Actors Bo Derek and John Corbett, Prince Lorenzo Borghese of ABC's "The Bachelor," and Willie Nelson'sdaughter and granddaughter joined a bi-partisan effort Tuesday morning at the Russell Senate Building for a "Horses on the Hill" event. 
The aim of the press conference was to raise awareness about horse slaughter and show support forThe American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act.

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Since October 7, 2011 the new amendment of the Commercial Transport of Equines to Slaughter Regulation is in effect, making it illegal to use double deck trailers for any transport of slaughter horses. However, the protection of the regulation is only as good as the enforcement.
 
Animals’ Angels is therefore asking for your help to monitor auctions, feedlots and roads  and report violations. We have created a “Double Deck Transport Observation Report” which provides you with additional information about what to look for and how to identify a double deck horse transport. If you witness any violations, please document it and return the observation report to Animals’ Angels. Please share this information far and wide, we need to have as many eyes as possible at the auctions and feedlots across the United States.
 
Thank you so much for your help!
 
Sonja Meadows, Executive Director Animals’ Angels

The International Equine Conference was a huge success and very well attended. Speakers had impressive expertise and data in medicine, veterinary medicine, law, public policy, humane advocacy, history, politics, zoology, ecology and more! A heartfelt thanks to the Equine Welfare Alliance, the Animal Law Coalition, Dr. Ann Marini, and everyone for putting together such an incredible event packed with so many strong presenters.

Our presentation was very well received and Animals’ Angels received a lot of positive feedback for our work. Also appreciated was our new film A Horse’s Nightmare, released for the first time at the conference. To be used to gain support for legislative efforts banning horse slaughter and to raise further awareness about the issue, the film is a short 7 minutes/7seconds.

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