Thanks to the hard work of activists like you, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H.R. 503/S. 311) is steadily gaining support in Congress.
However, a new threat to this bill has emerged. The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), an organization made up of state lawmakers from across the country, will consider a pro-slaughter resolution at its annual meeting in July. This short-sighted resolution, would ask Congress NOT to pass the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, and could pressure federal legislators into inaction.
We must not allow NCSL to be on record as opposing federal action on this issue. We must block this resolution, which could give Congress yet another excuse to continue to allow the cruel and inhumane slaughter of American horses in Mexico and Canada.
Please take a moment to contact all state legislators in Michigan who are on the Agriculture Committee. Ask them to support the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (HR 503/S. 311) at the National Conference of State Legislatures and that they urge their colleagues to do the same.
Senator Ron Jelinek
517-373-6960
senrjelinek@senate.michigan.gov
Representative Barbara Byrum
517-373-0587
Representative Terry Brown
517-373-0476
Representative Judy Emmons
517-373-0834
Representative Goeff Hansen
517-373-7317
Representative Kathleen Law
517-373-0855
Representative Mark Meadows
517-373-1786
Representative Neal Nitz
517-373-1796
Representative Lorence Wenke
517-373-1787
Senator Raymond Basham
517-373-7800
SenRBasham@senate.michigan.gov
Senator Patricia Birkholz
517-373-3447
SenPBirkholz@senate.michigan.gov
Senator Liz Brater
517-373-2406
SenLBrater@senate.michigan.gov
Senator Dennis Olshove
517-373-8360
SenDOlshove@senate.michigan.gov
Senator Michael Prusi
517-373-7840
After contacting the Agriculture Committee members, contact your own state senator and representative. If you do not know who they are, go to
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/NCSL_2008_horse_slaughter.