Statistical Sites

Agricultural Marketing Service @ USDA. (2008). Livestock and Grain Market News Branch. Retrieved Mar. 16, 2008, from http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsmnpubs/horse.htm.

This website gives a variety of data from seven different subjects, all involving horses. This is a reliable website and lets the viewer see the information in an easy and readable setup. The information that is provided includes horse auctions at two different places and horse exports, to and from different places. Also, you can choose other countries and other summaries that are related to the horse slaughter. This website gives reliable information and numbers.

Grandin, T., McGee, K., & Lanier, J. (2008). Survey of Trucking Practices and Injury to Slaughter Horses. Retrieved Mar. 16, 2008, from http://www.grandin.com/references/horse.transport.html.%20.

This survey shows an overall view of how the horses in different trailers were being injured on the way to the slaughter plants. The highest percent of horses injured happened on the double deck trailers that are sill being used with certain restrictions. New regulations have been passed to go with the anti-slaughter ban, but this survey is still important because it shows the reasoning of the change that the United States took to transport horses. Also, these trailers are still used in other places in the world, where there are less animal rights than the U.S. and still affects horses that are intended for slaughter, no matter where the horses are located.