Senate Resolution 16 - Introduced

PAG LIN

                                    S.R. ________ H.R. ________


  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                       BY  KIBBIE
  1  3 A Senate Resolution to urge Congress to support the
  1  4    horse processing industry.
  1  5    WHEREAS, horse processing is the most tightly
  1  6 regulated of any animal harvest, and the only animal
  1  7 that has its transportation to processing regulated;
  1  8 and
  1  9    WHEREAS, if horse processing plants are forced to
  1 10 close, the Horse Welfare Coalition estimates the
  1 11 60,000 to 90,000 unwanted horses annually would be
  1 12 exposed to potential abandonment and neglect; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, the 60,000 to 90,000 additional unwanted
  1 14 horses each year would compete for adoption with the
  1 15 32,000 wild horses that United States taxpayers are
  1 16 already paying $40 million to shelter and feed; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, the nation's inadequate, overburdened, and
  1 18 unregulated horse rescue and adoption facilities
  1 19 cannot handle the influx of the 60,000 or more
  1 20 additional horses each year that would result from a
  1 21 harvesting ban, according to the Congressional
  1 22 Research Service; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, the annual number of unwanted or unusable
  1 24 surplus domestic horses is estimated to be 100,000,
  1 25 increasing annually; and
  1 26    WHEREAS, federal legislation was introduced to
  1 27 amend the 1970 Horse Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. } 1821
  1 28 et seq., to prohibit shipping, transporting, moving,
  1 29 delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing,
  1 30 selling, or donating horses and other equines for
  2  1 processing and other purposes; and
  2  2    WHEREAS, the loss of secondary markets has severely
  2  3 impacted the livestock industry by eliminating the
  2  4 salvage value of horses and has significantly reduced
  2  5 the market value of all horses; and
  2  6    WHEREAS, prohibitions regarding the processing of
  2  7 horses have had significant economic impacts on the
  2  8 entire equine industry and have resulted in
  2  9 significant increases in abandoned and starving
  2 10 animals; and
  2 11    WHEREAS, state agriculture and rural leaders
  2 12 recognize the necessity and benefit of a state's
  2 13 ability to direct the transport and processing of
  2 14 horses; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 15    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the regulation
  2 16 of horse transport and processing remain with the
  2 17 states and that Congress not enact legislation that
  2 18 interferes with states' authority to regulate the
  2 19 transport or processing of horses; and
  2 20    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Congress support new
  2 21 horse processing facilities and the continuation of
  2 22 existing facilities on both the state and national
  2 23 levels; and
  2 24    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
  2 25 resolution be sent to the President of the United
  2 26 States, the President of the United States Senate, the
  2 27 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives,
  2 28 and members of the Iowa congressional delegation.
  2 29 LSB 2670XS 83
  2 30 da/rj/14