H.R. 1661 -SAFE ACT
This Act may be cited as the ``Save America's Forgotten Equines Act
of 2025'' or the ``SAFE Act of 2025''. The bill has been assigned to the subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
PROHIBITION ON SLAUGHTER OF EQUINES FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
This bill permanently prohibits the slaughter of equines (e.g., horses and mules) for human consumption. (Current law prohibits the slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption. This bill extends the prohibition to equines.)
Specifically, this bill prohibits a person from knowingly (1) slaughtering an equine for human consumption; or (2) shipping, transporting, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donating an equine to be slaughtered for human consumption or equine parts for human consumption.