Act Now to Ban Horse Slaughter!

Every year, approximately 80,000 American horses are crammed into livestock trailers and trucked to slaughterhouses in Canada and Mexico. Many of them are former companions or were used for "sport" and have been treated with drugs that aren't safe for human consumption.

PETA investigators found Royale With Speed—the grandson of Triple Crown winner Secretariat—in a crowded "kill pen" at a livestock auction in Iowa. The horse, who was suffering from a contagious disease known as strangles, was sold to a meat buyer for just $350. PETA followed a trailer from the meat buyer's property in Iowa to a slaughterhouse in Québec and saw how the 33 horses being transported in it endured this 36-hour ordeal in subfreezing conditions, without once being given food, water, or a chance to unload.

Eyewitness footage taken inside the Québec facility revealed that at least 40% of the horses were still conscious after receiving a captive-bolt shot to the head. PETA was able to save Royale With Speed, but tens of thousands of other horses are sent to slaughter every year.

Please use the form below to urge your members of Congress to cosponsor the bipartisan Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2019 (H.R. 961/S. 2006), which would prevent horse slaughter in the U.S., end the transport of American horses to foreign slaughterhouses, and prevent the public from consuming horseflesh laden with drug residue.