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"The Horse Slaughter Issue is about Disposal.
How are we going to kill America's Horses.
Are we going to kill them via a method that is repulsive
to the vast majority of Americans,
a method that is against
our culture - Slaughter,
or are we going to kill America's Horses via a method
that
is in line with American Culture and accepted by Americans -
Lethal Injection.
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Christine Berry, Equine Protection Network
November 1, 2007
EPN Opposes IL Horse Transport Bill - HB 4162 LEGALIZES Double Deck Trailers for Horses!!!Contact the Illinois House Members The EPN has withdrawn our support for the Illinois Horse Transport Bill due to the addition of House Amendment 02 that will LEGALIZE the use of double deck trailers in Illinois for horses. We are very disappointed with Rep JoAnn Osmond's acceptance of this hostile amendment from the Il Farm Bureau. Anyone who is a friend of horses would never accept such a blatant move to legalize doubles for horses. Passage of IL HB 4162 will make things worse for the horses and will set a bad precedent for horses. Double Deck Trailers are not Designed, Safety Tested, Marketed, or Manufactured for Horses!Contact IL House Members, Horse Industry Organizations, Arlington Park, IVMA, IL Horse Council asking them to withdraw their support for IL HB 4162 that LEGALIZES Double Deck Trailers for Horses due to House Amendment 02 added on 3/12/08 EPN Letter Withdrawing Support for IL HB 4162The
Equine Protection Network, EPN, and our supporters
are withdrawing our support for the Illinois Horse Transport Bill, HB
4162 due to the vague language in House Amendment 02 called for by the
Illinois Farm Bureau who opposed IL HB 4162 in its
original form. This hostile amendment has vague language resulting in
the regulation of double deck trailers for horses, not the prohibition
of double deck trailers, which is the goal of any valid horse transport
bill.
Double
deck trailers are not designed, safety tested, or
manufactured for horses. The USDA has stated that they
cannot be made safe and humane for horses, even if modified.
The EPN has provided Osmond's office with documentation
supporting the above statements.
This vague language will allow people who utilize double deck trailers to transport horses to argue to law enforcement that their trailers are “specifically designed for horses”. In court documents, news footage, and news articles relating to cases in Pennsylvania and New York, defendants routinely claimed that their double deck trailers were, “designed for horses”. To quote Arlow Kiehl, convicted in New York of violating the New York Horse Transport Law of 1980, “It was made for horses, and I can’t seem to convince them of that”. If it were not for Pennsylvania and New York’s specific language offenders would not have been arrested and successfully prosecuted. This vague
language will result in law enforcement not making
arrests, and if by chance an arrest were made, prosecutors will need
trailer experts, horse industry experts, and veterinarian experts to
argue beyond a reasonable doubt that the trailer
in question was not “specifically designed for horses”. Any
one can design a trailer for horses and then pay to have it manufactured
and state in court “it was designed for horses”.
There is no regulatory body regulating the design
and manufacture of horse trailers. Horse trailers are designed
and manufactured by the horse industry’s demand for safe
and humane transport of horses.
The
EPN is disappointed and concerned that you, who expressed
concern for the horses’ welfare, so readily accepted a
hostile amendment, that if passed will result in
nothing more than a publicity victory for the politicians
and status quo for the horses. This bill legitimizes
the unsafe and inhumane transport of horses in double deck
trailers and the EPN cannot support any bill that legitimizes the transport
of horses in, any vehicle with more than one level
stacked on top of each, no matter what their final destination.
Christine
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Brigadier1997-2006Our heart goes out to the Please visit Anne's Blog with beautiful photos and tributes to Brigadier: In Memory of Brigadier |
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"Brigadier's stall, with a rosewood urn for his ashes, that was graciously donated by someone who was touched by this tragedy. Carrots, apples and other treats have been filling the hallway for a week."
From Anne who loves & misses Brig very much. Anne is dedicated to keeping his memory alive ...Please help us keep his memory alive and ensure that all Police Animals are protected by law. Call your State Legislators & ask them what, if any law protects police animals. Request a copy be mailed to you. Forward the laws onto the EPN so we can raise awareness on this very important issue. In Pennsylvania Police Animals are protected. Police Animal State StatutesPA Cruelty Law§ 5511.2. Police animals.(a) Illegal to taunt police animals.--It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously taunt, torment, tease, beat, kick or strike a police animal. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this subsection commits a felony of the third degree. (b) Illegal to torture police
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Subsection e1 of the animal cruelty law,(found at 18 Pa.C.S.A. 5511) otherwise known as the "double decker" law,
is one of Pennsylvania's strongest criminal laws.
Download a card and carry in your car.
Help enforce PA, NY, & VT laws banning the use of double deck trailers
to transport any horse,
no matter what its final destination!
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