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Double Deck Trailers for Horses? Not in PA, NY, MA, MD, RI, & VT!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.Three Hills RodeoPaid $5000.00 in fines for violating PA Horse Transport Law!"The Commonwealth does not tolerate violations of the animal cruelty law in Pennsylvania, and the police did an excellent job in enforcing this law. "Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Aliena Gerhard:
"The law is clear.
The prohibitions are clear. 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. The law on its face is clear. Its language is definitive. Further, the statute ensures that violators are charged for each and every equine animal they illegally transport. Criminal CasesArlow Kiehl - Press Releases | PSP ArrestsNickerson Livestock -Press Releases on Arrests |News Stories with Photos |Frank Carper - Horse Popsicle Case |FDA Warning Letter Tainted Horsemeat | Arrests PSPSugarcreek Livestock Trucking - Convicted under PA Horse Transport Law | Safety Records |
Colorado- Killed Two People |
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Connecticut - Under Construction |
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Illinois - , Wadsworth, IL |
10/27/2007 | SR 41 | 17 Killed | 59 |
Indiana - Ramey Accident |
09/15/2004 | SR 1 | 21 Killed | 50 |
Detroit, Michigan - Under Construction |
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Missouri I-44 |
09/27/2006 | I-44 | 17 Killed - Destination - Cavel in DeKalb, IL | 42 |
New York |
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North Dakota Rushmore, ND |
10/08/1991 | US 281 | 34 Killed - Destination Shelby, MT | 78 |
Ohio |
1993 | 26 Killed | 40 | |
Pennsylvania Crash |
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Double Deck TrailersPhotos and explanation of how horses are loaded into these trailers. Video of double deck loading
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Horses inside a double deck trailer on the bottom deck. Note the facial injuries these horses have received from being loaded into this inhumane trailer. |
Arizona Law
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New York State Police inspect horses on the bottom deck of a possum belly double deck trailer.
Note the 3" I beams located 12" on center to support the top deck. Also note the injury on the horse above his eye. |
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Read how animal welfare organizations legalized every inhumane practice identified in the transport of horses to slaughter, and put the very people identified as the abusers in charge of the horse's welfare. Fourteen years after it was first introduced in Congress, nothing has changed for the horses. As Cathleen Doyle of the CEC, SAVE THE HORSES, and HoofPAC stated way back in 1995, "the horses will not even get rubber mats" and sadly she was right.
Now in 2007 APHIS and other are calling for the inclusion of 'Intermediate Handlers" because after 15 years they have finally recognized that killer buyers and dealers would circumvent the regulations by transporting the horses in doubles to feedlots and collection points before the final trip to the slaughterhouse.
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.
"The Commercial Transportation of Horses to Slaughter Act is nothing more than a 'paper tiger' that has legalized every inhumane practice identified in the transport of horses to slaughter, and put the very people identified as the abusers, and in some cases convicted of cruel transport of horses, in charge of the horses' welfare."
Christine Berry, EPN -2002 ABCNY Conference on Horse Protection
These documents United States Department of Agriculture Veterinary Services contain the name of the owner/shipper, the slaughter facility, date and time of loading, vehicle description, and the horse identification including the backtag, breed/type, sex, color, markings, and remarks as required by the Federal Regulations mandated by the Commercial Transportation of Horses to Slaughter Act of 1996
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FOIA report of Slaughter Transport Violators
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The twists and turns of legislation has forced this issue onto its own page linked above. Below is a brief summary with links to the IL General Assembly website.
HB4162- Died in the Senate after passing the House.
HB4166 - Molaro Bill - The EPN expects Molaro to possibly take the lead on this issue. Molaro is responsible for introducing and passing the 2007 legislation that ended horse slaughter in Illinois.
and HB4489 -OPPOSE (This bill is a sheep in wolves clothing)
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Save America's Horses!Action You Can Take to Save America's Horses!
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