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"I personally think the double-stack trailer being used to convey horses ... has to be changed,"
Representative Jere Schuler from Lancaster County, New Holland's Representative

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9/30/2005

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Download a card and carry in your car. Help enforce PA law banning the use of double deck trailers to transport any horse, no matter what its final destination!

New York State Police inspect a double deck trailer with horses on and the horse inside the trailer.

Act 64, the PA Horse Transport Bill went into effect on August 25, 2001 making double deck trailers illegal in PA to transport horses under Title 18, Section 5511(e)1. PA law applies to all horses, no matter what their final destination.

Rodeo stock contractors, low end horse dealers and "killer buyers" have been known to use double deck trailers to transport horses.

The federal law, The 1996 Commercial Transportation of Horses To Slaughter Act, will not ban the use of inhumane double deck cattle trailers until 2007, eleven years after it was passed.

This law with it's"..guidelines to regulate.." and civil penalties if any, will do nothing more than legitimize the cruel and inhumane transport of horses to slaughter. Horses will continue to go 28 hours without food, water and rest. Pregnant mares will be slaughtered with their full term foals being "born" on the slaughterhouse floor.

Diagram of a double deck cattle trailer. PROPERTY OF THE CALIFORNIA EQUINE COUNCIL. This Drawing IS COPYWRITED. NO COPYING WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION.

PROPERTY OF THE CALIFORNIA EQUINE COUNCIL.
This Drawing IS COPYWRITED.
NO COPYING WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION!

The Doghouse

Looking at the above diagram, this is the section above the rear wheels, also known as the "doghouse". The ramp pictured below is the ramp leading to the top deck.

The ramp pictured below is the ramp leading to the top deck.

This is the rear section of the trailer, also known as the 'doghouse'.This is the rear section of the trailer, also known as the 'doghouse'. The ramp in the picture is in the 'down' position for loading the horses onto the top deck of the trailer. Notice there is no rubber matting on the ramp. There are no cocoa mats put on the ramp to provide traction for the horses. There are no sideboards to keep the horses from falling off the ramp.

Horses in the Doghouse!

This is the rear section of the trailer, also known as the 'doghouse'. The metal protrusion on the left is what the supports the ramp to the top deck when the ramp is in the down position . Notice the exposed metal floor. Notice the hole in the wall behind the horses hind legs. The door pictured to the right of the horse's legs is the door that opens into the bo

  • Is it equine industry standard to load horses using metal ramps?

    No, industry standard is to use ramps covered in rubber and or cocoa mats to prevent the horses from slipping and injuring themselves or their handlers.

  • Is it equine industry standard to transport horses on trailers with metal floors?

    No, industry standard is to have rubber mats on the floor covered in bedding to asorb the urine.

  • Is it equine industry standard to have ramps without sideboards?

    No, sideboards are used on ramps on horse vans to prevent horses from falling off the ramp. Exceptions are trailers with a drop down ramp that is only inches off the ground.

  • Is it equine industry standard to have trailers with holes in the side big enough for a horse to put a foot through?

    No, of course not. Horses can put their leg through a hole, panic and cause severe injury to themselves.

    Oops, we forgot. THESE horses are going to slaughter, so what does it matter if they injure their leg? No meat there...

This is the rear section of the trailer, also known as the 'doghouse'. The metal protrusion on the left is what the supports the ramp to the top deck when the ramp is in the down position . Notice the exposed metal floor. Notice the hole in the wall behind the horses hind legs. The door pictured to the right of the horse's legs is the door that opens into the bottom deck of the trailer.

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