Cavel Files Lawsuit to Continue Slaughtering

Owners of the Cavel Internation slaughter plant have filed a lawsuit to try to permit the facility to continue to slaughter horses for human consumption after the Governor of Illinois signed into law anti-slaughter legislation last week.

This event was expected.

What can we do about it?

The answer is to get Federal legislation passed to stop horse slaughter for human consumption. The bills before Congress would also ban the export of horses to Canada, Mexico, or any other country for the same purpose.

We MUST get these bills to the floor of the House of Representative and the Senate for a vote. The Senate bill requires 60 co-sponsors to be sent to the floor and has perhaps half that number. We need YOU to call or email your Representatives and Senators to do something about this legislation. When you do, you need to mention the specific bill numbers about which you're concerned. This is S311 in the Senate and HR 503 for the House.

Please do it NOW. We chose our legislators, and we have a right and an obligation to express our concerns and interests.

To find out how to contact your Congressmen, see:

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/