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Intro

Animal Protection Coalition, Inc. is a 501 (c)3 non profit organization dedicated to animal welfare. We currently have five equine rescue facilities, a canine rescue facility, and a feline rescue facility operating 24/7 to help animals in need. We are so please with the support and dedication that we receive from our volunteers, adopters, foster homes, and donors. Please give yourselves a pat on the back, as we could not survive without your help! 2008 marks the 8th year that Animal Protection Coalition, Inc. has been in operation to help animals, please help us continue our mission to improve animal welfare in the State of Indiana!

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Nutrena Proof of Purchases

Save your tags! It is a simple way you can help H.O.P.E., Indiana Horse Rescue, and the horses. If you have any questions, contact Kelsey at kelsey@indianahorserescue.com

NUTRENA PRODUCTS & THE AMOUNT THAT YOUR PROOFS OF PURCHASE BRING TO HOPE

Indiana Horse Rescue Southwest Open House

Indiana Horse Rescue Southwest in Owensville, Indiana will be holding their Spring Open House on April 26th, 2008. We are currently looking for volunteers to help with the following activities for the Open House:

• Raffle/Door Prizes - Talk to businesses to see if they will donate items to raise money for the horses and pick up items that are donated.
   
• Refreshments - Drinks and Snacks, see if we can get these items donated as apposed to having to purchase items.
   
• Event Sponsors - Look for businesses to sponsor the event so that we can rent tables, chairs, possibly a tent, and for any other fees that may come up.
   
• Special Appearances - Feed companies, Tack Companies, anything horse related, or not...(We already have Denny Taylor from DT Alliance coming to do a training clinic with the horses, but it would be nice to have other stuff going on as well)
   
• Advertising - Putting up flyers, calling radio stations and TV Stations (I think Brenda said she had the contacts locally ... I have to double check)
   
• Clean Up Crew - Getting the barn and farm ready for the Opens House Thursday and Friday
   
• Horse Crew - Get horses groomed and used to being handled more. Be available at the Open House to show horses to people, talk to them about the horses, etc.

If you would be interested in taking part in our Spring Open House please contact Kelsey by phone (812) 729-7697 or e-mail kelsey@indianahorserescue.com!

Those that are unable to help with the Open House, but would like to attend please come out and visit the horses on April 26th, the day should be fun with activities and plenty of horses to pet! Our Southwest facility is located at:

10254 West 800 South
Owensville, Indiana 47665
(Do not use MapQuest or Yahoo! Maps to get directions, they are wrong!)

Instead use these directions:
The easiest directions are from the intersection of Interstate 64 and State Road 41. Take Interstate 64 West towards St. Louis.  Take the Poseyville exit (exit 12 Indiana 165) go north on 165 to County Road 800 South, turn right or East onto 800 South and go approx 1.50 miles.  IHR Southwest is on the North side of the road and you can't miss the barn - 750 foot long old turkey barn! 

Americans Against Horse Slaughter Lobby Days!

Original Article can be found by following this link: http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article/354

The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act: Get Ready for March 4th and 5th, 2008
By Signing the Petition!
Posted Jan 20, 2008 by lauraallen

Horse Slaughter
You can help end the slaughter of American horses for human consumption. Get political to stop horse slaughter!

On March 4-5, 2008, the Americans Against Horse Slaughter, plan to lobby members of Congress to pass the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act.

More than 100 advocates will gather during that time in Washington D.C. and meet with and lobby to ban the slaughter of American horses for human consumption. The Act, H.B. 503/S.B. 311 is pending, or more
accurately, stuck, in Congress. You can help by taking the poll at the end of this article. And sign the petition which will be presented in D.C.!
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/endhorseslaughternow/

You can also call in to the U.S. Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121and ask for your U.S. representative and two U.S. Senators. You can also write them and urge them to "Please cosponsor and push for the
passage of H.R. 503/S. 311 to protect horses from slaughter". Click here to find your senators:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm Click here to find your U.S. representative: http://www.house.gov/writerep/

There will also be demonstrations in Mexico City to demand the closure of the San Barnabe horse slaughterhouse. Click here for more information and also videos on the horrific cruelty in Mexican
slaughterhouses: http://www.antifursociety.org/HORSE_SLAUGHTER.html

Horse slaughter for human consumption has been shut down in the U.S.by federal court decisions; it is also illegal in both Texas and Illinois, where the 3 U.S. horse slaughter houses were located.

Horses, however, can still be transported to Mexico and Canada and other countries for slaughter. Beltex Corp., owner of one of the former Texas horse slaughterhouses, has a controlling interest in a Mexican horse slaughter house operator, Empacadora de Carnes de Fresnillo. More horse slaughter houses are under construction in Mexico. There is still a big demand for horse meat in Japan, Belgium, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovenia and several other countries. So horse slaughter is still big business for the U.S. as well as foreign horse slaughter industry.

This Act is essential to shut down the export of American horses to Mexico, Canada and other countries for slaughter for human consumption. The Act will amend the Horse Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. 1821 and end the "shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of any horse or other equine to be slaughtered for human consumption" in foreign or interstate commerce. Check ALC's Pending Bills for copies of both the House and Senate versions.

You can be sure the industry lobbyists are there at the Capitol working to defeat this bill. The horses have only you. Your calls and letters are critical.

U.S. Senate version - What's the hold up on a vote?

The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act has passed the committee and is now on the Senate Calendar, but Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) has placed a legislative hold on the bill. (You remember Sen. Larry Craig who didn't have the good grace to quit after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct following an incident of lewd behavior in a men's restroom in the Minneapolis airport and, more importantly, misleading the public about his behavior. He has since been admonished by the Senate Ethics Committee for his behavior but apparently is free to continue to hold office and do what he can to ensure slaughterhouses remain open!)

It's time to get this bill to the floor for a vote, but with Sen. Craig's hold, that won't happen unless 60 Senators sign up as co-sponsors. Check here to find out if your Senators are co-sponsors of this bill introduced by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA): http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN00311:@@@P

If not, click here to find your senators' contact information: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm Write or call and ask them why they aren't supporting this bill, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, S.B. 311?

Let's play politics: Who's up for re-election?

Here is a list of the senators (with contact information) who must seek re-election in 2008 or leave office:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm? Class=2 Of the 33 Senators on this list, only these have signed on as co-sponsors of the bill: Senators. Joe Biden, Susan Collins (R-ME), Richard Durbin (R-IL), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu, Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Carl Levin (D-MI), and John D. Rockefeller, IV (D-WV)

And, guess who's on the list? Sen. Larry Craig!

Write or call the Senators on the list who are running for re-election and let them know you expect them to support the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act that will put an end to the sale and shipment of horses to other countries for slaughter for human consumption. The first step to pass this bill is to get Sen. Craig to lift his legislative hold or get 60 or more Senate co-sponsors.

If the Senators need convincing, send them the link to this video from Humane Farming Association and Humane Society of the United States that depicts the horrific slaughter of horses in Mexico.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=1568865848

U.S. House version- Stuck in Committee But It's an Election Year for Every Representative!

H.R. 503 is the House version of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. Click here for a list of co-sponsors of this bill which was introduced by Reps. Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL -9th): http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR00503:@@@P

Is your U.S. representative a co-sponsor? Remember every member of the U.S. House of Representatives is up for re-election in 2008. Every single one. Click here to find your U.S. representative: http://www.house.gov/writerep/

If he or she is not a co-sponsor, write or call and ask your representative to co-sponsor this bill, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, H.R. 503.

This bill is now stuck in a subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture, the Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee. Click here for a list of its members and their contact information: http://agriculture.house.gov/inside/subcomms.html They are all up for re-election in 2008. Ask them to hold hearings on this bill and vote it out of committee so that the full House can vote on it and pass it.

Take the Poll

Please click on the links below and vote "FOR" the bill. The poll is located in the right hand column and you will need to scroll down to click on the "thumbs up" button in order to vote "FOR" the bill.

The Senate version is:
http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_311.html

The House version is:
http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_503.html

Where You Can Find More Information on Horse Slaughter

For more on the cruelty and horror of horse slaughter including compelling Congressional testimony from Christopher J. Heyde, Deputy Legislative Director, Society for Animal Protective Legislation (A Division of the Animal Welfare Institute), click here: http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article/211

Read Frequently Asked Questions About Unwanted Horses and the AVMA's Policy on Horse Slaughter

Read Veterinarians for Equine Welfare's Horse Slaughter - Its Ethical Impact and Subsequent Response by the Veterinary Profession:
http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article-333

For more on the federal court rulings this year that brought horse slaughter in the U.S. to an end, click on these links.
http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article/17
http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter/article/212

Check out other articles on horse slaughter on Animal Law Coalition
http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter-0

Shop Till You Drop

The Indiana Horse Rescue Online Gift Shop is now up and running! Please check out all the cool products we have for sale! Please help spread the word and support Indiana Horse Rescue by making a purchase.

Go to: http://www.cafepress.com/inhorserescue to see a full list of products! More items will be coming soon! You can also go to http://www.indianahorserescue.com and click on the gift shop link under the IHR image.

Yahoo! Group

Animal Protection Coalition, Inc. and Indiana Horse Rescue now have groups on Yahoo! This group is for all supporters, adopters, volunteers, and anyone interested in animal welfare in Indiana! Please join us and share your stories, problems, solutions, and events by signing up for the Animal Protection Coalition, Inc. and Indiana Horse Rescue Yahoo! Groups!

Join the Animal Protection Coalition, Inc. Yahoo! Group by going to http://www.animalprotectioncoalition.org and clicking on the Yahoo! Group button in the center of the page or click on the link below or paste it into your web browser address bar:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/animalprotectioncoalition/join

You can join the Indiana Horse Rescue Yahoo! Group by going to http://www.indianahorserescue.com and clicking on the Yahoo! Group button on the left side of the page or click on the link below or paste it into your web browser address bar:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/indianahorserescue/join

Thank You!

Thank you everyone who supports our organization!  We could not do everything we do without you!  You are the ones that keep this organization running and you are the ones saving the lives of innocent animals!  Please continue to support Animal Protection Coalition, Inc. and all of our Animal Welfare Divisions!

APC/ IHR Corporate Offices
10474 West 800 South
Owensville, IN 47665
E-mail  kelsey@animalprotectioncoalition.org
Fax      (206) 338-5604
Phone (812) PAWS111
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