat industry has convinced them to stray from their ultimate goal of saving lives. I hope they can redeem themselves by fixing this mistake and prohibiting the slaughter of these gentle giants.

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2:27 pm PDT, Apr 21, Tammy Brennan, Maine

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1:52 pm PDT, Apr 21, Aleasha Casaretto, Texas

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9:34 am PDT, Apr 21, Joe Parker, South Carolina

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9:17 am PDT, Apr 21, Isabel Cain, Massachusetts

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7:21 am PDT, Apr 21, Michele Cabot, Massachusetts

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6:57 am PDT, Apr 21, Jamie Scott, Texas

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6:56 am PDT, Apr 21, Pley Nicole, France
les trafic d'animaux ne devraient pas �tre tol�r�s, ces pratiques envers les chevaux dans un but mercantile devraient �tre punis par la loi!

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5:20 am PDT, Apr 21, Name not displayed, New York

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4:45 am PDT, Apr 21, Lisa Simeoni, Switzerland

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4:12 am PDT, Apr 21, Marchal Christelle, France
c est scandaleux !!!

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9:10 pm PDT, Apr 20, Jenny M. Withrow, California

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8:45 pm PDT, Apr 20, Amelia Alice Bellows, Oregon
just stop. It isn't that hard. i don't care if there are going to be people losing their jobs, there are innocent animals losing their life. Could you imajine dying because you are too old? When people get killed like this, it is in the newspaper for weeks. Horses are dying ever day, so step up, we are the problem!!

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7:30 pm PDT, Apr 20, Lindsay Kromans, Canada

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5:21 pm PDT, Apr 20, Melissa Carr, New Zealand
PLEASE STOOP HORSE SLAUGHTER! IT IS CRUEL AND INHUMANE! THE TRANSPORT IS NOT DENSINED FOR HORSES IT IS DESIGNED FOR COWS!!!!!! COWS ARE NOT HORSES! GOSH YOU STUPID PEOPLE! ARE YOU MENTALLY DISABLED OR SOMETHING? STOP BEING SOOOOOO STUPID! U ARSEHOLES!!!!! GOD YOU THICKOS YOU MUST BE SICK MINDED TO LIKE KILLING HORSE I HOPE U DIE OR END UP IN PRIZON! FUK U FUKIN KILL UR SELF RETARDS!!!!!!!!!

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5:13 pm PDT, Apr 20, Ashleigh Morton, New Zealand
You should stop horse slaughter because it is cruel and horses and they do know whats happening to them! Horses have personality! Instead of killing them Im sure people would take them in and use them for ridding ect! DONT BE CRUEL!

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4:40 pm PDT, Apr 20, CYREN71@AOL.COM LaCoss, Indiana
Dr Hammer is a DISGRACE TO THE VETERINARIANS THAT ARE TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELFARE OF OUR NATIONS TREASURES. WHAT A DESPICABLE HUMAN BEING TO SUPPORT SUCH A HORRIFIC PRACTICE. WE NEED AHSPA NOW!!!

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4:29 pm PDT, Apr 20, Brook Benedetti, California

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1:05 pm PDT, Apr 20, Jessica Clark, Arizona

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11:41 am PDT, Apr 20, Ester Jansen, Netherlands

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11:23 am PDT, Apr 20, Michaela Sainer, Germany

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10:40 am PDT, Apr 20, Kaitlin Hoffman, Illinois

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10:13 am PDT, Apr 20, Luca Evers, Germany

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9:34 am PDT, Apr 20, Amanda Jaffray, Canada

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9:25 am PDT, Apr 20, Alesa West, California
Horses are sacred creatures Stop this madness now!

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9:17 am PDT, Apr 20, Ashley Terry, Ohio

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8:57 am PDT, Apr 20, Carri Day, Illinois
These are innocent creatures, born with no sin. They should be treated how you treat your children and hopefully you treat them better than this. People who can sit and watch animals being torchured should go to jail. If they can sit and watch that, who know what they do to their own children. Thay are pure murdurers.

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8:33 am PDT, Apr 20, Alexandra House, Germany
to whoever this concerns please stop slaughtering horses its cruel and inhumane

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8:20 am PDT, Apr 20, Annie PEYSSON, France

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8:14 am PDT, Apr 20, Manuela Ramirez, Germany

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7:36 am PDT, Apr 20, Judy Turner, North Carolina

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7:33 am PDT, Apr 20, Yvonne Brown, United Kingdom

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6:09 am PDT, Apr 20, Lisa Mulder, Netherlands

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5:44 am PDT, Apr 20, Elisabeth Sammt, Austria

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4:59 am PDT, Apr 20, Eileen Anderson, Ohio

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4:47 am PDT, Apr 20, Joao Novo, Portugal

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3:04 am PDT, Apr 20, Berengere Desprez, France

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2:54 am PDT, Apr 20, Nikoleta Tzenova, Italy

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11:42 pm PDT, Apr 19, Nuntanit Bumrungsap, Thailand

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7:46 pm PDT, Apr 19, Vicki Pereira, Australia

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6:58 pm PDT, Apr 19, LuCy J. Boogaard, Netherlands
Stop slaughtering any animals! In this case: Stop slaughtering horses..!!!!

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6:47 pm PDT, Apr 19, Lisa Maynard, North Carolina
Being admitted to the profession of veterinary medicine, I solemnly swear to use my scientific knowledge and skills for the benefit of society through the protection of animal health, the relief of animal suffering, the conservation of livestock resources, the promotion of public health and the advancement of medical knowledge. I will practice my profession conscientiously, with dignity and in keeping with the principles of veterinary medical ethics. I accept as a lifelong obligation the continual improvement of my professional knowledge and competence.

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6:02 pm PDT, Apr 19, Joe Azzarello, Michigan

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5:55 pm PDT, Apr 19, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
I'll consider you next visit to the hospital I work in..see ya soon

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5:49 pm PDT, Apr 19, Linda Lachapelle, Canada
Prot�ger les animaux au lieu de les laisser souffrir.Notre devoir en tant qu'humain c'est de prot�ger nos amis les animaux.

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5:41 pm PDT, Apr 19, Sarah Woods, United Kingdom

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5:37 pm PDT, Apr 19, Susannah Denegree, Florida

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5:16 pm PDT, Apr 19, Elise Kelsheimer, Arizona

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4:32 pm PDT, Apr 19, Kellie Adkins, Indiana

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4:02 pm PDT, Apr 19, Marcia McDuffie, California
Horse slaughter is cruel and inhumane. Would you send your best friend to the slaughterhouse?

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3:41 pm PDT, Apr 19, Fran Hawksworth, Pennsylvania

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