1. Many owners sell their horses, not knowing the cruel fate that awaits their former pets... slaughter

2. These horses are subjected to the most extreme conditions of cruelty and massacred in the most inhuman fashion

3. http://images.chron.com/blogs/texaspolitics/archives/HORSE_SLAUGHTER_14_JL.JPG

4. http://www.animalsvoice.com/images/gallery/horse/horse64.jpg

5. Tens of thousands of live horses are transported across the border to Mexico and Canada for slaughter

6. http://aniafoszczynski.eu/Pictures/North-America.gif

7. The consumption of horse meat is not part of the American culture

8. http://dietmotion.com/images/food-pyramid.jpg

9. After these horses are killed , their flesh is shipped to Europe and Asia for human consumption

10. http://www.hostelineurope.com/Maps/asia-map.jpg

11. They are shipped long, exhausting hours; many without food , water , or even rest

12. http://equineprotectionnetwork.com/saveamericashorses/images/beamears.jpg

14. They are crammed into tight , confined spaces and treated like dirt

15. http://www.animalsvoice.com/images/gallery/horse/horse1.jpg

16. Some of the luckier ones are merely injured , while others can end up dead

17. http://www.fund4horses.org/print.php?id=687, 688, 689, 690, 691.

18. You can make a difference by contacting your local government today, and by voting to pass the Conyers-Burton Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2009/03/p/118c.jpg

19. Your support can end the slaughter of American horses for human consumption , and their export for slaughter in other countries

20. Help stop horse export for slaughter , in America today.

21. A special thanks to: - http:// www.stophorseslaughter.com/slaughterinfo.htm - http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/citizen_lobbyist_center/help_end _ horse_slaughter.html - http:// www.flyingfilly.com/slaughter_statistics.htm -http://www.equineprotectionnetwork.com/saveamericashorses/stats.htm -http://www.animalsvoice.com/gallery/horse.html