by Tech | May 24, 2024 | Action Alerts, Action Slaughter, In The News, News, Slaughter
Return to Freedom is frustrated and disappointed that bans on horse slaughter and the export of horses for slaughter were not included in the version of the Farm Bill passed by the House Agriculture Committee. The $1.5 trillion package passed on Thursday, 33-21,...
by Tech | May 17, 2024 | Action Alerts, Action Slaughter, In The News, News, Slaughter
Urgent action needed: The next step in passing the House’s version of the agriculture funding bill is a markup session on May 23 at which members will offer and vote on amendments. Return to Freedom strongly supports a stand-alone bill permanently banning horse...
by Tech | Apr 23, 2024 | Action Alerts, Action Slaughter, In The News, News, Slaughter
The Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act, which would permanently ban horse slaughter in the United States as well as the export of American horses for slaughter, has amassed 222 bipartisan House cosponsors, a majority. That’s the good news:...
by Tech | Feb 9, 2024 | Action Alerts, Action Slaughter, In The News, News
An update on the effort to ban horse slaughter: Last year, 20,282 American horses were shipped to Mexico or Canada for slaughter – a 1.97% increase. That marked the first increase since 2014, when 145,785 horses were exported to foreign slaughterhouses. The SAFE...
