A
Message from Willie Nelson for America's
Horses
August 15,
2006
Folks,
America
has a dirty little secret, and it’s not
that little.
Horses
have always been an American symbol of
freedom. Their loyal, relentless work
is part of what made this country. They
are the living legends of American
history. So why is it that we are
allowing nearly 100,000 horses to be
slaughtered annually in America for
human consumption in slaughterhouses
that are foreign-owned? It must be
because most of us don’t know about this
horrible practice.
Even
worse, the treatment of horses going to
slaughter is most often inhumane. They
suffer injuries in overcrowded trailers
and abuse by handlers, and they are
often conscious during acts of
mutilation and slaughter. It’s like
stepping on the American Flag.
The
passage of the American Horse Slaughter
Prevention Act (H.R. 503 and S. 1915)
would put in place a permanent and
immediate ban on both the slaughter of
horses in the U.S. and the exportation
of live horses for slaughter abroad.
Now that
you know about horse slaughter, make
your voice heard. Join Bo Derek,
Jennifer Pryor, the Barbi Twins, Ken
Wahl and my family on Sept. 5, 2006 on
Capitol Hill to support the bill,
which will be voted on that week.
Call or
write your Members of Congress today,
and tell your friends and neighbors to
do the same. Please go to
http://www.saplonline.org/horses.htm.
It's time
for the cowboys to stand up for the
horses!
Sincerely,
Willie Nelson
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