With the controversy and current acts by the U.S. Department of Agriculture E.P.O.N.A. is making an attempt to educate more of the general public about the plight that many U.S. horses may soon face again. The loss of thier lives for the purpose of human consumption by oversea markets.
On Monday March 6th E.P.O.N.A. will be leading a convoy of EMPTY horse trailers through New England, ending at our Nation's Capital.
The EMPTY trailers are a symbol of the thousands of horses that over the years have lost thier lives to slaughter. Anyone is invited to attend. The larger the number, the greater chance for more publicity to the cause. Details and registration is available on the E.P.O.N.A. Website eponarescue.org

I have another way to educate yourselves and the public on this whole matter. The weekend before that Monday in March, head your empty trailer down to the closest horse auction to you. Doesn't matter which one or where it is, just go. Observe the actual price a slaughter horse brings, buy one horse to put in you empty trailer. Now you have taken a responsible and practical way to stop horse slaughter. The more empty trailers that leave loaded with one horse, the more horses you have saved. Take resposibility into your own hands, stand up for your beliefs first hand. The trip to the slaughter house starts with horse owners and ends with horse owners. When you have seen how much a slaughter horse is actually worth you understand just how badly their owners wanted them to start with. Money is not the motive for these sales, getting rid of the horse is.

If money is not the object for these people getting rid of their horses, why not just take the horse to a local rescue organization who will gladly accept the horse for free? Why not donate the horse to a local 4-H club who may be able to use this otherwise unwanted horse?

I disagree with you Mary. Although I think that you have a valid point that these people just want to get rid of their horses, I disagree that money has nothing to do with it. If these people who give their horses up to auctions actually gave a crap about the horses, rather than their pocketbooks, they would spend the time to find the horse a good home or give it to someone who can.