Save America’s Forgotten Equines

Save America’s Forgotten Equines Act (SAFE Act) of 2025 (H.R. 1661/S. 775) is a bipartisan bill that is intended to ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption in the US and prevent the export of horses to Mexico and Canada for that purpose. Hard to believe this isn’t already a law. This Act isn’t a new law it would just add equines to the law that prevents the slaughter of cats and dogs. This Act (or similar ones) have been proposed in the past but have failed to move forward out of committee. Why? The main reason cited is lobbying against the act. That raises another why? This would permanently prohibit the slaughter of all horses and burrows (domestic and wild). Who opposes this? Ranchers? Horse owners? People who would have to continue to provide support for horses after said horse stop being of use or making them money? People who instead ship them off to slaughter to make money? I’ll let you answer that question for yourselves but if you have time, please contact your representative and senators and ask them to support this Act.

Save our horses.