By Horsetalk.co.nz on Mar 31, 2012 in Focus 6
Wayne Pacelle with Declan Gregg at HSUS headquarters
Nine-year-old Declan Gregg is being hailed by the Humane Society of the United States for showing how to advocate for horses.
Declan visited Washington DC to urge an end to the slaughter of horses.
Humane society chief executive and president Wayne Pacelle, in his blog, A Humane Nation, said Declan visited the society’s downtown headquarters after a long day on Capitol Hill, where he lobbied to urge adoption of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, H.R. 2966 and S. 1176.
Declan talked to his congressman, Frank Guinta, from New Hampshire. He had a chance to speak to other lawmakers when Guinta took him to the floor of the House, where Declan urged them to ban the slaughter of American horses in the US and abroad.
He also had a separate meeting and press conference with Representative Jim Moran, co-chair of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus and a great fighter for horses.
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