Anti Horse Slaughter Billboards Across America!

Sep 6, 2011

We made the Top 3 - thanks to YOU!

By Jo Deibel - Project Leader

Indiana Billboard

Thanks to the generosity of many donors, our anti horse slaughter billboard project finished in 3rd place in the Global Giving Open Challenge!

It was a harrowing race to the finish line - we were in 5th, then 3rd, then 2nd, then 3rd, then 4th, then 2nd and finally when the buzzer (well, the online timer version of a buzzer lol) went off we had finished in 3rd place! That means we also won a $1300 bonus from Global Giving!

We also had THE MOST Facebook shares of ANY project in this challenge. We were the only horse rescue in the Challenge and the only animal charitiy in the Top 30.

NONE of this could have been accomplished without the hard work and determination of our readers, followers, supporters and donors - folks that believe horse slaughter is inherently wrong and believe we CAN make a difference by educationg the public with our billboard campaign.

Our overall goal is $30,000 and thanks to everyone who donated we are more than halfway there and our project is active and accepting donations!

Our most recent billboard, pictured in this report, went up in Indiana on I-69 just a few days ago!

THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this possible and thank you to the folks at Global Giving!

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sandra houghton I think it speaks volumes that it was the only animal charity in the top 30. That means there are an awful lot of people out there that are concerned about horses and their welfare. That means, the message is starting to hit the average american who did not even know about slaughter til recently. These billboards are a... Read more »I think it speaks volumes that it was the only animal charity in the top 30. That means there are an awful lot of people out there that are concerned about horses and their welfare. That means, the message is starting to hit the average american who did not even know about slaughter til recently. These billboards are a MUST.
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Ellen jo, i helped by making a donation to your cause . i hope you all are okay and the horses. becareful, thinking of youall there. take care. lvs and hugs ellie
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wick51 I oppose your idea completely. Tell me what happens to the horses that are not wanted any more? If you cant slaughter them legally then they starve to death in someones back yard because they cant get rid of them. Which is better starve em and turn them loose to starve or let them be slaughtered and turned into food ?... Read more »I oppose your idea completely. Tell me what happens to the horses that are not wanted any more? If you cant slaughter them legally then they starve to death in someones back yard because they cant get rid of them. Which is better starve em and turn them loose to starve or let them be slaughtered and turned into food ? This "save the horse" stupidity has ruined the horse industry as a whole and there are now thousands of back yard horses starving to death
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Jo Good Morning Wick,By your completely inaccurate post I can see you have been fooled by the pro slaughter lobby. First - MOST horses that go to slaughter are HEALTHY, young and sound - NOT starving in someone's back yard. Get your facts straight before posting.Second - there are NO unwanted horses - ALL domesticated... Read more »Good Morning Wick,By your completely inaccurate post I can see you have been fooled by the pro slaughter lobby. First - MOST horses that go to slaughter are HEALTHY, young and sound - NOT starving in someone's back yard. Get your facts straight before posting.Second - there are NO unwanted horses - ALL domesticated horses in the United States were bred with human intervention...no one has a litter of horses show up on their door step - making them homeless and in need of assistance, not unwanted.Third - the total number of horses shipped to slaughter is right around 100,000 - that is LESS THAN 0.05% of the total USA horse population.Fourth - your comment "turned into food" I STRONGLY suggest you read the info about bute and the other products given to horses (almost all say not intended for horses for human consumption) that cause cancer. Bute causes Aplastic Anemia in humans - an always fatal, awful way to die.Fifth - if breeders that put hundreds of horses on the ground each year were forced to be RESPONSIBLE for what they breed and did not have the easy option of slaughter, the numbers would be reduced nearly zero.Finally, there is NO such thing as humane horse slaughter, period. Horses are intelligent, kind beings that this country (are you an American citizen, there Wick51?) depended on to make it the great nation that it is. No one was riding in trucks with diesel engines to settle and tame the wild west, were they? Did the civil war take place on robot back or horse back?Your argument is useless and should probably be removed by the moderators.Jo Deibel
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Sarah Barnett @Wick51 It's not a matter of the lesser of two evils. The fact is that horse slaughter isn't humane, due to the anatomy of a horse and their flight response, it's a clumsy and difficult process. Also, In California, where horse slaughter was banned in 1998, there has been no corresponding rise in cruelty and... Read more »@Wick51 It's not a matter of the lesser of two evils. The fact is that horse slaughter isn't humane, due to the anatomy of a horse and their flight response, it's a clumsy and difficult process. Also, In California, where horse slaughter was banned in 1998, there has been no corresponding rise in cruelty and neglect cases, while horse theft dropped by 34 percent after the ban. In Illinois, when the plant was shut down for two years, horse neglect and abuse decreased in the state. The same number of horses are being slaughtered now that were being slaughtered before, which shows that it's the same number of irresponsible owners, not more, sending their horses to slaughter. All this, in addition to massive food safety concerns, are why we need to ban this cruelty once and for all.
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Dawnyb. Well said, Jo!
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Jan Myers Wick51..There is absolutely no direct correlation to the number of horses abused, starved and neglected with regards to having a slaughter plant around the corner or not. We will always have irresponsible people in the world. Makes absolutely no difference. Canada has it's fair share of abuse, neglect and starvation as... Read more »Wick51..There is absolutely no direct correlation to the number of horses abused, starved and neglected with regards to having a slaughter plant around the corner or not. We will always have irresponsible people in the world. Makes absolutely no difference. Canada has it's fair share of abuse, neglect and starvation as well and they have several slaughter plants in operation. There is something wrong with the horse industry right now though. The fact that people have the ability to transport them across our borders to be slaughtered is the main one. The fact that too many people are putting too many foals on the ground year after year is another one. Stop the slaughter option and we can then fix things. People will have to step up to the plate and become responsible. Horse Welfare Advocates want to bring the horse industry out of the darkness and into the the light. Change for the better is always hard but this is not impossible. Horses may be seen by a small percentage of people/USDA as livestock but the majority of American Horse Owners see them as companion animals and the marketing directed at them will bare that statement out. They are not intended for food. It is cruel and inhumane and there is a better way. We are making headway in educating the non horse owning population about the nasty little secret that has been allowed to go on far too long. We (Horse Welfare Advocates) love our horses and our actions show it. The actions of the pro-slaughter people show their true nature as well. Breed, cull, send to slaughter, repeat. Not a very conscientious way to do business is it?
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