International Do Not Slaughter Registry

Protecting your horse’s life…for a lifetime.

The United Organizations of the Horse and United Horsemen promote positive solutions and a range of options for all horse owners, regardless of their economic situation, how many horses they own, or what they do with their horses. People who own horses should have the right to choose how they end that ownership. For some people, processing may be an acceptable choice. Others may find it unacceptable; not only for horses they currently own, but also for horses they sold or otherwise lost track of in the past. This is the motivation behind the National Do Not Slaughter Program.

We have established a database that goes several steps further than the existing identify-and-locate registries. In order to accomplish this we have partnered with cutting edge technology and equine identification, recovery, and data management companies.

The International Do-Not-Slaughter Registry will actually pull a horse out of the processing system and hold it for a minimum of 72 hours. The person linked to the registered animal is assured that any stolen animal is recovered, and if a former owner, has the option to save the horse by buying it back for the cost incurred in the slaughter process up to that point.

Our International Do Not Slaughter Registry provides the following services:

• Permanent and positive identification of the horse
• Enrollment in the International Do-Not-Slaughter Registry Database
• Web site with support information, product information, options to change or update contact information, and renew registrations on horses
• An alert system for lost or stolen animals, which sends a message to our established network of sale barns, processing facilities, border inspectors and others with description and information about the missing horse
• Registration and enrollment clinics in various locations around the U.S., coordinated by our UOH/UH members and member organizations. Potentially, other services could be offered at these clinics for a reduced cost, such as vet exams, vaccines, euthanasia and castration, etc.
• Recruitment and education of processing facility personnel, border inspectors, horse auction companies and others to participate in the Registry by scanning every horse they come in contact with, using scanning equipment provided by the Registry.