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| | BO DEREK JOINS NATIONAL EFFORT TO END HORSE SLAUGHTER - National Horse Protection Coalition NHPC, Washington, DC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | March 16, 2004 - (Washington, D.C.) - Movie Star Bo Derek of “10” fame was on Capitol Hill today to voice her support for the National Horse Protection Coalition’s campaign to end the slaughter of American horses for human consumption. |
 | | Derek told legislators and government workers, “Tens of thousands of horses are cruelly slaughtered in this country every year, just so someone in Europe can have a fancy dinner. |
 | | I want to help end this horrid practice.” Derek, an able horsewoman who keeps five Iberians at her home in California, traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet and discuss the issue with Members of Congress. |
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