While I commend the actions of the House to end horse slaughter, the current verbiage in the Resolution does not address the impact that an end to export of horse slaughter will have on the horse industry, and the welfare of horses who would be exported to slaughter. 
An end to the US horse slaughter pipeline would no doubt create suffering of unwanted horses without a plan of action to address the root causes of the demand for kill buyers and horse slaughter. Below are proposed action items to reduce and hopefully eliminate the contributing factors to the export and slaughter industry:

1. Regulation for equine businesses whose primary worker is the horse. Currently, there are not enough resources to enforce welfare standards of any equine business. 
   2. Easily accessible welfare based education for the public on how to spot bad welfare standards, and where to report them. 
   3. Regulation for veterinary services that are being purchased by equity firms to ensure horse owners have access to affordable veterinary care. 
   4. A path to veterinary certifications and vet techs to provide specific types of care when veterinarians are unavailable. As we are currently in a veterinarian shortage that is expected to continue to worsen, we need to strengthen our care provider workforce. 
   5. An increase in funding and support for rescue organizations - including access to social services for rescue providers to ensure that they are able to maintain a basic lifestyle without threat of financial ruin from rescue work. An emphasis on mental health care is necessary for both rescue providers & veterinarians, as the suicide rates of both is comparable to first responders. 
   6. Regulation for all equine related businesses such as a certification to teach that provides educational consistency throughout the lesson industry. 
   7. Regulation on breeding operations to ensure that overbreeding or irresponsible breeding is minimized. 
   8. Regulation, affordable certification, and affordable consistent training for horse care professionals of all levels and types. Education of horse care services is costly and time consuming, and as a trade often unattainable based on location. Better access to the education and a pathway to more affordable business costs would greatly improve the horse care market. 
   9. Legal requirement for all equine businesses to post the immunity from liability clauses in any applicable state laws alongside the waiver of liability signage. 

While these may not currently be all proposed additions to the resolution, I feel strongly that creating guardrails for the entire equine industry as a whole will ultimately greatly reduce the factors that led to the demand for horse slaughter. 

These additions, as well as further discussion on realistic implementation of policy to create a better industry overall has been long overdue in all areas of the equine industry. 

As someone who has spent a decade with experience in teaching, rescue and rehabilitation, training, horse care and barn management - this industry financially ruined me through attempting to ensure the best quality care for the horses that I took into my care. The mental health ramifications from not only the traumatic experiences, but also the financial strain have left me in poverty - yet committed to the horses that I promised would always have a home and the care they needed. I - like countless others - have dedicated my life to this work to a detrimental point because I don’t do it for the success, I do it for the love of the horse. I’ve had veterinarians who took their own lives, I’ve seen horses suffer under the most horrendous conditions, and seen students injured in accidents that could have easily been prevented with better consumer education. There are countless professionals who haven’t called for better reform, but that also does not threaten our ability to survive.

We have a lot of work to do to reform the horse industry, but the ability with this particular legislation to address oversight that has contributed to horse slaughter demand.