The anxiously awaited final part of the Sue Wallis series!
Who is Sue Wallis and Why Should I Care? Part III in a Series In a membership communication distributed on
January 30, the United Organizations of the Horse (a Wyoming based
lobbying group whose mission is to open a horse slaughter facility in
Wyoming - referred to as the UOH) applauded the financial support of
various organizations and spoke of the attendance of Rep. Sue Wallis
and David Duquette at the Simon Bucking Stock Sale in Oklahoma City,
OK. Rep. Wallis is an elected state legislator from Wyoming, as well as
Executive Director of the UOH, and Mr. Duquette is the President of the
nonprofit 501 (c)(3) affiliate of the UOH, the United Horseman's Front.
The Simon Bucking Stock Sale is operated by Joe Simon Enterprises of
Lakeville, MN.
In August of 2009, this same Joe Simon (aka Roy Joseph Simon) was
found to have committed multiple violations of the Commercial
Transportation of Equines for Slaughter Act (CTESA). The Act, part of
the 1996 Farm Bill, is intended to assure that equines being
transported for slaughter are not subjected to unsafe and inhumane
conditions during shipment. Any owner/shipper that commercially
transports more than 20 equines a year to a slaughter facility must
comply with this law. The United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) is charged with overseeing CTESA compliance. Among other things
these regulations dictate that: READ MORE
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