Animal Welfare Institute Replies to Horse Slaughter Story

November 21, 2007
Letter sent by Chris Heyde, Deputy Legislative Director of the Animal Welfare Institute,
to Ken Silverstein, Harper's Magazine

Ken,

I suggest you check out vetsforequinewelfare.org for information from vets actually involved in the issue. There has been no evidence of increased abandonment or cruelty. In fact, the only evidence we do have is that abuse, neglect and theft decreased. A UC Davis report conducted after California banned horse slaughter in 1998 found that horse abuse did not increase. According to the California Livestock and Identification Bureau horse theft decreased by over 34% following the ban. For a state with the second largest horse population that is significant....

Source: Voting 'Neigh' on the Horsemeat Ban

Link: Animal Welfare Institute Replies to Horse Slaughter Story


Other EVANA-articles about this topic:
USA: An Epidemic of Abandoned Horses (en)

The Torture of Horses in Mexican Slaughterhouses (en)

USA: Shocking Undercover Footage of U.S. Horse Export to Mexico for Slaughter (en)