Due to their sensitive nature and flight response, there is no humane way to slaughter horses for food. Most people are horrified to learn that all kinds of horses meet this fate: unsuccessful racehorses, lame or ill horses, pets, and foals who are "byproducts" of production of the drug Premarin.

Horse owners are often unaware of the pain, fear, and suffering their animals endure before being slaughtered, starting with transport, often over long distances without food, water or rest, in trucks where they are easily injured.

Slaughterhouse conditions are very frightening for horses. In some countries, horses are stabbed in the neck to paralyze them prior to slaughter. Horse flesh is shipped to Europe and Asia for human consumption—the meat a specialty product no one needs.

Instead of being shipped to slaughter, horses should be re-homed, sent to sanctuary or humanely euthanized by a veterinarian. Join our campaign to end the cruelty.