Full Text of HR0160 096th General Assembly
HR0160 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Horse processing is the most tightly regulated | 3 |
| animal harvest; and
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| WHEREAS, Horse processing is the only animal processing for | 5 |
| which
transportation is regulated; and
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| WHEREAS, The Horse Welfare Coalition estimates that | 7 |
| annually 90,000 to 100,000 unwanted horses will be
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| potential abandonment and neglect if horse processing plants | 9 |
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forced to close and horse export options are eliminated; | 10 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Those 90,000 to 100,000 unwanted horses will | 12 |
| compete each year for adoption with the
32,000 wild horses that | 13 |
| United States taxpayers are
currently paying $40 million to | 14 |
| shelter and feed; and
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| WHEREAS, The nation's inadequate, overburdened, and | 16 |
| unregulated horse rescue and adoption facilities cannot handle | 17 |
| the influx of approximately
60,000 or more additional horses | 18 |
| each year that would result
from a harvesting ban, according to | 19 |
| the Congressional Research Service; and
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| WHEREAS, Many zoo animal diets rely on equine protein |
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| because it
closely resembles the food that the zoo animal would | 2 |
| consume in the wild; and
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| WHEREAS, Many veterinarians and animal nutritionists | 4 |
| assert that equine
protein is the healthiest diet for big cats | 5 |
| and rare birds; and
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| WHEREAS, The only source of equine protein that is | 7 |
| inspected by the
United States Department of Agriculture will | 8 |
| be eliminated if federal
legislation shuts down horse | 9 |
| processing facilities; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| respectfully urge all members of the Illinois congressional | 13 |
| delegation to support the continuation of horse processing in | 14 |
| the United States and to offer incentives that help create | 15 |
| horse processing plants, such as state-inspected horse harvest | 16 |
| for export; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we respectfully urge the Congress of the
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| United States to support new horse processing facilities and | 19 |
| the continuation
of existing facilities on both the state and | 20 |
| national level; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we respectfully urge the House of |
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| Representatives of the Congress of the
United States to oppose | 2 |
| H.R. 503 of the 111th Congress and to
support the processing of | 3 |
| horses in the United States and internationally; and be it | 4 |
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| RESOLVED, That we support the location of United States | 6 |
| Department of Agriculture-approved horse processing facilities
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| on state, tribal, or private lands under mutually acceptable | 8 |
| and market-driven land leases and, if necessary, a mutually | 9 |
| acceptable assignment of
revenues that meets the needs of all | 10 |
| parties involved with the horse
processing facility; and be it | 11 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That after adoption, copies of this resolution
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| shall be sent by the Clerk of the Illinois House of | 14 |
| Representatives to the
members of Illinois congressional | 15 |
| delegation, the President pro tempore of the United
States | 16 |
| Senate, and the Speaker of the United States House of | 17 |
| Representatives.
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