National Horse Protection Coalition
Published January 10, 2006

Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006 at 4:33 PM



A billboard has gone up on I-40 directly across from the Quarter
Horse Association headquarters.

The group that bought it wants to educate passing motorists about
horse slaughterhouses in Texas.

The signs are the creation of the National Horse Protection Coalition.

Members say up to 100,000 horses are killed each year in Texas and
Illinois. Most of the meat, they say, is shipped to Japan and Europe.

The reason the billboard is near the AQHA is because the organization
is not urging Congress to outlaw commercial horse slaughter.