Susan Wagner - President, Equine Advocates

Susan Wagner testified at the Public Hearing on the Welfare of Racehorses in New York State before the Senate Standing Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering and the Senate Standing Committee on Domestic Animal Welfare on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Susan Wagner is Founder and President of Equine Advocates which maintains a 140- acre sanctuary in Chatham, NY. Currently the sanctuary is home to 82 equines. Most of these horses were purchased out of kill pens or seized by police in cruelty case raids. Most horses bred for racing never make it to the racetracks. Over a hundred thousand horses are slaughtered annually. Slaughter makes it too easy to dispose of a problem, even making a small profit. Horse slaughter is the garbage disposal for the horse industry. The convenience of slaughter encourages indiscriminate breeding of horses, causing a surplus of horses born each year. If the Federal government banned horse slaughter, the result would be a better and healthier horse industry. https://www.equineadvocates.org/