All the Pretty HorsesA House bill aims to prevent the slaughter of horses for meat.

The House of Representatives is set to vote Sept. 7 on the Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, which would ban the killing of horses for human consumption, especially in foreign markets. Animal-rights organizations are urging action from members and horse lovers, and a celebrity-supported rally will be held in Washington, D.C. However, some maintain that the bill could "shut down an industry that provides a practical public service: disposal of the remains of dead horses" and prevent farmers from selling their horses or even using nails in horseshoes.

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In February 2005, Deanne Stillman examined the Bush administration's treatment of America's wild-horse population and found it wanting. "George W. Bush styles himself a cowboy president. One job of cowboys is to claim the American wilderness for ranching, so it's little surprise the Bush administration is behind a new effort to suppress—and perhaps slaughter—one of the last symbols of untamed America: our wild horses." Click here to read Stillman's article on the slaughter of the last of the West's wild horses.

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