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ASPCA Commends U.S. Senate for Including Horse Slaughter Prohibition in FY2019 Spending Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The ASPCA® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) today commends the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee leadership for adding an important provision in the FY2019 Agriculture Appropriations bill to continue the long-standing policy of prohibiting horse slaughter in the U.S. The measure prohibits the U.S.

Horse Slaughter

In 2025, approximately 25,000 American horses ended up in the wrong hands and were trucked over our borders to be slaughtered for human consumption. Horse slaughter is inherently inhumane and overwhlemingly unpopular with the public. Until Congress passes a law permanently banning the slaughter of American horses, no horse is safe.

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