H.R. 503, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (AHSPA) is back in Congress in 2007

Please contact your congress representatives and request to support H.R. 503 in the House and S. 311 in the Senate.

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Previous History:

On 9/7/06 H.R. 503, also called the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (AHSPA) passed the House

Horse lovers all over the U.S. were ecstatic that day. The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, House's bill H.R.503, introduced February 1st, 2005 by Representatives John Sweeney (R-NY), John Spratt (D-SC) and Ed Whitfield (R-KY) won with overwhelming support.

Two amendments by Representatives Goodlatte and King, intended to undermine the bill and make it worthless, were defeated.

The anti-horse slaughter bill passed in the House 263 to 146.

This legislation prohibits the slaughter of horses for human consumption as well as the exportation of live horses intended for the same purpose; making sure that no American horse is slaughtered inside the US nor shipped to be slaughtered abroad.

A similar bill is still pending in the Senate.

Background info:

This legislation, a new version of the former American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act which gained 228 cosponsors in the House of Representatives in the previous year, would prohibit the slaughter of horses for human consumption as well as the exportation of live horses intended for the same purpose, making sure that no American horse is slaughtered inside the US nor shipped to be slaughtered abroad. The bill was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

The bill passed 263 to 146 on September 7th 2006. If a similar bill pending in the Senate had passed as well, it would have put an end once and for all to the slaughter of American horses, domestic or wild alike. Click here to get info on the bill in the Senate.

Final Vote Results
Bill Text H.R. 503
H.R. 503 supporters
ASPHA cosponsors
Chris Heyde Message: May 11, 2005
Slaughter is not humane euthanasia View pdf