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WILD FOR LIFE FOUNDATION  SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES Feb 1, 2014 News and Updates  January brought some very good news for horses.. The U.S. Congress reinstated the defunding language in the Consolidated Appropriations Act (aka the Omnibus Bill). The language effectively bans the slaughtering of horses by preventing the U.S. Department of Agriculture from expending funds to place inspectors in horse slaughter facilitates through the year 2014.  The Act cleared the Senate on a 72-26 vote after gaining House approval a day earlier by a vote of 359-67, and was signed into law on January 17, 2014 by President Obama. USDA inspectors are required by federal law for the plants to operate in interstate commerce and effective the defunding language ensures no horse slaughter facilities can open in the United States.  The defunding language had been in effect every year since 2006, but removed in 2013. The Wild for Life Foundation and the Saving America's Horses Initiative urges Congress to pass the Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act, which would place a permanent federal ban on horse slaughter in the U.S. and prohibit America's wild and domestic horses from being exported across federal borders for slaughter. Learn more at Saving Americas Horses Update on SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES, the movie: "Saving America's Horses - A Nation Betrayed" is a multi- international award winning documentary film, successfully released to the big screen bi-coastally, recognized by the Academy.  It's a powerful podium for animal welfare worldwide and go-to resource for journalists and news outlets seeking to find substantiated documentation and well-researched, shocking statistics regarding the illegal and fraudulent sale of equines for slaughter, and the very real possibility of their extinction in the wild. With your support, we are continuing this important work in order to bring this extremely compelling film resource to the widest audience possible, including the long anticipated DVD release. Now see "Make That Change" the latest, most inspiring trailer from SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES - shining the light of hope, justice and freedom for America's horses and featuring the cast from the movie. WFLF invites Corporate Leaders to Sponsor the Saving America's Horses national tour of public showings and educational presentations ...to universities, schools and libraries ...to community leaders ...and onto television/ cable. Financial support is tax deductible to the full extent permitted by law. At Wild for Life Foundation - Saving America's Horses we build connections between people and animals through community enrichment and social engagement. Through education, rescue, sanctuary, the arts and sciences, Wild for Life Foundation informs, inspires, and empowers the public for the greater good in saving, preserving and protecting wild and domestic equines and their significant roles in our world's ecosystem and history; for a better world now and for generations to come. Learn more: SavingAmericasHorses.org

CALL TO ACTION: Support the Moran Amendment to stop USDA funding for the slaughter of horses on US

Wild for Life Foundation
June 12, 2012

Support the Moran Amendment to stop USDA funding for the slaughter of horses on US soil by contacting your State’s member of the US Full House Committee on Appropriations

Rep. James Moran (D-8-VA) is proposing an Amendment to the Full House Committee for the protection of America's horses. The House Appropriations Committee will consider Moran's Amendment Re the FY13 Agriculture Appropriations bill on Tuesday June 19, 2012, and if passed, will stop USDA funding for the slaughter of horses on US soil.

Last fall, 2011, the Congress and the President ended the de-funding, making it legal to slaughter horses for human consumption in the U.S. once again. Until then horse slaughter for human consumption had been illegal in the U.S. since 2007.
You can also see & and share this 1 minute PSA to learn more http://youtu.be/VlFKQH0hk5I

Support the Moran Amendment by calling / faxing your State's member of the US Full House Committee on Appropriations with the following recommended message:
 SUPPORT THE MORAN AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT USDA INSPECTIONS AT HORSE SLAUGHTER FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES
Representatives serving on the Full House Committee on Appropriations
- http://appropriations.house.gov/About/Members/
Find your Representative
- http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

NOTE: Please contact U.S. Representatives for your state ONLY
Contact Information
REPUBLICANS
Harold Rogers, Kentucky, Chairman
P) 202-225-4601 F) 202-225-0940
C.W. Bill Young, Florida
P) 202-225-5961 F) 202-225-9764
Jerry Lewis, California
P) 202-225-5861 F) 202-225-6498
Frank R. Wolf, Virginia
P) 202-225-5136 F) 202-225-0437
Jack Kingston, Georgia
P) 202-225-5831 F) 202-226-2269
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey
P) 202-225-5034 F) 202-225-3186
Tom Latham, Iowa
P) 202-225-5476 F) 202-225-3301
Robert B. Aderholt, Alabama
P) 202-225-4876 F) 202-225-5587
Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri
P) 202-225-4404 F) 202-226-0326
Kay Granger, Texas
P) 202-225-5071 F) 202-225-5683
Michael K. Simpson, Idaho
P) 202-225-5531 F) 202-225-8216
John Abney Culberson, Texas
P) 202-225-2571 F) 202-225-4381
Ander Crenshaw, Florida
P) 202-225-2501 F) 202-225-2504
Denny Rehberg, Montana
P) 202-225-3211 F) 202-225-5687
John R. Carter, Texas
P) 202-225-3864 F) 202-225-5886
Rodney Alexander, Louisiana
P) 202-225-8490 F) 202-225-5639
Ken Calvert, California
P) 202-225-1986 F) 202-225-2004
Jo Bonner, Alabama
P) 202-225-4931 F) 202-225-0562
Steven C. LaTourette, Ohio
P) 202-225-5731 F) 202-225-3307
Tom Cole, Oklahoma
P) 202-225-6165 F) 202-225-3512
Jeff Flake, Arizona
P) 202-225-2635 F) 202-226-4386
Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida
P) 202-225-4211 F) 202-225-8576
Charles W. Dent, Pennsylvania
P) 202-225-6411 F) 202-226-0778
Steve Austria, Ohio
P) 202-225-4324 F) 202-225-1984
Cynthia M. Lummis, Wyoming
P) 202-225-2311 F) 202-225-3057
Tom Graves, Georgia
P) 202-225-5211 F) 202-225-8272
Kevin Yoder, Kansas
P) 202-225-2865 F) 202-225-2807
Steve Womack, Arkansas
P) 202-225-4301 F) 202-225-5713
Alan Nunnelee, Mississippi
P) 202-225-4306 F) 202-225-3549
DEMOCRATS
Norman D. Dicks, Washington
P) 202-225-5916 F) 253-593-6551
Marcy Kaptur, Ohio
P) 202-225-4146 F) 202-225-7711
Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana
P) 202-225-2461 F) 202-225-2493
Nita M. Lowey, New York
P) 202-225-6506 F) 202-225-0546
José E. Serrano, New York
P) 202-225-4361 F) 202-225-6001
Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut
P) 202-225-3661 F) 202-225-4890
John W. Olver, Massachusetts
P) 202-225-5335 F) 202-226-1224
Ed Pastor, Arizona
P) 202-225-4065 F) 202-225-1655
David E. Price, North Carolina
P) 202-225-1784 F) 202-225-2014
Maurice D. Hinchey, New York
202-225-6335 F) 202-226-0774
Lucille Roybal-Allard, California
P) 202-225-1766 F) 202-226-0350
Sam Farr, California
P) 202-225-2861 F) 202-225-6791
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Illinois
P) 202-225-0773 F) 202-225-0899
Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania
P) 202-225-4001 F) 202-225-5392
Steven R. Rothman, New Jersey
P) 202-225-5061 F) 202-225-5851
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., Georgia
P) 202-225-3631 F) 202-225-2203
Barbara Lee, California
P) 202-225-2661 F) 202-225-9817
Adam B. Schiff, California
P) 202-225-4176 F) 202-225-5828
Michael M. Honda, California
P) 202-225-2631 F) 202-225-2699
Betty McCollum, Minnesota
P) 202-225-6631 F) 202-225-1968