Double-decker trailers, the kind used to transport hogs and cattle, are not safe for equine transport: The trailers don't provide enough headroom for the horses to stand comfortably and oftentimes horses in the trailer are injured during transport as they cannot raise their heads to maintain balance.
In 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture banned the use of double-decker trailers to transport horses to slaughter, but continued to allow inter-state shipment of horses in these trailers. The Horse Transportation Act (HTSA), part of a legislative infrastructure package called the Moving Forward Act, would ban the shipment of horses in double-decker trailers anywhere in the United States—not just to slaughter.
The act has passed through the House and now must be passed by the Senate before Sept. 30 to become a law. The HTSA is led by Representatives Steve Cohen (D-TN), Peter King (R-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA).
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