HoofPAC ALERT

HoofPAC members, please read the attached press release and act
TODAY....call and e-mail.

Humane Political Action Committee
P.O. Box 197, Mahomet, IL 61853 - 217 897 6716

March 24, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Robert Nixon 708 258 6176
Cell 815 474 1643

SEA BISCUIT TO TRISCUIT

If the pseudo-horse people and groups have their way, thousands of
horses will be slaughtered in DeKalb, Illinois. The Cavel
International, Inc., a Belgium company, is a horse slaughtering
business destroyed by fire in 2002. A new facility is scheduled to
open in March . However, there is a bill (SB1921) that would ban the
slaughter.

The only thing that can stop this attack on an American icon is for
the public to call their state representative at once and demand
they vote YES for SB 1921.

The bill is supposed to come up for a vote Thursday or Friday of
this week. Those supporting the slaughter are scurrying around
Springfield pulling out all the stops in trying to kill legislation
that would ban the slaughter. So far, they have convinced many
Republicans, including most leadership and some Democrats to vote NO
on this bill.

They maintain many credible horse groups support the slaughter and
those who oppose the slaughter are just animal rights extremists.

In fact, over 30 horse and other organizations support the ban
including The John Marshall Law School, Animal Law, Pam Kuhl Horse
Transportation, Drexler Horse Transportation, The Illinois
Thoroughbred Horseman's Association, The Illinois Horseman's
Benevolent Protective Association, The Illinois Harness Horseman's
Association, Arlington Park Racecourse, Hawthorne National Racing
Association Fairmount Park, Balmoral/Maywood Park, Churchill Downs,
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, etc.

Among those supporting the slaughter are the department of
agriculture who supports slaughter of farm animals and the AVMA.
This is the same AVMA who recently supported the grinding to death
of 300 baby chicks in a wood chipper.

Supporters of the slaughter say reopening the slaughterhouse will
bring jobs to Illinois. In fact, Cavel provides 40 minimum wage jobs
with a high turnover.

They say the slaughterhouse is a humane end to horses. Tell that to
the horses who will be slaughtered while still alive and conscious
because there are no AVMA approved humane devices at the plant.

Texas is the only other state that allows horse slaughter but the
state attorney general is now in court trying to ban the slaughter.


Keep America's Horses In The Stable... And Off The Table!

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Thank you for caring about America's horses,
Cathleen Doyle, founder
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