HSUS forms Responsible Horse Breeders Council

The Humane Society of the USA is forming a Responsible Horse Breeders Council composed of Equus caballus breeders but about the province who are dedicated to improving Equus caballus welfare.

Its destination is to decrease the break of horses inwards the States who are at opportunity of existence neglected, abused or slaughtered for human consumption.

Council members volition operate alongside the lodge to discourage overbreeding too to promote responsible Equus caballus ownership too nationwide Equus caballus rescue too rehoming efforts.

“We get got a responsibleness to every Equus caballus born, too for some fourth dimension instantly at that spot has been a crisis of overbreeding that is having a terrible deport on on the welfare of horses,” said Keith Dane, the society’s manager of equine protection.

“Horse slaughter has been used every bit an outlet for irresponsible breeders to proceed to overbreed horses too to process them every bit disposable commodities,” Dane said.

“The Humane Society of the USA is working to halt this unnecessary slaughter of horses, too nosotros commend the responsible breeders who get got chosen to last purpose of the solution.”

Council fellow member Melissa Forberg said: “As a breeder of Arabian horses for thirty years, I believe that responsible breeding way non solely breeding for the finest conformation too behavior, but likewise ensuring that our foals Pb happy, productive lives.

“This commitment to the welfare of our foals must last lifelong too unwavering.”

As a laid about step, the council is encouraging Equus caballus breeders to sign a pledge to breed responsibly.

In doing so, they concord to get got dorsum whatever Equus caballus they get got bred should the Equus caballus larn homeless or at-risk of existence abused or sent to slaughter.

More than 800 breeders get got already joined the responsible breeder’s list. Horse breeders tin bring together the first past times emailing vpringle@humanesociety.org.

Facts:

• About 100,000 American horses are sent to slaughter each year. This represents most ane pct of the total population of American horses, every bit the vast bulk of Equus caballus owners create non remove slaughter every bit an end-of-life alternative for their treasured companions.
• National polls exhibit that lxxx per cent of Americans favor a ban on Equus caballus slaughter.
• In June, the States House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment offered past times Representative Jim Moran, D-Va., to block spending past times the States Department of Agriculture to inspect States Equus caballus slaughter plants inwards Fiscal Year 2013. The spending prohibition had been inwards identify since 2005, but was non renewed concluding twelvemonth past times a articulation House-Senate conference committee, leading to concerns that Equus caballus slaughter plants could reopen inside the States at a toll of most $US5 1000000 annually to American taxpayers.
• Horses, whether wild or domestic, are routinely treated alongside drugs that are banned past times the States Food too Drug Administration for animals slaughtered for nutrient too are potentially unsafe to humans. Current USDA rules create non remove sufficient testing or documentation to ensure that sometime companion, operate too sport horses slaughtered for human nutrient create non incorporate or get got non been administered prohibited substances.

 

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