Supporters:

• Organizations and Individuals Supporting the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act

Background Materials:

• Managing for Extinction: Shortcomings of the Bureau of Land Management's National Wild Horse and Burro Program

• Words to Keep Them Wild and Free - Historical and scientific quotes noting the importance of America's wild horses and burros.

• Horse Slaughter: An Unnecessary Evil - white paper commissioned by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation

• RCED-90-110 Rangeland Management: Improvements Needed in Federal Wild Horse Program - 1990 Report by the Government Accountability Office exposing dramatic problems with the Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse Program.

Video:

• Video by Animals' Angels Exposes Cruelty During Transport of Horses to Slaughter in US and Canada.

Press:

• SAPL is featured in the November issue of Vanity Fair in an article entitled "Galloping Scared."

• PRESS RELEASE:  Wild Horses Again Win Victory in US House of Representatives

• BLM Steps up Campaign to Eradicate Wild Horses

• PRESS RELEASE: US Forest Service to Capture 400 Arizona Wild Horses for Auction - AWI and National Animal Protection Groups Move to Stop Removal

• PRESS RELEASE:  Wild Horses and Burros Need Your Help –  From the BLM

• Wild Horses Win Victory in House of Representatives

• Willie Nelson and friends send letter to Congress on behalf of America's wild  horses.

• Congress Moves to Protect America’s Horses

• Home on the Range - Christopher J. Heyde, Washington Times OP/ED,
  December 3, 2004

• Save the wild horses - Washington Times Editorial

• National Horse Protection Coalition Formed to Stop the Slaughter of American Horses for Human Consumption

• Horse slaughtering: Legislation Safeguards an American Icon - Christopher J. Heyde, Washington Times OP/ED, October 16, 2003

• Hope for the Horses: Fighting the Slaughter of America's Horses by Christopher J. Heyde, ASPCA Animal Watch , Fall 2003

• Where Would All the Horses Go? - John Hettinger, The Blood Horse Magazine, June 28, 2003, pp. 3492-3492

• America’s Horses Are Ending Up in Europe’s Restaurants  - AWI Quarterly

• Necessary Evil or Blind Eye? Putting an End to the Cruel Practice of Horse Slaughter - AWI Quarterly (PDF)   (Español)

• Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies - AWI Quarterly

• Help Stop the Slaughter of America's Horses - Roll Call ad, September 8, 2003

US Congress:

• Wild Horse Slaughter Prohibition Must Be Reinstated - press release from Congressman Nick Rahall (D-WV)

• A Living Symbol of America Must Not Be Slaughtered - statement by Congressman Nick Rahall (D-WV) upon introduction of H.R. 297

• Statement by Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) upon introduction of S. 576

- Legislative Information provided by the Library of Congress. Search Congressional records and legislation for current and previous years.  Find your member of Congress and their contact information.

Bureau of Land Management :

• Public Law 92-195, The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971

• National Wild Horse and Burro Program

• Public Law 92-195, The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971

• TITLE 43-CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 4700-PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND CONTROL OF WILD FREE- ROAMING HORSES AND BURROS

• Wild Horse Adoption Information: http://www.wildhorseandburro.blm.gov/adoption.htm

General:

• US Horse Slaughter Statistics (1989-2004)

• Equine Law and Horsemanship Safety - This site contains comprehensive resource materials on equine law and horsemanship safety. It is hosted by the Tarlton Law Library of the University of Texas School of Law.  Both the legal and horsemanship materials are suitable for use by law students, lawyers, and the general public.

• America's Last Wild Horses by Hope Ryden - from Amazon.com