Slaughter is a brutal and terrifying end for horses, and it is not humane. Horses are shipped for more than 24 hours at a time without food, water or rest in crowded trucks. They are often seriously injured or killed in transit. Horses are skittish by nature (owing to their heightened fight-or-flight response), which makes accurate pre-slaughter stunning difficult. As a result, horses often endure repeated blows and sometimes remain conscious during dismemberment—this is rarely a quick, painless death. The cruelty of horse slaughter can include broken bones protruding from their bodies, eyeballs hanging by a thread of skin, and gaping wounds. There are so many unnecessary deaths and the number is going up by the minute. So lets stand together and stop the slaughter. "You want to have a happy end to life, so why can't we."