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Since 1989, over 2 million horses have been slaughtered at USDA-approved horse slaughter plants. Although the number of horses slaughtered in the United States has fallen substantially over the years, 63,000 were slaughtered during 2003. These horses, some quite old, some lame, and some blind, are sold at auction terminals and then transported in double-deck, straight or gooseneck trailers to the plants located in Illinois, Texas and Canada. To ensure these equines destined for slaughter are handled and transported in a humane way, and in response to action taken by various humane organizations, Congress included in the 1996 farm bill authority for the Secretary of Agriculture to issue guidelines to regulate the commercial transportation of equines to slaughter by persons regularly engaged in that activity within the United States.
Owner/Shipper Certificate
- VS Form 10-13 (fillable pdf 342kb)
- VS Form 10-13a (fillable continuation sheet) (pdf 317kb)
Final Rule (txt 218kb) (pdf 213kb)
Truckers Brochure (pdf 100kb)
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