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Horse Slaughter Legislative Timeline 2004

108th U.S. Congress (2003-2004)
and State Legislation

DATE VENUE ACTIVITY RESULT
January 2004 Illinois State Legislature Illinois Bill Fails to Reach Floor for Vote Unsuccessful.
January 2004 New York State Legislature Assemblywoman Deborah Glick (66th District, NYC) introduces S. 380, a bill banning horse slaughter for human consumption. S. 380 was passed in the Senate by a vote of 59-1, yet the bill was stalled and finally died in the Agricultural Committee, held up there by its pro-slaughter Chairman, William MaGee, a “meat-industry” politician.
January 2004 108th Congress, 2nd Session H.R. 857 gains 4 co-sponsors. Total = 164
February 2004 Illinois State Legislature New Legislation to Ban Horse Slaughter in Illinois Introduced See below.
February 2004 108th Congress, 2nd Session H.R. 857 gains 13 co-sponsors. Total = 177
March 2004 108th Congress, 2nd Session H.R. 857 gains 18 co-sponsors. Total = 195
April 2004 108th Congress, 2nd Session S.2352 – Companion Bill to H.R. 857 – introduced in the Senate by Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) and Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) April 27, 2004;4 Co-Sponsors. N/A
April 2004 108th Congress, 2nd Session H.R. 857 gains 8 co-sponsors. Total 203.
May 2004 Illinois State Legislature Illinois Senate says YES to horse slaughter ban 38-15-2.

Illinois House says NO to horse slaughter ban 51-60-5

 Bill fails.
May 2004 108th Congress, 2nd Session H.R. 857 gains 22 co-sponsors; S.2352 gains 3 co-sponsors. Total H.R. 857 = 225 S.2352 = 7
June 2004 Virginia U.S. Ag Cmte Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) challenged at Town Hall Meeting re H.R. 857; admits to campaigning against the bill with Rep. Stenholm (D-TX). N/A
June 2004 Illinois Cavel International Reopens In Illinois to Slaughter Horses Defeat.
June 2004 108th Congress, 2nd Session H.R. 857 loses 1 co-sponsor. Total = 224
July 2004 108th Congress, 2nd Session H.R. 857 gains 1 co-sponsor, loses 1 co-sponsor; S.2352 gains 2 co-sponsors. Total H.R.. 857= 224; Total S. 2352 = 9
September 2004 108th Congress, 2nd Session H.R. 857 gains 2 co-sponsors; S.2352 gains 1 co-sponsor. Total H.R.. 857= 226; Total S. 2352 = 10
November 2004 108th Congress, 2nd Session H.R. 857 gains 1 co-sponsor; S.2352 gains 1 co-sponsor. Total H.R. 857= 227; Total S. 2352 = 11
November 2004 108th Congress, 2nd Session Wild Horses and Burros – Senator Conrad Burns (R-Montana) inserts a measure [Sect. 142] into massive Congressional Budget bill that removes a clause protecting wild free-roaming horses and burros from slaughter. Becomes Law (see below).
December 2004 108th Congress, 2nd Session H.R. 857 gains 1 co-sponsor; ends with 228. Companion bill in the Senate, S. 2352, ends with 11 Co-Sponsors.

H.R. 857 killed in the House Ag Committee by Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte.

 The American Horse Slaughter Prevention (H.R. 857/S.2352) Fails.
December 2004 108th Congress, 2nd Session Wild Horses and Burros – President Bush signs the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 into law [Public Law No: 108-447] containing Burns Amendment removing protections from slaughter. Enacts death sentence on America’s wild horses and burros.
December 2004 108th Congress, 2nd Session All Sessions concluded, the 108th Congress adjourns. All legislation left pending is dead, and no work carries forward. Bills must be re-introduced and started afresh.

Compiled by Vivian Farrell

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Two-thirds of Canadians polled do not believe in horse slaughter

VANCOUVER, BC (May 27, 2004) — According to a new Ipsos-Reid poll conducted on behalf of B.C. based TRACS, “The Responsible Animal Care Society”, two-thirds (64%) of adult Canadians “do not believe in the slaughter of Canadian horses for human consumption”.

Poll respondents were told “Government statistics show that in 2003 more than 61,000 horses were slaughtered in Canada for human consumption or shipped out of the country for the same purpose.”

One-in-three (33%) adult Canadians say they “do believe in the slaughter of Canadian horses for human consumption”. Three percent have no opinion on this issue.

Regional and demographic differences included the following:

A slight majority of Quebec residents say they “believe” in the slaughter of Canadian horses for human consumption (53% believe vs. 47% do not believe). A majority of residents from other provinces “do not believe” in the slaughter of Canadian horses for human consumption (77% Atlantic, 73% Ontario, 69% British Columbia, 62% Alberta, 56% Manitoba/Saskatchewan).

A majority of residents in all other socio-economic and demographic groups “do not believe” in the slaughter of Canadian horses for human consumption. Opposition to the slaughter is higher amongst women (73% vs. 55% men), younger residents (69% 18-34 years vs. 59% 35-54 years), lower income residents (74% vs. 58% higher) and less educated residents (75% less than high school, 69% high school vs. 64% some post-sec, 57% university graduates).

These are the findings of an Ipsos-Reid/TRACS poll conducted between May 18th and 20th, 2004. For the telephone survey, a representative randomly selected sample of 1000 adult Canadians was interviewed.  With a sample of this size, the results are considered accurate to within ± 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, of what they would have been had the entire adult Canadian population been polled. The margin of error will be larger within regions and for other sub-groupings of the survey population. These data were weighted to ensure the sample’s regional and age/sex composition reflects that of the actual Canadian population according to the 2001 Census data.

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