IN 2020 APPROXIMATELY 35,000 HEALTHY HORSES FROM THE USA WERE SENT TO CANADA & MEXICO TO BE SLAUGHTERED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
DOWN FROM 60K THE YEAR BEFORE
The government of the United States, has for now defunded inspections of horses at slaughter plants which means for the time being, it is no longer legal to slaughter horses within the United States.
BUT make no mistake about it, healthy wild and domestic American horses are still being slaughtered.
Last year approximately 35,000 American horses were shipped to Canada and Mexico in over crowded, leg breaking trucks without food or water for 2 to 3 days. Horses that include those who are pets.
You can help put an end to this inhumane treatment of horses.
Horses in our Hands and In Our hands Action Fund, a 501(c)4 believe:
... horses are intelligent, graceful, hard-working, faithful and loving animals that deserve more respect than ending up as someone's main course at dinner.
You can join the following celebrities and Horses in our Hands in speaking out against horse slaughter:
Tony and Sage Robbins, Bo Derek, Melissa Etheridge, Julianne Hough, Willie Nelson, Kelly Lang, Antigone Rising, Linda Wallem, Julie Krone and Bonnie-Jill Laflin.
📣HUGE NEWS EVERYONE! National icon @TonyRobbins has joined @HorsesInOurHand in the fight to BAN HORSE SLAUGHTER! 🐴
Watch the video he made and click the link! We need letters sent to Congress ASAP.
➡️ https://t.co/TPouFKgebI#BanHorseSlaughter #TonyRobbins #Yes2Safe pic.twitter.com/giv97Raz44— In Our Hands Action Fund (@HorsesInOurHand) September 6, 2020
It's @boderek with an important video for you!
🎬 PLEASE WATCH and take action🎬 https://t.co/qy7rAjJf9l
Join @HorsesInOurHand and I as we take this issue to Washington DC!
Contact you Legislators now...message guaranteed to land in their inboxes. #BanHorseSlaughter #YES2Safe pic.twitter.com/lz9zSeyp5B— In Our Hands Action Fund (@HorsesInOurHand) June 13, 2020
Horses in Our Hands had their first official fundraiser on March 2, 2020 and raised $400,000.
As of March 2, 2021
They’ve saved 130 horses from the slaughter pipeline.
They’ve attracted 237 Bi Partisan Co-sponsors.
They’ve met 350 times with U.S. legislators.
They have 21,000 Community Members.
To date 830,000 people have engaged with their cause.
116,000 letters faciliated by Horses in Our Hands have been sent to legistlators.
Over 1,000 letters have been sent to newspaper editors.
308,000 minutes of Horses in Our Hands videos have been watched.
They’ve made over 6 Million people in the USA aware of horse slaughter.
They’ve attracted A-list celebrity supporters.
They’ve produced a documentary that is to be broadcast on PBS to over 80 Million households.
They’ve also produced an End Slaughter commercial that is to be aired in the U.S. in 2021 to 80 Million households.
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