Monday, October 4, 2010

EWA Position Paper on Horse Welfare

We are pleased to release our position paper on horse welfare that was submitted in September to the GAO committee charged with a study on the welfare of horses since the closure of the slaughter plants.

John, Laura Allen and I were invited by the ASPCA to join them in a conference call with the GAO committee back in February. We had a few calls with ASPCA to prep for the call. After the committee call, we set the baseline for our paper and began gathering data and research. It was a true EWA team effort but if one person stood out, it was Valerie James-Patton who (like Cindy MacDonald) can pull data and research with panache.

A follow-up call is currently being scheduled to answer any questions the committee may have. The committee had indicated in our prior call they expect to release their study by year-end.

We hope you will find our position paper useful in your efforts to end horse slaughter. Feel free to distribute as you wish and if anyone would prefer a word document, please let me know.

http://www.equinewelfarealliance.org/uploads/EWA_GAO_Submission_Final_10.2010.pdf

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